APPARATUS FOR CONVEYING AND CUTTING A PRODUCT INTO DISCRETE PIECES

摘要

18 An elongate product is divided into a plurality of longitudinal strips by frictionally engaging the product between a pair of spaced flexible conveyors defining a longitudinal feed path therebetween and feeding the product at a desired orientation into a stationary knife assembly which cuts the product into strips that are discharged through a spiral-shaped chute and collected in a receptacle. The spacing between the conveyors may be varied by adjustment assemblies spaced longitudinally along the feed path.