Patent ID: 8136435

Claim:
A food product slicer knife, comprising a circular knife body with a peripheral cutting edge, a central opening through the knife body, the central opening including a pair of diametrically opposed outwardly extending slots, the knife body further including at least one set of diametrically opposed drive pin receiving openings circumferentially offset from the diametrically opposed outwardly extending slots; a clamp plate seated in the central opening of the knife body and rotatable relative to the knife body, wherein the clamp plate includes an outer portion overlapping edges of the central opening and an inner portion extending downward into the central opening, the clamp plate further including a center opening, wherein the center opening includes three arcuate side edges separated by three outwardly extending slots; and wherein the clamp plate further includes a pair of diametrically opposed openings spaced outwardly of the center opening.