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(12) Patent Application: | (11) CA 2204019 |
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(54) English Title: | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR CUTTING HELICALLY SHAPED POTATO PIECES |
(54) French Title: | APPAREIL ET PROCEDE DESTINES A COUPER DES SPIRALES DE POMMES DE TERRE |
Status: | Deemed Abandoned and Beyond the Period of Reinstatement - Pending Response to Notice of Disregarded Communication |
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC): |
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(72) Inventors : |
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(73) Owners : |
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(71) Applicants : |
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(74) Agent: | OSLER, HOSKIN & HARCOURT LLP |
(74) Associate agent: | |
(45) Issued: | |
(86) PCT Filing Date: | 1994-11-03 |
(87) Open to Public Inspection: | 1996-05-17 |
Availability of licence: | N/A |
Dedicated to the Public: | N/A |
(25) Language of filing: | English |
Patent Cooperation Treaty (PCT): | Yes |
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(86) PCT Filing Number: | 2204019/ |
(87) International Publication Number: | CA1994000605 |
(85) National Entry: | 1997-04-29 |
(30) Application Priority Data: | None |
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An apparatus for cutting helically shaped pieces from potatoes has a top
portion (10) forming a drive section, a center portion (12) forming a feed
section and a lower portion (14) forming a cutting section. The drive section
(10) comprises a plurality of rotatable shafts (22) extending in a circle
about a central axis. The feed section (12) comprises a plurality of rotatable
rods (42) arranged in a circle about the central axis, each rod (42) at its
upper end connected to a lower end of a shaft (22). At least the lower part of
each rod (42) has a spiral outer surface. The cutter section (14) includes a
cutter (62) of hollow conical form having a series of spiral channels (80) on
its interior surface, each spiral ending in an aperture (82), the apertures
(82) forming cutting edges (84). Potatoes are fed through the feed section
(12), on rotation of the rods (42), by the spiral surfaces of the rods (42),
and pushed into the cutter (62), which on rotation, cuts helical pieces from
potatoes.
Un appareil permettant de couper des pommes de terre sous forme de spirales comprend une partie supérieure (10) constituant une zone d'entraînement, une partie centrale (12) constituant une zone d'alimentation et une partie inférieure (14) constituant une zone de coupe. La zone d'entraînement (10) comprend une pluralité d'arbres rotatifs (22) s'étendant en un cercle autour d'un axe central. La zone d'alimentation (12) comprend une pluralité de tiges rotatives (42) disposées en un cercle autour de l'axe central, chaque tige (42) étant accouplée, au niveau de son extrémité supérieure, à une extrémité inférieure d'un arbre (22). Au moins la partie inférieure de chaque tige (42) présente une surface externe hélicoïdale. La zone de coupe (14) comprend un dispositif de coupe (62) de forme conique creuse, pourvu d'une série de passages hélicoïdaux (80) sur sa surface interne, chaque passage débouchant au niveau d'une ouverture (82) et les ouvertures (82) formant des arêtes de coupe (84). Des pommes de terre sont transférées à travers la zone d'alimentation (12) par les surfaces hélicoïdales des tiges (42) en rotation et sont poussées dans le dispositif de coupe (62) qui, en tournant, coupe les pommes de terre en spirales.
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Description | Date |
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Inactive: Agents merged | 2013-10-24 |
Application Not Reinstated by Deadline | 2000-11-03 |
Time Limit for Reversal Expired | 2000-11-03 |
Inactive: Inventor deleted | 2000-06-28 |
Deemed Abandoned - Failure to Respond to Maintenance Fee Notice | 1999-11-03 |
Inactive: Correspondence - Transfer | 1998-05-15 |
Inactive: Single transfer | 1998-04-21 |
Inactive: First IPC assigned | 1997-08-11 |
Inactive: IPC assigned | 1997-08-11 |
Inactive: IPC assigned | 1997-08-11 |
Inactive: IPC assigned | 1997-08-11 |
Inactive: Notice - National entry - No RFE | 1997-07-25 |
Inactive: Courtesy letter - Evidence | 1997-06-03 |
Application Published (Open to Public Inspection) | 1996-05-17 |
Abandonment Date | Reason | Reinstatement Date |
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1999-11-03 |
The last payment was received on 1998-11-03
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Fee Type | Anniversary Year | Due Date | Paid Date |
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MF (application, 2nd anniv.) - standard | 02 | 1996-11-04 | 1997-04-29 |
Basic national fee - standard | 1997-04-29 | ||
MF (application, 3rd anniv.) - standard | 03 | 1997-11-03 | 1997-11-03 |
Registration of a document | 1998-04-21 | ||
MF (application, 4th anniv.) - standard | 04 | 1998-11-03 | 1998-11-03 |
Note: Records showing the ownership history in alphabetical order.
Current Owners on Record |
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CAVENDISH FARMS LIMITED |
Past Owners on Record |
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RUSSELL E. JR. BURCH |