# US 10,765,262 B2 · Rotary cutting machine > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 10,765,262 B2 - Document ID: US10765262B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 16/033,103 - Filed: 2018-07-11 - Published: 2019-01-17 - Granted: 2020-09-08 - Earliest claimed: 2017-07-14 - Assignees: Huiyang Allan Plastic & Electric Industries Co., Limited - Applicants: Huiyang Allan Plastic & Electric Industries Co., Limited - Inventors: Shu Sang Cheung; Gang Zhi Liu - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10765262B2 ## CPC - A47J 43/255: {with grating discs or drums} - A47J 27/04: for cooking food in steam; Devices for extracting fruit juice by means of steam {; Vacuum cooking vessels (steam-heated vessels for hotels, restaurants or canteens A47J27/16)} - A47J 36/32: Time-controlled igniting mechanisms or alarm devices - A47J 43/07: Parts or details, e.g. mixing tools, whipping tools - A47J 43/0722: {Mixing, whipping or cutting tools} - A47J 43/085: {for machines with tools driven from the lower side (A47J43/087, A47J43/09 take precedence)} - A47J 43/25: Devices for grating - B02C 18/182: {Disc-shaped knives} - B02C 18/186: {Axially elongated knives} - B26D 3/11: to obtain pieces of spiral or helical form - A47J 43/046: with tools driven from the bottom side - A47J 2027/043: {for cooking food in steam} - B26D 2011/005: {in combination with different kind of cutters, e.g. two serial slitters in combination with a transversal cutter} - A47J: KITCHEN EQUIPMENT; COFFEE MILLS; SPICE MILLS; APPARATUS FOR MAKING BEVERAGES - B02C: CRUSHING, PULVERISING, OR DISINTEGRATING IN GENERAL; MILLING GRAIN ({household tools and machines for pulverising foodstuffs, e.g. coffee and spice mills A47J42/00; pharmaceutical mortars A61J3/02; mechanical processing of refuse and garbage B03B9/06; dressing mould materials by grinding B22C5/04}; obtaining metallic powder by crushing, grinding or milling B22F9/04; {recovery of plastics by disintegrating B29B17/00; crushing raw materials in starch making C08B30/02; beaters for papermaking D21D1/02; crushing devices specially for transport in mines E21F13/002; slag crushing devices F23J1/00; fuel milling devices in combustion apparatus F23K1/00; household devices for crushing coal F24B15/02; ice disintegrating devices F25C5/02}) - B26D: CUTTING; DETAILS COMMON TO MACHINES FOR PERFORATING, PUNCHING, CUTTING-OUT, STAMPING-OUT OR SEVERING (for growing crops or plants A01D, A01G; for fodder or straw A01F; for bulk butter A01J; for dough A21C; slaughtering A22B; for tobacco, cigars or cigarettes A24; marking-out, perforating or making buttonholes A41H25/00; manufacturing footwear A43D; brushmaking A46D; surgery A61B; disintegrating, mincing or shredding in general B02C; cutting wire, making pins or nails B21F, B21G; of the kind used formetal B23; cutting by abrasive fluid jets B24C5/02; hand-held cutting tools B26B; perforating, cutting-out, stamping-out or punching, or severing by means other than cutting B26F; for wood B27; for stone B28D; working of plastics or substances in a plastic state B29; making boxes, cartons, envelopes or bags, of paper or similarly worked materials, e.g. metal foil, B31B; article or web delivery apparatus incorporating cutting or line-perforating devices B65H35/00; for leather or upholstery B68, C14B; for glass C03B; making matches C06F; for peat C10F; for sugar C13B45/00; for textile materials D06H; civil engineering, building, mining, see Section E; for light guides G02B6/25; cutting processed photographic material G03D15/04) ## Abstract A rotary cutting machine, having a body base, wherein the body base is provided with a shredding and cutting component capable of rotating about the motor axis by 90°; and a power unit for powering the shredding cutter components. The power unit is connected to the shredding and cutting component, and the connector for connecting the power unit is provided on one side of the shredder tube, which having a shredder tube and a feed tube, wherein the feed tube is vertically arranged with the shredder tube. The shredder tube having a shredder tube shell. The strip cutter supporter is arranged in the shredder tube shell, the strip cutter is arranged on the side of the strip cutter support, and the spiral cutter support is clamped on the bottom surface of the strip cutter support, the spiral cutter is arranged on the spiral cutter support, the strip cutter and the spiral cutter are arranged perpendicular to each other. The rotary cutting machine integrates a strip cutter and a spiral cutter in a shredder tube shell, and integrates the two kinds of cuts with different output power modes to facilitate the conversion between the strip cutting and spiral cutting modes. