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US 9,986,745 B2Granted
Coring machine
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.
Claims13
A machine comprising:
- a frame;
- a plate assembly that is connected to the frame and operationally configured to releasably support at least one food item blank, the plate assembly comprising at least one passage therein, the at least one passage extending from a first exterior surface of the plate assembly to a second exterior surface of the plate assembly;
- a first coring assembly that is connected to the frame and located on a first side of the plate assembly corresponding to the first exterior surface, the first coring assembly comprising at least one coring bit that is axially aligned with the at least one passage such that the at least one coring bit of the first coring assembly can be at least partially inserted within the at least one passage;
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- a second coring assembly that is connected to the frame and located on a second side of the plate assembly corresponding to the second exterior surface, the second coring assembly comprising at least one coring bit that is axially aligned with the at least one passage such that the at least one coring bit of the second coring assembly can be at least partially inserted within the at least one passage.
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A machine comprising:
- a frame including a pair of slide rails;
- a plate assembly, the plate assembly being slideably connected to the frame along the pair of slide rails along a plate assembly movement axis and operationally configured to releasably support at least one food item blank, the plate assembly including at least one passage therein, the at least one passage extending from a first exterior surface of the plate assembly to a second exterior surface of the plate assembly;
- a first coring assembly that is fixedly connected to the frame and located on a first side of the plate assembly corresponding to the first exterior surface, the first coring assembly including at least one coring bit that is axially aligned with the at least one passage such that the at least one coring bit of the first coring assembly is at least partially inserted within the at least one passage when the plate assembly is slid along the pair of slide rails along the plate assembly movement axis a sufficient distance towards the first coring assembly;
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- a second coring assembly that is fixedly connected to the frame and located on a second side of the plate assembly corresponding to the second exterior surface, the second coring assembly including at least one coring bit that is axially aligned with the at least one passage such that the at least one coring bit of the second coring assembly is at least partially inserted within the at least one passage when the plate assembly is slid along the pair of slide rails along the plate assembly movement axis a sufficient distance towards the second coring assembly.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.