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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 1994
Filed:
Dec. 28, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
John C Julian, Richland, WA (US);
Gary D Cuddeford, Kennewick, WA (US);
Kenneth J Stanley, Aloha, OR (US);
Assignee:
Lamb-Weston, Inc., Tri-Cities, WA (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B26D / ; B26D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
83865 ; 83879 ; 83402 ; 83932 ; 99537 ;
Abstract
The present invention discloses an apparatus for slicing a food product such as a potato into helical strips such as curlicue potato fries. The potatoes are pumped with water by a centrifugal food pump to a tapered elastic tubular delivery tube. The tube expands as the potato progresses along the tube. The delivery tube allows the potato to be gently forced against a circular rotating cutting head assembly. The cutting head assembly cores the potato, scores concentric cuts and then slices the potato to produce helical cut segments.