	US 12,441,020 B2
	Apparatus and method for cutting elongate products utilizing conveyor system
Andrew Anthony Caridis, San Carlos, CA (US); David Ramirez Resendiz, Guadalajara (MX); and Sergio Gonzalez Granados, Las Liebres (MX)
Assigned to Heat and Control, Inc., Hayward, CA (US)
Filed by Heat and Control, Inc., Hayward, CA (US)
Filed on Sep. 5, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/242,481.
Application 18/242,481 is a continuation in part of application No. PCT/IB2022/051959, filed on Mar. 5, 2022.
Claims priority of application No. MX/a/2021/002651 (MX), filed on Mar. 5, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2025/0073941 A1, Mar. 6, 2025
Int. Cl. B26D 7/06 (2006.01); B08B 3/04 (2006.01); B26D 7/01 (2006.01)

CPC B26D 7/0625 (2013.01) [B08B 3/041 (2013.01); B26D 7/01 (2013.01); B26D 2007/013 (2013.01); B26D 2210/02 (2013.01)]

17 Claims

1. An apparatus for cutting an elongated food product having a shape and dimensions, comprising a first conveyor assembly, a second conveyor assembly, a food cutting element, the first conveyor assembly having a first conveyor belt portion and the second conveyor assembly having a second conveyor belt portion opposing the first conveyor belt portion for forming opposite first and second sides of a passageway for receiving the elongated food product and delivering the elongated food product to the cutting element for providing cut food product, a third conveyor assembly disposed alongside the first conveyor assembly and the second conveyor assembly, the third conveyor assembly having a third conveyor belt portion for forming a third side of the passageway for stabilizing the elongated food product while traveling through the passageway.