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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 11883975 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jan. 30, 2024

Filed:

May. 22, 2020

Cutting apparatus for cutting food items conveyed on a conveyor including at least one conveyor belt

Applicant:

Marel Iceland Ehf, Gardabaer, IS;

Inventor:

Thorir Finnsson, Kopavogur, IS;

Assignee:

MAREL ICELAND EHF, Gardabaer, IS;

Attorney:

Workman Nydegger

Primary Examiner:

Ghassem Alie

Assistant Examiner:

Samuel A Davies

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B26D 5/34 (2006.01); B26D 1/04 (2006.01); B26D 5/00 (2006.01); B26D 7/06 (2006.01); B26D 7/18 (2006.01); B26F 3/00 (2006.01); A22C 17/00 (2006.01); B65G 15/28 (2006.01); B65G 15/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B26D 5/34 (2013.01); A22C 17/002 (2013.01); A22C 17/0006 (2013.01); A22C 17/0086 (2013.01); A22C 17/0093 (2013.01); B26D 1/04 (2013.01); B26D 5/007 (2013.01); B26D 7/0625 (2013.01); B26D 7/18 (2013.01); B26F 3/004 (2013.01); B65G 15/28 (2013.01); B65G 15/00 (2013.01); Y10T 83/145 (2015.04); Y10T 83/242 (2015.04); Y10T 83/364 (2015.04); Y10T 83/4691 (2015.04);
Abstract

This invention relates to a cutting apparatus for cutting food items conveyed on a conveyor including at least one conveyor belt. A cutter is arranged above a gap extending across the at least one conveyor belt. The cutter is positioned in relation to the gap such that the cutting path of the cutter extends through the food items and the gap and below the surface level of the at least one conveyor belt. The cutter is adapted to be connected to a control mechanism for operating crosswise movement of the cutter along the gap. The gap is formed between adjacent elongated supporting means such as rollers with a fixed internal arrangement, where the adjacent elongated supporting means and the cutter is adapted to be connected to a control mechanism for operating back and forth movement of the adjacent elongated supporting means and the cutter parallel to the conveying direction while maintaining the internal arrangement of the adjacent elongated supporting means and the cutter fixed.

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