Appeal No. 2006-1588
Application No. 10/707,526
the steps of:
providing a cutting means comprising at least one cutting
element disposed in a cutting plane that is not vertical;
individually delivering food products to the cutting means
by causing the food products to free-fall through a feed passage
and then free-fall through the cutting means entirely under the
force of gravity and on a path that is approximately normal to
the cutting plane; and
contacting the food products and positioning the food
products so that they free-fall on the path at a predetermined
location within a cross-section of the feed passage as the food
products free-fall through the feed passage and prior to
encountering the cutting means so as to produce size-reduced
products of substantially consistent size and shape.
14. A method of cutting food product, the method comprising
the steps of:
individually delivering food products to a cutting means
comprising at least one cutting element disposed in a cutting
plane that is not vertical by causing the food products to free-
fall through a feed passage and then free-fall through the
cutting means entirely under the force of gravity and on a path
that is approximately normal to the cutting plane; and
contacting the food products and positioning the food
products with a plurality of resilient members extending radially
inward into the feed passage toward a central axis thereof, the
resilient members causing the food products to free-fall on the
path at a predetermined location within a cross-section of the
feed passage as the food products free-fall through the feed
passage and prior to encountering the cutting means so as to
produce size-reduced products of substantially consistent size
and shape.
THE REFERENCES
Leo 2,006,643 Jul. 2, 1935
Shadduck 2,572,770 Oct. 23, 1951
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