Abstract: A clamp extension device adapted to extend the size range of materials that may be cut by a sawmill, the device being removably attachable to an existing clamp on the sawmill.

Abstract: A manually-operated, foodstuff slicer includes a top plate and bottom plate coupled together and housing a cutting blade within a recess formed between the plates. The top plate and bottom plate include spaced, circular holes defined therethrough and axially aligned, respectively, and the planar cutting blade having a handle and a plurality of circular holes which correspond in size and shape to the holes defined through the top and bottom plates. The blade is slidably retained between the top and bottom plates and movable along a plane similar to the plates.

Abstract: A comestible cutting/chopping board which enables a user to align and cut or chop comestibles, preferably seed-to-egg sized, the board including side walls defining a longitudinal trough of V-shape or U-shape or half-pipe shape, the side walls preferably providing uneven surfaces, and the cutting/chopping board including structure traversing the side walls, most preferably end structures, providing a slot for penetration of a longitudinally oriented knife and providing for retaining at least some comestibles in the trough, the cutting/chopping board having a base for stabilizing the trough upon a horizontal surface.

Abstract: A collapsible horizontal vegetable processor comprises a base (1) and a cutter frame holder (13). The cutter frame holder is detachably provided with a replaceable cutter frame (2). The base is provided with a sliding rail mechanism. The base comprises a fixed portion (11) and a collapsible portion (12). The cutter frame holder (13) is arranged on one side of the fixed portion, and the collapsible portion is arranged on the other side of the fixed portion. The sliding rail mechanism is slidably provided with a sliding seat (4). The sliding seat is provided with a sliding seat frame body (5) and a handle (6). Pressing teeth (51) used to fix vegetables and a rotating operation device (52) are arranged at the top of the sliding seat frame body. The sliding seat is driven by the handle to move on the sliding rail mechanism. The base of the vegetable processor is collapsible, thereby greatly reducing an occupied space.

Abstract: A tomato dicing assembly and method for making tomato cubes from a tomato includes a cutting guide member, support member, and spike tube member that each has a tubular shape configuration that fit together concentrically. The cutting guide member includes a tubular wall extending longitudinally between proximal and distal ends, the cutting guide member including a cutting member defining a plurality of first cutting slots and body section defining second cutting slots transverse to the plurality of first cutting slots. The support member includes a continuous side wall defining having a closed upper end defining a plurality of holes spaced apart in a predetermined pattern and an open lower end. The spike tube member has a closed top including a plurality of spikes extending outwardly and are received through the plurality of holes when the spike tube member is received into the support member.

Abstract: An appliance for cutting food, particularly fruit and vegetables, includes a base and at least one cutting blade. The base includes a surface for receiving the food and a device for translatably guiding the cutting blade that is to be moved back and forth by the user over the food.

Abstract: A new cutting and chopping board assembly has edges with attachments and removable and repositionable sides with complementary attachments on or in the sides for attaching the sides to the edges of the cutting and chopping board. The sides trap cut and chopped pieces within the sides on the cutting and chopping board. The sides are selectively slidable and repositionable along the edges of the cutting and chopping board. Grooves in edges of the board hold magnets or magnetically attractable material such as stainless steel. The sides hold complementary attachments of magnetically attractable material such as stainless steel or magnets. The attachments and complementary attachments may both be magnets. A tongue and groove embodiment employs grooves in edges of the cutting and chopping board and tongues extending from the sides that extend into the grooves. One or more sides may be removed or slid rearward for cutter or chopper access.

Abstract: A miter box includes, in a first direction, a through opening having a shape adapted to the cross-section of an element to be cut.

Abstract: An apparatus for cutting an item, such as a roast, a bagel, or a loaf of bread, comprising first and second wall devices, a cutting board device, and a base. The first and second wall devices may each have a plurality of vertical slots which are parallel and spaced apart from each other. The first and second wall devices may be configured to be attached to the base in a manner such that the first wall device projects out from the base, at an angle. The cutting board device may include a cutting board body and pins for removably supporting the cutting board device by both the first and second wall devices so that first and second parts of the cutting board device rest on the first and second wall devices to thereby support and suspend the cutting board body above and substantially parallel to the base.

