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US 9,723,849 B2Granted
Method of coring a food blank
AssigneeDAS Foods, LLC
InventorBenjamin Joseph Hirko
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Abstract
In one respect, the invention is a coring machine for removing portions of food item blanks, the coring machine including a plate assembly for holding the food item blanks and a pair of coring assemblies, each having a plurality of coring bits that are aligned with passages in the plate assembly.
Claims5
A method of coring out a portion of a food item blank, the method comprising:
- inserting at least one food item blank having a first end and a second end into a plate assembly, the plate assembly having at least one passage therein, the at least one passage extending to an exterior surface of the plate assembly;
- operating a first coring assembly such that at least one coring bit of the first coring assembly is rotating;
- operating a second coring assembly such that at least one coring bit of the second coring assembly is rotating;
- inserting the at least one coring bit of the first coring assembly at least partially into the at least one passage so that it comes into contact with the first end of the at least one food item blank;
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- inserting the at least one coring bit of the second coring assembly into the same at least one passage so that it comes into contact with the second end of the same at least one food item blank.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.