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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 05, 2006
Filed:
Jul. 08, 2003
Kevin Bradley Akins, Roswell, NM (US);
Theodore Alan Bobkowski, Centennial, CO (US);
Lester O. Kielsmeier, WheatRidge, CO (US);
Paul Joseph Oliveira, Weldona, CO (US);
William Charles Prewitt, Berthoud, CO (US);
James Michael Volk, Brush, CO (US);
Kevin Bradley Akins, Roswell, NM (US);
Theodore Alan Bobkowski, Centennial, CO (US);
Lester O. Kielsmeier, WheatRidge, CO (US);
Paul Joseph Oliveira, Weldona, CO (US);
William Charles Prewitt, Berthoud, CO (US);
James Michael Volk, Brush, CO (US);
Leprino Foods Company, Denver, CO (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for cutting a product includes a conveyor assembly and a slitter assembly. The conveyor assembly conveys the product in a feed direction and defines a conveyance surface, on which the product is conveyed. The slitter assembly slits the product into strips as the product is conveyed in the feed direction. The slitter assembly comprises a plurality of cutting elements arranged in a V shape and overlapping one another in the feed direction, as viewed in a direction substantially normal to the conveyance surface. A chopping assembly is positioned downstream of the slitter assembly. The chopping assembly comprises an elongated blade, which moves in an elliptical cutting motion, such that it has a component in the downward direction to sever the strips of product, and a component in the feed direction to toss the severed pieces of product in the feed direction.