Double-edged knife for food cutting apparatus
AssigneeUrschel Laboratories, Inc.
InventorsMichael Scot Jacko, Paul Bruce
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Abstract
Double-edged knives for use in centrifugal-type cutting apparatuses, for example, the Urschel Model CC®, and transverse cutting wheel-type cutting apparatuses, for example, the Urschel TranSlicer 2000®, to produce uniform cuts in bulk quantities of food products. Such a knife has a longitudinal length defining oppositely-disposed first and second ends and defining oppositely-disposed edges between the first and second ends. Each of the edges has a cutting edge defined thereon adapted for slicing food products. As a result, the knife has two operational life spans and can be removed and reinstalled to utilize either of its cutting edges.
Claims17
A knife adapted for producing sliced food products, the knife comprising a longitudinal length defining oppositely-disposed first and second ends and defining oppositely-disposed edges between the first and second ends, each of the edges having a cutting edge defined thereon adapted for slicing food products.
A shoe assembly of a centrifugal-type slicing machine adapted for producing sliced food products, the shoe assembly comprising:
- a shoe;
- a knife holder mounted to the shoe;
- a knife mounted to the knife holder;
- and
- means for clamping the knife to the knife holder;
- wherein the knife comprises a longitudinal length defining oppositely-disposed first and second ends and defining oppositely-disposed edges between the first and second ends, and each of the edges has a cutting edge defined thereon adapted for slicing food products.
A knife holder of a rotating cutting wheel-type slicing machine adapted for producing sliced food products, the knife holder comprising:
- a knife holder configured for mounting to a cutting wheel;
- a knife mounted to the knife holder;
- and
- means for clamping the knife to the knife holder;
- wherein the knife comprises a longitudinal length defining oppositely-disposed first and second ends and defining oppositely-disposed edges between the first and second ends, and each of the edges has a cutting edge defined thereon adapted for slicing food products.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.