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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 29, 2016
Filed:
Oct. 21, 2013
Urschel Laboratories, Inc., Valparaiso, IN (US);
Scott Alan Klockow, Kouts, IN (US);
Michael Scot Jacko, Valparaiso, IN (US);
Urschel Laboratories, Inc., Chesterton, IN (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for cutting food product includes at least one knife having longitudinal ends and a hollow spindle. The knife has a central region therebetween and a base and opposite sides located along a longitudinal extent thereof. The hollow spindle has a slot for receiving the knife. The slot has a base wall for engaging and supporting the base of the knife and side walls for engaging and supporting the sides of the knife. The spindle includes a circumferential wall in which at least two circumferential gaps are present to segment the wall into at least two end wall segments and a third wall segment therebetween. The gaps separate the slot into at least two end slot segments and a third slot segment therebetween that are complementary to and receive, respectively, the base and side walls of the knife at the longitudinal ends and central region, respectively, of the knife.