Abstract: A device for layering and cutting food, comprising a main body having an elongated bottom wall and two opposing parallel side walls extending upward from said bottom wall, the side walls and the bottom wall defining a rectangular food receiving receptacle. Each of the side walls include a plurality of vertically disposed wall slots. The body receptacle is configured to receive food and the wall slots are configured to receive a cutting implement to cut food into one or more portions. A removable food supporting plate is disposed in the body receptacle and on the bottom wall of the main body. The food is received on the removable plate and the removable plate is adapted to be removed with food from the receptacle of said main body after cutting the food into one or more portions. The removable plate includes grooves wherein the wall slots of the opposing side walls align and the plate grooves of the base align with the slots.

Abstract: A framing tool for accurately and easily supporting framing materials at a right angle with respect to each other so that they may be fastened together. The framing tool generally includes a base portion having an upper surface which includes a pair of slots oriented at a right angle with respect to each other. The first slot is defined by a first outer wall and first inner wall extending upwardly from the upper surface of the base portion adjacent to a first side edge thereof. The second slot is defined by a second outer wall and second inner wall extending upwardly from the upper surface of the base portion adjacent to a second side edge thereof. The two slots of the present invention are adapted to receive a pair of pieces of lumber to be fastened together at a right angle.

Abstract: A jig for use in cutting an elongate workpiece with a saw blade features separate first and second guide members, each having a respective slot that passes through the guide member on a path spanning along a lengthwise dimension of the guide member. The paths of the respective slots match one another in shape, and a mounting mechanism is operable to secure each guide member in a tightened position abutted against a respective one of two opposing sides of the workpiece. The elongate workpiece is cuttable cross-wise by insertion of the saw blade through the respective slots on the opposing sides of the workpiece and cutting into the workpiece along the path of the slots. The separate guide members can accommodate workpieces of varying size and shape between them while guiding the blade on two sides of the workpiece for optimal reliability and cut accuracy.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a miter box. Miter boxes have a base, a pair of opposed side walls, and at least one aligned slot in the side walls. An embodiment of the present invention includes at least one guide rail mounted on the base perpendicular to the side wall. Further, a clamping assembly is positioned on the guide rail. The clamping assembly is selectively moveable along said guide rail. In this manner, a work piece can be secured to the miter box to hold the piece in position while it is being cut.

Abstract: A manually operable culinary apparatus includes a bottom cradle with a planar base member, a plurality of walls, a plurality of support plates, and a cutting implement detachably engaged with the bottom cradle in such a manner that the cutting implement is abutted directly on the bottom cradle when vertically and linearly displaced along a vertical plane such that a bottom-most tip of the cutting implement travels beyond the support edges and terminates medially between the support edges respectively. The apparatus further includes a mechanism for selectively adjusting first and second lateral spatial distances defined between the support plates and the anterior and posterior walls respectively.

Abstract: A cutting device holds an article to be cut stationary while a blade is traversed along a curved guide to peel or slice away material from the article. The article may be rotated using an indexing mechanism to realign the article with respect to the blade. The cutting device is especially configured to cut complex shapes, such as a seven-sided tourné. Portions of the cutting device may be separated for storage or travel, and a storage container may be provided to protect the device as well as to keep the separated pieces together.

Abstract: A base having a substantially planar surface, an upright support member and a blade guide having a serrated surface that can be adjustably positioned along the planar surface. The blade guide is biased toward an opposing serrated plate member to securely hold a section of donor bone, and locked in place using an adjustable lever-cam linkage.

Abstract: A food slicing apparatus includes a container, a removable top, and a slicing device that includes blades and slides relative to the top. The top defines a patterned hole which accommodates the blades as the slicing device slides from an open position in which the blades are spaced from the top, toward a closed position in which the blades are disposed through the patterned hole. A piece of food that is placed on the top below the blades and is sliced by pressing the slicing device against the food and the sliced pieces are moved into the container by further pressing on the slicing device thereby pressing the frame of the slicing device against the food. The slicing device and top are thereafter removed from the container, and a lid is placed on the container to accommodate the food after it has been sliced.

Abstract: Provided are a cutting guide device for preparing a texture section, which can prepare a texture section manually with a cutting tool such as a pathological knife, in a uniform thickness and in a regular section with neither experience nor skill, a texture section preparing device, and a method for preparing a texture section. The texture section preparing cutting guide device includes a placing base for placing a texture mass directly or indirectly thereon, and a cutting guide cover for preventing the texture mass placed directly or indirectly on the placing base from moving, by holding the texture mass downward. In at least such a portion of the cutting guide cover as to hold the texture mass, there are formed a plurality of slits, into which a knife to be used to cut the texture mass can be inserted. The slits have their intervals set to the thickness of a desired texture section.

