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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:
Jan. 22, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 14, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Shawn Owens, Joplin, MO (US);
Assignee:
Schreiber Foods, Inc., Green Bay, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B02C 1/300 ; B02C 1/800 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B02C 1/300 ; B02C 1/800 ;
Abstract
An apparatus and method for shredding a block of cheese, the apparatus includes at least one cutting blade. A drive unit rotates the cutting blade about an axis, and a feed unit moves the block of cheese toward the cutting blade. The axis about which the cutting blade is rotated is generally perpendicular to the direction in which the block of cheese is being fed. In one embodiment, the block of cheese comprises a plurality of ribbons, the ribbons being stacked atop each other. In one preferred embodiment, the cutting blade comprises a serrated edge, and the distance between the teeth in the serrated edge is less than the thickness of each ribbon.