Lattice cutting machine
AssigneeJ.R. Simplot Company
InventorsDavid B. Walker, Allen J. Neel
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Abstract
A lattice cutting or slicing machine includes a multi-knife lattice cutting plate mounted in-line along an hydraulic flow path through which vegetable products such as potatoes are propelled in single file by a hydraulic fluid such as water. The lattice cutting plate is orbitally driven for engaging in succession each of the multiple knives thereon with the vegetable product to form lattice cut slices wherein successive generally corrugated cuts are angularly oriented typically perpendicular to each other, and further wherein the depths or troughs of the corrugated cuts on opposite sides of each slice intersect in the preferred form to define a pattern of corrugations interrupted by small openings.
Claims20
A cutting machine for cutting vegetable products, comprising:
- a cutting plate having a central aperture formed therein for flow through passage of an hydraulic fluid used to propel the products in single file along a product flow path, said cutting plate further including a plurality of cutting knives carried thereby and oriented angularly with respect to each other, each of said cutting knives having a generally corrugated configuration defining adjacent peaks and troughs;
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- means for driving said cutting plate through an orbital path disposed generally perpendicular to said flow path and at a speed selected according to the velocity of product travel along said flow path for moving said cutting knives sequentially and repeatedly into cutting engagement to form a product slice having a generally corrugated cut shape.
A cutting machine for cutting vegetable products, comprising:
- a cutting plate having at least one aperture formed therein for flow through passage of an hydraulic fluid used to propel the products in single file along a product flow path, said cutting plate further including a plurality of four cutting knives carried thereby at approximate 90° intervals and oriented substantially perpendicular with respect to each adjacent cutting knife, each of said cutting knives having a generally corrugated configuration defining adjacent peaks and troughs;
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- means for driving said cutting plate through an orbital path disposed generally perpendicular to said flow path and at a speed selected according to the velocity of product travel along said flow path for moving said cutting knives sequentially and repeatedly into cutting engagement to form a product slice having a generally corrugated cut shape.
A cutting machine for cutting potatoes, comprising:
- a cutting plate having at least one aperture formed therein for flow through passage of an hydraulic fluid used to propel the potatoes in single file along a product flow path, said cutting plate further including a plurality of four cutting knives carried thereby at approximate 90° intervals and oriented substantially perpendicular with respect to each adjacent cutting knife, each of said cutting knives having a generally corrugated configuration defining adjacent peaks and troughs;
- each of said four cutting knives being carried by said cutting plate in association with an upstream positioned recessed ramp for guiding the potatoes into cutting engagement with the cutting knives, and a downstream positioned slot formed therein for passage of each cut slice therethrough for further processing;
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- means for driving said cutting plate through an orbital path disposed generally perpendicular to said flow path and at a speed selected according to the velocity of product travel along said flow path for moving said cutting knives sequentially and repeatedly into cutting engagement to form each potato slice having a generally corrugated cut shape.
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