Patent ID: 8353233
Filing Date: 2013-01-15
Classification: B26D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An assembly for cutting meat passing along a path of travel, said assembly comprising: a blade assembly including a cutting roller rotatable relative to the path of travel, said cutting roller including a plurality of cutting blades rotatable with said cutting roller and extending radially outward therefrom in spaced relation to one another, an ejecting assembly comprising a plurality of ejecting members movable with said cutting roller and relative to said plurality of cutting blades, said plurality of ejecting members disposed between adjacent ones of said plurality of cutting blades and positionable in an ejecting orientation along a predetermined portion of the path of travel, a drive structure comprising a plurality of elongated slots disposed in receiving engagement with said plurality of ejecting members; said drive structure connected to said cutting roller and rotatable therewith, and said plurality of ejecting members movably connected in driven relation to said drive structure and reciprocally disposable within said plurality of slots between a retracted position and an extended position and between correspondingly disposed adjacent pairs of said cutting blades, upon rotation of said cutting roller.