摘要 |
<p>A food product slicing machine (10) comprising: a housing (12); a circular slicing blade (14) having a peripheral cutting edge (24), the blade (14) being rotatably mounted on the housing (12); a bracket extending from the housing; a plurality of fasteners (62-66) mounted on the bracket; a ring guard (80) surrounding the peripheral cutting edge (24) of the blade (14), the ring guard (80) having at least one aperture (61,63,65) through which at least one of the fasteners (62,64,66) extends; and a generally circular cover plate (30) removably mounted on the fasteners (62,64,66); wherein, the ring guard (80) is maintained in a first position when the cover plate (30) is mounted on the ring guard (80), and the ring guard (80) is axially displaceable to a second position when the cover plate (30) removed, the ring guard (80) surrounding the peripheral cutting edge (24) of the cutting blade (14) in both the first and second positions. <MATH></p> |