Year: 1888

page_text: I, AUGUSTIN (HARLES MAURIOE AUQUIN, of Raincy (Seine and Oise) France,
Mechanic do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows
My invention relates to chopping or mincing michines
The main object of my said invention is to provide an apparatus which is simple
and original in its mechanism, and the nature and the special qualities of the products
of which are of special value
I can obtain by means of my apparatus, in the most rapid manner and without any
considerable expenditure of power extracts from the waste products of a slaughter house
which have not been up to the present time utilized in practical manner for the
purpose of food
It is by submitting these waste products to the action of my
apparatus that I have been enabled to obtain alimentary products contuning the best
elements of nutrition, the said elements being moreover in great proportion in a very
small compass
My said invention is particularly suitable for supples for the army, navy, adminis
tration and other similar purposes
The above results are obtained by the special working of my chopping machine
My improved machine is however applicable for the treatment of other substances
animal or vegetable
In carrying my said invention into practice I provide a cylinder or cylinders having
rectangular teeth the arrises of which are sharp, and so arranged as to pass just
through the spaces left between similar teeth upon blades or combs placed horizontally
in the apparatus
I prefer to place the teeth in an oblique position on the cylinder so as only to catch,
and chop the material successively thus rendering the working of the apparatus more
practical and easy
In a chopper having only one cylinder, a counter blade or comb is placed at each
side and in the plane of the axis of the cylinder, but in an apparatus having two

page_text: cylinders besides the horizontal counter blades which are placed on the exterior, I
provide third, placed vertically, having double teeth adapted to operate with the
right hand cylinder and with the left hand cylinder
The materials to be treated by the apparatus are placed in a hopper which contains
a feeding device consisting in a bent plate occupying the entire width of the said
hopper This plate is provided with a convenient handle by the help of which the
said plate and material is constantly pressed against the cylinder This arrangement
need not be employed in the apparatus with two cylinders as the rotation in different
directions of the said cylinders produces an automatic feed
It is obvious however that the above described apparatus can be modified according
to the nature of the materials to be treated
Dated this 8th dew of June 18RR
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, Wo,
Agents for the Applicant

page_text: need not be employed in the apparatus with two cylinders (Figure 4) by reason of
the automatic feed produced by the rotation in different directions of the two cylinders
It is obvious however that the above described apparatus can be modified according to
the nature of the materials to be treated
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention,
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is
First In a meat chopping or mincing machine the combination of cylinders a
provided with rectangular teeth having cutting edges, arranged helically, with combs
or plates, b and c, between the teeth of which pass the teeth of the cylinders a, as and
for the purpose specified
Second In a rotary meat chopping or mincing machine formed of a toothed cylinder,
combined with combs or blades 6, the application of a hinged plate e forcing the
material to be chopped or minced upon the said cylinder, as described with reference
to Figure 2 of the accompanying drawing
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