US 7,682,227 B1 · Meat cutting assembly

Abstract

A cutting assembly for cutting a meat or food product passing along a path of travel and comprising a blade roller having a plurality of blades transversely connected thereto in aligned relation to the path of travel. A mate roller, an in-feed roller and an out-feed roller interact with the plurality of blades to assure removal of meat portions from the blade and mate rollers during the cutting procedure. The mate roller comprises a plurality of mate roller sections each separated from one another by a first predetermined space and variably or adjustably positioned along the length of the mate roller by interaction with a stabilizing assembly to accommodate receipt of the blades within the first predetermined spaces during concurrent rotation of the blade and mate rollers. The cutting assembly may include a modular construction disposable within and removable from an operative position along a processing line associated with the path of travel.

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Dependent claims

An assembly for cutting meat passing along a path of travel, said assembly comprising:

a) at least one blade roller including a plurality of spaced apart blades connected in transverse relation to a length of the blade roller and rotational therewith,
b) at least one mate roller disposed in engaging relation to the meat passing along the path of travel concurrently to said blade roller,
c) said mate roller comprising a plurality of mate roller sections transversely disposed along a length of said mate roller at a first predetermined space from one another,
d) each of said plurality of blades passing into and through correspondingly aligned ones of said first predetermined spaces during concurrent rotation of said blade roller and said mate roller,
e) an in-feed assembly and an out-feed assembly extending transversely along the path of travel in delivering and removing relation respectively to said blade roller and said mate roller, and
f) wherein at least said out-feed assembly is disposed in interacting, meat clearing relation to said plurality of blades.

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An assembly for cutting meat passing along a path of travel, said assembly comprising:

a) at least one blade roller including a plurality of spaced apart blades connected in transverse relation to and along a length of the blade roller and rotational therewith,
b) at least one mate roller disposed in engaging relation to the meat passing along the path of travel concurrently to said blade roller,
c) said mate roller comprising a plurality of mate roller sections transversely connected to and along a length of said mate roller and rotational therewith, each of said mate roller sections disposed a first predetermined space from a next adjacent mate roller section,
d) each of said plurality of mate roller sections comprising two mate segments separated by a second predetermined space,
e) an in-feed assembly and out-feed assembly disposed along said path of travel in delivering and removing relation respectively to said blade roller and said mate roller,
f) each of said plurality of blades passing into and through a correspondingly aligned one of said first predetermined spaces during concurrent rotation of said blade roller and said mate roller, and
g) a stabilizing assembly fixedly connected along the path of travel adjacent said blade roller and at least partially disposed within said second predetermined spaces of said plurality of mate roller sections.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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