Slicer

A slicer for making a plurality of uniform, thin slices in a single operation, comprising:

• a frame;
• first and second blade holders mounted for opposite reciprocal motion in said frame, each of said blade holders having a substantially parallel, spaced upper and lower portion;
• first and second groups of knife blades;
• means to mount said first and second groups of knife blades in said first and second blade holders, respectively, said mounting means each comprising a support member fixedly mounted on the lower portion of the corresponding blade holder and hook means for each blade in the group adjustably mounted side by side on the upper portion of the corresponding blade holders, said hook means being shaped to define a groove between each two adjacent hook means, said groove having a size to pass a knife blade, said supporting members having a blade passing grooves therein, said blade holders being mounted in said frame with the upper and lower portions of one blade holder higher than the upper and lower portions of the other blade holder and the knife blades of the group on the one blade holder passing through the groove between the hook means on the other blade holder so as to be parallel to and closely spaced from the knife blades on the other blade holder, and the knife blades on the other blade holder passing through the grooves in the supporting member of the one blade holder;
• and means to reciprocate said blade holders in opposite directions.