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A combined shredding and cutting component (4) for a rotary cutting machine, said component having a shredder tube (1) and a feed tube (2), wherein the feed tube is arranged perpendicular to the shredder tube; the shredder tube (1) comprising a strip cutter support (12) arranged within a shredder tube shell (11), the strip cutter support (12) having a strip cutter (13) provided on a side thereof and a spiral cutter support (14) provided on a bottom surface thereof; and wherein a spiral cutter (15) is provided on the spiral cutter support such that the strip cutter (13) and the spiral cutter (15) are positioned perpendicular to each other. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The combined shredding and cutting component of claim 1, wherein the strip cutter support (12) comprises a cylinder that is open at both ends with two installation positions symmetrically provided on the side wall of the cylinder for installing the strip cutter (13); and wherein the shape of the strip cutter is complementary to the installation positions on the side wall of the cylinder. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The combined shredding and cutting component of claim 1, wherein the spiral cutter (15) comprises: a cutter disk (151) configured to be received on the spiral cutter support (14); a core cutter (152) protruding from the cutter disk (151) along a central axis thereof; a slot (153) formed between an outer edge of the cutter disk (151) and the core cutter (152): a slice cutter support (154) protruding from the cutter disk (151) along a first side of the slot (153); a slice cutter (155) arranged on the slice cutter support (154) parallel to the cutter disk (151); a triangle cutter (156) arranged equidistant from and parallel to slice cutter support (154) on a second side of the slot (153); and wherein the triangle cutter and the slice cutter are arranged perpendicular to each other. ### Claim 4 (depends on 2) The combined shredding and cutting component of claim 2, wherein the spiral cutter (15) comprises: a cutter disk (151) configured to be received on the spiral cutter support (14); a core cutter (152) protruding from the cutter disk (151) along a central axis thereof; a slot (153) formed between an outer edge of the cutter disk (151) and the core cutter (152): a slice cutter support (154) protruding from the cutter disk (151) along a first side of the slot (153); a slice cutter (155) arranged on the slice cutter support (154) parallel to the cutter disk (151); a triangle cutter (156) arranged equidistant from and parallel to slice cutter support (154) on a second side of the slot (153); and wherein the triangle cutter and the slice cutter are arranged perpendicular to each other. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) A rotary cutting machine comprising a body base (3) and a combined shredding and cutting component (4) according to claim 1, wherein the body base comprises a power unit (5) that drives the combined shredding cutter component (4) via a motor axis connected to the combined shredding cutter component (4) by a connector (6) provided on one side of the shredder tube (1); and wherein the body base (3) is configured to allow the combined shredding cutter component (4) to be rotated about the motor axis by 90°. ### Claim 6 (depends on 2) A rotary cutting machine comprising a body base (3) and a combined shredding and cutting component (4) according to claim 2, wherein the body base comprises a power unit (5) that drives the combined shredding cutter component (4) via a motor axis connected to the combined shredding cutter component (4) by a connector (6) provided on one side of the shredder tube (1); and wherein the body base (3) is configured to allow the combined shredding cutter component (4) to be rotated about the motor axis by 90°. ### Claim 7 (depends on 3) A rotary cutting machine comprising a body base (3) and a combined shredding and cutting component (4) according to claim 3, wherein the body base comprises a power unit (5) that drives the combined shredding cutter component (4) via a motor axis connected to the combined shredding cutter component (4) by a connector (6) provided on one side of the shredder tube (1); and wherein the body base (3) is configured to allow the combined shredding cutter component (4) to be rotated about the motor axis by 90°. ### Claim 8 (depends on 4) A rotary cutting machine comprising a body base (3) and a combined shredding and cutting component (4) according to claim 4, wherein the body base