Cutter blade assembly for cutting scoop shaped vegetable products

A cutter blade assembly for use in a food cutting apparatus comprising:

• a frame comprised of pairs of knife supports, said frame defining a longitudinal passageway having upstream and downstream ends for passage of food product and carrier medium therethrough;
• a first plurality of strip knives configured in pairs, each knife of said first plurality of strip knives being generally corrugated and comprised of V-shaped portions having a series of peaks interspaced with a series of troughs, each knife of said first plurality of strip knives removably attached to said frame in parallel spaced relationship with an opposing knife along said longitudinal passageway, each pair of knives configured to cut a vegetable product into a slab having two correspondingly corrugated sides, each side comprised of said V-shaped portions, said pairs of said first plurality of strip knives being spaced farthest apart at a widest base portion at said upstream end of said longitudinal passageway and spaced progressively closer together in a generally pyramidal configuration until arriving at a narrowest spacing at said downstream end;
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• a second plurality of strip knives for cutting said slabs into generally elongated pieces, said second plurality of strip knives connected to said frame in alternating interspaced pairs perpendicularly engaging an adjacent pair of said first plurality of strip knives at a peak of each of said strip knives.

A cutter blade assembly for use in a food cutting apparatus comprising:

• a frame comprised of pairs of knife supports, said frame defining a longitudinal passageway having upstream and downstream ends for passage of food product and carrier medium therethrough;
• a first plurality of strip knives positioned in pairs, each pair shaped and positioned to cut a vegetable product into a scalloped shaped slab, each knife of said first plurality of strip knives having a series of peak portions interspaced with a series of trough portions, each knife of said first plurality of strip knives removably attached to said frame in parallel spaced relation with an opposing knife along said longitudinal passageway, each knife of said first plurality of strip knives define engagement slots within said peak portions, said pairs of said first plurality of strip knives being spaced farthest apart at a widest base portion at said upstream end of said longitudinal passageway and spaced progressively closer together in a generally pyramidal configuration until arriving at a narrowest spacing at said downstream end;
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• a second plurality of strip knives generally perpendicularly engaging said first plurality of strip knives at said engagement slots, said second plurality of strip knives for cutting said scalloped shaped slabs into generally elongated tubular shaped pieces, said second plurality of strip knives connected to said frame in alternating interspaced pairs.