Patent ID: 7428860
Filing Date: 2008-09-30
Classification: B26B,B26D,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. Cheese slicer comprising: a bottom plate constructed and arranged for receiving a block of cheese to be sliced, a vertical guide rod extending upwardly from the bottom plate, the vertical guide rod having an external thread and terminating in a ball-shaped hand knob, a slicing arm with a slicing string therealong, and a handle at a distal end and, at a proximal end, a rotatably mounted slicing arm roundel with an internal thread, which is received on the external thread of the guide rod and is swingably mounted, a holding arm comprising at a proximal end a second roundel coupled to and below the slicing arm roundel, the second roundel having an internal flush bore with a diameter (D) slightly larger than or equal to the vertical guide rod to enable the holding arm to be mounted slidably on the guide rod under the slicing arm roundel, the second roundel being movable vertically with the slicing arm roundel to maintain the holding arm at a predetermined vertical level along a side of the block of cheese, the holding arm being constructed and arranged to rest against and hold an upper part of a block of cheese on the bottom plate during slicing, the rod being located outside a corner of the cheese with a center line (c-c) in a vertical plane (a-a), which is located parallel with a side of the cheese which is to be supported during the slicing operation.