A labor-saving vegetable cutter and a labor-saving vegetable chopper are related to the technical field of kitchen utensils. The labor-saving vegetable cutter includes a pressing block and a cutting knife assembly. The cutting knife assembly includes a plurality of cutting knife members stacked together. The cutting knife member includes blade groups, and the blade groups on the plurality of cutting knife member are arranged in an offset manner. When the pressing block presses fruits and vegetables to be cut towards the cutting knife assembly, the fruits and vegetables are sequentially cut by the blade groups on the plurality of cutting knife members. The blade groups of the plurality of cutting knife members are interlaced with each other to cut the fruits and vegetables into strip shapes with a parallelogram cross-section.

A food slicing device is disclosed for slicing meat and other foods in a thin, uniform manner. The food slicing device comprises a body component that is configured in a box-like enclosure for housing multiple circular blades within its interior. Further, the body component comprises a tapered opening on one side, which allows meat to be fed into the device and pushed flat against the circular blades. A feeder mechanism, which is a rolling tread, is used to move the meat through the circular blades. The device includes a power button, which rotates the circular blades, moves the feeder mechanism, and closes the tapered opening of the body component to protect a user. Users can insert meat into the tapered end and activate the device via the power button. The feeder mechanism is then activated and the meat is sent through the circular blades, and is sliced thinly.

A food product slicer includes a base, a knife mounted for rotation about an axis relative to the base, the knife including a peripheral cutting edge, and a carriage assembly mounted to the base for reciprocal movement back and forth past the peripheral cutting edge of the knife. A knife sharpener includes a first sharpening component movable between a first non-sharpening position spaced from the peripheral cutting edge and a first sharpening position engaged with the peripheral cutting edge. A knife guard extends about portions of the peripheral cutting edge and includes a radially inner edge facing toward and running along the peripheral cutting edge, wherein the radially inner edge includes a radially outwardly extending channel along which the first sharpening component moves to reach the first sharpening position.

A food product slicer includes a base, a knife mounted for rotation relative to the base and a carriage assembly mounted to the base for movement back and forth past a cutting edge of the knife. A gauge plate is mounted for movement between a closed position that prevents slicing and multiple open positions that permit slicing at respective thicknesses. A gauge plate movement system is provided for moving the gauge plate between the closed position and the multiple open positions. The gauge plate movement system includes a movable index component having a portion that projects upwardly through an opening in the base and that is connected to a lower portion of the gauge plate by a gauge plate adjustment assembly that is accessible via a gap between an upper surface portion of the base and the lower portion of the gauge plate.

A food article slicing machine includes a food article loading apparatus with a lift tray assembly for moving food articles from a staging position to an elevated position at a beginning of a food article feed path, a food article feed apparatus disposed over the food article loading apparatus having an upper conveyor assembly with an independently driven endless conveyor belt used in cooperation with a food article gripper for moving the food articles along the food article feed path, a food article stop gate that forms part of the food article feed path and opens to drop food article end portions, and a slicing station at an end of the food article feed path with a knife for slicing the food articles.

A whetting device is for a slicer. The whetting device has: a whetstone that sharpens a circular blade of the slicer; a hone that deburrs the circular blade; a handle that moves the whetstone or the hone toward the circular blade; and a mount for fastening to a stop plate of the slicer. The mount has an insertion apparatus for being form-fittingly inserted into the stop plate. The mount having a U-shaped plate receptacle, which has a gap for introducing the stop plate into the gap in when the whetting device is pushed onto the stop plate. The insertion apparatus has a lug for engaging in an recess in the stop plate, or the stop plate has the lug for engaging in the recess in the insertion apparatus.

A food product slicer includes a base, a knife mounted for rotation, and a carriage assembly mounted to the base for movement back and forth past a cutting edge of the knife, with a tray is removably connected to a tray mount of a tray arm. A movable gauge plate is provided for varying slice thickness, and a gauge plate indexing assembly is provided for moving the gauge plate between a closed position and multiple open positions. An interlock assembly is provided between the tray mount and the gauge plate indexing assembly, wherein the interlock assembly comprises a tension only cable system that is configured to (i) prevent removal of the tray from the tray mount unless the gauge plate is in the closed position and (ii) prevent movement of the gauge plate out of the closed position when the tray is removed from the tray mount.

A method for diagnosing an operational malfunction in a slicing machine comprises: displaying, using a display device of a user interface of the slicing machine, an operational malfunction area selection view, which includes multiple possible operational malfunction areas for the malfunction and a prompt to select at least one operational malfunction area, selecting, using an input device of the user interface, the at least one operational malfunction area, displaying, using the display device, an operational malfunction type selection view, which includes multiple possible operational malfunction types for the malfunction and a prompt to select at least one operational malfunction type from the multiple possible operational malfunction types, and selecting, using the input device, the at least one operational malfunction type, and displaying, using the display device, at least one operational malfunction resolution suggestion based on the at least one operational malfunction area and/or the at least one operational malfunction type.