Patent ID: 6460444
Filing Date: 2002-10-08
Classification: B26D,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A cutting blade for an apparatus for cutting a food product, comprising:an elongated generally planar first knife blade having a first length and first and second opposite facing sides joined by opposed edges, one of said edges provided with a bevel on one side only to define a continuous first beveled cutting edge extending substantially along the length of the first knife blade, said bevel terminating along an inner bevel edge, the edge opposed from said first cutting edge spaced from said first cutting edge and said first knife blade having a length extending along the cutting edge and a width extending perpendicular to the cutting edge; and a plurality of second thin, planar knife blades each having a second length less than the length of the first knife blade and having opposed sides joined by edges and being directly and permanently secured without a separable holder device in a cantilever manner to the first side only of the first knife blade in spaced apart relationship so the opposed sides of each second knife blade extend across a majority of the width of the first knife blade between the inner bevel edge of the first beveled cutting edge and the opposed edge, with each second knife blade extending generally perpendicular from the first side of the first knife blade, one edge of each second knife blade being sharpened so as to define second cutting edges located adjacent to and facing said beveled cutting edge of the first knife blade, said second cutting edges of the second knife blades being spaced an equal distance from the first beveled cutting edge.