potato slicing apparatus and potato chip manufacturing method

摘要

Patent abstract: "Potato slice slicing apparatus and method of making potato chips". The present invention relates to a potato chip cutting apparatus (2), the apparatus comprising an annular shaped cutting head (4), and a central pusher (14) coaxially mounted for rotation within the cutting head (4). ) for routing the potatoes radially to the cutting head (4), the impeller (14) having a base (16) with an upper surface (18) through which the potatoes are in use routed to the head (4) a plurality of annularly mounted knives (8) serially mounted around the cutting head (4), each knife (8) having a first cutting edge (10) extended in a substantially vertical direction and spaced from the cutting head (4) to provide a span (12) extending in a radial direction between the first cutting edge (10) and the cutting head (4), each knife (8) having a further second cutting edge (36) extended in a substantially horizontal direction and extended at least partially radially through the gap (12), the second cutting edge (36) being located at least 50 mm above the upper surface (18) of the impeller (14) to define a cutting zone (38) for cutting a single potato slice between upper surface (18) of impeller (14) and second cutting edge (36). 1/1