MEAT CUTTING ASSEMBLY
First Claim
1. An assembly for cutting meat passing along a path of travel, said assembly comprising:
- a blade assembly including a cutting roller comprising a plurality of cutting blades rotatable with said cutting roller relative to the path of travel,a mating assembly including a mate roller rotatable relative to the path of travel and disposed at a predetermined spacing from said cutting roller,said predetermined spacing dimension to facilitate passage of the meat along the path of travel and between said cutting roller and said mate roller concurrent to cutting engagement thereof by said cutting blades,a stabilizing assembly disposed in displacement restricting engagement with both said cutting roller and said mate roller, andsaid stabilizing assembly disposed and structured to restrict dimensional variance of said predetermined spacing at least during cutting of the meat and passage thereof through said predetermined spacing.
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Abstract
A cutting assembly for cutting a meat or food product passing along a path of travel and comprising a blade assembly including a cutting roller having a plurality of cutting blades radially mounted thereon and movable relative to the path of travel. A mating assembly interacts with the plurality of cutting blades to accomplish a multipoint cutting procedure which is facilitated by the concurrent rotation of the cutting roller and cutting blades as well as a linear reciprocal travel thereof transverse to the path of travel. A stabilizing assembly is provided to restrict the dimensional variance of the spacing between the cutting roller and mate roller through which the meat product travels and an ejecting assembly to remove cut portions from between the cutting blades and back onto the path of travel. The cutting assembly preferably includes a modular construction disposal within and removal from an operative position along a processing line associated with the path of travel.
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31 Claims
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1. An assembly for cutting meat passing along a path of travel, said assembly comprising:
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a blade assembly including a cutting roller comprising a plurality of cutting blades rotatable with said cutting roller relative to the path of travel, a mating assembly including a mate roller rotatable relative to the path of travel and disposed at a predetermined spacing from said cutting roller, said predetermined spacing dimension to facilitate passage of the meat along the path of travel and between said cutting roller and said mate roller concurrent to cutting engagement thereof by said cutting blades, a stabilizing assembly disposed in displacement restricting engagement with both said cutting roller and said mate roller, and said stabilizing assembly disposed and structured to restrict dimensional variance of said predetermined spacing at least during cutting of the meat and passage thereof through said predetermined spacing. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An assembly for meat passing along a path of travel, said assembly comprising:
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a blade assembly including a cutting roller comprising a plurality of cutting blades rotatable relative to the path of travel, a mating assembly including at least one mate roller rotatable relative to the path of travel and disposed in interactive relation to said plurality of cutting blades, said cutting roller and said mate roller disposed at a predetermined spacing from one another; said predetermined spacing at least partially defining the path of travel and dimensioned to facilitate passage of the meat between the cutting roller and the mate roller concurrent to engagement with the plurality of cutting blades, a stabilizing assembly comprising a plurality of stabilizing structures disposed in displacement restricting engagement with said cutting roller or said mate roller, and said plurality of stabilizing structures collectively disposed and structured to restrict dimensional variance of said predetermined spacing at least during passage of the meat along said path of travel and through said predetermined spacing. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31)
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