Apparatus for slicing a food article

Slicing apparatus for a food article, comprising

• a food holder having a base and a receptacle for holding said food article, said receptacle defined by a pair of spaced vertical receptacle walls extending upwardly from said base,
• a blade holder having a handle and a pair of spaced blade guarding walls defining an enclosure and adapted to be guided in vertical movement by said vertical receptacle walls, and
• a blade mounted to said blade holder and disposed between said blade guarding walls, said blade having a pair of blade cutting edges intersecting one another near the center of said blade, and having a pair of side edges connected to said blade guarding walls, said blade being arranged and dimensioned to traverse the central part of said receptacle when said handle is vertically actuated to slice said food article, and wherein said food holder includes food cradle wall portions extending transversely from said vertical receptacle walls above said base, said food cradle wall portions defining a cradle slot between them for receiving said blade cutting edges and wherein said food cradle wall portions further define downwardly extending blade protection lips on either side of said cradle slot.

Slicing apparatus for a food article, comprising

• a food holder having a base and a receptacle for holding said food article, said receptacle defined by a pair of spaced vertical receptacle walls extending upwardly from said base, said receptacle walls defining a pair of opposed vertical slots,
• a blade holder having a handle and a pair of spaced blade guarding walls defining an enclosure and adapted to be guided in vertical movement by said vertical receptacle walls, and
• a blade mounted to said blade holder and disposed between said blade guarding walls, said blade being arranged and dimensioned to ride in said vertical slots, said blade having a pair of blade cutting edges intersecting one another near the center of said blade and having a pair of side edges connected to said blade guarding walls, said blade being arranged and dimensioned to traverse the central part of said receptacle and said enclosure being adapted to envelop said vertical receptacle walls as the blade traverses the receptacle when said handle is vertically actuated to slice said food article, and wherein said food holder includes food cradle wall portions extending transversely from said vertical receptacle walls above said base, said food cradle wall portions defining a cradle slot between them for receiving said blade cutting edges.