Slicing guide marker
AssigneeThe Pillsbury Company
InventorsJoseph G. Anton, Dale W. Frederickson, Glenn O. Rasmussen
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Abstract
A slicing guide marker for marking impressionable food products with an elongated cantilever arm rotatably attached to a support shaft. The cantilever arm having a marking roller adjacent one end and a counterweight slidably carried by the arm. The marking roller having a wheel with a plurality of teeth extending generally radially outwardly of the wheel for marking the food product.
Claims5
A slicing guide marker for marking an impressionable food product comprising an elongate cantilever arm rotatably attached to a support shaft, the cantilever arm having a marking roller adjacent one end thereof and a counterweight slidably carried by the arm, the marking roller comprising a wheel having a plurality of teeth extending generally radially outwardly of the wheel for marking the food product.
A method of marking an impressionable food product comprising:
- a. providing a slicing guide marker having an elongate cantilever arm rotatably attached to a support shaft, the cantilever arm having a marking roller adjacent one end thereof and a counterweight slidably carried by the arm, the marking roller comprising a wheel having a plurality of teeth extending generally radially outwardly of the wheel;
- b. determining the impressionability of a first food product;
- c. adjusting the position of the counterweight along the cantilever arm to generate a force correlated to the impressionability of the first food product;
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- d. passing the first food product adjacent the slicing guide marker and contacting the food with the marking roller to mark the first food product with a plurality of generally evenly-spaced hash marks of predetermined depth to serve as guides for slicing the first food product.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.