Bun slicer

Claim 1

A SLICER FOR ELONGATED BUNS OF THE HOT DOG TYPE, COMPRISING A FRAME, A KNIFE SUPPORTED BY THE FRAME, A BUN CARRIER SLIDABLE ON THE FRAME FOR MOVING BUNS LENGTHWISE PAST THE KNIFE WITH THE KNIFE EXTENDING PARTWAY INTO THE BUN, THE CARRIER HAVING AN OPEN FRONT FOR RECEIVING A BUN AND INTERIOR REAL WALL MEANS AND OPPOSITE INTERIOR END WALL MEANS FOR RETAINING A BUN ON THE CARRIER AGAINST SUBSTANTIAL DISPLACEMENT RELATIVE TO THE CARRIER, THE FRAME HAVING STOP MEANS THEREON FOR LIMITING SAID SLIDING MOVEMENT OF THE CARRIER IN BOTH DIRECTIONS, ONE SAID STOP MEANS ADJACENT ONE SIDE OF THE FRAME BEING DISPOSED ADJACENT SAID ONE END WALL MEANS IN ONE POSITION OF THE CARRIER THE OTHER SAID STOP MEANS ADJACENT THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FRAME BEING DISPOSED ADJACENT THE OTHER SAID END WALL MEANS IN ANOTHER POSITION OF THE CARRIER, SAID ONE STOP MEANS AND SAID OTHER END WALL BEING SPACED APART A DISTANCE IN SAID ONE POSITION WHICH IS SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO THE DISTANCE BETWEEN SAID OTHER STOP MEANS AND SAID ONE END WALL IN SAID OTHER POSITION, SAID DISTANCE BEING LESS THAN THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE KNIFE AND EITHER OF SAID END WALLS, THE DISTANCE SAID CARRIER TRAVELS BETWEEN SAID POSITIONS BEING SUBSTANTIALLY LESS THAN THE DISTANCE BETWEEN SAID END WALLS, AND FURTHER STOP MEANS AGAINST WHICH THE FRONT OF SAID CARRIER BEARS DURING SAID SLIDING MOVEMENT, THE KNIFE EXTENDING BEYOND SAID FURTHER STOP MEANS A DISTANCE SUBSTANTIALLY LESS THAN THE DISTANCE BETWEEN SAID REAR WALL MEANS AND SAID FURTHER STOP MEANS WHEN THE CARRIER IS DISPOSED AGAINST SAID FURTHER STOP MEANS.