NZ708941B

NZ708941B - Slicer

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Publication number: NZ708941B
Application number: NZ708941A
Authority: NZ
Inventors: Hajime Yamamoto
Original assignee: Benriner Co Ltd
Priority date: 2014-06-30
Filing date: 2015-06-10
Publication date: 2018-01-04

Abstract

provide a slicer that can slice a material to be sliced with a uniform thickness and can also be used sanitarily. [Means to Solve Problems] A slicer 1 which includes a slice width adjusting mechanism 100 that is provided with a slice width adjusting dial 60 having a cylindrical shape that has a screw portion 62 formed on an outer peripheral surface and is capable of supporting the rear surface 40c of a movable supporting plate 40, a screw receiving hole 13 that is integrally formed with a frame 10 and capable of being engaged with the screw portion 62, and a first rib 45 that is formed on the rear surface 40c of the movable supporting plate 40 so as to stand thereon and capable of being fitted into the slice width adjusting dial 60. [Selected Drawing] Fig. 1 screw portion 62 formed on an outer peripheral surface and is capable of supporting the rear surface 40c of a movable supporting plate 40, a screw receiving hole 13 that is integrally formed with a frame 10 and capable of being engaged with the screw portion 62, and a first rib 45 that is formed on the rear surface 40c of the movable supporting plate 40 so as to stand thereon and capable of being fitted into the slice width adjusting dial 60. [Selected Drawing] Fig. 1

Description

Slicer BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a slicer for slicing a material to be sliced, such as a vegetable, fruit or the like, and in particular concerns a slicer capable of desirably adjust a slicing width of the material to be sliced.

Description of the Related Art Conventionally, as a slicer for use in easily slicing s materials to be sliced, such as vegetables, fruits or the like, into sliced pieces having a desired width, such a slicer has been used in which the al to be sliced is reciprocally moved forward and rearward in the slicing direction so as to slice the al to be sliced by using a slicing blade.

[0003] As a conventional slicer, such a slicer has been known which is provided with a frame having a pair of right and left supporting arms, a g blade with two ends thereof being secured to the supporting arms, a fixed supporting plate that is placed on the front side of the slicing blade and passed between a pair of right and left frame portions, and a movable supporting plate that is placed on the rear side of the slicing blade, with the slicing width ness) of a sliced material width being made adjustable by moving the movable ting plate in a 3O vertical direction.

As the movable ting plate of this slicer, a structure has been known in which its two ends are journaled to the paired right and left supporting arms so as to be able to rock in vertical directions (for example, see JP—A No. 2004~338069), and another structure has been known in which it is movable horizontally in vertical directions by a spacer disposed below a e receiving plate (for example, see JP—A No. 2011—156435).

[Patent nt 1] JP—A No. 2004~338069 [Patent Document 2] JP—A No. 2011-156435 In the case of the above—mentioned former slicer, however, as shown in Figs. 7(a) and 7(b), a movable supporting plate 91 is positioned so as to be tilted downward in a vertical direction H, with a slicing blade 92 being diagonally ed relative to a slicing direction S, that is, with a distance between the movable supporting plate 91 and the slicing blade 92 being gradually d from one of the ends in a width direction W toward the other end; therefore, in the case when a material M to be sliced is long in the width direction W, a problem arises in which deviations occur n a thickness ta of its cut portion a on the one of the end sides in the width direction W of a sliced piece C and a thickness Eb of its out portion b on the other end side.

[0007] Moreover, since the slicing blade 92 that is intruded to a material M to be sliced horizontally slices the material to be sliced, a problem arises in which in the case when a material to be sliced is long in a slicing direction S, as shown in Figs. 8(a) to 8(d), deviations occur in the thicknesses of a sliced piece C before and after the slicing direction S, that is, a ess E9 on the tip side in the slicing direction S of the sliced piece C and a thickness Ed on the rear side are different from each other.

[0008] Furthermore, in the case of the above—mentioned latter , since the movable supporting plate assembled onto the frame is not easily removed from the frame, cut chips of the material to be sliced tend to be caught in a gap between the e supporting plate and the spacer, or waste water containing soil or the like adhering to the surface of a material to be sliced tends to remain in the gap, with the result that sanitation might become poor as the slicer is used.

