Product table for a food slicer with hollow peripheral reinforcements

• US 20070044625A1
• Filed: 02/07/2006
• Published: 03/01/2007
• Est. Priority Date: 08/26/2005
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Premark FEG LLC (Illinois Tool Works Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Premark FEG LLC (Illinois Tool Works Inc.)
• Inventors: Eiger, Aaron, Rote, Scott, Bondarowicz, Frank, Riechers, Michael
• Granted Patent: US 7,549,363 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 83/703
• CPC Class Codes: B26D 7/00 Details of apparatus for cutting, cutting-out, stamping-out, punching, perforating, or severing by means other than cutting cutters B26D1/00; arrangements for guiding hand cutting tools B26B29/06; punching tools or dies, cutting-out knives or dies B26F
• CPC Class Codes: B26D 7/0616 by carriages, e.g. for slicing machines
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 83/932 Edible
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 83/6492 Plural passes of diminishing work piece through tool station
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 83/6499 Work rectilinearly reciprocated through tool station

Abstract

A food slicer is provided having a support member including a base portion and an upstanding portion integrally formed with the base portion. The upstanding portion includes a rotating cutting blade secured thereto for slicing food product and at least one motor positioned within the upstanding portion for rotating the cutting blade. An adjustable gage plate also is provided for determining the thickness of a food product to be sliced by the cutting blade. The base portion includes a food product table slidably secured thereto and is movable across the cutting blade for holding product while it is being sliced by the cutting blade. The food product table has at least one peripheral reinforcement along an edge thereof where the reinforcement has a hollow channel therein.

Claims

6. A product table for a food slicer comprising:

a first member; and

at least one peripheral reinforcement for stiffening said first member of the product table, said reinforcement having a hollow channel therein.

1. A food slicer, comprising:

a support member having a base portion and an upstanding portion integrally formed with said base portion;

a rotating cutting blade secured to said upstanding portion for slicing food product;

at least one motor positioned within said upstanding portion for rotating said cutting blade;

an adjustable gage plate for determining the thickness of a food product to be sliced by said cutting blade; and

a food product table slidably secured to said base portion and movable across said cutting blade for holding product while being sliced by said cutting blade, said food product table having at least one peripheral reinforcement along an edge thereof, said reinforcement having a hollow channel therein.

2. The food slicer as defined in claim 1, wherein said food product table is molded.

3. The food slicer as defined in claim 2, wherein said food product table includes at least one of a strengthening material or member.

4. The food slicer as defined in claim 3, wherein said strengthening material of said food product table is glass filled nylon.

5. The food slicer as defined in claim 1, wherein said food product table includes at least a bottom portion and a side portion and said reinforcements are positioned therebetween.

7. The product table as defined in claim 6, wherein said first member and said peripheral reinforcement are integrally formed.

8. The product table as defined in claim 6 wherein said first member and said peripheral reinforcement are molded.

9. The product table as defined in claim 8, wherein said strengthening material of said first member is glass filled nylon.

10. The product table as defined in claim 6, including a second member integrally formed as a lip about at least one edge of said first member, said at least one peripheral reinforcement being integrally formed along the intersection of said lip and said first member.

8-1. The product table as defined in claim 6, wherein at least said first member includes at least one of a strengthening material or member.