GUARDED TOMATO SLICER

摘要

SLG-34 (a) GUARDED TOMATO SLICER (b) A guarded tomato slicer has a sharp rack of blades mounted substantially diagonally across a table with a loading area disposed between the retracted pusher and the sharp edges of the blades. A swinging gate is vertically mounted in front of the loading area on a vertical pivot adjacent the rack of blades. The gate is resiliently poised in front of the loading area. The gate and pusher are short enough to clear each other when a tomato is pushed into the loading area against and through the swinging gate, which covers the sharp edges of the rack of blades to guard them. The swinging gate has an apertured roof to shield the top of the loading area. A deflectable outer segment of the roof has a projection which provides an outward limit of travel for the swinging gate and is deflectable to remove the swinging gate. The pusher is mounted on a pair of horizontal slide rods connected to the top of the rack having lower extensions which extend downwardly together to provide a support foot.