Food product slicer having an interlock mechanism
CA 2240490 C · Owner: Premark Feg L.L.C. · Inventors: Schrand, Timothy Allen; Scherch, Richard P.; Short, Ellis Gale
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An interlock mechanism for a food product slicer (10) that prevents the carriage support (52) of a reciprocating carriage (50) from removal from the slicer housing (20) unless the gauge plate (40) of the slicer is closed and the carriage is positioned along a predetermined portion of the reciprocating path of the carriage. The interlock mechanism includes a pivoting interlock plate (200) and a stationary bar (150) covering the rest of the reciprocating path and blocking pivoting or removal of the support when in the covered path. The interlock plate extends along the predetermined portioned path and cooperates with a gauge plate adjustment control mechanism such that when the gauge …
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- Filed December 12, 1996 and granted December 2, 2003. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended December 12, 2016.
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