Patent ID: 7278344

Claim:
The cutting assembly, comprising: a housing; a first frame supporting a first longitudinal blade, said first blade extending in a first direction, said first frame carried on said housing and guided for reciprocation with respect to said housing in said first direction to reciprocate said first blade therewith in said first direction, wherein substantially the entire first frame moves unitarily in said first direction; a linear moving device comprising a pressurized fluid-actuated piston within a cylinder, one of said piston or said cylinder mounted to said housing and the respective other of said piston or said cylinder connected to said first frame for reciprocating the first frame linearly as said piston is reciprocated linearly within said cylinder; a second frame carried on said housing and guided for linear reciprocation with respect to said housing in a second direction, wherein substantially the entire second frame moves unitarily in said second direction, the second frame supporting a second longitudinal blade for reciprocation therewith in said second direction, said second blade extending in said second direction and at an angle to the first blade; at least one slot arranged on one of said first and second frames and at least one follower arranged on the other of said first and second frames and located within said slot, said slot having an inclination to the first direction for reciprocating the second frame in said second direction, whereby the reciprocating movement of said first frame causes the reciprocating movement of said second frame; said first and second blades arranged to cut a product along intersecting cut planes.