Improvements in Bread Cutting and similar Machines.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 1st July, 1898-Accepted, 1st Oct., 1898
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Bread Cutting and similar Machines.
I, CARL MOSES, of Neisse, Silesia, in the German Empire, Engineer, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
This invention relates to a machine for cutting slices from loaves of bread and
the like.
The improved machine is illustrated in the accompanying drawings to which
reference will be made hereinafter.
Figure 1 is a representation of the machine in vertical longitudinal section.
Figure 2 shows it in front view.
Figure 3 illustrates it partly in plan and partly in longitudinal horizontal
section.
a is a foundation or base plate to which is secured an arm or bracket b carrying
the casing or cover e for the loaf f, and the support or bearing for the vertical
shaft of the knife carrying disc d. This disc is capable of being rotated in a
horizontal plane. The casing e is preferably formed of transparent material and
is of such a shape and proportions as to protect the loaf against dust and contact
with the outer air. The loaf f rests with its lower surface upon the disc d, the
spaces upon which between the knives are large enough to cover the cut
surface of the bread and thus prevent it from becoming dry when the machine is
not in use. The severed slice of bread passes downwards through the disc through
slots formed in front of the knives, as shown in Figure 1 of the drawings.
The disc d may be rotated in any suitable manner and by any convenient
means, as, for example, those illustrated in Figure 1. Here is shown a pinion
rotated by a crank or handle m and gearing with teeth formed upon the lower
part of a spur wheel i. Teeth upon the upper part of the wheel gear with internal
The wheel is mounted
teeth formed upon or secured to the disc d.
shaft k. The numbers of teeth upon the different
upon a
elements are preferably so chosen that the disc d performs one complete revolution
to four revolutions of the handle m during which time two slices of bread are cut.
Two rotations of the handle are required to cut one slice of bread.
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The separated slices drop upon the inclined plane by means of which they
are led from the machine.
The advantages attendant upon my improved construction of machine are, that
the loaf is kept in a perfectly air tight compartment and the knife carrying disc
performs three functions. It carries the loaf, prevents the cut surface from
becoming dry, and cuts off the slices.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is
1. In a bread cutting or similar machine, an air tight casing or cover for
dice unon which the lower surface of the loaf

page_text: rests and which protects the cut surface and cuts off the slices, constructed and
arranged substantially as herein before described and as illustrated by the accom-
panying drawings.
2. A machine for cutting bread or the like, constructed arranged and operated
substantially as hereinbefore described and as illustrated by the accompanying
drawings.