Patents
US 11207793 B2: Hydro-mechanical cutter
- Granted
- 2021-12-28
- Filed
- 2020-07-09 application 16924453
- Type
- Utility · 14 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
A food product cutting system can include a food product carrier for carrying food product circumferentially around an axis of rotation, where the food product carrier includes food cutters each having a knife and a corresponding pusher. Each knife is for receiving and engaging with food product, and each pusher is slidably coupled with a knife and movable for pushing food product out of engagement with the food cutter. The food product cutting system can also include a track oriented generally circularly with respect to the food product carrier. The track can be arranged at varying radial distances from the axis of rotation and coupled with followers. Each follower can be connected to a corresponding pusher. In operation, food product moved into the knife of a food cutter and carried around the axis of rotation is incrementally pushed out of engagement with the food cutter by the corresponding pusher.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg211228.xml).
Assignees
| Assignee | Type | Place | Also on furp.org | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lamb Weston, Inc. 51 patents | US company or organization | Eagle, ID | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Lamb-Weston/Meijer V.O.F. 30 patents | Foreign company or organization | Yerseke, NL | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grayden Howard | Richland, WA | 17 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Samuel Monk | Richland, WA | 25 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Tayler Wonders | Kennewick, WA | 10 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Mark Fow | Kennewick, WA | 14 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Dirk Van Dijk | Veghel, NL | 32 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
CPC categories
| Subclass | Category | First group | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| B26D | Cutting; details common to machines for perforating, punching, cutting-out, stamping-out or severing | B26D7/06 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 |
Cooperative Patent Classification, as currently assigned (one row per subclass).
Assignments and security interests
| Recorded | What | From | To | Reel/frame | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-10-22 | Security interest Security interest Security interest | LAMB WESTON, INC. signed 2024-05-03 | BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT CHARLOTTE, NC | 68963/425 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2023-01-31 | Security interest Security interest Notice of grant of security interest in patents | LAMB WESTON, INC. signed 2023-01-31 | AGWEST FARM CREDIT, PCA, AS ADMINISTRATIVE AGENT PASCO, WA | 62591/127 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2020-08-10 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | VAN DIJK, DIRK JACOB signed 2020-08-04 | LAMB-WESTON/MEIJER V.O.F. PJ KRUININGEN | 53446/794 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
| 2020-07-29 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | MONK, SAMUEL signed 2020-07-20 WONDERS, TAYLER signed 2020-07-20 HOWARD, GRAYDEN signed 2020-07-21 FOW, MARK signed 2020-07-24 | LAMB WESTON, INC. EAGLE, ID | 53342/546 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
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