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US 8,479,623 B2Granted
Cooked bacon slicer
AssigneePatrick Cudahy, Inc.
InventorDarwin E. Bridges
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Abstract
A system and method for slicing and separating a food product into two pieces is described, where the system and method employ a pneumatically controlled cutting mechanism to slice and separate the food product.
Claims11
A method for cutting a meat product comprising the steps of:
- placing a meat product on a platform coupled to a motor;
- placing a product carrier between the meat product and the platform;
- operating the motor to move the meat product into contact with a cutting mechanism comprising a cutter wheel,
- wherein said cutter wheel is a round cutting blade composed of carbon steel;
- providing a cutting roller below the cutting wheel to thereby provide an opposing surface for the cutting wheel,
- wherein said cutting roller is a polyethylene cutting roller;
- applying pneumatic pressure to the cutting mechanism to hold the cutting wheel downward against the meat product as the meat product passes between the cutting wheel and the cutting roller, thereby separating the meat product into two pieces without separating the product carrier, and;
- operating the motor to move the two pieces away from the cutting mechanism for removal of the two separated pieces from the moving platform.
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