Patent ID: 9604379
Date: 2017-03-28
CPC Classifications: B26D,Y10T

Claim:
1. A machine for dicing solid and semisolid materials, the machine comprising: a support structure; means interconnected with the support structure for producing slices by slicing a solid or semisolid material; a circular cutter and a cross-cutter that are each individually rotatably mounted to the support structure by cantilevered shafts, the shafts of the circular cutter and the cross-cutter each having an outboard end; circular knives on the circular cutter that are adapted and arranged to cut into strips the slices produced by the slice-producing means; cross-cut knives on the cross-cutter that are adapted and arranged to dice the strips produced by the circular knives; a stripper plate having a first edge between the circular cutter and the cross-cutter for removing the strips from the circular cutter, the stripper plate defining a second edge adapted to ensure complete dicing of the strips by the cross-cut knives of the cross-cutter; means for adjusting the placement and proximity of the second edge relative to the cross-cut knives, said adjusting means comprises shimming means; and outboard support means for supporting and radially centering the outboard ends of the shafts of at least the circular cutter and the cross-cutter and for supporting and securing the stripper plate relative thereto.