Abstract: The present invention is an attachable rolling plate assembly which can be attached as a single unit to a portable cutting tool to facilitate the safe rolling movement of the portable cutting tool on the workpiece. The invention comprises a front wheel housing portion, a back wheel housing portion, and two or three metal rods which interconnect the two housings. The housings removably retain a pair of spaced apart wheels and means to retain a cutting tool on the housings so that the cutting tool can be rolled on the workpiece during operation of the tool while the cutting blade portion of the tool extends between a pair of adjacent interconnecting rod members. The front and rear wheel housing assembly receives the cutting blade in between its pins or axles, so that the entire width of the saw plate is supported by the wheels during cutting.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a miter box. Miter boxes have a base, a pair of opposed side walls, and at least one aligned slot in the side walls. An embodiment of the present invention includes at least one guide rail mounted on the base perpendicular to the side wall. Further, a clamping assembly is positioned on the guide rail. The clamping assembly is selectively moveable along said guide rail. In this manner, a work piece can be secured to the miter box to hold the piece in position while it is being cut.

Abstract: A cutting device holds an article to be cut stationary while a blade is traversed along a curved guide to peel or slice away material from the article. The article may be rotated using an indexing mechanism to realign the article with respect to the blade. The cutting device is especially configured to cut complex shapes, such as a seven-sided tourné. Portions of the cutting device may be separated for storage or travel, and a storage container may be provided to protect the device as well as to keep the separated pieces together.

Abstract: This invention patent refers to processes and appliance for slicing food, stacking and protecting obtained slices from exposure to the environment, through a continued flexible separator, with foldable flaps, in contact with side, front and rear surfaces of referred slices. There available on the consumer market, at supermarkets and bakeries, manually sliced and stacked cheeses, susceptible to oxidation and contamination. Conditioning of these products in consumer's refrigerator does not provide protection for all contact surfaces of slices, which, often, dry up, become moldy and stick to each other. The proposal of this invention is to protect all contact surfaces of food slices—even after their consumption has already started—when closing entrance doors to a possible contamination, especially for protein food with high moisture content, such as cheeses and sausages which are excellent means of microbial culture.

Abstract: A cutting device holds an article to be cut stationary while a blade is traversed along a curved guide to peel or slice away material from the article. The article may be rotated using an indexing mechanism to realign the article with respect to the blade. The cutting device is especially configured to cut complex shapes, such as a seven-sided tourné. Portions of the cutting device may be separated for storage or travel, and a storage container may be provided to protect the device as well as to keep the separated pieces together.

Abstract: A system is provided for properly resizing a window shade to fit within a window frame adjacent a window. At least one ruler strip is provided with visible graduations thereon. Indicia are provided adjacent at least some of the graduations. The indicia are descriptive of a width of a window frame in which the window shade will fit when the window shade is cut at the graduation adjacent to that indicia. A position of the graduations and the corresponding indicia are misdescriptive of a width of the window shade so that clearance around the perimeter of the window shade and cutting of both edges of the window shade are accommodated. Both rectangular window shade and arched window shade sizing systems are provided. A retainer is also provided for holding and guiding of a cutting tool during cutting of the window shade for proper resizing.

Abstract: The invention relates to an improved miter box for guiding a handheld portable circular saw. The miter box facilitates several conventional workpiece trim cuts using a handheld portable circular saw, including 45 degree and 90 degree straightcuts, as well as 45 and 90 degree straightcuts with a 45 degree undercut. The invention includes an I-beam that is formed from a rigid base plate having opposing first and second base plate edges disposed along its elongated length. A first and second flange can be respectively attached to the opposing first and second base plate edges. Each of the flanges can include a pair of opposing support faces. One or more transverse guide members can extend either 45, 135, or 90 degrees from one support face of the first flange to another support face of the second flange. The transverse guide member(s) and the support faces provide a friction reduced medium by which the bottom of a handheld portable circular saw's shoe can glide with greater ease and stability.

Abstract: A power scroll saw with a housing and a saw blade capable of being driven in a reciprocating manner, and with tongs-like guides that guide the saw blade in a laterally-supported manner is capable of being used in a variety of work applications due to the fact that the guide means are capable of being switched by hand selectively into a position having lateral clearance from the saw blade and into a position in which they laterally support the saw blade.

