Hand knife with cover

Abstract

A hand held slicing knife comprises a handle assembly, a ring-like blade housing carried by the handle assembly and having a central axis and first and second opposite axial sides, a ring blade supported by the housing about the axis and projecting from the first axial blade housing side, a blade drive transmission for rotating the blade about the axis, a gage member disposed radially inwardly from the ring blade and supported for adjustable axial movement relative to the blade to control the thickness of material cut by the knife, and a cut material directing cover comprising a base wall spaced from the second axial blade housing side and a side wall projecting from the base wall in the general direction of extent of the axis, the side wall disposed radially outwardly of the blade housing and extending axially from the base wall at least to a location radially adjacent the second blade housing side.

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