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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 06, 2014
Filed:
Sep. 28, 2012
Applicant:
Frito-lay North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Inventor:
Richard D. Ornelaz, Jr., Frisco, TX (US);
Assignee:
Frito-Lay North America, Inc., Plano, TX (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B62D 1/12 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A blade clamp for use in an automated, high speed potato slicing apparatus to slice chips to a predetermined size for packaging purposes. The blade clamp includes a cutting head; a blade mount having a slot therein; a first knife element between the cutting head and the blade mount, the first knife element having a first cutting edge; and optionally a second knife element having a second knife edge, the second knife element extending from the slot of the blade mount, such that the first and second cutting edges are substantially orthogonal to each other.