A New or Improved Machine for Cutting Meat, Fish, Leather, India-rubber, Paper, Skins, and other Analogous Substances.
Year: 1885

page_text: A New or Improved Machine for Cutting Meat, Fish, Leather,
India-rubber, Paper, Skins, and other Analogous Substances.
I JOHN HUNT of Baldwin Street, Bolton, in the County of Lancaster, Machinist.
do hereby declare the nature of my Invention for "A NEW OR IMPROVED MACHINE
CUTTING MEAT, FISH, LEATHER, INDIA-RUBBER, PAPER, SKINS, AND OTHER
ANALOGOUS SUBSTANCES to be as follows:-
FOR
"
This invention relates to a novel method of constructing a machine for cutting
Meat, Fish, Leather, India-Rubber, paper, skins, and other analogous substances,
and consists in providing a headstock in which are mounted suitable shafts or
centres, each being provided with one or more circular metallic knife-edge cutters.
The shafts are fitted at one end with spur or other gearing and provided with a
suitable handle to operate the same by hand, which can be substituted with fast
and loose pullies in case it is desired to drive by power.
In some cases one of the shafts is set on the angle laterally or otherwise so as to
dispose the gripping or feeding edges of the cutters and bring the same together,
being held in position by giving one or more of the cutters a little set or pressure
against the other, whereby the feeding or gripping edges of the cutters are held
together thereby preventing the substance under operation from slipping through
without being cut. The two edges of the cutters coming together are perfectly flat
being tapered on the outsides or otherwise.
EDMUND CHADWICK,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: A New or Improved Machine for Cutting Meat, Fish, Leather,
India-rubber, Paper, Skins, and other Analogous Substances.
OTHER
I JOHN HUNT of Baldwin Street, Bolton in the County of Lancaster Machinist,
do hereby declare the nature of my Invention for A. NEW OR IMPROVED MACHINE
FOR CUTTING MEAT, FISH, LEATHER, INDIA-RUBBER, PAPER, SKINS, AND
ANALOGOUS SUBSTANCES," and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:―
This invention relates to a novel method of constructing a machine for cutting
Meat, Fish, Leather, India-Rubber, Paper, Skins, and other analogous substances
and consists in providing a headstock in which are mounted suitable shafts or
centres, each being provided with one or more circular metallic knife-edge cutters.
The shafts are fitted at one end with spur or other gearing and provided with a
handle to operate the same by hand, which can be substituted with fast and loose
pullies in case it is desired to drive by power.
In some cases one of the shafts is set on an angle laterally or otherwise so as to
dispose the gripping or feeding edges of the cutters and bring the same together,
being held in position by giving one or more of the cutters a little "set" or pressure
against the other, whereby the feeding or gripping edges of the cutters are held
together, thereby preventing the substance under operation slipping through
without being cut. The two edges or sides of the cutters coming together are
perfectly flat being tapered on the outsides or otherwise.
In order that my Invention may be more fully understood and readily carried
into operation I will now proceed to describe the drawings upon the sheets hereunto
annexed, the same letters of reference being used throughout all the figures to
indicate the same or corresponding parts of my Invention.
Fig 1 is a side elevation and Fig 2 a plan of my improved cutting machine.
Fig 3 is an elevation of the gearing end and Fig. 4 an elevation of the cutting end
of same.
A is the headstock with the arms a and b in which are mounted the shafts B
and C; on the ends of these shafts or centres are secured the circular knife-edge
cutters D and E. On the opposite ends of the shafts or centres B and C are
secured the spur wheels F and G. The shaft or centre C is provided with the
handle H to operate the machine by hand.
The shafts B and C are set at an angle to each other as shewn in plan Fig 2, for
the purpose of disposing the gripping or feeding edges of the revolving knife-edge
cutters D and E and bring the same together, being held in position by giving
the cutter D a little "set or pressure against the cutter E to ensure cutting, and
prevent the substance under operation slipping sideways between the cutters D
and E.
To allow the shafts or centres B and C to be set on an angle to each other the
spur wheels F and G are provided with extra clearance between the cogs.

page_text: When this machine is employed for cutting flabby substances, such as, Meat,
Fish, India-Rubber, and the like, I employ the circular saw-edge feeder M, on
which they are carried to the cutters to prevent slipping when being gripped by
the revolving knife-edge cutters D and E. This feeder is attached to the shaft or
centre C carrying the botton revolving knife-edge cutter E.
To enable various widths to be cut the adjustable guide O is mounted on the top
arma, extending onto the bottom arm of the headstock A. The guide O is
secured in position by the screw. R.
To guide the substance from the machine as it is cut and prevent it becoming
entangled with the shaft or centre C, the angular guido P is attached to the arm
of the headstock on the delivery side.
Fig. is a side elevation of my improved cutting machine when intended to be
driven by power, in which case the base S of the headstock A is extended on the
driving end and provided with the fixing or support V to carry the extended end
of the shaft or centre C. On this shaft are mounted the fast and loose strap
pulleys N and X respectively.
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 method of mounting or placing the circular cutters at an angle to each
other, as and for the purposes herein set forth.
2. The respective combinations and arrangements of apparatus forming my
improved cutting machine, constructed and operating substantially as described
and as shewn on the drawings in Figs. 1 to 5.
EDMUND CHADWICK, C.E.,
Agent for Applicant,
92, St. George's Road, Bolton.