摘要 |
<p>A process comprises frozen blocks of food, especially fish, are cut into small rectangular portions in a pattern with the following sequence: (a) each cutting stage produces smaller portions, the overall shape of each of which is in proportion to the larger block from which the smaller portion were cut; (b) the first stage block is cut whilst standing on edge, in slices parallel to its largest face using a band saw; (c) the second and third stage blocks are sub-divided into bars of three, while resting face down on a cutting bench by an overhead circular saw, first transverse and then parallel to the longitudinal axis or v.v.; (d) and the third stage bars are further sub-divided into their final size whilst resting flat and transverse on a cutting table, by parallel cuts from an overhead circular saw. Also claimed is a suitable assembly.</p> |