Cutter blade for producing helical vegetable strips
AssigneeMcCain Foods Limited
InventorsJocelyn A. Dube, James D. Arbeau, Michael D. Ryder, Derek J. Penney, Layton D. McInnis, Jean L. Lebel
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Abstract
A cutter for cutting helical vegetable strips comprising a circular disk-like plate having an upstream surface and an axis of rotation. The cutter has a knife blade extending radially from the axis of rotation, the blade edge being axially displaced from the upstream surface. The cutter also includes a plurality of slitter blades spaced apart and located at different distances from the axis of rotation and extending substantially perpendicular to the upstream surface. The slitter blades have different lengths and, therefore, extend to different heights above the upstream surface.
Claims21
A rotating cutter for cutting helical vegetable strips comprising:
- (a) a disk-shaped body having an upstream surface and an axis of rotation;
- (b) a knife blade extending radially from the axis of rotation and being axially displaced from said upstream surface;
- (c) a plurality of slitter blades extending substantially perpendicular to said upstream surface;
- (d) said slitter blades being spaced apart from one another and located at different distances from the axis of rotation;
- (e) at least two of said slitter blades having different lengths with respect to a plane perpendicular to the axis of rotation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.