IMPROVED APPARATUS APPLICABLE FOR SLICING ORANGES FOR MARMALADE, CARROTS AND THE LIKE to be as follows
Year: 1884

page_text: I FREDERICK WILLIAM FOLLOWS of Manchester in the county of Lancaster
Engineer do hereby declare the nature of my said invention for "IMPROVED
APPARATUS APPLICABLE FOR SLICING ORANGES FOR MARMALADE, CARROTS AND
THE LIKE to be as follows:-
"
This invention has for its object a convenient hand machine for slicing oranges
for inarmalade, but the same invention can be applied to slicing other objects.
It consists essentially of:-
1st, a bottomless socket into which to put the fruit to be cut.
2nd, a plunger to press the fruit forward.
3rd, a reciprocating guard plate to prevent the fruit being pressed out too far.
4th, a two edged knife secured to the guard plate, and reciprocating with it so
as to slice the fruit in thin slices in the manner of a spoke shave.
5th, a bowl or receptacle, or support for such receptacle to receive the sliced
material.
I prefer at present to carry out my invention in the following plan; the socket
is open at both ends and fixed to the frame or formed in one with it.
The plunger has two rods forming guides so as to cause it to work true in the
socket, and has a stop or stops to prevent it coming in contact with the
reciprocating knife or guard plate.
The guard plate is in the form of a lever broadening out opposite the socket,
pivoted at one end and having a handle at the other, the cutting part being near
the centre, by which means additional purchase is obtained. The two edged blade
ground hollow so that the two edges approach nearest to the socket is screwed to
the lever or guard plate longitudinally by a screw at each end and has india rubber
or other washers under the heads of these screws between the plate and the knife
so as to admit of various thicknesses being cut and the thickness adjusted; the
part of the guard plate or lever behind the knife is cut away so as to allow
the orange cuttings to pass through the plate and fall into a bowl below. The
frame has guides to keep the knife up against the end of the socket, stops to
prevent a useless extent of travel, and either on the frame or the guide plate I
place india rubber or other buffers to deaden the sound, prevent shocks, and assist

page_text: the reciprocating of the lever. The frame is clamped to the table or stands on a
base plate. The bowl is preferably of enamelled iron and secured by a hinge on
a stud or in any convenient manner to the machine, or it can be omitted and a
socket or stand for a bowl to fit in placed in its stead, in which case an ordinary
culinary bowl can be used.
The mode of action is as follows: The machine being conveniently placed or
fixed and the bowl placed in position, a piece of material to be sliced is placed in.
the socket the plunger placed over it and pressed forward, the lever is now
reciprocated and each time its knife passes the socket a slice equal in thickness to
the space between the edge of the knife and the plane of the guard plate is cut.
When the fruit is completely sliced the plunger stop comes against the socket and
can press no further it is therefore taken out and a fresh fruit inserted.

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In these, A. is a bottomless socket into which to put the fruit to be cut.
plunger to press the fruit forward with a stop b to prevent the plunger coming
in contact with the knife. Ca reciprocating guard plate to prevent the fruit
being pressed out too far, D a two edged knife secured to the guard plate by
screws or rivets d at each end, and reciprocating with the guard plate so as to
slice the fruit in thin slices in the manner of a spoke shave. E is a guard plate to
prevent the cuttings splashing out over the table, and direct the stream of cuttings
down into a bowl or other receptacle placed below. It also acts as a guide plate
to keep the lever well up against the frame and as a stop at each end to prevent a
useless travel of the cutting lever.
The guard plate C is in the form of a lever broadening out opposite the socket,
pivoted at G, and having a handle H at the other end, the cutting part being near
the centre. By this means additional purchase is obtained. The two edged
blade D is ground hollow, so that the two edges approach nearest to the socket.
It has india-rubber or other washers under the heads of these screws between the
plate and the knife, so as to admit of various thicknesses being cut and the
thickness adjusted; the part of the guard plate or lever behind the knife is cut
away so as to allow the orange cuttings to pass through the plate and fall into the
receptacle. Either on the frame or on the guide plate (on the latter in the
illustration) I place india rubber or other buffers I to deaden the sound, prevent
shocks, and assist the reciprocating of the lever. The frame is clamped to the
table as shown in the drawings by means of screw J and lodges K, or it stands
on a base plate. The bowl is preferably of enamelled iron and secured by a hinge
on a stud or in any convenient manner to the machine, or it can be omitted, and a
socket or stand for a bowl to fit in placed in its stead, or even this can be omitted
and the bowl placed on the floor or a chair below, in which case an ordinary
culinary bowl can be used.
The mode of action is as follows:-The machine being conveniently placed or
fixed, and the bowl placed in position, a piece of material to be sliced is placed in
the socket the plunger placed over it and pressed forward, the lever is now
reciprocated and each time its knife passes the socket a slice equal in thickness to
the space between the edge of the knife and the plane of the guard plate is cut.
When the fruit is completely sliced the plunger stop comes against the socket and
can press no further it is therefore taken out, and a fresh fruit inserted.

page_text: 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:-
1st. The improved apparatus applicable for slicing oranges for marmalade, carrots,
and the like constructed and arranged substantially as described.
2nd. The combination of a two edged knife reciprocating against a sharp edged
socket, and a plunger or its equivalent capable of pressing fruit or other material
through that socket against the knife, substantially as described.
3rd. The combination of a two edged cutter firmly fixed to, and a small
regulated distance in front of a plate cut away behind said cutter, and reciprocating
against a face through an aperture in which the fruits, roots, or other materials to
bo sliced are fed.