Patent ID: 8707840

Claim:
An apparatus for slicing food products ( 27 ), comprising a product feed ( 11 ); at least one cutting blade ( 13 ) that includes a blade edge ( 25 ) and that rotates about a blade axis (A) and/or revolves about a center axis and to which at least one product ( 27 ) to be sliced is fed in a product feed direction (P); and a blade holder ( 15 ) to which the cutting blade ( 13 ) is attached, wherein an adjustment device ( 50 ) is provided which is configured to deform the cutting blade ( 13 ), a first plane is defined by the blade edge ( 25 ) of the cutting blade ( 13 ) when the cutting blade ( 13 ) is not deformed, a second plane is defined by the blade edge ( 25 ) of the cutting blade ( 13 ) when the cutting blade is deformed, and the second plane is spaced from and parallel to the first plane.