FOOD SLICER AND ASSOCIATED SEALING ASSEMBLY FOR GAUGE PLATE FLAT ADJUSTMENT ASSEMBLY

Abstract

A food slicer includes a base, a blade mounted for rotation relative to the base, a carriage assembly mounted on the base for reciprocating movement past a cutting edge of the blade, a gauge plate mounted for movement between a closed position that prevents slicing and multiple open positions that allow slicing to respective thicknesses, and a gauge plate plane adjustment assembly for adjusting the orientation of a gauge plate plane relative to a plane of a blade edge. A sealing assembly covers the gauge plate plane adjustment assembly and has first and second sealing pieces that are movable relative to each other between a sealing configuration of the sealing assembly and an access configuration of the sealing assembly.