Slicing machines
AssigneeLemonaid Limited
InventorJohn Anthony Odell
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Abstract
A slicing machine has a vertically extending semi-cylindrical cassette carrying objects to be sliced. A motor rotates a horizontal cutting blade and in addition swings the cassette about a vertical axis so that an object in the cassette is swept past the blade. The machine has an opening in its base to allow slices to fall out. On operation of a starter switch the motor functions for one revolution of the cassette. The switch is positioned so that it can be operated by a receptacle offered up to the opening.
Claims8
A slicing machine comprising a housing containing a rotatable cassette holder, a vertically extending cassette fitting into said cassette holder and which is open at its bottom end and is designed to hold objects to be sliced, a horizontal cutting blade, drive means for rotating the cassette holder about a vertical axis so as to sweep the cassette through a circular path and carry any object projecting proud of the bottom end of the cassette past the cutting blade and return the cassette to its original position, and coupling means between said drive means and said cassette holder positioned so as to provide an unobstructed space beneath the cassette holder for any slice cut by the blade, and said housing having an opening positioned beneath the blade for allowing such slice to fall out.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.