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US 4,733,437 AGranted
Apparatus and method for cutting deep-frozen foodstuff
OwnerHeinz Nienstedtinventor
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An apparatus and a method for cutting deep-frozen foodstuff, in particular fish, in the form of square plates 4 into a plurality of square rods 15. The apparatus consists of a circular saw which is provided above a closed table top 1, and on the shaft of which are clamped, between spacer disks 6, individual saw blades 5. With respect to the thickness of the plates 4, the circular saw blades 5 have a large diameter. Stiffening spacer disks 6 clamp circular saw blades 5 except for an outer rim corresponding to the thickness of the plate 4. By these measures, relatively thin circular saw blades 5 gain a sufficient stiffness at their outer rim. This arragement reduces cutting operations and results in a small amount of chipped foodstuff material. The chipped material is not lost for the final product since it remains above the closed table top 1 and is collected by a following pressure roll 9 and deposited on the upper surface of the rods 15.
In an apparatus for cutting deep-frozen foodstuff, in particular fish, in the form of square bodies, such as plates, into a plurality of smaller square units such as small rods, comprising a table on which the square bodies are shiftable by means of a conveyor means, a circular saw having a shaft which is provided with a plurality of saw blades arranged in the moving path of the square bodies and clamped between stiffening disks, with the diameter of said blades being large with respect to the thickness of the square bodies to be cut, and hold-down pressure rolls engaging the upper surface of the square bodies;
In a method for cutting deep-frozen foodstuff, in particular meat, fish and vegetables including providing deep-frozen foodstuff in the form of square bodies such as plates, and cutting the square bodies into smaller units such as small rods, by means of a circular saw comprising several saw blades arranged in parallel adjacent relationship in front of which each square body is shiftable in the forward direction on a table during the cutting operation;
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