Slice cutting machine with removably connectable tray

An electrically operated slice cutting machine for separating slices from, in particular, strand-shaped products to be cut, preferably food products, comprising:

• a machine housing, which holds a drive motor and a rotating cutting blade configured to be driven by the drive motor, and having a storage region arranged in a region of the cutting blade, having an essentially planar tray configured to receive separated slices, the tray being removably coupled to the machine housing or to an attachment part of the machine housing by a coupling device, the tray being coupled in a horizontal operating position during a cutting operation, and being movable in at least one removal position, in which the tray is configured to be released and removed from the coupling device, when outside of the cutting operation,
• wherein the coupling device has an upper and a lower coupling arm, and
• wherein both coupling arms form a coupling recess, which is open on one side, along a longitudinal direction, for coupling the tray.