Blade Arrangement For A Food Processing Vat

摘要

A food processing vat is provided with blade assemblies that extend from opposing sides of a rotating shaft. The blade assemblies may be curved or otherwise face different directions at different locations along their respective lengths. The vat may have a pair of rotating shafts and the rotation of the shafts may be timed so that the blade assemblies of the shafts simultaneously travel through a common swept volume. The blade assemblies may be positioned on the shafts so that they intermesh through each other while simultaneously moving through the common volume.

主权项

1. A food processing vat system comprising:
a vat defining an inside space therein; a pair of shafts transversely spaced from each other and rotating within the inside space of the vat; and blade assemblies mounted to the shafts so that the blade assemblies travel through a common swept volume between the shafts, wherein each of the blade assemblies includes:
a first set of knives spaced from each other along a width of the respective blade assembly with each knife of the first set of knives having an inner knife end arranged toward the respective shaft and an outer knife end arranged away from the respective shaft and wherein the each knife of the first set of knives is curved in a longitudinal direction between the inner and outer knife ends; anda second set of knives spaced from each other along a length of the respective blade assembly with each knife of the second set of knives extending between and intersecting the first set of knives,wherein each of the blade assemblies extends in a generally radial direction from the respective shaft and is curved in the longitudinal direction of the first set of knives when viewed from an end view of the respective shaft.