Improved acceleration tube and cutter head housing retainer for hydraulic cutting system

摘要

An apparatus for a hydraulic cutting system having a pump that propels solid food products suspended in a working liquid through a blade. An elongated case is mounted in, and is longitudinally-movable relative to, a frame. The case has at least one rigid member connected to an upstream ring and extending to a downstream ring. A substantially flexible, tapered tube is mounted within, and substantially coaxially to, the case. At least a first portion of the case is moveable from a closed position, in which the tapered tube is retained in the case, to an opened position, in which the tapered tube may be removed from the case, relative to a second portion of the case.