Patent ID: 6314849
Filing Date: 2001-11-13
Classification: B26D,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
Apparatus for cutting a food product including a stationary structure with a food product guide surface terminating at a transversely extending shear edge, the apparatus comprising:a) a knife wheel rotatable about a knife wheel axis, the knife wheel having at least one knife blade extending parallel to the shear edge and the wheel axis and located such that rotation of the knife wheel about the knife wheel axis causes the at least one knife blade to be moved in a circular path of travel and transversely about the wheel axis to cut through a food product delivered to the knife wheel at the shear edge, the at least one knife blade traversing said shear edge with a cutting clearance and at a cutting angle,b) a knife wheel support rotatably supporting the knife wheel, the knife wheel support pivotally attached to the stationary structure so as to pivot about a pivot axis spaced away from and extending substantially parallel to the knife wheel axis and in alignment with the shear edge so that the knife wheel axis is movable along an arcuate path about the pivot axis without varying said cutting clearance, but varying said cutting angle.