Abstract: A frozen hamburger patty separator for separating a single hamburger patty from a frozen hamburger block including a U-shaped holding member having a bottom wall connected to front and rear walls for holding a frozen hamburger block in place. A U-shaped handle support component is connected to the holding member, and a blade support component is pivotally mounted on the handle support component. A separator blade is connected to the blade support component and is less than 2 inches from the pivotal mounting. A handle is connected to the blade support component for pivotally moving the separator blade between a separating position for separating hamburger patties from the frozen hamburger block and a non-separating position for allowing the frozen hamburger block to be moved along the holding member for holding the frozen hamburger block.

Abstract: An automatic protective bagel slicing system for automatically slicing food, such as bagels or rolls, into symmetric halves within an enclosed drawer for precluding injury to a user. The inventive device includes an encasement having an interior cavity, a drawer slidably projecting into the encasement, a loop blade rotatably connected mesial a motor and a pulley traverse to the drawer's line of motion, and a slot within the drawer to receive the blade. An outer track is secured to a bottom surface of the drawer and an inner track is secured to a bottom surface of the interior cavity for slidably engaging the outer track. The food to be sliced is positioned within the drawer and the drawer is pushed into the encasement where the blade cuts the food into symmetrical halves.