Slicing apparatus and slicing method
AssigneeUrschel Laboratories, Inc.
InventorAnthony A. McCracken
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Abstract
A slicing apparatus and method suitable for reliably slicing elongated food products along a longitudinal axis thereof. The apparatus includes a slicing wheel mounted for rotation about a roughly horizontal axis, a first delivery structure adapted to deliver food product to the slicing wheel, and a moving delivery device adapted to press the food product against the first delivery structure and propel the food product in a delivery direction along a length of the first delivery structure to the slicing wheel. The slicing wheel produces a slice cut in the food product parallel to the delivery direction in which the food product is delivered to the slicing wheel.
Claims20
A slicing apparatus comprising:
- a slicing wheel mounted for rotation about a roughly horizontal axis;
- a first delivery structure adapted to deliver food product to the slicing wheel;
- and
- a moving delivery device adapted to press the food product against the first delivery structure and propel the food product in a delivery direction along a length of the first delivery structure to the slicing wheel;
- wherein the slicing wheel produces a slice cut in the food product parallel to the delivery direction in which the food product is delivered to the slicing wheel.
A method of slicing a food product, the method comprising:
- locating a food product onto a first delivery structure;
- rotating a slicing wheel;
- and
- slicing the food product by causing the first delivery structure to deliver the food product to the slicing wheel while operating a moving delivery device to apply a pressure to an entire length of the food product while the entire length of the food product is supported by the first delivery structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.