Food product slicer knife and associated slicer and knife removal tool
AssigneePremark FEG L.L.C.
InventorsGuangshan Zhu, Shahram Shariff
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Abstract
A food product slicer knife includes a circular knife body with a peripheral cutting edge. A central opening passes through the knife body and includes a pair of diametrically opposed outwardly extending slots. The knife body also includes at least one set of diametrically opposed drive pin receiving openings spaced outwardly of the central opening and circumferentially offset from the diametrically opposed outwardly extending slots. A tool assembly is adapted to facilitate knife installation and removal and holds the knife when removed from a slicer. A food product slicer includes a knife mount hub adapted to cooperate with the knife to hold the knife on the slicer during operation.
Claims17
A food product slicer knife, comprising a circular knife body with a peripheral cutting edge, a central opening through the knife body, the central opening including a pair of diametrically opposed outwardly extending slots, the knife body further including at least one set of diametrically opposed drive pin receiving openings circumferentially offset from the diametrically opposed outwardly extending slots.
A food slicer knife removal and installation tool assembly, comprising:
- a base including a knife receiving side and a handle side, the base including a plurality of openings therethrough to permit water flow from the handle side to the knife receiving side, the base further including a circumferential lip extending downwardly from knife receiving side for protecting a cutting edge of a circular slicer knife when connected thereto;
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- a handle assembly connected to the handle side of the base and rotatable relative to the base, the handle assembly including at least one knife engaging pin that is biased upward from the handle side of the base but movable through an opening in the base for engaging and securing a knife to the knife receiving side of the base.
A food product slicer, comprising:
- a base;
- a knife mount hub located on the base for rotation by a drive shaft;
- a knife mounted to the knife mount hub for rotation relative to the base;
- a carriage assembly mounted to the base for reciprocal movement back and forth past a cutting edge of the knife;
- the knife mount hub includes a central mount with a fixed portion and clamp portion movable in a direction along an axis of the drive shaft, the clamp portion biased toward a seated position against the fixed portion, the clamp portion including a central axis and having a peripheral edge with multiple spaced projections extending radially outwardly therefrom and beyond the outer edges of the fixed portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.