In the case of a slicer in which a movable ting plate made of resin is used, since upon slicing a material to be , the movable supporting plate is deflected downward in the vertical direction by a pressing force exerted onto the material to be sliced, the gap n the slicing blade and the movable supporting plate is widened beyond a predetermined gap between the slicing blade and the movable supporting plate, the sliced pieces tend to become r than the intended thickness.

Therefore, in order to slice the material to be sliced with a uniform thickness and also to provide a slicer capable of being used sanitarily, there are some technical problems to be solved, and the object of the present invention is to solve these problems.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION

[0011] The present invention, which has been proposed to achieve the above object, includes an invention ing to claim 1 that provides a slicer including: a frame, a g blade with its two ends being supported by the frame, a movable supporting plate that supports a material to be sliced when the material to be sliced is moved to slide toward the slicing blade, and a slice width adjusting mechanism capable of adjusting the slicing width of the al to be sliced by raising and lowering the movable supporting plate in vertical ions, and in this structure, 3O the slice width adjusting mechanism is provided with: a slice width adjusting dial having a cylindrical shape that has a screw portion formed on an outer peripheral surface, and is capable of supporting the rear e of the movable supporting plate horizontally, a screw receiving hole that is integrally formed with the frame and capable of being engaged with the screw portion and a rib that is formed to stand on the rear surface of the movable ting plate and can be fitted into the slice width adjusting dial.

In accordance with this structure, since the movable supporting plate is raised and lowered with its horizontal state being maintained by the slice width adjusting dial, the slice width adjusting dial is positioned at a desired position in a height direction in ance with an engaged state between the screw portion and the screw receiving hole; therefore, since the movable supporting plate is raised and lowered depending on the position of the slice width adjusting dial, with its horizontal state being maintained, it becomes possible to slice a material to be sliced with a uniform thickness regardless of the size of the material to be sliced.

[0013] Moreover, by allowing the slice width adjusting dial to support the rear surface of the movable supporting plate without a gap, it is possible to prevent cut chips and waste water from remaining between the slice width adjusting dial and the movable supporting plate, and consequently to sanitarily use the slicer.

Furthermore, since the rib is formed on the rear surface of the movable supporting plate, the rigidity of the movable supporting plate is increased so that it becomes possible to prevent the movable supporting plate from being deflected downward by a pressing force d when the movable supporting plate slices a material to be sliced.

An invention disclosed in claim 2 provides a slicer in which, in on to the structure of the slicer of claim 1, the movable supporting plate has an easily ting region that is formed on the front side in the slicing direction as a narrowed portion along the g ions in which the material to be sliced is d to slide upon slicing the material to be sliced, with at least one portion of the slice width adjusting dial being made to support the inside of the easily deflecting region.

In accordance with this structure, since the slice width adjusting dial supports the movable supporting plate within the easily deflecting region of the movable supporting plate it becomes possible to further prevent the movable ting plate from being deflected downward by a pressing force exerted when the movable ting plate slices a al to be sliced.

An invention disclosed in claim 3 provides a slicer in which, in addition to the structure of the slicer of claim 2, the movable supporting plate has an easily deflecting region that is formed on the front side in the slicing direction as a narrowed portion along the slicing directions in which the material to be sliced is allowed to slide upon slicing the al to be sliced, with at least one portion of the rib being disposed inside the easily deflecting region.

In accordance with this structure, since the rib is disposed within the easily deflecting region of the movable supporting plate, it becomes possible to further prevent the movable supporting plate from being deflected downward by a pressing force exerted when the movable supporting plate slices a material to be sliced.

An invention sed in claim 4 provides a slicer in which, in addition to the structure of the slicer of any one of claims 1 to 3, the frame is provided with a guide groove formed as a concave portion in a direction dicular to the inner peripheral surface, and the movable supporting plate has guide 3O pins that are attached to two sides thereof in the width direction orthogonal to the slicing direction, and capable of being engaged with the guide groove.

In ance with this structure, since the movable rting plate is raised and lowered upward and downward, it is le to easily position—determine the movable supporting plate.

An invention disclosed in claim 5 provides a slicer in which, in addition to the structure of the slicer according to claim 4, the guide groove is formed on the rear e of of the frame in a direction perpendicular thereto so as to be opened therefrom, and the guide pin of the movable supporting plate is attachably ed from the guide groove h the opening of the guide groove.

