Patent ID: 6976313

Claim:
An electric carving knife for carving meat or fish, the knife comprising: a housing having a front motor receiving section and a rear handgrip section, the handgrip section having a reduced cross-section as compared to the front motor receiving section; a pair of meat-carving knife blades mounted in said housing; a motor positioned in said front motor receiving section for driving the knife blades, said motor having a drive shaft extending rearwardly generally parallel to said rear handgrip section and said meat-carving knife blades; reciprocating blade mounts each having a substantially L-shaped configuration including an upstanding foot portion and an elongate leg portion extending substantially beneath said motor, said upstanding foot portions extending up from said elongate leg portions to and at least partially surrounding said drive shaft, said blade mounts being mounted in blade mount guides, said motor predominantly overlapping said guides in the direction of said drive shaft; and a battery pack positioned predominantly in the reduced cross-section handgrip section, said battery pack comprising a plurality of batteries arranged in series.