Patents
US 11498234 B2: Tension knife for cutting food products
- Granted
- 2022-11-15
- Filed
- 2021-05-07 application 17314212
- Type
- Utility · 18 claims
- Elsewhere
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Abstract
A tension knife includes an elongate knife body with a thin, flat profile. The tension knife defines first and second mounting points at opposing ends of the knife body. The knife body has a characteristic width across a length of the knife body between the first and second mounting points. The characteristic width of the knife body defines a centerline between a leading edge of the knife body and a trailing edge of the knife body. One or more of the first and second mounting points has a focus between the centerline of the knife body and the leading edge. A frame can be configured to support and tension the tension knife to form a tension knife assembly. Clamp blocks can be used to mount the tension knife to the frame at the first and second mounting points, where one or more of the clamp blocks is configured to rotate with respect to the frame to tension the leading edge of the tension knife.
Source: PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 (ipg221115.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 |
Inventors
| Inventor | Place | Patents | Person page | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Samuel Monk | Richland, WA | 25 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Danelle Roan | Kennewick, WA | 1 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Mark Fow | Kennewick, WA | 14 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Grayden Howard | Richland, WA | 17 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Daniel Lawrence Banowetz | Chesterton, IN | 8 | PVGPATDIS, file of 2026-04-10 | |
| Michael Scot Jacko | Valparaiso, IN | 56 | 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 | B26D1/03 | 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 |
| 2021-08-18 | Assignment Assignment of assignor's interest | MONK, SAMUEL signed 2020-08-28 BANOWETZ, DANIEL L. signed 2020-08-31 JACKO, MICHAEL S. signed 2020-08-31 HOWARD, GRAYDEN signed 2020-09-14 FOW, MARK ALAN signed 2020-09-25 ROAN, DANELLE signed 2020-09-25 | LAMB WESTON, INC. EAGLE, ID | 57215/744 | ECORSEXC, file of 2026-09-25 |
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