In accordance with this structure, since the movable supporting plate can be detached from the frame, it becomes possible to easily wash the movable supporting plate.

[0023] An invention disclosed in claim 6 provides a slicer in which, in addition to the structure of the slicer of any one of claims 1 to 5, in the case when the movable supporting plate is divided into a tip portion, a center portion and a rear portion from the tip to the rear end in the slicing direction, the rib is disposed in a manner so as to bridge over the tip portion and the center portion of the movable supporting plate.

In accordance with this structure, since the rib is formed over a wide range of the movable supporting plate, it is possible to prevent the movable ting plate from being deflected downward by a pressing force exerted when the movable supporting plate slices a material to be .

[Effects of the ion]

[0025] Since the slicer in accordance with the present invention raises and lowers the movable supporting plate horizontally while ssing the deflection of the movable supporting plate, it becomes possible to slice a material to be sliced with a uniform thickness regardless of the size of the material to be sliced, and also to suppress cut chips and waste water from ing; thus, the slicer can be sanitarily used.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS Figs. 1(a) and 1(b) are gs that show a slicer in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention; Fig. 1(a) is a perspective view showing the surface side of the slicer; and Fig. 1(b) is a perspective view showing the rear surface side of the slicer.

Figs. 2(a) to 2(c) are drawings that show a frame and a fixed supporting plate; Fig. 2(a) is a plan view showing a surface side of the frame; Fig. 2(b) is a bottom face view showing a rear surface side of the frame; and Fig. 2(c) is a cross—sectional view taken along line IIC—IIC in Fig. 2(a).

Figs. 3(a) to 3(d) are drawings that show the movable supporting plate of Fig. 1; Fig. 3(b) is a bottom face view showing a rear surface side of the movable ting plate; Fig. 3(c) is a side view of the movable supporting plate; and Fig. 3(d) is a cross—sectional view taken along line IIID—IIID in Fig. 3(a).

Figs. 4(a) to 4(c) are drawings that show the slice width adjusting dial of Fig. 1; Fig. 4(a) is a perspective view showing the slice width adjusting dial; Fig. 4(b) is a plan view of the slice width adjusting dial; and Fig. 4(c) is a cross—sectional view taken along line IVC—IVC in Fig. 4(b).

Fig. 5 is a schematic view that explains the action of the slice width adjusting dial.

Fig. 6 is a schematic view that shows a state in which a material to be sliced is sliced by using the slice width ing dial.

Fig. 7 is a schematic View that ns a deviation in the slice width in the width direction in a conventional slicer.

Fig. 8 is a schematic view that ns a deviation in the slice width in the slicing direction in the conventional slicer.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS In order to achieve the object for providing a slicer that can slice a material to be sliced with a uniform thickness and is capable of being used sanitarily, the present invention is provided with a slicer including: a frame, a slicing blade with its two ends being supported by the frame, a movable supporting plate that supports a material to be sliced when the material to be sliced is moved to slide toward the slicing blade, a slice width adjusting mechanism capable of adjusting the slicing width of the al to be sliced by g and lowering the movable supporting plate in vertical directions, and in this structure, the slice width ing mechanism is ed with: a slice width adjusting dial having a cylinder shape that has a screw portion formed on an outer peripheral surface, and is capable of supporting the rear surface of the e supporting plate ntally, a screw receiving hole that is integrally formed with the frame and capable of being engaged with the screw portion and a rib that is formed to stand on the rear surface of the movable supporting plate and fitted into the slice width adjusting dial; thus, it becomes possible to achieve the object.

[Embodiments] Referring to Figs., the ing description will discuss one embodiment relating to a slicer l in accordance with the present invention” Additionally, in the following description, terms “front” and “rear” correspond to the front side and the rear side in a slicing direction that is coincident with a feeding direction of a material to be sliced at the time of g the material to be sliced. er, terms “up” and “down” correspond to the upper side and the downward side in a perpendicular direction to the slicer.

