Patents Assigned to Urschell Laboratories Incorporated
  • Apparatus for conveying and cutting a product into discrete pieces
    Patent number: 5044240
    Abstract: 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 receptable. The spacing between the conveyors may be varied by adjustment assemblies spaced longitudinally along the feed path.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 11, 1989
    Date of Patent: September 3, 1991
    Assignee: Urschell Laboratories Incorporated
    Inventors: Robert R. Fischer, Charles E. Rowell