Patent ID: 9643332
Date: 2017-05-09
CPC Classifications: B26D,Y10T

Claim:
1. An apparatus for cutting products, comprising: a base; a cutting head with at least one cutting element along the circumference of the cutting head for cutting products fed into the cutting head, the cutting head being rotatably fitted to the base with the at least one cutting element oriented to impart cutting action in a first rotational direction; an impeller adapted for rotating concentrically within the cutting head to urge products fed into the cutting head towards the circumference of the cutting head by means of centrifugal force; an impeller drive mechanism including an impeller motor adapted for directly driving the impeller to rotate the impeller in said first rotational direction at an impeller rotational speed which sets the centrifugal force; and a cutting head drive mechanism having a second motor adapted for driving the cutting head to rotate the cutting head in said first rotational direction at a cutting head rotational speed which is a predetermined difference greater than the impeller rotational speed, such that the product is cut by the at least one cutting element at a predetermined cutting velocity; wherein the base comprises a post including an impeller arm carrying the impeller motor with the impeller, and a cutting head arm carrying the cutting head motor with the cutting head, the cutting head arm being movably mounted to the post such that the cutting head can be removed from around the impeller.