Device and method for cutting food pieces into a twisted shape
OwnerDavid M. Rogers, John Warren Aikens +1inventors
InventorsDavid M. Rogers, John Warren Aikens, Carlos Rincon
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Abstract
A cutting device for cutting twisted-shape food pieces is disclosed. The cutting device includes at least one tube, the tube having an open inlet end and an open outlet end, wherein the tube defines a longitudinal passage extending from the inlet end to the outlet end. At least three cutting blades are coupled to the tube downstream of the inlet end of the tube. Each cutting blade includes a blade edge facing the inlet end, and each blade edge extends from an upstream edge end to a downstream edge end across a portion of the bore.
Claims21
A cutting device for cutting twisted-shape food pieces, the cutting device comprising:
- at least one tube, the tube having an open inlet end and an open outlet end,
- wherein the tube defines a longitudinal passage extending from the inlet end to the outlet end;
- and
- at least three cutting blades coupled to the tube downstream of the inlet end of the tube,
- wherein each cutting blade includes a blade edge facing the inlet end, and
- wherein each blade edge extends from an upstream edge end to a downstream edge end across a portion of the bore.
A method of cutting an elongate food piece using a cutting device,
- the method comprising:
- moving the food piece from an inlet end of a hollow tube of the cutting device toward an outlet end of the hollow tube, and
- cutting the food piece with a plurality of cutting blades mounted to the hollow tube, wherein the cutting blades are positioned downstream of the inlet end, wherein the cutting blades cut the food piece to define a new cross-sectional shape of the food piece, wherein the cutting blades apply reactionary forces to the food piece, the reactionary forces having tangential force components, wherein the reactionary forces imparted by the cutting blades rotate the food piece about a longitudinal axis of the food piece during said moving step.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.