Abstract: The invention is a dental model cutter for trimming the base of a dental model in a precise predetermined manner where the dental model is precisely secured and positioned under a cutting guide and can be hand sawed or cut, thus eliminating the need of a conventional dental model grinder.

Abstract: A bagel slicing device for safely and effectively slicing bagels comprises a holder having a slotted base, upwardly extending end portions at each end of the base and side members attached to the base at their lower end and being pivotal about an edge to engage a bagel therebetween and extending between the end portions. The end portions include a knife slot which cooperates with the base slot to permit cutting a bagel completely through. The side members include gripping ribs on both surfaces thereof and the end portions include ribs to locate the bagel properly between the sides.

Abstract: A system is provided for properly resizing a window shade to fit within a window frame adjacent a window. At least one ruler strip is provided with visible graduations thereon. Indicia are provided adjacent at least some of the graduations. The indicia are descriptive of a width of a window frame in which the window shade will fit when the window shade is cut at the graduation adjacent to that indicia. A position of the graduations and the corresponding indicia are misdescriptive of a width of the window shade so that clearance around the perimeter of the window shade and cutting of both edges of the window shade are accommodated. Both rectangular window shade and arched window shade sizing systems are provided. A retainer is also provided for holding and guiding of a cutting tool during cutting of the window shade for proper resizing.

Abstract: A finger shield that is placed over elongated vegetables or like food items to provide an effective barrier between a cutting blade and the user's fingers when the user is slicing the foodstuff includes a U-shaped body, a spring-loaded handle, and a compression plate for holding the food item to be cut.

Abstract: Disclosed is a clamp apparatus including a base having a surface, a plurality of holes positioned in a pattern in the surface of the base, and a cam peg including a shaft sized to be rotatably receivable by a selected one of the plurality of holes and a cam portion coupled to the shaft for rotation therewith. The cam portion is adapted to engage an item to be clamped on the base.

Abstract: A clamping miter box including a base having a surface, a plurality of holes positioned in a pattern in the surface of the base, and a cam peg including a shaft sized to be rotatably receivable by a selected one of the plurality of holes and a cam portion coupled to the shaft for rotation therewith. The cam portion for engaging the item to be clamped.

Abstract: A table saw capable of adjusting its cutting angle comprises a base, a suspension arm pivotally mounted on said base and provided at two distal ends thereof with a mounting seat respectively, two adjustment members detachably fastened to mounting seat respectively, four support rods connected to said two adjustment members respectively, two saw racks sleeved onto said four support rods respectively, and an arch saw movably installed in said saw racks for reciprocating motion between said saw racks within a distance. The mounting seats each has a mounting hole and a first positioning unit below the mounting hole. The adjustment members each has a second positioning unit adapted for coupling to the first positioning unit for enabling said adjustment member to be secured to the mounting seat in a determined posture, and a through hole above the second positioning unit, through which a screw bolt is inserted and fastened to the mounting hole of the corresponding mounting seat.

Abstract: A cutting frame for holding an object to be sliced into two pieces. The object, such as a bagel, has a bottom surface, a peripheral edge, and a top surface. The cutting frame has a base which holds a support stem, which in turn holds a ring shaped guide member. The guide member has a knife blade guide slot extending through it to guide a knife downwardly through the guide member and through a bagel or other object held in the guide member. The process of using the cutting frame includes holding a bagel against a closed side of the compartment formed within the guide member so that the user's fingers press the bagel against the closed surface of the compartment. A knife is then placed in the knife blade guide slot and drawn back and forth downwardly through the bagel to form an accurate slice parallel to the bottom of the bagel. The guide blade knife slot extends completely through the guide member so that the bagel is always cut into two separate pieces.

Abstract: A desk strips cutting device includes a U-shaped frame having two legs with a connection bar connected between the two legs. A first slit is defined through the connection bar and each of the two legs has a second slit which communicates with the first slits so that a saw blade may move in the first slit and the second slits to cut strips between the two legs. Four locking members movably extend through the connection bar so as to compress the strips in position.

