Food slicer
AssigneeLan-Elec Limited
InventorFerenc L. Czala
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Abstract
A food slicer having a rotatable circular knife and a hopper releasably mounted on a carriage which is movable from an initial position towards and across the knife to cut food on the hopper into slices. A gauge plate is provided to adjust the thickness of cut as the hopper moves the food past the knife and a safety device is incorporated to prevent the hopper being removed from the carriage unless it is at its initial position. The safety device comprises a latch on the carriage holding the hopper thereon and a release mechanism engagable with the latch as the hopper is moved to its initial position to release it from the carriage.
Claims9
A food slicer comprising a rotatable circular knife, a food hopper, a carriage, guide means guiding said carriage and thereby said hopper from an initial position towards and across said knife to cut food on the hopper into slices, a gauge plate mounted parallel to said knife to adjust the thickness of cut as the hopper moves the food past the knife and a safety device comprising, a first latch which engages the hopper to retain it on said carriage and a release mechanism engagable with said latch when the hopper is in said initial position to release the latch only when the gauge plate is in line with said circular knife.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.