Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Dec., 1898-Accepted, 11th Feb., 1899

page_text: pressed on by a spiral springs whilst the chain wheel is secured against lateral
displacement by means of a plate s6, (Figures 1, 1 and 1").
By this arrangement when the arm is pressed down (i.e. during the slicing)
the circular knife is set in rapid rotation, as by the running movement of the
pinion along the toothed segment 7 the chain wheel T is rotated and by
the chain L rotates the chain wheel T¹ on the shaft of the circular knife, because
in this direction of rotation the pawl is fast in the ratchet wheel and thus con-
nects the chain wheel T with the shaft s.
If the knife be however again drawn back causing the pinion to run up the
toothed segment and rotate in the opposite direction, the pawl slips over the
ratchet and the knife can continue to rotate in the same direction by its former
impulse, being actuated afresh at each downward movement of the arın.
A sheet metal strip or plate F! prevents the cut slices of polony or the like
being thrown downwards and suitable guard plates for the rotary knife are also
provided in this smaller machine.
The tightening of the chain L takes place by means of a stretching roller l
(Figures 1 and 3).
A steel for sharpening the knife during the slicing is also provided on the
table and also a handle R³ on the plate N for drawing back the latter.
The rotation of the spindle V with the object of pushing forward the plate N
after each slice has been cut is effected in this small machine as follows;-
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A ratchet wheel w is in this case also firmly mounted on the end of the
spindle V and a lever z and pawl and roller i are loosely mounted on said
spindle.
The inclined plane f is however adjustably mounted in a guide F2 and is held
by a pin sliding in a slot 12 in the guide plate F2. A draw bar or link Z3
is connected with the arm A. The other end of said bar engages a one armed
lever H¹ on a shaft W mounted at the side of the table. A second lever H2
which is connected with the inclined plane f by means of a link 74 (shown
in dotted lines in Figure 3) is mounted on the other end of the shaft W. By
drawing back the arm A the inclined plane is drawn to the right (Figure 3)
and thus lifts the lever z by the roller i and thus revolves the spindle V by
means of the ratchet gear whereby the plate N is pushed forward with the polony
or the like. The normal position of the roller that is to say the extent to which
the lever drops back again after the inclined plane on the completion of the
slicing has again moved from under the roller i determines the extent of the
rotation of the spindle V on the succeeding lift and the thickness of the slice
of the polony or the like to be cut.
The following arrangement is adopted in this small machine for enabling the
thickness of the slice to be cach time adjusted. A flat elbow lever D¹ D³
(Figures 3 and 3) is mounted on the spindle end behind the ratchet wheel w
and the pin of the roller is prolonged from the lever z so that it rests on
the shorter arm D¹ of the double lever. "A pin on the longer lever arm D³ snaps
into one of a series of holes in a curved piece BI screwed on the rear edge of the
table B. By adjusting the double lever D1 D2 the elevation of the lever may
thus be altered and therewith the forward movement of the plate N and the
thickness of the slice to be cut off the polony or the like, a certain hole in the
curved piece B¹ corresponding to a certain thickness of the slice.
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. A machine for slicing German sausages and the like, having a revoluble
circular knife suspended in such a way that whilst being rotated it may be
swung across the goods for the purpose of effecting the slicing, substantially as
hereinbefore set forth.
2. In a slicing machine of the kind described having a swinging circular

page_text: knife, the arrangement of said knife on an arm (A¹) which is adapted to be
pulled to and fro on a pin (Z) on the frame of a fixed table, in such a way that
when moved forward the rotation of the circular knife takes place by the running
of a pinion (Z) along a curved rack (72) the rotation of said pinion being trans-
mitted to the knife by means of a ratchet wheel (83) and pawl (s) on a chain
wheel (T) and a chain (L) and chain wheel (T) on the shaft of the circular
knife, whereby on the return movement the pawl (4) will slip over the ratchet
wheel (3) and allow the knife to continue rotating in the same direction under
its former impulse substantially as hereinbefore described.
3. In a slicing machine of the kind described having a stationary table and a
swinging cutter, the means for producing the rotation of the screwed spindle (V)
for the pushing forward of the feed plate (N) after each slice, consisting of a
ratchet wheel (w) on the spindle in combination with a lever (2) which carries
a pawl (2) engaging in the ratchet (w) and a roller (i) and a cam or inclined
plane (f) moved to and fro by the oscillating arm (A¹) of the cutter, whereby
the said inclined plane in the return movement of the circular knife lifts the
lever (2) by the roller and thus moves the ratchet wheel forward by means of
the pawl so that the plate with the polony or the like is moved forward the
thickness of a slice, the elevation of the roller (i) being adjusted according to
the width of slice required by means of a double lever (D¹ D2) adjustable on a
curved piece (BI) on the shorter arm D¹ of which lever the roller bears sub-
stantially as described.
4. The general construction and combination of parts taken as a whole, forming
the improved machine for slicing German sausages and the like, substantially
as hereinbefore described and illustrated.