As shown in Fig. 1(a) and Fig. 1(b), the slicer l is provided with a frame 10, a slicing blade 20 for slicing a material to be sliced, a fixed ting plate 30 disposed on the front side of the slicing blade 20, a movable supporting plate 40 disposed on the rear side of the slicing blade 20, an exchange blade 50 that is exchangeable, and a slicing width adjusting mechanism 100 that position—determines the movable supporting plate 40 at a desired position in the vertical direction by the slicing width adjusting dial 60. The frame 10, the fixed supporting plate 30, the movable supporting plate 40 and the slicing width adjusting dial 60 are respectively made of an ABS resin and ed by an injection molding process. The slicing blade 20 and the exchange blade 50 are made of stainless steel.

The slicer l is ed such that when a user reciprocally moves a material to be sliced in a slicing direction S while pressing the material to be sliced onto the movable supporting plate 40, the al to be sliced is sliced into sliced pieces having a thickness in accordance with a gap between the slicing blade 20 and the movable supporting plate 40. The sliced pieces are discharged from the rear side of the slicer l.

[0031] The slicing blade 20 is ed diagonally to the width direction W of the frame 10. On the right and left sides of the slicing blade 20, holes, not shown, are respectively formed. The slicing blade 20 is fastened to the frame 10 by bolts B1 inserted through securing holes lOa formed on the surface of the frame 10 and the holes of the slicing blade 20. Additionally, the ing method is not limited by a fastening method by the use of bolts, and any method may be used as long as the slicing blade is secured onto the frame 10. 3O [0032] The exchange blade 50 is attached between the slicing blade and the e supporting plate 40. The exchange blade 50 has its two ends supported by the frame 10. The ge blade 50 is provided with a plurality of teeth formed in the longitudinal direction of the exchange blade 50 so that notches can be formed in the material to be sliced along the slicing direction S in accordance with the gap of the tive teeth” The ge blade 50 is secured by being pressed onto the frame 10 by bolts, not shown, that are inserted in bolt through holes 10c formed on outside surfaces 10b of the frame 10. By using the slicing blade and the exchange blade 50 in combination, the material to be sliced can be sliced into various stick shapes or stripe shapes having large and small sizes.

The movable supporting plate 40 and the slice width adjusting dial 60 are detachably attached to the frame 10 so that the respective members can be washed individually.

The slicer 1 is provided with an anti—slipping member 70 attached to the tip thereof in the slicing direction S. The anti~ slipping member 70 has an anti—slipping layer made of resin on its e. The anti—slipping member 70 has its ridge—line cross—sectional shape in the slicing direction 8 formed in a manner so as to be curved into a convex shape, and when the user uses the slicer 1, the anti—slipping member 70 is diagonally pushed onto a chopping board or the like so that it is possible to slice the material to be sliced, without the slicer 1 being slipped.

As shown in Figs. 2(a) to 2(c), the frame 10 is ed with a pair of right and left supporting arms 11 attached to the two ends in the width direction of the fixed supporting plate 30, a stay 12 that is passed between the right and left paired supporting arms 11, and a screw receiving hole 13 to be described later, which is formed virtually in the center of the stay 12 and can be d with a slicing width adjusting dial.

The supporting arm 11 is provided with slits 11a that are formed on the inner surfaces and house two ends of the slicing blade 20. The slicing blade 20 is inserted from the slits 11a and disposed at a predetermined position.

The supporting arm 11 is provided with a guide groove 11b formed with a concave shape on the inside surface. The guide groove 11b is formed so as to extend in a perpendicular direction H. The guide groove 11b is designed to be engaged with a guided pin 41 to be bed later of the movable supporting plate 40.

Additionally, the shape of the guide groove 11b may be set desirably. Since the lower portion in the perpendicular direction H of the guide groove 11b is formed so as to be opened” The movable ting plate 40 can be ably detached from the frame 10.

The frame 10 is provided with a handle 14 that is held by the user. In the present embodiment, the handle 14 is ally combined with the rear end of the supporting arm 11; however, the handle 14 may have a structure to be detachably attached and fastened by using bolts, as long as it can be secured to the supporting frame 11.

The fixed supporting plate 30 is disposed between the paired supporting arms 11, and integrally attached to the supporting arm 11. On the surface 30a of the fixed supporting plate 30, 8 rows of groove portions 31 are engraved and formed side by side in the width direction W in an extended manner in the slicing direction S. By forming the groove portions 31 on the e 30a of the fixed supporting plate 30, the fixed ting plate 30 and the material to be sliced are made in contact with each other with a reduced area so that the material to be sliced can be moved smoothly. The depth dimension of the groove portions 31 may be bly determined.

