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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 25, 1997
Filed:
Mar. 12, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Robert A Strange, Andover, MN (US);
Debra A Crea, Stillwater, MN (US);
Joseph G Anton, Brooklyn Park, MN (US);
Assignee:
The Pillsbury Company, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B23B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
82 701 ; 82101 ; 82169 ;
Abstract
A cutting apparatus includes a mandrel insertable in a food product container. The mandrel supports the container in a fixed position by contacting an inner surface of the container. The mandrel is locatable on a support apparatus so that as the mandrel and container are rotated on the support apparatus, the container remains in a fixed axial position. Spaced-apart cutting knives contact an outer surface of the container to cut the sample therefrom while the mandrel and container are rotated.