| 摘要 |
The apparatus includes a rotatably mounted knife assembly (21, 29, 31) having one or more sets of knife blades (23, 24) arranged in a spiral pattern. Each set of knife blades produces a set of helically shaped slices of an object, such as a potato. The spiral arrangement of each blade set reduces the torque needed to slice an object using the knife assembly. The knife assembly includes a knife bearing (31) rotatably mounted within a housing (33). To rotate the knife assembly, a gear (35) engages and drives an outer annular surface of the knife bearing. A liquid is injected through a channel (12) within the knife bearing housing, and preferably also through a channel (12a) within the gear mounting member, to align and lubricate the rotating knife assembly and flush fragments of the objects being sliced from the knife assembly and gear. <IMAGE> |
