Cutting Device

A cutting device for the cutting of foods into slices and strips, comprising a resiliently deflectable flexible tongue (9) which delimits with a cutting edge (13) of a fixed blade element (12) a cutting gap (23) which is adjustable with regard to the thickness of the item to be cut, which tongue at the same time forms a slideway (2) for the item, comprising a shaft (25) which is mounted so as to be rotatable about an axis (26) extending transversely to the slideway (2) of the item and carries a blade arrangement (27), the blade arrangement (27) consisting of at least one arrangement of disk cutters which extend perpendicularly to the axis (26), are guided through slots (24) in the flexible tongue (9) and project on their upper side from said tongue into the slideway (2) to an extent that defines the height of cut, wherein at least the height of cut can be set according to the rotation angle position of the shaft (25), the flexible tongue (9) being mounted on a frame (20) which can be displaced substantially in a direction of advancement (8) of the item and in the opposite direction in such a way that the movement of displacement of said frame can be converted into a deflection, changing the height of the cutting gap (23), of the flexible tongue (6), substantially perpendicularly to the base plane thereof, and wherein the height of cut of the disk cutters and the height of the cutting gap (23) can be set independently of each other, characterized by a shaft (16) which extends parallel to the axis (26) and is drive-connected to the frame (20) with regard to the aforementioned movement of displacement thereof.