Patent ID: 6457393
Filing Date: 2002-10-01
Classification: B26D,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
In an hydraulic cutting system for cutting a food product such as potatoes into elongated strips, said cutting system including a water knife fixture mounted generally at a downstream end of an elongated delivery conduit, and means for propelling the food product with a fluid flow stream into and through cutting engagement with the water knife fixture, the improvement comprising:said delivery conduit and said water knife fixture defining a flow passage of substantially constant cross sectional size; and further including a deceleration conduit mounted generally at a downstream end of said water knife fixture, said deceleration conduit defining a tapered continuation of said flow passage which expands in cross section in a downstream direction relative to a centerline of said deceleration conduit at an angle sufficiently small to prevent substantial flow fluid flow stream turbulence and associated tumbling of cut strips.