Food dicing machine with adjustable stripper

Apparatus for cutting a food product including a stationary structure with a stationary food product guide surface for supporting and guiding a food product along a path of travel, the apparatus comprising:

• a) a plurality of spaced apart circular knives located adjacent the guide surface and rotatable about a common axis so as to cut a food product moving along the guide surface towards the knives;
• b) a stripper plate mounted on the stationary structure extending between adjacent pairs of spaced apart circular knives, the stripper plate defining a plurality of stripper plates;
• and,
• c) an adjustable mounting device attaching the plurality of stripper plates to the stationary structure such that the distance between the plurality of stripper plates and the food product guide surface is continuously adjustable to accommodate food products of differing thicknesses;
• d) a single continuously variable position adjusting device connected between the stationary structure and the mounting device, and arranged to be manually movable in continuous increments for adjusting the position of the stripper plates collectively and simultaneously relative to the fixed structure and retaining such stripper plate at an adjusted position.