Abstract: An inexpensive jig for holding a piece of crown molding, and guiding a hand-held jigsaw at a particular angle to aid in coping the molding. The jig has a horizontal base plate 1 and two vertical side fences 2A, 2B. A guide plate 3 is attached between the front ends of the fences, and is spaced from the base plate by a gap 5. The guide plate is oriented as if rotated through two particular angles about two respective axes from a position normal to the fences and base plate. The resulting front surface of the guide plate guides a jigsaw in the coping process. An opening 4 in the guide plate is aligned with the upper surface of the base plate, and allows molding to be placed on the base plate with an end in the opening to interfere with the jigsaw blade at a desired coping angle. First, the molding is placed inverted against a miter saw fence, and an end of the molding is cut at a 45-degree angle. Next the molding is placed in the jig, with the cut end in the opening of the guide plate.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a mitre box that is used to guide a saw through a series of cutting strokes as it cuts through a workpiece during a workpiece cutting operation. One aspect of the invention relates to a mitre box that has a pair of aligned slots that extend 90° with respect to the edge of the workpiece, a pair of aligned slots that extend 45° with respect to the edge of the workpiece, and a pair of aligned slots that extend 67½° with respect to the edge of the workpiece. Another aspect of the invention relates to a mitre box that has an open elongated well for temporarily storing a marking tool during the cutting operations. Another aspect of the invention relates to a molded plastic mitre box that has a storage space extending below the workpiece supporting surface of the base for temporarily storing the saw between cutting operations.

Abstract: A bagel holder is a saddle shaped member having a top wall and depending side walls that will hold a bagel. A knife guide is provided adjacent the top wall, and is formed by two spaced apart walls that define a knife slot and have lower edges that are concave to receive a peripheral portion of a bagel that is positioned between the side walls. A knife is then inserted in the slot while the bagel is rested on a supporting surface to cut the bagel into two pieces. Holder wall edges which will engage the outer surface of the bagel and keep it from rotating are provided.

Abstract: Disclosed is a clamp apparatus including a base having a surface, a plurality of holes positioned in a pattern in the surface of the base, and a cam peg including a shaft sized to be rotatably receivable by a selected one of the plurality of holes and a cam portion coupled to the shaft for rotation therewith. The cam portion is adapted to engage an item to be clamped on the base.

Abstract: A cutting frame for holding an object to be sliced into two pieces. The object, such as a bagel, has a bottom surface, a peripheral edge, and a top surface. The cutting frame has a base which holds a support stem, which in turn holds a ring shaped guide member. The guide member has a knife blade guide slot extending through it to guide a knife downwardly through the guide member and through a bagel or other object held in the guide member. The process of using the cutting frame includes holding a bagel against a closed side of the compartment formed within the guide member so that the user's fingers press the bagel against the closed surface of the compartment. A knife is then placed in the knife blade guide slot and drawn back and forth downwardly through the bagel to form an accurate slice parallel to the bottom of the bagel. The guide blade knife slot extends completely through the guide member so that the bagel is always cut into two separate pieces.

Abstract: A cove base cutting guide tool for guiding a knife through the guide tool and making a mitered cut on a cove base material. The guide tool includes a base and a plurality of tower members extending vertically from the base forming a first and second guide wall. The first and second guide walls define a groove having the same general shape as the cove base material to be cut. The groove includes a generally straight portion extending from a top to a bottom of the first and second guide walls with an open end at the top of the guide walls. The groove is wider at the bottom of the straight portion than the top of the straight portion. The first and second guide walls flex away from one another at the top of the groove when receiving the cove base material, and apply friction to the cove base material at the top of the cove base material when the cove base material is inserted into the groove.

Abstract: A bagel slicer generally comprising a base, a flexible connector, a lid and a knife. The base has upwardly projecting bagel retention protrusions and two end walls attached to opposing ends of the base which define a bagel receiving space. Between the walls there is a first plurality of elongated side members in a parallel spaced relationship to each other, and a second plurality of elongated side members in a parallel spaced relationship to each other and to the first plurality of elongated side members. Each elongated member is engaged with the walls such that there remains slots between them to insert a knife. A flexible connector is attached to the lid and one of the walls.

Abstract: The electric kitchen knife has blades (2) connected to the front end of a main housing (5), and the blades (2) move in reciprocal motion to cut food. The main housing (5) has a stand leg (6) projecting from the bottom surface positioned away from the center of gravity towards the blade end. The stand leg (6) maintains the main housing (5) in an upright standing position. Held by the stand leg (6) in an upright standing position on a table (7), the front end of the main housing (5) is raised separating the blades (2) from the table (7).

