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US 5,509,337 AGranted
Ring guard for food slicing machine blade
AssigneePremark FEG L.L.C.
InventorsClyde W. Norman, James A. Shirk, Danny J. Mitchell
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Abstract
The invention relates to a guard which covers the periphery of the blade during use and is axially displaceable a limited distance to allow access to the rear of the blade to facilitate cleaning. The guard is mounted on the slicing machine in a fashion which prevents its removal except under condition in which the blade itself is first removed.
Claims12
A food product slicing machine comprising:
- a housing;
- a circular slicing blade having a peripheral cutting edge, the blade being rotatably mounted on the housing;
- a bracket extending from the housing;
- a plurality of fasteners mounted on the bracket;
- a ring guard surrounding the peripheral cutting edge of the blade, the ring guard having at least one aperture through which at least one of the fasteners extends;
- and
- a generally circular cover plate is removably mounted on the fasteners;
- wherein, the ring guard is maintained in a first position when the cover plate is mounted on the ring guard, and the ring guard is axially displaceable to a second position when the cover plate removed, the ring guard surrounding the peripheral cutting edge of the cutting blade in both the first and second positions.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.