Patent ID: 7549363

Claim:
A food slicer, comprising: a support member having a base portion and an upstanding portion integrally formed with said base portion; a rotating cutting blade secured to said upstanding portion for slicing food product; at least one motor positioned within said upstanding portion for rotating said cutting blade; an adjustable gage plate for determining the thickness of a food product to be sliced by said cutting blade; and a food product table slidably secured to said base portion and movable across said cutting blade for holding product while being sliced by said cutting blade, said food product table including a bottom portion including a surface upon which food product sits during slicing, a side portion angled relative to the bottom portion including a surface that food product rests against during slicing, the side portion meeting the bottom portion to form an inner corner that extends to an outwardly located peripheral edge of the food product table, and at least one reinforcement along the outwardly located peripheral edge, said reinforcement having a hollow channel therein that extends along the length of the reinforcement; and wherein the outwardly located peripheral edge is a first peripheral edge of the bottom portion, and wherein the food product table includes a second hollow channel peripheral reinforcement located along a second peripheral edge of the side portion, the second peripheral edge meeting the first peripheral edge at the inner corner.