ALEXANDRIA, Va., Feb. 24 -- United States Patent no. 12,558,808, issued on Feb. 24, was assigned to PROVISUR TECHNOLOGIES INC. (Chicago).
"Blade assembly and retraction mechanism for a high-speed food slicing apparatus" was invented by Ryan Michael Torrenga (Bourbonnais, Ill.).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A food slicing system having a main frame includes a blade reciprocating assembly, which further includes a support frame, a rotating cutting blade mounted to the support frame, a motor mounted on the support frame, and a support shaft operatively coupled to the main frame at opposite ends thereof. The support shaft is coupled to an upper portion of the support frame and is configured to su...