Patent GB-282870-A (GB)
Title: Improvements relating to slicing machines
IPC: B26D7/32
Filed: 1926-09-27
Abstract: 282,870. Fitzpatrick, H. D., (U.S. Slicing Machine Co.). Sept. 27, 1926. Cutting slices in succession. - In a slicing- machine, the slice-receiver comprises, in combination, an inclined slice support, means for oscillating said support about a vertical axis in unison with the movements of the substance being sliced, and an abutment movable with the support for preventing dislodgment of the slices therefrom. The inclined support may be arranged to move horizontally away from the knife and also downwardly to provide room for the slices as they are deposited. As shown in Fig. 3, the slice stacker comprises a spider frame 19 journaled on a bush 18 carried by a bracket 15, a bracket 20 secured to the spider 19 by screws 21, a rod 31 connecting the reciprocating table 11 to the spider which is thereby oscillated on the bush 18, and an inclined curved slice-supporting plate 60 which coacts with a screw-rod 26 and other means described below whereby it is moved step by step downwardly and horizontally. The bracket 20 carries a revoluble bush 17 between which and the bush 18 is housed a ratchet wheel 22 acted upon by a spring-pressed detent 24 which oscillates the spider 19, and by a spring-pressed detent 23, housed in the bracket 15, which prevents retrograde motion. The ratchet wheel 22 carries a spring-pressed ball which engages the rounded screw threads of the rod 26, the arrangement being such that at the end of the descent of the rod 26 it may be raised to its uppermost position by pulling on the knob 41 thereby restoring the support 60 to its initial position. The upper end of the rod 26 carries a plate 39 which is shaped to conform with the area confined by an upstanding arcuate flange or abutment 36 on the spider 19 and straight-side flanges 37 which latter are obliquely slotted at 64 to engage roller pins projecting from the support 60 whereby, when the plate 39 is lowered with the rod 26, the support 60 will be retracted horizontally step by step from the knife. A guide slot 63 in the plate 39 is engaged by a pin 62 on the base of the support 60. The slice deflector 42 is secured to an upright square-sectioned post 43, Fig. 1, journaled in a bracket 44 and is formed with horizontal corrugations. A spring 49 bears on a flat of the square rod and yieldingly holds the deflector in its operative position. When the deflector is swung away from its operative position, the spring 49 engages the face 51 and holds the deflector in that position. The slice is .supported during the cutting by a member 54 carried by a bracket 55 and extending on both sides of the cutting edge. A projection 58 on the lower edge of the deflector 42 forms substantially a continuation of the member 54 but at a slightly lower level. In operation, the flange 36 has a slightly greater linear speed than the table 11 which tends to prevent the slices from curling as they are stacked against the member 60. The lower edges of the slices are held by the flanges 36, 37 against the action of centrifugal and other distributing forces. The support 60 may be neplaced by the support shown in Fig. 4 which comprises an arcuate plate 70 with struck-up inclined ribs 72 which prevent the slices from curling. A cap 71 fits over the knob 41, and the whole support can be removed so that the slices may be dumped on to wrapping paper. This support is not moved horizontally as the slices are deposited. In a modification, the removable support comprises a peripheral strap connected by inclined rods to the central cap.