Patent ID: 7105192

Claim:
A method of severing roots of bean sprouts using a severing table on which a plurality of ridges are formed at predetermined intervals, the ridges extending in parallel with a direction in which a cutter blade is moved, each ridge being formed with a number of severing slits each of which has such a width that a root of a bean sprout falls into each severing slit, the cutter blade being formed to be fitted with each ridge, the method comprising: supplying the bean sprouts onto the severing table while a cutter blade is moved along an upper face of the severing table; sprinkling water over the severing table so that roots of the bean sprouts on the severing table flow into the severing slits; severing the roots of the bean sprouts urged into the severing slits by a cutter blade; and conveying the bean sprouts from which the roots have been severed, off of the severing table with movement of the cutter blade.