Abstract: An architectural millwork jig for the cutting of at least one cope in a strip of architectural millwork such as crown molding. The jig includes a base for stabilizing the millwork and further includes a table with a through opening positionable over the end face to be cut. A powered jig saw rides on the table about the opening, where the powered jig saw includes a foot for riding on the table and a blade reciprocating between two toes of the foot, and where the blade makes the cut in the end face of the millwork. The table is swingable about at least the x and y axes so as to provide a proper alignment for the surface of the table on which the foot of the powered jig saw rides. Swinging of the table about one axis permits one jig to be used for right hand and left hand copes and further permits the table to be adjusted to the exact angle of the right hand cope or to the exact angle of the left hand cope. Swinging about this one axis further permits the table to be swung into position to cope flat miters.

Abstract: A carpenter's saw bench is composed of a base and a rotary platform pivoted to the bottom of the base. The rotary platform is provided at both ends thereof with a guide rod set which is in turn provided with a handsaw guide member. The handsaw guide member is provided in the top thereof with a saw bow guide slot for receiving a saw bow of a handsaw, and in the bottom thereof with a saw blade receiving slot for receiving a saw blade of the handsaw. The handsaw guide member is provided in the top thereof with an indentation in communication with the saw bow guide slot, and in the bottom thereof with a slit in communication with the saw blade receiving slot. The handsaw can be detachably fastened with the handsaw guide members such that the handsaw can be separated from the saw bench to allow the handsaw to be used independently as an ordinary handsaw.

Abstract: A user-sizeable headrail assembly that may be easily and readily cut-down to size by the consumer; includes a pre-assembled, cordless headrail and a cutting jig. The preferred headrail has an elongated track, a pinion rod, and multiple carriers which slide along the track and rod. The cutting jig is sized for removable location between a pair of carriers at a desired location along the pre-assembled headrail for simultaneously cutting the elongated track and pinion rod to divide the pre-assembled headrail into a first scrap portion and a second useful portion having a desired length that is less than the initial length. For this purpose, the cutting jig includes an upper track support portion including upper contact members that contact the opposed sides of the elongated track and a lower rod support portion including lower contact members that extends downwardly from the upper track support portion and surround the pinion rod in the interior of the elongated track.

Abstract: A kit to sort out pills, tablets or capsules, which comprises a recessed support, a container-defining sheet designed to fit into the support, and a sealing sheet made of self-adhesive paper as having substantially the same dimension as the container-defining sheet, so as to close the same. Positioning elements are provided on the sealing sheet and on the support and/or the container-defining sheet in order to facilitate proper fixation of the sealing sheet on top of the container-defining sheet. A pill-sorting device made of two sliding panels with hollow bottomed recesses can be used to insert the pills into the containers of the container-defining sheet.

Abstract: It is the purpose of this utility process invention to allow a means to recycle the common aluminum beverage can. This is accomplished with the addition of a scribe or scribes to the circumference of the can. The depth and position of the scribe acting as a pre-conditioner, weakening the can a specific amount in a specific location, there by allowing the desired or eventually desired separation at that specific location by secondary means if required. The scribe allows the can to be separated into cylindrical sections having a very smooth and accurate cut edge. These sections may be containers similar to a cup shape, sections with both ends of the can removed and sections with the can top removed. These scribes may or may not meet. Depending upon the eventual use, the sections may remain united. These scribes may be added any time during the can's life span either before opening or after opening and emptying the original contents.

Abstract: A bagel, roll, and bun holder device for holding a bagel, roll, bun or other similar object which provides a safe and stable device for slicing the bagel, roll, bun or other similar object with a hand-held knife is provided. The bagel, roll, and bun holder device comprises a base element and a first and a second holding element. The base element has a first and second edge. The first and second holding elements each have a marginal side edge, each have an inside surface and an outside surface, each have a stop element on their inside surface, and each have a frictional element on their outside surface. The first holding element is pivotally attached to the first edge of the base element at its marginal side edge. The second holding element is pivotally attached to the second edge of the base element at its marginal side edge. The first and second holding elements are pivotally movable from an opened position to a closed position.

Abstract: A food slicing rack device includes a base with a top surface and two rows of spaced apart fingers defining knife guide slots extending from the base. A backstop is provided at one end of the device. The top surface of the device slopes downwardly in a direction from an open end of the device toward the backstop. Electric knife rivet recesses are provided for removing the knife after cutting. A snap arrangement is provided to snap the knife to the device for storage. The fingers are provided with alternating colors to facilitate alignment of the guide slots and uniform cutting. A hand slot in the backstop is provided for removing the sliced food item from the device. One construction provides for separate U-shaped members joined together to form the device.