[0040] As shown in Fig. 3(a) to 3(d), the movable supporting plate 40 is provided with pins 41 to be guided, formed on the rear side of the side faces 40a so as to protrude therefrom. The pins 41 to be guided are designed to be engaged with the guide grooves 11b of the supporting arm 11 so that the movable supporting plate 40 is raised and lowered in accordance with the shape of the guide grooves 11b. For example, in the case when each guide groove 11b is formed from the lower side to the upper side in the perpendicular direction H, as well as diagonally from the rear side toward the front side in the slicing ion S, the movable supporting plate 40 is also diagonally raised and lowered in accordance with the shape of each of the guide grooves 11b.

When the movable supporting plate 40 is raised, the guided pin 41 is engaged with the guide groove llb so that wobbling and twisting of the e supporting plate 40 are regulated.

[0041] On the e 40b of the movable supporting plate 40, 8 rows of groove portions 42 are engraved and formed side by side in the width direction W in an extended manner in the slicing direction S. By forming the groove portions 42, the contact area between the movable supporting plate 40 and the material to be sliced is d correspondingly so that the sliding resistance upon slicing the material to be sliced is reduced.

The tip portion 43 of the movable supporting plate 40 is formed so as to be gradually narrowed from the vicinity of the center of the movable supporting plate 40 toward the front side in the slicing direction S, and at the vicinity of the tip of the movable supporting plate 40, an easily ting region R that is easily deflected downward by a pressing force that presses the material to be sliced downward upon slicing the material to be sliced” More specifically, the easily deflecting region R is formed at a tip portion 43 that is formed to have a width narrower than that of the rear end n 44, with a reduced rigidity; That is, when, upon slicing the material to be sliced, 3O a pressing force that presses the material to be sliced downward is exerted on the e ting plate 40, the tip portion 43 having a rigidity lower than that of the rear end potion 44 is easily deflected downward locally. In the t embodiment, the easily deflecting region R is formed over virtually a half portion of the length dimension of the movable supporting plate 40 from the tip of the movable ting plate 40 toward the rear end.

Moreover, on the rear surface 40c of the e supporting plate 40, a first rib 45, which is disposed so as to include one portion of the easily deflecting region R and improves the ty of the easily deflecting region R, is formed” The first rib 45 is formed into a d shape that is gradually expanded in its diameter from the lower side in the perpendicular direction H upward so that with this structure, the movable supporting plate 40 is easily removed from a metal mold.

In the present embodiment, the first rib 45 is formed into a hollow cylindrical shape; however, any shape may be adopted as long as the ty of the movable supporting plate 40 is increased, and for example, a solid cylindrical shape may be used, or an ellipsoidal shape or the like may be used.

Supposing that the movable supporting plate 40 is divided into three equal ns, that is, a tip region r1, a center region r2, and a rear end region r3, successively from the tip side in the slicing direction S, the first rib 45 is formed in a manner so as to bridge over the tip region r1 and the center region r2. That is, the first rib 45 is formed within 2/3 of the length dimension of the movable supporting plate from the tip toward the rear end in the slicing direction S of the e supporting plate 40. Thus, the rigidity of the movable supporting plate 40 is increased so that the movable supporting plate 40 is suppressed from deflecting downward upon receipt of a pressing 3O force exerted at the time of slicing the material to be sliced.

On the rear surface 40c of the movable supporting plate 40, a second rib 46 disposed into a lattice pattern is formed. Thus, the rigidity of the movable supporting plate 40 is further increased.

As shown in Fig. 5, the slice width adjusting dial 60 is ed with a main body unit 61 having a hollow cylindrical shape, a screw portion 62 formed on the outer peripheral e of the main body unit 61 and a handle 63 formed on the base end of the main body unit 61.

The inner diameter of the main body unit 61 is formed to have a larger diameter than the outer diameter of the first rib

[0049] The screw portion 62 is capable of being engaged with the screw receiving hole 13.

The handle 63 is held by the user when the user rotates the slice width adjusting dial 60 to vertically raise or lower the movable supporting plate 40.

