Food feed chute apparatus
OwnerSteven S. Polsoninventor
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a food feed chute apparatus adapted for mounting upon a rotary cutting machine and comprises a base adapted to be mounted to the cutting machine, a tube having first and second ends being attached to the base at a location proximate the first end of the tube, the tube having a cross-sectional shape generally similar to the cross-sectional shape of the food products to be fed therethrough, but having cross-sectional dimensions about 1% to about 5% greater than the cross-sectional dimensions of the food products, and a weighted pusher disposable within the tube adapted for pushing the food products toward the first end of the tube. Preferably, the pusher is pivotably attached to the tube proximate the second end of the tube.
Claims11
A food feed chute apparatus adapted for mounting upon a rotary cutting machine comprising
- a base adapted to be mounted to the cutting machine,
- a tube having first and second ends and being attached to the base at a location proximate the first end of the tube,
- a weighted pushing means disposable within the tube adapted for pushing food products to be fed through the tube toward the first end of the tube, and
- attaching means for pivotably attaching the pushing means to the tube proximate the second end of the tube, the attaching means comprising a fixed member fixedly attached to the tube, a movable member, means for pivotably attaching the movable member to the fixed member, and a guide rod attached at its ends to the pushing means, the guide rod having an elongated portion which is spaced from the pushing means and having an axis parallel to the axis of the pushing means, the elongated portion of the guide rod extending through an orifice in the movable member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.