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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 1985
Filed:
May. 17, 1983
Gary L Wallace, Jeffersontown, KY (US);
Frank S Kasper, Orland Park, IL (US);
AMCA International Corporation, Hanover, NH (US);
Abstract
The current that drives the motor for a slicing blade is continuously monitored to detect when it rises above a threshold level. This threshold level is related to the resistance to the rotation of the blade that is presented by a product being sliced. When this current rises above the threshold level, the slicing operation is momentarily interrupted. The threshold level is adjustable in accordance with the number of slices that is desired to be trimmed. While the slicing operation is interrupted, the first few irregular slices from the leading edge of the product can be carried away from the location of the slicing blade. Then slicing can resume with the first slice in the first full draft being a full slice.