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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 2018
Filed:
Nov. 04, 2016
Enrique Michel, Dallas, TX (US);
John Poole Hildebrand, Flower Mound, TX (US);
Keith Alan Barber, Frisco, TX (US);
Michael Scot Jacko, Valparaiso, IN (US);
Daniel Wade King, Valparaiso, IN (US);
Enrique Michel, Dallas, TX (US);
John Poole Hildebrand, Flower Mound, TX (US);
Keith Alan Barber, Frisco, TX (US);
Michael Scot Jacko, Valparaiso, IN (US);
Daniel Wade King, Valparaiso, IN (US);
Urschel Laboratories, Inc., Chesterton, IN (US);
Abstract
An apparatus for slicing food product to produce food product slices. The apparatus includes a rotatable cutting wheel having two or more knife assemblies. Each knife assembly includes a knife extending radially between a hub and rim of the cutting wheel. The knife has a leading edge facing a direction of rotation of the cutting wheel and a large-amplitude corrugated shape characterized by peaks and valleys. The knife is secured to the hub and rim with a knife holder, and a clamp secures the knife to a first surface of the knife holder. The knife holder and knife are configured to provide continuous and accurate alignment of an individual food product throughout the slicing thereof by the knife of each knife assembly to produce food product slices with a generally parallel-cut cross-section having a uniform thickness and a large-amplitude periodic shape with an amplitude of 0.1 inch or greater.