Next, referring to Fig. 5, the following description will discuss the slice width adjusting mechanism 100. Additionally, the slice width is adjustable by g or lowering the movable supporting plate 40 relative to the slicing blade 20, and the sequence of processes for lowering the e supporting plate 40 is reversed to the sequence of processes for raising the movable supporting plate 40; therefore, the following description will discuss the function of the slice width adjusting mechanism 100 by exemplifying the process for g the movable supporting plate 40.

The slice width adjusting mechanism 100 is constituted by the screw receiving hole 13 of the frame 10, the first rib 45 of the movable supporting plate 40 and the slice width adjusting dial 60.

Fig. 5 is a schematic view that explains the action of the slice width ing mechanism 100, with the screw receiving hole 12, the first rib 45 and the slice width adjusting dial 6O being omitted. Fig. 5(a) is a view showing a state before the slice width ing screw 60 is engaged with the screw receiving hole 13; Fig. 5(b) is a View showing a state in which the slice width adjusting screw 60 is d with the screw receiving hole 13; Fig. 5(c) is a View showing a state in which the slice width adjusting screw 60 is made to screw forward; and Fig. 5(d) is a View showing a state in which slice width adjusting screw 60 is made to further screw d.

First, as shown in Fig. 5(a), before the slice width adjusting screw 60 is engaged with the screw receiving hole 13, the first rib 45 of the movable supporting plate 40 is inserted through the screw ing hole 13 Next, as shown in Fig. 5(b), the slice width adjusting screw 60 is d with the screw receiving hole 13. At this time, the first rib 45 of the movable supporting plate 40 is housed in a nested state inside the main body unit 61 of the slice width adjusting screw 60.

[0056] When the slice width adjusting screw 60 is rotated to screw forward, as shown in Fig. 5(c), the slice width adjusting screw 60 is raised relative to the screw receiving hole 13 so that the top surface 61a of the main body unit 61 is made in contact with the rear surface 40c of the movable supporting plate 40. At this time, the top surface 61a of the main body unit 61 comes into contact with the rear surface 40c of the movable supporting plate 40 between the first rib 45 and the second rib 46.

When the slice width adjusting screw 60 further screws forward, as shown in Fig. 5(d), the slice width adjusting screw 60 raises the movable supporting plate 40. At this time, since the movable supporting plate 40 is supported by the entire e of the top surface 61a of the slice width adjusting screw 60 so that the movable supporting plate 40 is raised in a stable manner.

After the movable supporting plate 40 has been raised until the gap between the slicing blade 20 and the movable supporting plate 40 has reached a desired slice width, the rotation of the slice width adjusting screw 60 is stopped so that the movable supporting plate 40 is supported by the slice width adjusting screw 60 and also on—adjusted.

That is, the movable supporting plate 40 is raised with its horizontal attitude being maintained by the slice width adjusting dial 60, and in accordance with the engaged state between the screw portion 62 and the screw receiving hole 13, the slide width adjusting dial 60 is position—determined at a desired position in the height direction H so that as shown in Figs. 6(a) to 6(d), since the movable ting plate 40 is raised/lowered, with its ntal attitude being ined, depending on the position of the slice width adjusting dial 60, it is possible to slice the material to be sliced with a uniform thickness less of the size of the material to be sliced.

[0060] Moreover, since the slice width adjusting dial 60 is made in contact with the rear surface 40c of the movable ting plate 40, and supports it t any gap, cut chips and waste water are prevented from remaining between the slice width adjusting dial 60 and the movable supporting plate 40; therefore, the slicer 1 can be used sanitarily.

Furthermore, since the first rib 45 is placed on the rear surface 40c of the movable supporting plate 40, the rigidity of the movable supporting plate 40 is increased so that it becomes possible to suppress the movable supporting plate 40 from being deflected downward by receiving a pressing force exerted when the e supporting plate 40 slices the material to be sliced.

In this manner, the slicer l in accordance with the t embodiment makes it possible to horizontally raise or lower the movable supporting plate 40 while the deflection of the movable supporting plate 40 is being suppressed; thus, it becomes possible to slice the material to be sliced with a uniform thickness regardless of the size of the material to be sliced and since it is possible to suppress cut chips and waste water from remaining, it becomes possible to use the slicer sanitarily.

