Patent ID: 8109188

Claim:
A modified slicing shoe having first and second ends for use with a centrifugal-type slicer having an impeller for the production of food products having folded or curled shapes, said slicing shoe comprising: a) a knife blade with a smooth cutting edge having top and bottom ends which protrude towards the impeller, said cutting edge consisting of a single vertex at a central transverse plane of the knife blade protruding away from said impeller, forming a vertically concave shape, said knife blade further comprising an interior surface and an exterior surface; and b) a casting having a vertically concave interior surface, wherein said interior surface of said knife blade comprises a curvature matching a curvature of said interior surface of the casting, and wherein said knife blade is secured to a first end of said casting; and c) a sand gate secured to a second end of the casting, said sand gate having an interior concave surface matching the exterior surface of the blade.