Patent ID: 9107424
Filing Date: 2015-08-18
Classification: A22C,B26D,B65G,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An apparatus comprising: a first conveyor belt; a second conveyor belt, substantially co-planar with the first conveyor belt in a first plane, and arranged so that a distal end of the first conveyor belt is near a proximal end of the second conveyor belt such that product can move from the first conveyor belt to the second conveyor belt; a knife assembly mounted at least in part between the first and second conveyor belts such that product goes from the first conveyor belt to the second conveyor belt past the knife assembly, wherein the knife assembly, the distal end of the first conveyor belt, and the proximal end of the second conveyor belt are coupled and movable together laterally in a reciprocating manner relative to a proximal end of the first conveyor belt and a distal end of the second conveyor belt; the knife assembly including a die slot between the first and second conveyor belts, and a blade that is movable in a first direction perpendicular to the first plane from an upper position spaced in the first direction from the first and second conveyor belts to a lower position where the blade is in the die slot and between the first and second conveyor belts, thus allowing the blade to cut through product conveyed on the first and second conveyor belts while the first and second conveyor belts are moving continually.