Patent ID: 8752299

Claim:
A blade guide assembly for guiding material to intersect a rotary knife blade of a power operated rotary knife, the blade guide assembly comprising: a blade guide and a cover secured to the blade guide; the blade guide includes a top wall, a bottom wall spaced axially from the top wall and an outer wall, an arcuate blade-receiving groove spaced radially inwardly from the outer wall, extending axially from the top wall and defining peripherally spaced apart ends, a head member-receiving channel extending radially inwardly from the outer wall and intersecting the arcuate blade-receiving groove, and a notched region intersecting the peripherally spaced apart ends of the arcuate blade-receiving groove and extending from the top wall through the bottom wall, the notched region defining an opening extending radially inwardly from the outer wall; and the cover includes a base secured to the top wall of the blade guide and overlying at least a portion of the arcuate blade-receiving groove.