Patent ID: 6952989
Filing Date: 2005-10-11
Classification: A47J,B26D,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for cutting food product, the apparatus comprising: means for making a substantially horizontal cut through a food product being delivered thereto in a substantially vertical direction; at least one feed member above the cutting means, the feed member comprising an internal passage that defines an opening in proximity to the cutting means for delivering the food product to the cutting means in a substantially vertical direction, the internal passage being defined by diametrically-opposed first and second walls of the feed member, each of the first and second walls having a radius of curvature transverse to the internal passage, the radius of curvature of the first wall having a center that is offset from a center of the radius of curvature of the second wall so that the internal passage has a cross-sectional shape defined by two offset, overlapping diameters; and means for applying a force to the food product traveling downward through the internal passage so as to push the food product against the first wall of the feed member as the cutting means is making a substantially horizontal cut through the food product.