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US 12,686,144 B2Granted
Telescoping slicer
AssigneeGlobe Food Equipment Co.
InventorDouglas Joseph McGuffin-Noll
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Abstract
A slicer may include a base, a lower assembly, an upper assembly, and a knife. The lower assembly is supported by the base. The upper assembly is moveably coupled to the lower assembly. The knife is coupled to the upper assembly and is rotatable around a rotation axis. The upper assembly is movable along the rotation axis, relative to the lower assembly, between an initial position and an extended position.
Claims25
A slicer, comprising:
- a base;
- a lower assembly supported by the base;
- an upper assembly moveably coupled to the lower assembly;
- and
- a knife coupled to the upper assembly, where the knife is rotatable around a rotation axis,
- wherein the upper assembly is movable along the rotation axis, relative to the lower assembly, between an initial position and a static extended position,
- wherein the lower assembly includes a lower engagement portion and the upper assembly includes an upper engagement portion, wherein the lower and upper engagement portions are configured to engage each other such that in the initial position the lower engagement portion, the upper engagement portion, and the knife are rotatable around the rotation axis,
- wherein the upper assembly includes an upper shaft, the upper shaft having a top portion and an elongated portion, wherein the elongated portion includes a first groove or detent and a second groove or detent, wherein the first groove or detent is configured to secure the upper assembly to the initial position, wherein the second groove or detent is configured to secure the upper assembly to the extended position, and
- wherein the slicer further comprising a safety pin extending between a first end and a second end, wherein the elongated portion further includes a third groove, and wherein the safety pin is moveable between a locked position, where the first end of the safety pin extends into the third groove, and an unlocked position, where the first end of the safety pin is pulled out of the third groove.
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A slicer, comprising:
- a base;
- a lower assembly supported by the base;
- an upper assembly moveably coupled to the lower assembly;
- and
- a rotatable knife coupled to the upper assembly,
- wherein the upper assembly is movable relative to the lower assembly along a longitudinal axis of the upper assembly,
- wherein the upper assembly includes a latch and a shaft release pin, wherein the latch is configured to releasably couple the upper assembly to the lower assembly, and wherein the shaft release pin is configured to be movable to engage the latch and release the latch from engagement with the lower assembly.
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A slicer, comprising:
- a base;
- a lower assembly supported by the base;
- an upper assembly moveably coupled to the lower assembly;
- a rotatable knife coupled to the upper assembly;
- and
- a telescoping tool assembly releasably coupled to the upper assembly,
- wherein the telescoping tool assembly is configured to move the knife between an operating position and a cleaning position, where the cleaning position includes the knife remaining attached to the slicer,
- wherein the upper assembly includes a latch and a shaft release pin, and the telescoping tool assembly includes a tool release pin, wherein the latch is configured to releasably couple the upper assembly to the lower assembly, and wherein the tool release pin is configured to engage the shaft release pin and move the shaft release pin to engage and release the latch from engagement with the lower assembly.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.