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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.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 1985
Filed:
Sep. 22, 1983
Applicant:
Inventors:
Louis A Bettcher, Amherst, OH (US);
Richard B Decker, Vermilion, OH (US);
Assignee:
Bettcher Industries, Inc., Birmingham, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A22C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
30276 ; 17 / ;
Abstract
A rotary hand knife 20 of the type used for trimming meat, fat, and the like, and an improved pinion cap 58 and depth-of-cut gauge 47 for use with the knife. The cap provides a stepped mounting surface 149 for the gauge that forms a passage R for product scrap or slices to pass behind the gauge. The cap also has a lip 154 that blocks entry of product particles into the blade-driving pinion. The gauge has an arcuate portion 47a offset toward the blade from a base portion 47b that abuts the cap and slides axially on the cap surface to adjust the depth of cut.