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Continuous Tortilla Chip Cutter

  • US 20150135921A1
  • Filed: 08/21/2014
  • Published: 05/21/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/21/2013
  • Status: Active Application
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1. A continuous flat bread cutting apparatus for cutting flat bread units produced by a flat bread production line into multiple pieces (“

  • pre-cuts”

    ) for frying into chips, comprising;

    a conveyor having an upper surface for carrying the flat bread units, the conveyor moving the flat bread units from an input end to an exit end thereof;

    a detector that detects the flat bread units moving on the conveyor and outputs a detection signal;

    a cutting mechanism that receives the flat bread units from the exit end of the conveyor, flat bread unit by flat bread unit, cuts each flat bread unit into a plurality of pre-cuts, and ejects the pre-cuts; and

    a controller that, in response to the detection signal, causes the cutting mechanism to execute a cutting motion in sync with the moving of the flat bread units to consistently cut the flat bread units into substantially identical pre-cuts.

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