Apparatus and method for cutting elongate products utilizing conveyor system
AssigneeHeat and Control, Inc.
InventorsAndrew Anthony Caridis, David Ramirez Resendiz, Sergio Gonzalez Granados
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Abstract
A method for cutting an elongated food product that includes providing a first conveyor belt portion and a second conveyor belt portion for forming opposed first and second sides of a passageway. A third conveyor belt portion can be disposed adjacent the first conveyor belt portion and the second conveyor belt portion for forming a third side of the passageway. The elongated food product can be delivered to an entrance of the passageway and transported through the passageway to an outlet of the passageway. The elongated food product from the outlet can be cut to provide cut food product. An apparatus of cutting an elongated food product is provided.
Claims17
An apparatus for cutting an elongated food product having a shape and dimensions, comprising a first conveyor assembly, a second conveyor assembly, a food cutting element, the first conveyor assembly having a first conveyor belt portion and the second conveyor assembly having a second conveyor belt portion opposing the first conveyor belt portion for forming opposite first and second sides of a passageway for receiving the elongated food product and delivering the elongated food product to the cutting element for providing cut food product, a third conveyor assembly disposed alongside the first conveyor assembly and the second conveyor assembly, the third conveyor assembly having a third conveyor belt portion for forming a third side of the passageway for stabilizing the elongated food product while traveling through the passageway.
A method for cutting an elongated food product having a shape and dimensions, comprising providing a first conveyor belt portion and a second conveyor belt portion for forming opposed first and second sides of a passageway, providing a third conveyor belt portion disposed adjacent the first conveyor belt portion and the second conveyor belt portion for forming a third side of the passageway, delivering the elongated food product to an entrance of the passageway, transporting the elongated food product through the passageway to an outlet of the passageway, and cutting the elongated food product received from the outlet of the passageway to provide cut food product whereby the third conveyor belt portion additionally stabilizes the elongated food product being transported through the passageway.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.