Patent ID: 8690648

Claim:
An apparatus for preparing the skin of an item for breading comprising: a first blade stack including a first plurality of circular blades, where each of the first plurality of circular blades include a circular blade plate having a center hub and a peripheral circular cutting edge where each of the first plurality of circular blades are fixed proximately adjacent one with respect to the other and each having a common first center axis of rotation with respect to the others; a first plurality of blade teeth extending radially outward from the cutting edge of each of the first plurality of circular blades where the pitch and height of the teeth are optimal for penetrating a skin of an item with minimal penetration of the underlying muscle; a scraper member having an arcuate hook-shaped extension member positioned between a pair of immediately adjacent circular blades, where the arcuate hook-shaped extension member is substantially centered on the common center axis of rotation; and a first rotational drive coupled to the first blade stack for effecting rotation of the blade stack about the axis of rotation.