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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 02, 2017
Filed:
Mar. 21, 2014
101238845 Saskatchewan, Ltd., Saskatchewan, CA;
Barrie Alan Mann, Las Vgas, NV (US);
Kevin Gerald Szakacs, Burlington, CA;
Leonard Fraitag, San Diego, CA (US);
Steven Ray Card, San Diego, CA (US);
Supracut System International, Inc., Saskatchewan, CA;
Abstract
An automated food processing machine receives a whole fruit or vegetable and presses it through a blade set to form slices or wedges. The machine includes a controller coupled to various components including linear motion actuators, a user interface, and sensors. One motion actuator coupled to a slitting blade. Another motion actuator is coupled to a ram. In response to an input the controller activates the motion actuators in a sequence including (1) linear motion of the slitting blade to form a slit in the whole fruit or vegetable and (2) linear motion of the ram to press the whole fruit or vegetable through a blade set to form the slices or wedges.