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US 6,148,709 AGranted
Knife and knife holder for a cutting wheel
AssigneeUrschel Laboratories, Inc.
InventorBrent L. Bucks
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AssigneeUrschel Laboratories, Inc.
InventorBrent L. Bucks
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A knife and a knife holder for a cutting wheel are disclosed for a food product slicing apparatus. The knife has a gauging surface, a cutting edge and a second edge located opposite to the cutting edge, the second edge extending obliquely with respect to the cutting edge such that the knife has a generally triangular configuration. A plurality of such knives are mounted between a hub and a rim of the cutting wheel such that the knives extend generally radially from the hub and wherein the second edge and gauging surface form a juncture, which extends substantially parallel to the cutting edge of an adjacent knife blade to form a gate opening, the thickness of the gate opening accurately controlling the thickness of the sliced food product. A knife holder for use with a separate blade is disclosed, the holder formed to provide the desired gauging surface defining a gate opening when assembled to a cutting wheel with other knife holders.
A knife for a cutting wheel of a food slicing apparatus comprising a knife formed of a single, planar piece of material having a sharpened cutting edge;
A knife holder (48) for a cutting blade for use on a rotary cutting wheel, said knife holder comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.