(57) A food item cutting apparatus, having a housing (10) including a food inleet port
(12) and food outlet port (14), a first row of reciprocatable knives (16) oriented
with their cutting edges facing the food inlet port and disposed inside the housing
on a plane between the food inlet port and the food outlet port and a second row of
reciprocatable knives (20), also oriented with their cutting edges facing the food
inlet port, on a plane substantially parallel to the first row of reciprocatable knives
and positioned between the first row of knives and the food outlet port, the axis
of the second row of knives are oriented at an angle to the axis of the knives in
the first row. The apparatus also includes a cutter (24) disposed in a plane between
the second row of knives (20) and the food outlet port (14), adapted to be driven
in a direction substantially perpendicular to a line joining the food inlet port to
the food outlet port. The cutting means (24) are arranged for movement in a direction
transversely to the axes of the second row of reciprocatable knives (20), and at least
one electric motor (50) arranged to drive the knives and the cutter.
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