Safety cover

A grinder safety cover attachment that is configured to be clamped to an inlet throat of a grinding head of a meat grinder and having an open condition for permitting access to the inlet throat and a closed condition blocking access to the inlet throat, the safety cover comprising:

• a left mounting bracket and right mounting bracket configured to fit onto an outer surface of the inlet throat of the grinder head through fixation of a clamping screw that draws the mounting brackets toward each other so that the mounting brackets form a closed ring that clamps onto the outer surface of the inlet throat;
• a left slide cover and a right slide cover mounted in engagement with and parallel to top surfaces of the left and right mounting brackets, the left and right slide covers being rotational relative to each other and relative to the mounting brackets to place the safety cover in the open condition and closed conditions, wherein the slide covers move away from each other in the open condition of the safety cover to permit access to the inlet throat, and wherein the slide covers move toward each other and into engagement with each other in the closed condition of the safety cover to block access to the inlet throat, the slide covers being spring biased to the closed condition;
• a slide plunger pin configured to be actuated through the application of an actuation force urged by depressing the slide plunger pin linearly into engagement with the left and right slide covers, which causes them to rotate relative to each other and to the mounting brackets to the open condition;
• wherein the left and right slide covers are configured to return to the closed condition in response to the removal of the actuation force.