Safety guard for food slicer
US4254678A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jan 23, 1980 |
| Grant date | Mar 10, 1981 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 23, 2000 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T83/9498
- WIPO fieldMachine tools
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
The combination in a food slicer of the type embodying a cutter unit, comprising a plurality of spaced cutter blades, and a pusher unit having a plurality of pusher blades that may be manually moved into and out of intermeshed relation to the cutter blades for pressing tomatoes, or the like, through the cutter unit, of a safety guard having a portion movable upwardly and downwardly between a position wherein it is disposed in overlying relation to the cutter blades, between the cutter unit and the pusher unit, and a position wherein it is disposed above the pusher unit, the safety guard having a projecting portion for preventing the pusher blades being damaged by engagement with the safety guard.
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