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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 12, 2023
Filed:
Mar. 03, 2023
Bettcher Industries, Inc., Birmingham, OH (US);
Jeffrey A. Whited, Richfield, 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 includes an outer wall including an arcuate surface having an upper region extending from a first upper end portion to a second intermediate portion and a lower region extending from the second intermediate portion to a third lower end portion. A plurality of gear teeth extend downwardly from the upper end of the body, each of the plurality of gear teeth including an outer peripheral face forming a portion of the upper region of the arcuate surface of the outer wall. The body outer wall includes a bearing surface having a lower bearing face in the lower region of the arcuate surface and an upper bearing face in the upper region of the arcuate surface.