AŃ IMPROVED MACHINE FOR CUTTING SUET, WHICH MACHINE IS ALSO APPLICABLE FOR CUTTING OTHER SUBSTANCES
Year: 1864

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Joseph MºMorran, of No. 20, Old Street, Saint
Luke's, in the County of Middlesex, Engineer, for the Invention of "AŃ
IMPROVED MACHINE FOR CUTTING SUET, WHICH MACHINE IS ALSO APPLICABLE
FOR CUTTING OTHER SUBSTANCES."
Sealed the 16th September 1864, and dated the 22nd March 1864.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Joseph McMorran at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
22nd March 1864.
I, JOSEPH MCMORRAN, of No. 20, Old Street, Saint Luke's, in the County
of Middlesex, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "AN IMPROVED MACHINE FOR CUTTING .SUET, WHICH MACHINE IS ALSO APPLI-
CABLE FOR CUTTING OTHER SUBSTANCES," to be as follows:-
In carrying out my Invention I employ a cylinder and a central revolving
shaft or spindle supported at both ends therein, somewhat similar to ordinary
mincing machines, but instead of arranging the propellers (which force the
suet against the knives) in a spiral form round the spindle I arrange them in
a straight line (or nearly so), and I prefer to make the said propellers straight
instead of curved.
The knives between which the propellers pass are in the form of nearly half
a disc, and are placed at one side of the cylinder, whilst at the other side is a
fixed comb which clears the cut suet from the propellers as they pass upwards
through it. Immediately below this comb is a longitudinal opening in the
side of the cylinder through which the cut suet falls as it is freed from the
propellers by the comb.

page_text: This machine is particularly designed and adapted for cutting suet, but it
will be evident that it may also be employed for cutting meat for hashes,
stews, pies, or other purposes, and also for cutting vegetables and other
substances.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Joseph M°Morran in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
22nd September 1864.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL, COME, I, JOSEPH
MCMORRAN, of No. 20, Old Street, Saint Luke's, in the County of Middlesex,
Engineer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-second day of March, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-four, in the twenty-seventh year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said Joseph MoMorran, Her special licence that I; the said
Joseph McMorran, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such
others as I, the said Joseph M°Morran, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, should at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and
all times thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully
might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for
"AN IMPROVED MACHINE FOR CUTTING SUET, WHICH MACHINE IS ALSO APPLICABLE
FOR CUTTING OTHER SUBSTANCES," upon the condition (amongst others) that
I, the said Joseph M°Morran, my executors or administrators, by an instru-
ment in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should
particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and
in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be
filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and
immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Joseph MMorran, do hereby
declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is
to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement in writing, and on reference being had to the accompanying
Sheet of Drawings, that is to say:-
In carrying out my Invention I employ a cylinder and a central revolving
shaft or spindle supported at both ends therein, somewhat similar to. ordinary
mincing machines, but instead of arranging the propellers (which force the

page_text: suet against the knives) in a spiral form round the spindle I arrange them in
a straight line (or nearly so), and I prefer to make the said propellers straight
instead of curved.
The knives between which the propellers pass are in the form of nearly half
a disc, and are placed at one side of the cylinder, whilst at the other side is a
fixed comb which clears the cut suet from the propellers as they pass upwards
through it. Immediately below this comb is a longitudinal opening in the
side of the cylinder through which the cut suet falls as it is freed from the
propellers by the comb.
This machine is particularly designed and adapted for cutting suet, but it
will be evident that it may also be employed for cutting meat for hashes,
stews, pies, or other purposes, and also for cutting vegetables and other
substances.
Such being the nature and object of my said Invention for "An Improved
Machine for Cutting Suet, which Machine is also applicable for Cutting
other Substances," I will now proceed to describe more in detail the
manner in which the same is to be or may be performed or carried into
practical effect. And in order that the same may be distinctly understood I
have annexed hereunto à Sheet of Drawings illustrative thereof, and have
marked the same with figures and letters of reference corresponding with
those in the following explanation thereof, that is to say:-
.
:
In the annexed Drawing Figure 1 represents a side view of my improved
suet mincing machine; Figure 2 is a vertical section of the same; and
Figure 3 is a plan view as seen from above, with the upper part of the case
thrown back on its hinges.
a, a, is a cylindrical case which is divided through the centre horizontally
and the two parts connected together by hinges. The lower half is furnished
with a foot and a screw. clamp b; b, for fastening it to the table, and the upper
half is provided with a hopper c, c, the opening in which extends the whole
length of the machine, as seen in Figure 3; d, d, is the spindle, which is
mounted in suitable bearings at each end, and is caused to revolve by means
of the winch handle e, e; f,f, are the propellers mounted on the spindle (by
preference) in a straight line, and of the form shown in Figure 2, with their
working edges straight; 9, 9, are the knives (the form of which is also seen
in Figure 2); and h, h, is a comb for the purpose of clearing the cut suet from
the knives as they pass upwards through the same. Immediately below this
comb is an opening in the case extending the whole width of the machine, and
provided with a spout or shoot i, i, for delivering the cut suet as it falls through
the opening. The suet being placed in the hopper c, c, is caught by the pro-

page_text: pellers ff, and forced against the knives 9, 9, by which it is cut, and as the
propellers continue to revolve it is immediately cleared from them by the
comb h, h, and falling through the opening in the side of the case is delivered
by the shoot i, i. The suet thus only passes once through the machine and
is delivered thoroughly minced, being cut about as fine as coarse sawdust, and
with each particle separate, whereas in attempting to mince suet in an ordinary
mincing machine it is carried several times through the knives, and being
forced through a comparatively small opening it becomes (as it were) mashed
and conglomerated into a solid mass.
It will be evident that this machine may be also employed for cutting meat,
vegetables, and other substances besides suet, but as the substance only passes
once through the knives and falls out immediately it will not be minced, but
only coarsely cut.
If it should be desirable to regulate the machine so as to cut the substances
finer, the size of the opening may be diminished by means of a sliding door.
Having now described the nature and object of my said Invention for
"An Improved Machine for Cutting Suet, which Machine is also applicable
for Cutting other Substances," together with the manner in which the same
is to be or may be performed or carried into practical effect, I would remark
in conclusion that I do not intend to confine myself to the precise details
shewn in the Drawings, but I claim as my Invention the general construc-
tion, arrangement, and combination of the machine, as shown in the Drawings
annexed and herein-before described, or any mere imitation or modification
thereof.
In witness whereof, I, the said Joseph M.Morran, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Twenty-second day of September, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-four.
Witness,
GEORGE DAVIES,
Patent Agent,
1, Serle St., Lincoln's Inn.
JOS. MCMORRAN. (L.S.)