Sliceable product carriage for a slicing machine

A food slicer comprising:

• a housing;
• a one-piece trough-shaped carriage defining a path on the housing and having
• a base defining a receiving surface adapted to hold a food article to be sliced and
• a pair of upwardly open hollow side walls flanking the base and extending transverse to the path;
• a blade on the housing defining a blade plane parallel to the path;
• a stop surface on the housing extending parallel to the blade plane but spaced therefrom by a desired slice thickness;
• a slider which is displaceable in a direction transverse to the blade plane on the carriage respective and having a pair of ends above the carriage side walls;
• respective endless drive belts mounted in the carriage side walls movable in a direction transverse to of the blade plane;
• means including respective couplings engaged vertically between each of the drive belts and the respective slider end for connecting the slider ends to the respective drive belts;
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• means including a common electric drive motor for synchronously advancing the belts toward the blade plane, whereby the slider pushes the food article on the receiving surface toward the blade plane.