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A knife and a knife holder for a cutting wheel are disclosed for a food product slicing apparatus. The knife has a gauging surface, a cutting edge and a second edge located opposite to the cutting edge, the second edge extending obliquely with respect to the cutting edge such that the knife has a ge

A knife and a knife holder for a cutting wheel are disclosed for a food product slicing apparatus. The knife has a gauging surface, a cutting edge and a second edge located opposite to the cutting edge, the second edge extending obliquely with respect to the cutting edge such that the knife has a generally triangular configuration. A plurality of such knives are mounted between a hub and a rim of the cutting wheel such that the knives extend generally radially from the hub and wherein the second edge and gauging surface form a juncture, which extends substantially parallel to the cutting edge of an adjacent knife blade to form a gate opening, the thickness of the gate opening accurately controlling the thickness of the sliced food product. A knife holder for use with a separate blade is disclosed, the holder formed to provide the desired gauging surface defining a gate opening when assembled to a cutting wheel with other knife holders.

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[ What is claimed is:] [3.] A knife holder (48) for a cutting blade for use on a rotary cutting wheel, said knife holder comprising:a truncated triangular plate member having a shorter end (48a) and an opposed longer end (48);a uniformly thin first or leading edge extending along one side of said me

[ What is claimed is:] [3.] A knife holder (48) for a cutting blade for use on a rotary cutting wheel, said knife holder comprising:a truncated triangular plate member having a shorter end (48a) and an opposed longer end (48);a uniformly thin first or leading edge extending along one side of said member between said opposed ends and arranged to receive a sharpened cutting blade extendable along said leading edge;a second or trailing edge (62) located opposite said leading edge and extending between said opposed ends, said trailing edge diverging from said leading edge between said shorter end and said longer end;a front surface extending between said leading and trailing edges;a gauging surface (70) opposite the front surface and extending between said leading and trailing edges;said gauging surface converging towards said front surface between said leading and trailing edges so that the trailing edge (62) has a uniform thickness between said front and rear surfaces between said opposed ends over the length of said gauging surfaces;the thickness of the member decreasing between said front and rear surfaces between said opposed ends over the length of said gauging surface to thereby define said uniform thickness trailing edge.