Patent ID: 7216574
Filing Date: 2007-05-15
Classification: B26D,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A food slicing apparatus, comprising: a) an enclosure to support therein food to be sliced, the enclosure having an access opening; b) a guide for guiding a blade to slice food supported within the enclosure; c) a stop to at least partially obstruct the guide; d) a cover for the access opening, the cover moveable relative to the enclosure from an open position to a closed position; and e) a linkage assembly to connect the cover to at least one of the guide and the stop, the linkage assembly to displace the guide and the stop relative to one another as the cover moves relative to the enclosure from the open position to the closed position, so that when the cover is in an open position the stop at least partially obstructs the guide.