Patent ID: 6463846
Filing Date: 2002-10-15
Classification: A23N

Abstract:
A knife assembly holder for attaching a knife assembly to a knife assembly mounting rod, comprising:(a) a first plate member having a first end and a second end; (b) a second plate member having a first end and a second end, wherein the first and second plate members are sized and shaped such that when the first ends of the first and second plate members are brought into proximity to each other and the second ends of the first and second plate members are brought into proximity to each other the first and second plate members form an opening sized and shaped to fit around the mounting rod; and (c) a knife rod stop formed on a one of the first or second plate members and positioned to contact an abutted end of a knife rod of the knife assembly attached to the first plate member to position the knife assembly in a desired position with respect to the knife assembly holder.