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US 6,415,700 B1Granted
Drop speed adjustment assembly for a bread slicer
AssigneeIllinois Tool Works Inc.
InventorsRobert W. Hunn, Hardev S. Somal
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Abstract
A bread slicer that has a knife frame, a damper and a variable rate control. The knife frame is movable between first and second positions. The damper is coupled to the knife frame and is configured to affect the rate of movement of the knife frame. The variable rate control assembly has an actuator coupled with the damper to selectively affect the rate of movement of the knife frame.
Claims19
A bread slicer comprising:
- a cutting assembly movable between raised and lowered positions;
- a variable rate control assembly in operable communication with the cutting assembly and configured to selectively vary a rate of movement of the cutting assembly;
- and a housing having a wall;
- the variable rate control assembly configured to be concealed by the wall when the cutting assembly is in the raised position preventing an operator from selectively varying the rate of movement of the cutting assembly and to have at least a portion of the variable rate control assembly exposed when the cutting assembly is in the lowered position allowing the operator to selectively vary the rate of movement of the cutting assembly.
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A bread slicer comprising:
- a cutting assembly movable between raised and lowered positions;
- a damper coupled to the cutting assembly and configured to affect a rate of movement of the cutting assembly;
- a variable rate control assembly having an actuator coupled with the damper to selectively affect the rate of movement of the cutting assembly;
- and a housing having a wall;
- the variable rate control assembly configured to be concealed by the wall when the cutting assembly is in the raised position preventing an operator from selectively varying the rate of movement of the cutting assembly and to have at least a portion of the variable rate control assembly exposed when the cutting assembly is in the lowered position allowing the operator to selectively vary the rate of movement of the cutting assembly.
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A bread slicer comprising:
- a cutting assembly movable between raised and lowered positions;
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- a dashpot coupled to the cutting assembly and configured to affect a rate of movement of the cutting assembly;
- a variable rate control assembly in operable communication with the dashpot, the variable rate control assembly comprising:
- an actuator movably attached to the cutting assembly,
- a valve in operable communication with the dashpot and configured to vary the rate of movement of the cutting assembly, and
- a shaft in operable communication with the actuator and the valve such that selective movement of the actuator causes the valve to selectively vary the rate of movement of the cutting assembly;
- a housing having a wall;
- the actuator configured to be concealed by the wall when the cutting assembly is in the raised position preventing an operator from selectively varying the rate of movement of the cutting assembly and to have at least a portion of the actuator exposed when the cutting assembly is in the lowered position allowing the operator to selectively vary the rate of movement of the cutting assembly.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.