Blade connection means for poweroperated slicing knife

Claim 1

AN ELECTRICALLY OPERATED SLICING KNIFE COMPRISING: (A) A HOUSING; (B) MEANS DEFINING AN OPENING AT ONE END OF SAID HOUSING; (C) AN ELECTRIC MOTOR WITHIN SAID HOUSING ADAPTED TO BE CONNECTED TO A SOURCE OF POWER; (D) A PAIR OF DRIVEN MEMBERS WITHIN SAID HOUSING CONNECTED TO SAID MOTOR TO BE DRIVEN THEREBY WITH A COUNTER-RECIPROCATING MOTION; (E) A PAIR OF KNIFE BLADES, EACH HAVING A FORWARD CUTTING PORTION AND A REARWARD TANG PORTION, EACH OF SAID TANG PORTIONS BEING ADAPTED FOR INSERTION INTO SAID HOUSING OPENING; (F) A PAIR OF LATCHES, EACH BEING SECURED TO THE TANG PORTION OF ONE OF SAID KNIFE BLADES; (G) MEANS ON EACH OF SAID LATCHES DEFINING AN APERTURE; (H) A PAIR OF LATERAL PROJECTIONS, ONE OF SAID PROJECTIONS BEING SECURED TO EACH OF SAID DRIVEN MEMBERS AND ADAPTED FOR MATING ENGAGEMENT WITH THE APERTURE OF ONE OF SAID LATCHES WHEN SAID TANGS ARE INSERTED IN SAID OPENING; AND (I) RELEASE MEANS ON EACH OF SAID LATCHES EXTENDING FORWARDLY FROM SAID APERTURES AND PASSING THROUGH SAID HOUSING OPENING TO PERMIT RELEASE OF BOTH OF SAID APERTURES FROM SAID PROJECTIONS BY A SINGLE PINCHING MOTION OF THE OPERATOR''S HAND.