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US 3,942,399 AGranted
Onion slicing machine
OwnerClayton E. Giangiulioinventor
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Apparatus for slicing onions and other hard vegetables. The apparatus comprises carrier means mounted for movement through a cutting path in a first direction. A plurality of cutting blades is disposed within the path in a downwardly descending ramp. Each of the blades includes a leading edge and a trailing edge, with the leading edge forming the cutting edge of the blade. The blades are sequentially offset from one another in said one direction and parallel to one another in the direction normal to said one direction, with the leading edge of one blade spaced from the trailing edge of the preceding blade by a distance at least equal to the thickness of the blade. The carrier means serves to carry the vegetable through the path and into sequential contact with succeeding blades to effect the sequential slicing of the vegetable. The carrier means comprises a base for supporting the vegetable and a pusher member. The pusher member is arranged to apply a force on the vegetable at an area thereon opposite to the blade then in contact with the vegetable to force the vegetable cleanly through the blade. The pusher member is preferably curved and is arranged to pivot as the carrier moves along the cutting path while making contact with the base at all times to preclude any portion of the vegetable from falling out of the carrier.
Apparatus for slicing hard vegetables comprising carrier means mounted for movement through a cutting path in a first direction, plural cutting blades disposed within said path and having respective cutting edges sequentially offset from one another in a ramp arrangement in said one direction and parallel to one another in the direction normal to said one direction, said carrier means serving to carry said vegetable through said path and into sequential contact with succeeding blades to effect the sequential slicing of said vegetable, said carrier means comprising a movable base for supporting said vegetable and a pusher member for moving said base along said path to carry said vegetable through said blades and for applying a force to said vegetable and directing said force at an area thereon opposite to the blade then in contact with said vegetalbe and maintaining said force thereon irrespective of the position of said vegetable along said path to force said vegetable cleanly through said blade.
Apparatus for slicing hard vegetables comprising carrier means mounted for movement through a cutting path in a first direction, plural cutting blades disposed within said path and having respective cutting edges sequentially offset from one another in said one direction and parallel to one another in the direction normal to said one direction, said carrier means serving to carry said vegetable through said path and into sequential contact with succeeding blades to effect the sequential slicing of said vegetable, said carrier means comprising a base for supporting said vegetable and a pusher member pivotable as it moves along said path in said first direction for applying a force on said vegetable at an area thereon opposite to the blade then in contact with said vegetable to force said vegetable cleanly through said blade.
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