Food-Product Slicers Having Cammed Slicing-Cleaving Actions

摘要

A food-product slicer that includes a camming arrangement that induces a slicing action as between food-product being cut and a blade set effecting the cutting. In some embodiments, the camming arrangement includes a camming region formed on a food-product pusher, wherein interaction of the food-product with the camming region during a cutting operation induces a slicing action into the food-product. In some embodiments, the camming arrangement includes one or more camming structures, such as slots, and corresponding cam followers to impart slicing action motion into a product pusher, which in turn induces the slicing motion into food product engaged therewith, and/or into a blade set to creating the slicing action.

主权项

1. A food-product slicer for slicing a food product, comprising:
a blade set designed and configured for cutting a food-product into multiple slices during a cutting operation; a food-product pusher designed, configured, and located to resistingly engage the food-product when the food-product is engaged with said blade set during the cutting operation; and a camming arrangement designed and configured to impart a combined slicing and cleaving action between the food-product and said blade set when the food-product is engaged between said food-product pusher and said blade set.