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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 18, 2005
Filed:
Mar. 27, 2002
Barry L. Spletzer, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Diane S. Callow, Albuquerque, NM (US);
James F. Jones, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Michael A. Kuehl, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Dick L. Shaw, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Barbara J. Scalia, Sioux City, IA (US);
Barry L. Spletzer, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Diane S. Callow, Albuquerque, NM (US);
James F. Jones, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Michael A. Kuehl, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Dick L. Shaw, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Barbara J. Scalia, Sioux City, IA (US);
Sandia Corporation, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method for cutting soft materials such as meat. Two or more spirally mounted helical blades are situated between two supports, and the supports are mounted to a shank. The shank is rotated to impart rotary action to the spiral shear blades, and the entire device may be used to perform various cutting operations. The distal or bottom one of the supports may also be a cutting blade, and a number of versions of bottom cutting blades are useable in the practice of the invention.