Patent ID: 6044739
Filing Date: 2000-04-04
Classification: B26D,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
An apparatus for decurling successive slices of a food material comprising:a food material supply for holding the food material to be sliced, said food material supply being reciprocally movable along a predetermined arcuate path of travel;a slicing knife in said arcuate path of travel and positioned so as to slice a slice of food material from the food material in said food material supply as the supply is moved along said arcuate path of travel and into said slicing knife;distinct stationary and moving surfaces disposed proximate to said slicing knife, the stationary and moving surfaces defining a constriction therebetween through which said severed slice of food material is passed after the slice is severed from the food material in said supply;a guide plate disposed along a portion of said arcuate path in opposition to said food material supply, said guide plate having a curved profile which approximates said predetermined arcuate path of travel of said food material supply as said supply moves into and out of contact with said slicing knife, said guide plate including a leading edge which angles downwardly adjacent said moving surface and spaced from said stationary surface to further define said constriction, and said leading edge and moving surface extends beyond said slicing knife.