Patent ID: 7134937
Filing Date: 2006-11-14
Classification: B26D

Abstract:
1. A slicer for use in slicing a food product, the slicer comprising: a slicer body; a slicer knife mounted for rotation relative to the slicer body, the knife having a peripheral cutting edge defining a cutting plane; a guard assembly connected to the slicer body, the guard assembly including a knife guard member pivotable about a pivot axis between a cutting edge guarding position and a cutting edge sharpening position, the pivotable knife guard member includes a first portion to a first side of the pivot axis and a second portion to a second side of the pivot axis, when in the cutting edge sharpening position the first portion of the knife guard member moves to a first side of the cutting plane and the second portion of the knife guard member moves to a second side of the cutting plane; and a sharpener assembly mounted proximate the guard assembly and having a sharpening member that is movable between a sharpening position and a standby position, an actuator operatively connected for enabling a user to move the sharpener member; the sharpener assembly interacts with the guard assembly such that when the sharpening member is moved from the standby position to the sharpening position, the knife guard member moves from the cutting edge guarding position to the cutting edge sharpening position.