Patent ID: 8082830

Claim:
A food product slicer, comprising: a base; a knife mounted for rotation relative to the base; a carriage assembly mounted to the base for reciprocal movement back and forth past a cutting edge of the knife, the carriage assembly including a home position forward of the knife, the carriage assembly including a removable tray portion; an adjustable gauge plate mounted for movement between a closed position that prevents slicing and multiple open positions that permit slicing at respective thicknesses; and an interlock arrangement for preventing removal of the tray portion unless the carriage assembly is in the home position and the gauge plate is in the closed position, the interlock arrangement including an interlock shaft, a carriage interlock member and a gauge plate interlock member, rotation of the interlock shaft effects movement of both the carriage interlock member and the gauge plate interlock member between respective non-interlocking and interlocking positions; wherein the carriage interlock member is arranged for movement into a position to block movement of a carriage arm support wheel and the gauge plate interlock member is arranged for movement into a position to block movement of an index slider that is operatively connected to the gauge plate.