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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2020
Filed:
Dec. 01, 2017
Bettcher Industries, Inc., Birmingham, OH (US);
Nicholas A. Mascari, Wellington, OH (US);
Jeffrey A. Whited, Amherst, OH (US);
Bettcher Industries, Inc., Birmingham, OH (US);
Abstract
A power operated rotary knife including an annular rotary knife blade supported for rotation in a blade housing. The rotary knife blade including a body and a blade section extending from the body. The body section including an outer wall including an upper, middle and lower portions. The upper portion of the outer wall including a bearing race extending radially inwardly into the outer wall. The lower portion of the outer wall including the driven gear. In one embodiment, the intermediate portion includes an annular land having an outer surface defining a radially outermost portion of the outer wall of the body, the outer surface of the annular land being radially outward of the driven gear and the bearing race. In another embodiment, the intermediate portion includes an annular channel having an inner surface being radially inward of first and second ends of the bearing race and the driven gear.