Tensive cutting assembly
OwnerRaleigh J. Jenseninventor
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Abstract
A tensive cutting assembly includes a tensionable cutting member formed of a strip of material, typically metal, which is formed having a serpentine configuration. The tensionable cutting member is removably mounted on a tensive cutting head. The tensive cutting head includes an aperture formed through its cross section for passage of food product during the cutting process. The cutting head also includes a first set of returns adjustably opposing a second set of returns, the distance between which is adjustable and which may be driven apart by a cutting member tensioning device. The tensive cutting assembly may also include a breakage detecting device for detecting breakage during use of the tensive cutting assembly.
Claims10
A cutting head assembly comprising:
- a cutting head including a first set of returns adjustably opposing a second set of returns;
- a cutting member including a first end a second end, a first plurality of opposing bends, a plurality of leg segments interconnecting a second plurality of opposing bends, the first plurality of opposing bends positioned about the first set of returns and the second plurality of opposing bends positioned about the second set of returns, the plurality of leg segments extending across an aperture formed through the cutting head, the first end and the second end of the cutting member secured to the cutting head;
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- a cutting member tensioning device adjustably attaching the first set of returns and the second set of returns for adjusting a distance between the first set of returns and the second set of returns for tensioning the cutting member.
A cutting head assembly comprising:
- a tensive cutting head including an aperture formed through the tensive cutting head cross section, the tensive cutting head including a first set of returns adjustably opposing a second set of returns;
- a cutting member including a first end a second end, a first plurality of opposing bends, a plurality of leg segments interconnecting a second plurality of opposing bends, the first plurality of opposing bends positioned about the first set of returns and the second plurality of opposing bends positioned about the second set of returns, the plurality of leg segments extending across an aperture formed through the cutting head, the first end and the second end of the cutting member secured to the cutting head;
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- a cutting member tensioning device including a pair of screws having, each of the pair of screws including a longitudinal axis, the longitudinal axis of each of the pair of screws oriented along a plane substantially parallel to a longitudinal axis of the plurality of leg segments, and each of the pair of screws adjustably attaching the first set of returns and the second set of returns for adjusting a distance between the first set of returns and the second set of returns for tensioning the cutting member along a plane substantially parallel to the longitudinal axis of each of the pair of screws.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.