An Improved Machine for Cutting Cheese or similar Articles.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 27th June, 1894
Complete Specification Left, 16th Nov., 1894--Accepted, 22nd Dec., 1894
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Machine for Cutting Cheese or similar Articles.
We, WILLIAM HAYES of No. 55 Mountford Street, Sparkhill, Birmingham,
Carpenter, Joiner and STEPHEN WILLSON of No. 404 Stratford Road Birmingham,
Grocer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The machine is composed of a hollow box or case furnished with a marble top,
through the centre of which, and parallel with one of its sides is a narrow slot or
opening near one end of this box and a little below the marble top is a shaft or bar
passing through the two sides of the case, at right angles to the slot and having a curved
lever attached to the one end and on the outside of the box or case, in the centre of this
shaft and immediately underneath the slot or opening, a hook is fixed and to this
hook is fastened one end of a wire, which passing through the slot, is attached at
its other end to the free end of the curved lever, by means of another hook, which
can be tightened and adjusted by means of a movable screw and nut, the hinged
rocking lever in being brought forward by the hand, the wire cuts through the
cheese or other article placed upon the marble slab or top, and when released a
balance weight affixed to the other end of the lever, will take it back automatically
to its first or normal position.
Dated this o6th day of Tunn 1001
WILLIAM HAYES.
STEPHEN WILLSON.
An improved machine for Cutting Cheese or similar Articles.
We, WILLIAM HAYES, of No. 55 Mountford Street, Sparkhill Birmingham,
Carpenter and Joiner, and STEPHEN WILLSON of No. 404 Stratford Road
Birmingham Grocer, 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 :-
Our invention consists of an improved machine for cutting cheese or similar
articles, which consists of an apparatus for dividing small or large pieces of cheese
or other like articles of food by means of a wire attached to a curved lever operating
on a shaft supported in suitable bearings.
And in order that our invention may be thoroughly understood we now proceed
to describe the accompanying drawing thereof, reference being had to letters and
figures marked thereon.
Fig. 1, is a front elevation of the apparatus.
Fig. 2, is a top view of the mechanism with the marble top removed.
Fig. 3, is a side elevation.
The machine is composed of a hollow box or case g furnished with a marble top d
through the centre of which, and parallel with one of its sides, is a narrow slot or
onening with a small projecting œnida har f

page_text: Near one end of this box g and a little below the marble top d, is a shaft h,
passing through the two sides of the case gat right angles to the slot i, and having a
curved lever a attached to the one end and on the outside of the box or case g; in
or near the centre of this shaft and immediately underneath the slot or opening in
the marble top a hook is fixed, and to this hook is fastened one end of a wire c,
which passing through the slot, is attached at its other end to the free end of the
curved lever a, by means of another hook b, which can be tightened and adjusted by
means of a movable screw and nut.
The hinged rocking lever a in being brought forward by the hand, the wire cuts
through the cheese or other article placed upon the marble slab or top d, and
when released a balance weight k affixed to the shaft h will take. it back automati-
cally to its first or normal position.
On the shaft h we fix two cog-pinions; these said cog-pinions engage with racks
erected on a slab fixed at the base of box or case g. On a disc we fix a knife e for
the purpose of first starting a cut in the material.
The shaft rotates or slides in two slots i hereinbefore termed bearings.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. In a machine for cutting cheese or similar articles, the combination of the
curved lever a hook b wire c marble top d knife e guide bar f and box or case g,
with shaft mounted in slots i, and the cog-pinions weight and racks 1, substan-
tially as herein described and according to the accompanying drawing.
2. In a machine for cutting cheese or similar articles, the combination of the
various parts as illustrated in the accompanying drawing and herein before described.
Dated this 16th day of November 1894.
J. P. BAYLY,
18, Fulham Place, W., Agent for the Applicants.