Patent ID: 8033973
Filing Date: 2011-10-11
Classification: B26D,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A pin wheel roller assembly for a bacon slicer, comprising: an elongated shaft having two ends, one end terminating in a right hub, and the other end terminating in a threaded left hub, said shaft right hub having a circumferential channel formed therein; a plurality of hollow, cylindrical spacer segments concentrically placed about said elongated shaft; an end cap concentrically placed about said elongated shaft adjacent and threadingly engaging said threaded left hub; a plurality of annular pin wheels, each of said pin wheels concentrically placed about said elongated shaft, wherein one of said plurality of annular pin wheels is positioned between said end cap and an adjacent spacer segment, and wherein a remainder of said plurality of annular pin wheels are each individually positioned between said spacer segments; wherein each of said cylindrical spacer segments has an open right end from which a cylindrical side wall extends horizontally to an open left end, said side wall having a radial channel formed about its circumference adjacent the spacer segment left end, said spacer segment side wall radial channel having a generally rectangular aperture formed therein.