Additionally, in the t ion, various cations may be made within the scope without departing from the gist of the present invention, and those modifications are of course included within the scope of the present invention. nations of Reference NUmerals] l SLICER lO FRAME 10a ATTACHING hole 10b OUTSIDE SURFACE lOC BOLT COMMUNICATION HOLE ll SUPPORTING ARM lla SLIT 11b GUIDE GROOVE l2 STAY 13 SCREW RECEIVING HOLE l4 HANDLE 20 SLICING BLADE 3O FIXED SUPPORTING PLATE 30a SURFACE (OF FIXED SUPPORTING PLATE) 31 GROOVE PORTION (OF FIXED SUPPORTING PLATE) 4O E SUPPORTING PLATE 40a SIDE FACE 40b SURFACE (OF MOVABLE SUPPORTING PLATE) 40C REAR SURFACE 4l GUIDED PIN 42 GROOVE PORTION (OF MOVABLE SUPPORTING PLATE) 43 Tip PORTION 44 REAR END PORTION 45 FIRST RIB 46 SECOND RIB 50 EXCHANGE BLADE 6O SLICE WIDTH ADJUSTING DIAL 61 MAIN BODY UNIT 61a TOP SURFACE 63 HANDLE 70 ANTI"SLIPPING MEMBER 100 SLICE WIDTH ADJUSTING MECHANISM B1 BOLT SLICING DIRECTION WIDTH DIRECTION :1: AL DIRECTION EASILY DEFLECTING REGION r1 TIP REGION r2 CENTER REGION r3 REAR END REGION

Claims

WHAT IS CLAIMED IS:

1. A slicer comprising: a frame; a slicing blade with two ends thereof being supported by the frame; a movable supporting plate that ts a material to be sliced when the material to be sliced is moved to slide toward the slicing blade; and a slice width adjusting mechanism capable of ing the slicing width of the material to be sliced by raising/ lowering the e supporting plate relative to the g blade, wherein the slice width adjusting ism comprises: a 10 slice width adjusting dial that has a cylinder shape having a screw portion formed on an outer peripheral surface, and is capable of supporting the rear surface of the movable supporting plate horizontally; a screw receiving hole that is integrally formed with the frame and capable of being engaged with the screw 15 portion; and a rib that is formed in the movable supporting plate to stand on the rear surface of the movable ting plate and fitted into the slice width adjusting dial, wherein a top surface of the er shape of the slice width adjusting dial when moved forward contacts the rear surface 20 of the e supporting plate moving the movable supporting plate forming a gap between the slicing blade and the movable supporting plate and a combination of the rib and the top surface increase rigidity of the movable supporting plate adjacent the slicing blade, 25 whereby the movable supporting plate is suppressed from moving downward upon receipt of a pressing force exerted during slicing so as to maintain the gap providing consistent slices.

2. The slicer according to claim 1, wherein the movable 3O supporting plate ses: an easily deflecting region in which a front portion thereof in a slicing direction in which the material to be sliced is allowed to slide upon slicing the material to be sliced is formed with a narrowed width along the slicing ion, with at least one portion of the slicing width 35 adjusting dial being arranged to support the inside of the easily deflecting region.

3. The slicer according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the movable supporting plate comprises: an easily deflecting region in which a front portion thereof in a slicing direction in which the material to be sliced is d to slide upon slicing the material to be sliced is formed with a narrowed width along the slicing direction, with at least one portion of the rib being disposed inside the easily deflecting region. 10

4. The slicer according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the frame is provided with a guide groove formed into a concave shape along a direction dicular to the inner peripheral surface, and the movable supporting plate has a guide pin that is formed on each of two sides in the width ion orthogonal to 15 the slicing direction and is capable of being engaged with the guide groove.

5. The slicer according to claim 4, wherein the guide groove is formed on a rear e in a direction dicular to the 20 frame so as to be opened therefrom, with the guide pin of the movable supporting plate being attachably detached from the guide groove through the opening of the guide .

6. The slicer according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein 25 supposing that the movable supporting plate is divided into three equal portions, that is, a tip region, a center region, and a rear end region, successively from the tip side to the rear end in the slicing direction, the first rib is formed in a manner so as to bridge over the tip region and the center region.