Urschel Laboratories Incorporated

Frito-lay North America, Inc.

Lamb Weston, Inc.

Mccain Foods Usa, Inc.

Michael Scot Jacko

Daniel Wade King

Mark Allen Martin

Dustin Joseph Gereg

Scott Alan Klockow

Keith Alan Barber

Corey Everette Baxter

Ryan Andrew Rust

Anthony A McCracken

Rick Wendell Bajema

Enrique Michel

David Ray Warren

Thomas R Mahaffey, Ii

James A Fant

John Poole Hildebrand

Annette Stiers Jones

Luc Van Buynder

Samuel Monk

Richard James Ruegg

Grayden Howard

Mark Alan Fow

Eugene H Cole

Paul E Arrasmith

Nicholas Alan Underwood

Shawn Christopher Boylstein

Mary Perez

Danelle Roan

Daniel L Banowetz

Adam M Rawlings

David M Rawlings

Anthony A Mccracken

Paul Bruce

Thomas R Mahaffey

Anthony A Mc Cracken

Thomas R Mahaffey Ii

Knife assemblies having primary and secondary blades and at least one tab blade. The primary and secondary blades each have a corrugated shape as a result of defining a wave pattern that defines peaks and valleys. The primary and secondary blades each further having upper and lower surfaces, leading and trailing edges, and a depth defined by and between the leading and trailing edges. The upper surface of the primary blade and the lower surface of the secondary blade are complementary so that the secondary blade and the peaks and valleys thereof are able to nest on the primary blade and the peaks and valleys thereof. The secondary blade has at least one tab blade that projects from one of its peaks and is defined by a cut in the peak to form a tab that is bent so that the tab projects from the peak.

Knife assembly with tab blades and method of fabrication

A modular unit configured for mounting to a cutting head of a slicing machine and for securing a knife to the cutting head, and slicing machines equipped with one or more of such modular units. The modular unit includes mounting blocks adapted to be spaced apart in an axial direction of the cutting head, and a clamping assembly assembled with the mounting blocks so as to extend between the mounting blocks. The clamping assembly is configured to secure a knife to the cutting head, and at least portions of the clamping assembly may be removable from the cutting head by disassembling the clamping assembly from the mounting blocks without removing the mounting blocks from the cutting head.

Modular units, clamping assemblies, and slicing machines equipped therewith

Food product

Cutting wheels equipped with knife assemblies suitable for performing size reduction operations on products, methods of operating cutting wheels, knife holders for such knife assemblies, methods of manufacturing knife holders, and slicing machines capable of utilizing such cutting wheels. The knife assemblies each have a leading edge that faces a direction of rotation of the cutting wheel, a trailing edge oppositely disposed from the leading edge, and a cutting edge on the leading edge. Each knife assembly further has a knife holder having a first surface that faces the products advanced toward the cutting wheel in a feed direction and a registration surface formed in the first surface. The registration surface is defined by at least a first recessed planar surface that is recessed a distance relative to the first surface and defines with the first surface at least a first step therebetween.

Methods of manufacturing knife holders of cutting wheels

Knife

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Valparaiso, IN, United States of America

Michael Scot Jacko