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Abstract

A hand knife for use in processing meat. The knife has a handle, a circular housing secured to one end of the handle, and a rotatably power driven ring-like blade in part circumferentially contained by the housing. An arcuate wear pad or plate overlies a portion of the inside surface of the blade adjacent the handle limiting movement of the blade away from the blade housing near the handle and against the surrounding housing opposite the handle during use, distributing wear that otherwise occurs between the interior of the surrounding housing and the outside of the blade, and transferring some of the wear to the exterior of the wear plate and the inside of the blade. The ends of the wear plate are tapered outwardly and toward the blade and each has a surface transverse to and overlying the inside surface of the blade. The transverse surfaces form knife edges at the inside surface of the blade and deflects outwardly cut portions of product being processed as they move through the blade and housing and limit their movement circumferentially with the blade.

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