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US 2010/0089254 A1Published application
Food slicer and associated food product pusher
OwnerAnatoly Gosis, Yury Shkolnikov +2inventors
InventorsAnatoly Gosis, Yury Shkolnikov, James C. Fournier, Frank A. Bondarowicz
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Abstract
A food slicer includes a support member having a base portion and an upstanding portion. A rotatable cutting blade is secured to the upstanding portion for slicing food product. A food product table is mounted for movement past the cutting blade for holding product while being sliced by the cutting blade. An adjustable gage plate enables slice thickness adjustment. A pusher assembly is configured to provided gravity induced movement of the pusher assembly along the slide rod toward the gage plate.
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A food slicer, comprising:
- a support member having a base portion and an upstanding portion;
- a rotatable cutting blade secured to the upstanding portion for slicing food product;
- a food product table mounted for movement past the cutting blade for holding product while being sliced by the cutting blade, the food product table including a slide rod;
- an adjustable gage plate for varying thickness of slices cut by said cutting blade;
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- a pusher assembly mounted for movement along the slide rod for pushing food product on the food product table toward the gage plate under force of gravity, the pusher assembly including a weight member and a pusher arm, the weight member disposed about the slide rod, the pusher arm extending from the weight member, wherein a mass of the weight member is at least 50% of a total mass of the pusher assembly.
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A food slicer, comprising:
- a support member having a base portion and an upstanding portion;
- a rotatable cutting blade secured to the upstanding portion for slicing food product;
- a food product table mounted for movement past the cutting blade for holding product while being sliced by the cutting blade, the food product table including a slide rod;
- an adjustable gage plate for varying thickness of slices cut by said cutting blade;
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- a pusher assembly mounted for movement along the slide rod for pushing food product on the food product table toward the gage plate under force of gravity, the pusher assembly having a slide rod axis to pusher arm end dimension of at least eight inches, the pusher assembly configured such that at least 60% of a total mass of the pusher assembly is located within two inches of the slide rod axis.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.