A Bread and Bacon Slicing Machine.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Jan., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 17th Oct., 1895-Accepted, 18th Jan., 1896
A Bread and Bacon Slicing Machine.
I JAMES FLOCKHART of 8 Rodney Street King's Cross, London Engineer do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
That it is a machine as above stated for the purpose of slicing bread and bacon
and is capable of taking a loaf eight inches wide and bacon of the same
dimensions.
It is also fifteen inches in length.
In its construction it is fitted with two cast iron ends and the two sides are of
sheet iron these being fastened to the castings with screws. There are also
shifting sides in the interior made of sheet iron and these with the bottom will be
enamelled.
The feeding plate is connected to a screw shaft with a small pinion. There is a
small handle on the screw shaft so that the feeding plate can be shifted to any
distance.
The feeding plate has also two guide rods and the gear for the pinion is so
regulated as to shift the feeding plate forward so that when the knife leaves the
cut, there will be no pressure on the side of the knife while cutting.
The gear for the pinion is so arranged that it will slice from a quarter of an inch to
three quarters of an inch. It will also be fitted with a shaft, three quarters of an inch
in diameter, the shaft will have a collar on it for the knife to rest against. There
will also be a washer two inches in diameter attached to the knife with two small
steel pins which will go through the knife and into the collar of the shaft. It will
be set up with a five eight screw and nut on the end of the shaft. On the other
end of the shaft there will be a fly wheel fifteen inches in diameter. There will
be a handle on the fly wheel to drive it, and this shaft will run in white-metal
bearings.
The knife will be cased in with a sheet iron casing. There will be a metal circle
on the casing and a stud fastened on the point of the knife to travel so that it will
run steady and cut square and there will be no vibration on the knife.
Dated this-22nd-day-of-January 1895.
· JAMES FLOCKHART,
Engineer.
I JAMES FLOCKHART 8 Rodney Street King's Cross London, N. Engineer
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:
This invention relates to a machine for slicing bread and bacon, the slices being
cut of any desired thickness by a simple adjustment of the machine.
And in order that my said invention may be understood I will now proceed to
describe the same with reference to the drawings accompanying this Specification
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page_text: in which Fig. 1 shews a side elevation of a machine constructed according to this
invention, Fig. 2 a plan, Fig. 3 an end elevation and Fig. 4 an end elevation with
cover removed shewing the knife.
The same letters denote the same parts in all the views.
a a shew shifting sides, adjusted to the desired width by means of screws bb and
hand nuts cc. d shews feeding plate actuated by means of nut e and screwed
shaft fgg Fig. 4 shew two guide rods to steady the feeding plate d. h shews
fly wheel actuated by means of handle k and keyed to shaft to the opposite end
of which is screwed the knife m. Detachable segments n coated with india rubber
are screwed to the fly wheel h. These segments n being brought into contact with
the small pulley or boss o on the screwed shaft f, will by means of this latter
actuate the nut e and feeding plate d. p shews the bottom on which the article to
be cut rests. q is a handle by means of which the feeding plate d can be moved if
desired:
The action of a machine constructed as above is as follows:-
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The article to be cut having been placed on the bottom p and clamped by the
shifting sides a a and feeding plate d the handle k is turned thus causing the
knife m to rotate and at the same time actuating the feeding plate d by means of
the segments n, pulley o shaft f and nut e. It will readily be seen that the feeding
plate d will only travel while the segments n are in contact with pulley o so
that by suitably adjusting the knife m the article to be cut will be quite still
while the knife is passing through it, that is there will be no pressure on the
knife.
Also the thickness of the slice cut depends upon the amount of travel given
to the feeding plate d and this is regulated by removing (or adding) a segment n to
the fly wheel h.
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 :-
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(1.) A machine for slicing bread and bacon constructed and operated substan-
tially as set forth.
(2.) In a machine for slicing bread and bacon the shifting sides, segmental pieces
on fly wheel, pulley o, feeding plate and knife, all arranged and operated
substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
Dated this 17th day of October 1895.
BROWNE & Co.,
9, Warwick Court, Gray's Inn, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.
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