Vegetable cutting system
AssigneeMcCain Foods Limited
InventorsMax Frey, Marc A. Frey, Peter C. Smith, Darrell B. Brooks
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Abstract
Potatoes are conveyed one at a time along a predetermined path ending at a cutter that cuts the potatoes into helical strips. A series of four rings surrounds the path. Each ring has a plurality of nozzles that produce jets of water intersecting at a point in the path. At the outlet of the series of four rings is an orienter through which the potatoes pass. The rings and the orienter align and guide the potatoes as they move along the path and through the cutter.
Claims40
A vegetable cutting system comprising means for conveying vegetables one at a time to a point defining the start of a predetermined path, cutting means at the end of said path, and at least one set of nozzle means arranged around said path for generating jets of water intersecting at a point in said path for orienting the vegetables with respect to said cutting means.
A vegetable cutting system comprising means for conveying vegetables one at a time to a point defining the start of a predetermined path, a series of rings surrounding said path, a plurality of nozzle means carried by each of said rings arranged around said path for respectively generating jets of water intersecting at said path, and cutting means at the end of said path.
A vegetable cutting system comprising means for conveying vegetables one at a time to a point defining the start of a predetermined path, at least one set of nozzle means arranged around said path for generating jets of water intersecting at a point in said path, cutting means at the end of said path, and orienting means between said nozzle means and said cutting means for guiding the vegetables thereto and for accommodating transverse passage of water.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.