Food product slicer knife and associated slicer and knife removal tool
AssigneePremark FEG L.L.C.
InventorsGuangshan Zhu, Shahram Shariff
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Abstract
A food product slicer knife includes a circular knife body with a peripheral cutting edge. A central opening passes through the knife body and includes a pair of diametrically opposed outwardly extending slots. The knife body also includes at least one set of diametrically opposed drive pin receiving openings spaced outwardly of the central opening and circumferentially offset from the diametrically opposed outwardly extending slots. A tool assembly is adapted to facilitate knife installation and removal and holds the knife when removed from a slicer. A food product slicer includes a knife mount hub adapted to cooperate with the knife to hold the knife on the slicer during operation.
Claims15
A food product slicer knife, comprising a circular knife body with a peripheral cutting edge, a central opening through the knife body, the central opening including a pair of diametrically opposed outwardly extending slots, the knife body further including at least one set of diametrically opposed drive pin receiving openings circumferentially offset from the diametrically opposed outwardly extending slots;
- a clamp plate seated in the central opening of the knife body and rotatable relative to the knife body, wherein the clamp plate includes an outer portion overlapping edges of the central opening and an inner portion extending downward into the central opening, the clamp plate further including a center opening, wherein the center opening includes three arcuate side edges separated by three outwardly extending slots;
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- wherein the clamp plate further includes a pair of diametrically opposed openings spaced outwardly of the center opening.
A food product slicer knife, comprising a circular knife body with a peripheral cutting edge, a central opening through the knife body, the central opening including a pair of diametrically opposed outwardly extending slots, the knife body further including at least one set of diametrically opposed drive pin receiving openings circumferentially offset from the diametrically opposed outwardly extending slots, and a clamp plate seated in the central opening of the knife body and rotatable relative to the knife body, wherein the clamp plate includes diametrically opposed openings outward of a center opening, the diametrically opposed openings of the clamp plate alignable to overlap with the diametrically opposed outward extending slots of the central opening of the knife body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.