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; first and second shafts configured to rotate in respective first and second directions of rotation 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, rotation of the shafts being timed so that at least some of the blade assemblies of each of the shafts simultaneously travel through the common swept volume, wherein each of the blade assemblies includes a first set of knives that are curved and extend in a longitudinal direction with respect to the blade assembly and a second set of knives that are curved and extend in a transverse direction with respect to the blade assembly and intersect the first set of knives defining a curved basket of interconnected knives at each of the blade assemblies, wherein each of the blade assemblies has a concave side and an opposing convex side defined by the curved basket of interconnected knives facing toward or away from the respective direction of rotation of the corresponding shaft to which the blade assembly is mounted.