Patent ID: 8858305

Claim:
An apparatus for preparing a skin of an item for breading comprising: roller pairs extending lengthwise in parallel one with respect to the other such that the respective axis of rotation for each roller of the pair lay within a common plane and such that the rollers are proximately space apart forming a gap there between, and where each roller of the pair has a plurality of circular blades adjacently mounted on a drive shaft and proximately spaced apart and each circular blade having a common circular blade axis of rotation with respect to the other circular blades, and where each circular blade has a plurality of teeth radially extending from a cutting edge of each circular blade, and where each roller is spring loaded where each applies an inward opposing force and allows variance in the gap between the rollers, and further comprising a scraper member having an arcuate hook-shaped extension positioned between immediately adjacent circular blades, where the arcuate hook-shaped extension member is substantially centered on the common circular blade axis of rotation.