Patent ID: 6764295
Filing Date: 2004-07-20
Classification: A21C,B26D,Y10T

Abstract:
A rotary cutter for cutting a plurality of elongated dough strips supported and conveyed on a conveyor in relatively closed spaced parallel relation, said rotary cutter comprising:a pair of rotary support wheels mounted at opposite sides of the conveyor for respective rotation on longitudinally spaced axes each extending generally normal to the direction of conveyor travel; a plurality of elongated cutting elements mounted in generally parallel relation with their opposite ends supported respectively generally at the peripheries of said support wheels and extending therebetween generally transversely and angularly relative to the direction of conveyor travel; and drive means for rotatably driving said rotary support wheels for rotating said cutting elements into cutting relation with the elongated dough strips to cut the dough strips into a plurality of individual cut pieces each having angularly cut ends.