Improvements in Apparatus for Slicing Apples, Corms, Roots, and the like.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Nov., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 7th Aug., 1894-Accepted, 8th Sept., 1894
PROVISIONAL DIBUITION
Improvements in Apparatus for Slicing Apples, Corms, Roots, and
the like.
I, JOSEPH COLLINGE of 15 Everton Road, Birkdale in the County of
Lancaster, Master Plumber, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:
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This invention has for its object an apparatus for slicing onions apples and the
like so that they need not have to be handled which is especially disagreeable in
the case of onions.
The apparatus consists of two principal parts, first, a very shallow basin with a
handle formed preferably of tinplate. In this basin is inlaid a knife, the edge of
which is capable of being raised to any required distance above the surface of the
basin and held in this position by means of a set screw. Through a socket in the
centre of the basin a spike passes and this spike-is surmounted by a very flat bell
having a sharp tinplate or other knife crossing it vertically; or other roughening
or holding device such as points. Surmounting the bell is a handle.
The mode of operation is as follows:-
The operator spikes the onion on the spike, he then presses the end of the spike
through the socket until the onion is pressed down between the bell and the basin.
The cross knife and the inverted bell together hold the onion from turning round
on the spike. The spike is now rotated by the crank handle and as it rotates a
slice is planed off it by the knife, the knife acting exactly as the knife of a plane
does in the ordinary jack plane, except that the shaving is usually a little thicker.
The shaving in the case of an apple or tough root usually coils round the socket
and very frequently an apple will pass out precisely the same shape as it came into
the machine except there will be a hole through the centre and it will be formed
in a series of very thin layers. In some instances I may have a knife or knives
attached to the machine or separate from it on a socket sliding on the spike which
cuts towards the centre or the basin and thus chops these layers transversely
dividing each of them into pieces which fall off. In practice the shredding knife
has a projection which is held in a socket or bearing close to the main socket and
its other end is turned up and enters a brass socket by the side of the basin and is
there clamped by the set screw, the turned up portion being considerably smaller
than its socket, it thus has a considerable play in the socket and so can be clamped
at any required height.
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Slicing Apples, Corms, Roots, and
the like.
I, JOSEPH COLLINGE, of 15, Everton Road, Birkdale, in the County of
Lancaster, Master Plumber, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This invention has for its object an apparatus for slicing onions, apples and the

page_text: like, so that they need not have to be handled which is especially disagreeable in
the case of onions.
This apparatus will be best understood by referring to the accompanying drawing,
in which:-
Figure 1 is a view showing the parts separated before being used: and
Figure 2 is a view showing the parts connected and in use.
In these--
A is a very shallow basin or flat dise provided with a handle B and a central
Bocket C. D is a knife which is capable of adjustment by means of screw E and
clamp F, the latter being fixed to the basin or disc A. By this adjusting device,
the knife can be fixed at different distances from the surface of the basin to suit
the requisite thickness of the slices. G is a spike which passes through the afore-
mentioned socket C; and H, a very flat bell or cup on the end of this spike.
I are sharp projections on the inside of the cup or bell H, which are pressed into
the apple, onion, etcetera, which is to be sliced, to fix it; and J is a handle for
operating the apparatus.
The mode of action is as follows:-
The operator first spikes the article to be sliced on the spike G and adjusts the
knife to the required thickness of the slices, he then pushes the end of the latter
through the socket C until the onion or apple K is in the position shown in
Figure 2.
The spike is now rotated by the handle J, the part A carrying the knife being
firmly held by means of the handle B, or the basin may be fixed in any other
suitable manner. As the spike is rotated and pressed inwards, slices are planed off
the onion, apple, etcetera, by the knife, after the manner of an ordinary jack plane,
except that the shaving is usually a little thicker. These shavings or layers pass
through a wide slot at the back of the knife and out at the back of the basin or
disc A.
The shaving, in the case of an apple or tough root, usually coils round the
socket, and very frequently an apple will pass out precisely the same shape as it
came into the machine, except there will be a hole through the centre, and it will
be formed in a series of very thin layers. In some instances, I may have a knife
or knives attached to the machine or separate from it on a socket sliding on the
spike which cuts towards the centre or the basin, and thus chops these layers
transversely, dividing each of them into pieces which fall off.
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In practice, the shredding knife has a projection which is held in a socket or
bearing close to the main socket, and its other end is turned up and enters a
brass socket by the side of the basin, and is there clamped by the set screw,
the turned up portion being considerably smaller than its socket, it thus has
a considerable play in the socket and so can be clamped at any required
height.
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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 :-
1. The improved apparatus for slicing apples, onions, roots and the like
substantially as herein described and shown, whereby the said apples, onions,
etcetera, can be sliced without being handled by the operator and the said slices cut
to various thicknesses as required.
2. The apparatus for slicing apples, onions, roots or the like, taken as a whole
substantially as set forth.
ated this on day or August 1894.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, Nottingham, and London,
Patent Agents.