comprises a power unit (5) that drives the combined shredding cutter component (4) via a motor axis connected to the combined shredding cutter component (4) by a connector (6) provided on one side of the shredder tube (1); and wherein the body base (3) is configured to allow the combined shredding cutter component (4) to be rotated about the motor axis by 90°. ### Claim 9 (depends on 5) The rotary cutting machine of claim 5, wherein the power unit (5) comprises a drive unit (51) and a transmission unit (52) with a gear set box (525), and the transmission unit connects the drive unit (51) and the connector (6). ### Claim 10 (depends on 6) The rotary cutting machine of claim 6, wherein the power unit (5) comprises a drive unit (51) and a transmission unit (52) with a gear set box (525), and the transmission unit connects the drive unit (51) and the connector (6). ### Claim 11 (depends on 9) The rotary cutting machine of claim 9, wherein the drive unit (51) includes a motor (511), a motor shell (512) and a motor lid (513); and wherein the motor lid (513) is attached to the motor shell (512), and the motor shell (512) is fixed on the body base (3). ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The rotary cutting machine of claim 11, wherein the transmission unit (52) comprises a drive shaft (521) connected with the motor (511), and a gear set (522) that meshes with the connector (6). ### Claim 13 (depends on 12) The rotary cutting machine of claim 12, wherein the gear set is arranged in parallel with the drive shaft (521), and a front bearing (523) and a rear bearing (524) are respectively arranged at the front and the rear ends of the drive shaft. ### Claim 14 (depends on 12) The rotary cutting machine of claim 12, wherein the gear set (522) is housed within the complementary gear set box (525); a first bushing (526) and a second bushing (527) are arranged on either side of the gear set box; and a gear lid (528) is arranged between the first bushing (526) and connector (6), and the gear set box (525) is fixed on the body base (3). ### Claim 15 (depends on 13) The rotary cutting machine of claim 13, wherein the gear set (522) is housed within the complementary gear set box (525); a first bushing (526) and a second bushing (527) are arranged on either side of the gear set box; and a gear lid (528) is arranged between the first bushing (526) and connector (6), and the gear set box (525) is fixed on the body base (3). ### Claim 16 (depends on 9) The rotary cutting machine of claim 9, wherein a first limit block (31) and a second limit block (32) are provided on the body base (3) so as to form an arc angle of 90°; and wherein a third limit block (5251), arranged on outside of the gear set box (525), is configured to interact with the first and second limit blocks (31, 32) so as to limit the rotation of the gear set box (525) relative to the body base (3) to a 0-90° free rotation between the first limit block (31) and the second limit block (32). ### Claim 17 (depends on 5) The rotary cutting machine of claim 5, wherein an adjustment unit (7), arranged on the outer periphery of the shredder tube shell (11), comprises: an upper cover base (71) provided on the shredder tube shell (11), with one end of the upper cover base extending beyond the strip cutter support (12) and the other end of the upper cover base is connected to the feed tube (2); a locking device (72) arranged on the upper cover base (71), the locking device having a spring rod (75) sheathed with a first spring (74) and a locking device lid (73) having a limit slider (76) with a second spring (77). ### Claim 18 (depends on 6) The rotary cutting machine of claim 6, wherein an adjustment unit (7), arranged on the outer periphery of the shredder tube shell (11), comprises: an upper cover base (71) provided on the shredder tube shell (11), with one end of the upper cover base extending beyond the strip cutter support (12) and the other end of the upper cover base is connected to the feed tube (2); a locking device (72) arranged on the upper cover base (71), the locking device having a spring rod (75) sheathed with a first spring (74) and a locking device lid (73) having a limit slider (76) with a second spring (77). ### Claim 19 (depends on 5) The rotary cutting machine of claim 5, wherein the feed tube is provided with a complementary pusher (8). ### Claim 20 (depends on 19) The rotary cutting machine of claim 19, wherein the pusher (8) comprises a first pusher element (81) and a second pusher element (82) matched with the size of the food to be processed, said first pusher element (81) configured to be sheathed in the second pusher element (82).