Cutting head for a centrifugal cutting apparatus and centrifugal cutting apparatus equipped with same
AssigneeFam
InventorBrent Bucks
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Abstract
A method of adjusting a rake-off angle in a centrifugal cutting head includes mounting a plurality of cutting stations on a rim structure with a gap between adjacent cutting stations, each cutting station holding a cutting element at a leading end of the cutting station and comprising an inner surface extending from the leading end to a trailing end forming a product sliding surface along which food product slides between successive cuts; and adjusting the rake-off angle by adjusting a rear part of the product sliding surface at a trailing end of at least one cutting station without changing the leading end.
Claims18
A method of adjusting a rake-off angle in a centrifugal cutting head, the method comprising:
- mounting a plurality of cutting stations on a rim structure with a gap between adjacent cutting stations, each cutting station holding a cutting element at a leading end of the cutting station and comprising an inner surface extending from the leading end to a trailing end forming a product sliding surface along which food product slides between successive cuts;
- and
- adjusting the rake-off angle by adjusting a rear part of the product sliding surface at a trailing end of at least one cutting station without changing the leading end.
A cutting head for a centrifugal cutting apparatus, said cutting head comprising
- a rim structure;
- and
- a plurality of cutting stations which are mounted onto the rim structure, each of said cutting stations comprising a cutting element for cutting food products at a leading end of the cutting station and a product sliding surface, the product sliding surface having a first wall curvature on a front part, and deviating from the first wall curvature on a rear part;
- said cutting stations being assembled adjacent one another onto the rim structure in such a way that a gap is present between each pair of adjacent cutting stations through which a product slice exits the cutting head upon being cut by one of the cutting elements,
- wherein the product sliding surface flexes to deviate from the first curvature in the rear part.
A method of gap setting between adjacent cutting stations in a centrifugal cutting head, the method comprising:
- mounting a plurality of cutting stations on a rim structure adjacent one another such that a gap is present between each pair of adjacent cutting stations through which a product slice exits the cutting head upon being cut, each cutting station comprising a cutting element at a leading end and an inner product sliding surface with a front portion and a back portion;
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- adjusting only the back portion of the product sliding surface on at least one of the plurality of cutting stations,
- wherein the step of adjusting only the back portion of the product sliding surface comprises deviating the back portion of the product sliding surface without affecting the front portion, and
- wherein the step of deviating comprises flexing at least a portion of the product sliding surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.