| 摘要 |
<p>A cutting apparatus for cutting objects (29) into minute pieces with high exactitude and high precision comprises, as an integral unit, a pair of cutter shafts (9, 10) disposed substantially in parallel to each other, a motor (21) attached to one of the cutter shafts (9), means (17,18) for rotating the other cutter shaft (10) in a direction opposite to the direction in which the one cutter shaft is rotated, a plurality of substantially disklike cutters (12) fitted around each of the cutter shafts, and a plurality of substantially disklike spacers (13) fitted around each of the cutter shafts. The cutters (12) and the spacers (13) around each of the cutter shafts (9, 10) are alternately arranged and brought into intimate contact with each other in the axial direction of each of the cutter shafts. The cutters (12) and the spacers (13) around the one cutter shaft (9) are closely opposed respectively to the spacers (13) and the cutters (12) around the other cutter shaft (10) so as to hold the cutters (12) in mesh with the opposed spacers (13). The cutting apparatus further comprises a dish-shaped shoot (19) which is disposed at a position immediately above the cutters (12) and spacers (13) for effectively guiding the objects (29) onto the cutters and the spacers to enhance the cutting efficiency, and a pair of scrapers (30) which are disposed on the sides intervening therebetween the side on which the cutters and the spacers are opposed and which are provided with corrugated engaging pawls (31) for engaging with the cutters and the spacers to effectively prevent the objects (29) from falling from between the cutters and the spacers.</p> |
