Patent ID: 8893602

Claim:
A mandoline slicer, comprising: a frame having opposed sidewalls; a first support plate and a second support plate, said first and second support plates positioned between said opposed sidewalls; a slicing member between said first and said second support plates, said slicing member having a slicing edge; and a slice thickness adjustment mechanism having a lever movable between a first position and a second position and configured to vary a vertical distance between said slicing edge of said slicing member and an edge of said first support plate, said vertical distance being infinitely adjustable between a maximum distance and a minimum distance corresponding to said first position and said second position of said lever; wherein said slice thickness adjustment mechanism further includes a semiannular inner gear operatively connected to said lever, and at least one screw member threadedly engaged in a threaded throughbore disposed in said frame and having a threaded body portion and a gear head portion; and wherein said gear head portion of said screw member meshes with said inner gear.