Bread slicing apparatus

A bread slicing apparatus, comprising:

• a plurality of drums disposed spaced apart from each other and adapted to be wound with an endless blade;
• a plurality of rotation shafts on which the plurality of drums are coaxially mounted, respectively;
• a shaft support frame member comprising one end portion, another end portion and a swing portion extending between the end portion and the another portion, the shaft support frame member being spaced away from a corresponding drum of the plurality of drums outwardly in a diameter direction of said corresponding drum in a side view thereof and being located at an end of said corresponding drum of the plurality of drum;
• a shaft support member including one end portion pivotably mounted on the shaft support frame member and another end portion removably mounted on the shaft support frame member, the shaft support member being arranged to support at least one end portion of the plurality of rotation shafts;
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• a drum placement mechanism provided with a guide member by which opposed ends of the at least one of the plurality of rotation shafts are supported,
• wherein the shaft support member is arranged to pivot around a shaft member between a first position where a predetermined tension for slicing the bread is not applied to the endless blade, the another end portion of the shaft support member is removed from one of the one end and the another end of the shaft support frame member, the shaft support member does not support the plurality of rotation shafts, and opposed ends of the at least one of the plurality of rotation shafts are supported by the guide member, and a second position where the predetermined tension for slicing the bread is applied to the endless blade, the another end portion of the shaft support member is mounted on the one of the one end portion and the another end portion of shaft support frame member, and the opposed ends of the at least one of the plurality of rotation shafts are supported by the guide member;
• wherein the shaft support frame member swings around the one end portion or the another end portion between a position, where the endless blade is tensioned for slicing the bread, and another position, where the at least one of the plurality of rotation shafts is placed on the guide member with the tension applied to the endless blade being released.