Food slicer

A food slicer, including:

• A) A gear box having an upper end and a lower end,
• B) means to change the gear box to the edge of a table,
• C) a shaft with a lower end and an upper end extending from the upper end of said gear box,
• D) a driven gear secured to said lower end of said shaft and in said gear box,
• E) a driving gear in said gear box in driving engagement with the driven gear and including a handle means exterior of the gear box and shaft means interconnecting the handle and driving gear to rotate the driving gear, driven gear, and shaft in said gear box,
• F) a blade carrier disc keyed on the extending upper end of said shaft for rotation therewith,
• G) said blade carrier disc having an upper surface, a lower surface, a periphery and a central zone and at least one arcuate cutout extending from the disc periphery to the disc central zone,
• H) a blade mounted on said upper disc surface and having a cutting edge extending into the projection along said cutout to cut slices of food oriented generally perpendicularly to said upper surf ace and bearing against said upper blade carrier disc surface,
• I) a two-piece housing define a slicing chamber encapsulating said blade and carrier disc including a charging opening and a discharge opening for slices below the level of said charging opening, and
• J) releasable lock means to maintain the housing in slicing chamber defining relation and to separate the housing into two pieces for cleaning the chamber in the housing.