Patent ID: 9357793
Filing Date: 2016-06-07
CPC Classification: A21C,A23L,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A conveyorized system for slicing pita chips, the system comprising: a first conveyor belt configured to transport whole pita chips, which have been fully baked and cooled, from a first location of the conveyorized system to a second location of the conveyorized system and a third location of the conveyorized system; a second conveyor belt configured to transport the whole pita chips in conjunction with the first conveyor belt from the second location of the conveyorized system to the third location of the conveyorized system wherein the whole pita chips are disposed in a gap between the first conveyor belt and the second conveyor belt, the first conveyor belt is below the whole pita chips and the second conveyor belt is above the whole pita chips; and a slicing means configured to slice the whole pita chips into two halves at the third location of the conveyorized system, the slicing means including a horizontal blade and a blade guide having a length, wherein the blade guide has a tapered end with a groove formed in the to tapered end of the blade guide, the groove extending the length of the blade guide, at least a portion of the blade disposed within the groove to stabilize the blade therein against movement as the whole pita chip makes contact with a cutting end of the blade, and wherein a slicing portion of the blade and the blade guide are disposed in a gap between and at the terminal end of the first conveyor belt and the second conveyor belt at the third location and are configured in relation to the first conveyor belt and the second conveyor belt to receive the whole pita chips at the tapered end of the blade guide, slice the whole pita chips into pita chip halves, and separate the pita halves into channels for each of the two pita chip halves.