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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 1999
Filed:
May. 14, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Glenn O Rasmussen, Champlin, MN (US);
James S Thorson, Scandia, MN (US);
Jimmy A DeMars, Hugo, MN (US);
Assignee:
The Pillsbury Company, Minneapolis, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B26D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
83676 ; 83596 ; 83663 ; 83672 ; 83932 ; 241295 ;
Abstract
An apparatus for cutting dough products fed by a conveyor assembly into a cutting section comprises a segmented, generally spiral-shaped straight cutting blade or three-dimensional or helical-shaped cutting blade having an angled blade edge, the blade attached to a shaft coupled to a motor operable to turn the blade to effect a cut of the dough products within the cutting section, with a feedback controller coordinating the blade turning rate with the dough feed rate.