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US 6,199,467 B1Granted
Bucket assembly for holding and cutting dry spaghetti and method for cutting dry spaghetti
AssigneeHowden Food Equipment, Inc.
InventorsLeonard Defrancisci, John Alberga
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Abstract
An apparatus for cutting dry pasta strands includes a frame and a guide rail mounted to the frame. A bucket is slidably mounted to the guide rail and linearly moves along the guide rail. The bucket has a stepped pasta-receiving channel including a cutting edge. A cutting blade is fixed to the frame for selective sliding engagement against the cutting edge to cut the pasta in half.
Claims6
An apparatus for cutting dry pasta strands comprising:
- a frame;
- a guide rail mounted to said frame;
- a bucket slidably mounted to said guide rail;
- means for linearly moving said bucket along said guide rail;
- said bucket having a stepped pasta-receiving channel including a cutting edge, said bucket having a floor and two side walls, said step in said pasta-receiving channel being in said floor of said bucket, each side wall including a cutting slot.
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