Potato cutter
OwnerMichael A. Cycyk, Robert R. Seitzinventors
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Abstract
This invention involves a device for automatically cutting a potato or similar edible tubers into a shoe string form. The cutting device utilizes the entire potato during the cutting operation by the use of a novel potato support and receiving and cutting structures which are adapted to mate with the turning means which rotates the potato along the fixed axis.
Claims17
A potato cutting device capable of cutting an entire potato into a shoe-string form which comprises in combination a source of energy, a drive rod attached at one end to said source of energy, a receiving chamber, a cutting means, a prong potato-holding means and a stripper plate assembly attached to the opposite end of said drive rod, said stripper plate assembly comprising at least two drive fingers adapted to penetrate and support a potato and a main body having movably connected thereto at least two stripper bolt means, said stripper bolt means having attached at its outer end a stripper plate, said bolt means adapted to selectively move said stripper plate toward said cutting means thereby adapted to push a potato off said drive fingers and cause the entire potato to be consumed in said cutting operation, located and provided in substantially the center of said stripper plate are stripper fingers positioned around a receiving chamber, said chamber adapted to mate with said potato prong-holding means which is located adjacent said cutting means.
A potato cutting device capable of cutting an entire potato into a shoe string form which comprises in combination a source of energy, a drive rod attached at one end to said source of energy, a stripper plate assembly attached to the opposite end of said drive rod and in close proximity to a cutting means, a solenoid to engage and disengage means to feed the drive rod, said stripper plate assembly comprising a main body having movably connected thereto at least one bolt means, said bolt means having attached at its opposite end a stripper plate, said bolt means adapted to move said stripper plate toward and away from said cutting means and said main body, and located and projecting from substantially the center of said stripper plate are at least two drive fingers having formed therebetween a receiving aperture to mate with a prong-holding means located adjacent said cutting means and circular grooves in the stripper plate to provide clearance for the slitting fingers, said stripper plate adapted to push a potato off said drive fingers and cause the entire potato to be consumed in said cutting operation.
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