Patent ID: 8336433

Claim:
A rotary shear for subdividing a product moving longitudinally along a path, said shear comprising: a parallel pair of shafts having cutting blades connected thereto, said shafts being on opposite sides of and arranged symmetrically with respect to a center line of said shear; a driven gear on each of said shafts, said driven gears being spaced one from the other; a first pinion gear in direct meshed relationship with one of said driven gears, and a second pinion gear in direct meshed relationship with the other of said driven gears, said first pinion gear having a diameter smaller than the diameter of said second pinion gear, with said first and second pinion gears being in an intermeshed relationship at a location spaced laterally from the center line of said shear; and drive means for rotatably driving said first pinion gear.