Slicing apparatus having a rotary internal peripheral faced saw blade

Claim 1

SLICING APPARATUS INCLUDING A HOLLOW CYLINDRICAL ARBOR HAVING OPENINGS AT EACH END, AN ARBOR SUPPORT FOR SUPPORTING SAID ARBOR FOR ROTATION ABOUT ITS AXIS, DRIVING MEANS ENGAGING THE OUTER PERIPHERY OF SAID ARBOR FOR ROTATING THE ARBOR, A SAW BLADE MOUNTING AT ONE OPEN END OF SAID ARBOR FOR ATTACHING AN ANNULAR SAW BLADE HAVING ITS CUTTING EDGE AT ITS INNER PERIPHERY, WORK SUPPORT MEANS ADAPTED TO EXTEND THROUGH THE OTHER OPEN END OF THE ARBOR INTO THE ARBOR FOR POSITIONING A PORTION OF THE WORK PIECE TO BE CUT WITHIN THE OPENING DEFINED BY THE INNER PERIPHERY OF THE SAW BLADE, MEANS FOR ADVANCING THE WORK SUPPORT MEANS RELATIVE TO THE ARBOR IN A DIRECTION PARALLEL TO THE AXIS OF THE ARBOR TO POSITION EACH PORTION OF THE WORK PIECE IN SUCCESSION WITHIN THE OPENING DEFINED BY THE INNER PERIPHERY OF THE SAW BLADE, AND FEEDING MEANS FOR PROVIDING RELATIVE MOVEMENT BETWEEN THE ARBOR AND THE WORK SUPPORT MEANS IN A DIRECTION PERPENDICULAR TO THE AXIS OF THE ARBOR WHEREBY THE PORTION OF THE WORK PEICE WITHIN THE OPENING DEFINED BY THE INNER PERPIPHERY OF THE SAW BLADE IS FED INTO CUTTING ENGAGEMENT WITH THE CUTTING EDGE OF THE ANNULAR SAW.