Patent ID: 6371835
Filing Date: 2002-04-16
Classification: B24B

Abstract:
A honing apparatus for a slicer blade having a curved cutting surface, comprising:a cam member having a curved pathway camming surface, at least a substantial portion of which has a shape that is substantially the same as the shape of a curved cutting surface of a preselected slicer blade and has a radial extent that is less than the radial extent of a corresponding location along the curved cutting surface of the preselected slicer blade; a rotation assembly which rotates said cam member and its corresponding preselected slicer blade together; two honing spindle assemblies, each spindle assembly having a rotatable honing member and a cam follower operatively connected together such that said rotatable honing member moves in response to movement of said cam follower, and said cam follower engages and follows movement of said curved pathway surface of the cam member in response to said rotation assembly, and said rotatable honing member thereby follows and engages a peripheral edge of said curved cutting of the preselected slicer blade while said honing member is rotating; one of said honing spindle assemblies being a bevel surface spindle assembly which has a honing surface that defines an acute angle with respect to the peripheral edge of the curved cutting surface of the slicer blade; another of said honing spindle assemblies has its rotatable honing member with a honing surface that is substantially parallel to a flat peripheral cutting surface of the slicer blade; a carriage assembly having two parallel Thompson rods which are vertically spaced from each other, each said honing spindle assembly being mounted to said Thompson rods of the carriage assembly; said one honing spindle assembly is slidably movable along said Thompson rods toward and away from said cam member through a path which remains on one side of said cam member and slicer blade; said another honing spindle assembly is slidably movable along said Thompson rods toward and away from said cam member through a path which remains on an opposite side of said cam member and slicer blade, said opposite side being generally diametrically opposed along said cam member to said one side of the cam member and slicer blade; each said honing spindle assembly operates independently upon generally opposing portions of the slicer blade as the cam and slicer blade rotate; and at least one of said honing spindle assemblies includes a horizontal gib which provides precision micrometer adjustment of the distance between said honing member and said cam follower of that spindle assembly.