| 摘要 |
<p>An apparatus and method for slicing food products, and particularly soft, pliable food products (92) susceptible to being deformed to the slicing pro cess. The slicing apparatus includes a slicing wheel assembly (50) and devic e (70,84) for stabilizing the food product (92) as it is being fed through t he slicing wheel assembly (50). The slicing wheel assembly (50) includes a h ub (52), a rim (54) circumscribing the hub (52) so as to define an annular s pace (55) therebetween, and arcuate blades (56) extending between and remova bly attached to the hub (52) and rim (54). The hub (52), rim (54), and blade s (56) lie in a cutting plane of the slicing wheel assembly (50). Each blade (56) has an arcuate cutting edge (58) on a convex portion thereof, with rad ially innermost and radially outermost extents (62,64) of the blade (56) tha t do not lie on the same radial (66,68) of the slicing wheel assembly (50).</p> |
