Improvements in Machines for Cutting or Chopping Food for Animals, Meat, Vegetables and the like.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Oct., 1897-Accepted, 1st Jan., 1898
Improvements in Machines for Cutting or Chopping Food for
Animals, Meat, Vegetables and the like.
I, JULIUS CARLETON HALL, residing at 375 N. Main St., Wallingford, in the
County of New Haven, and State of Connecticut, United States of America,
Provisioner, 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 chopping machines, and the object thereof is to
provide an improved machine of this class which may be used for cutting food for
cattle, horses and other animals, and which may also be used for various other
purposes, sachs cutting meat, vegetables and other products; and with this and
other ob
view, the invention consists in the construction, combination and
arrangement of parts hereinafter described and claimed.
The invention is fully disclosed in the following specification of which the
accompanying drawing forms a part, in which the separate parts of my improve-
ment are designated by the same numerals of reference in each of the views, and
in which;
Fig. 1, is a side view of my improved machine, part of the construction being
shown in section;
Fig. 2, a section on the line 2, 2, of Fig. 1; and
Fig. 3, a section on the line 3, 3, of Fig. 1.
In the practice of my invention I provide an oblong frame or box 5, which
consists of side boards 6, and a bottom 7, and said frame or box is supported by
legs 8, and the entire device may be mounted on a base plate 9, if desired, and
the legs 8, are provided at one end with backwardly directed projections or
bearings 10, in which is mounted a shaft 11, and mounted on the shaft 11, is a
feed roller 12, the upper side of which passes through a transverse opening in the
bottom 7, as shown at 13, in Figs. 1, and 2.
The feed roller 12, may be made in any desired manner but the surface thereof
is preferably composed of longitudinal strips 13", which are provided with pro-
jections or teeth 14, and mounted on one end of the shaft 11, is a large ratchet
wheel 15, and pivotally connected with one side of the box or frame is a pawl 16,
which operates in connection therewith.
That end of the box or casing 5, beneath which the shaft 11, is mounted, is
supported by a metal frame, of which the adjacent legs 8, form a part, said legs
being projected upwardly, and connected above the box or casing by a cross bar 17,
and said frame is provided at one side with an outwardly directed arm 18, and at
the opposite side and over the ratchet wheel 15, with an upwardly directed
extension 19.
The arm 18, is provided at its outer end with a tubular hub 20, through which
is passed a shaft 21, on which is mounted a wheel 22, and said shaft is held in
said hub 20, by a cap 23, which is provided with a screw 24, which passes into
the shaft, and the upwardly directed extension 19, of the end frame is provided
with a tubular hub 24, through which passes a shaft 25, and the shaft 25, is

page_text: provided at its inner end with an oblong head 26, in which is formed a groove 27,
which is triangular in cross section, and I also provide a screw threaded bolt 28,
which is provided with a head 29, which is rectangular in form in cross section,
and adapted to move in the groove 27, and on which is mounted a thumb nut 30,
and mounted on the bolt 28, between the thumb nut 30, and the oblong head 26, is
a rod 31, which is pivotally connected at its lower end with a vertically movable
bar 32, which passes into a keeper 33, secured to the side of the frame, in which
the end of the box or casing 5, is mounted, and said keeper is provided with a
slot 34, through which passes a pin 35, which is secured to the bar 32, and con-
nected with the said pin 35, is a pawl 36, which is also adapted to operate in
connection with the ratchet wheel 15.
.
The outer end of the shaft 25, is provided with a washer 37, which is held thereon
by one or more nuts or burrs 38, and pivotally connected with the rim of the
wheel 22, at 39, is a crank pin provided with a handle 40, and mounted on said
crank pin is a tubular sleeve 41, with which is connected or on which is formed
the arm 42, of a triangular frame consisting of a bar 43, which is provided with a
longitudinal slot 44, and a bar 45, to which the cutting blade 46, is secured, and
said bars 43, and 45, are connected by a brace bar 47.
The shaft 25, which is carried by the tubular hub 24ª, passes through the slot 44,
in the bar 43, and is provided with an oblong head 48, which is keyed thereto,
and which moves in said slot, and the operation will be readily understood from
the foregoing description when taken in connection with the accompanying
drawing, and the following statement thereof.
The material to be cut is placed in the box or casing 5, and pressed upon the
feed roller 12, and the wheel 22, is revolved by means of the cod 39, con-
nected therewith, or the handle 40, of the said crank rod, and as sand wheel is
revolved the feed roller 12, is moved forward step by step, the movement of said
feed roller being an intermittent movement, and at each revolution of said
wheel 22, the cutting blade 46, describes a circle, and passes downwardly over the
end of the box or casing 5, and transversely thereof, as will be readily understood,.
the motion of the cutting blade while being substantially circular, being also
transversely of the bottom portion of the box or casing. The motion of the feed
roller 12, is such that only a small portion of the article or articles to be cut is
feed forward at cach revolution of the wheel 22, and this portion is cut off by the
blade 46 at the same time.
The motion of the head 26, of the shaft 25, is an up and down motion, and this
operation gives the ratchet wheel 15, the intermittent movement hereinbefore
described, and the feed roller which is mounted on the shaft of the ratchet
wheel 15, is thus given a similar movement, and the pawl 16, prevents the reverse
movement of the ratchet wheel 15, and the feed roller 12.
This device is simple in construction and operation, and perfectly adapted to
accomplish the result for which it is intended, and it will be apparent that changes
in, and modifications of the construction of the various parts thereof, as herein
shown and described, may be made without departing from the spirit of my in-
vention, or sacrificing its advantages.
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:
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a
1. A chopping machine comprising an oblong box or casing which
is open at one end, and provided with suitable supports, said
box or casing being also provided at one end with a frame which
is projected above the same, and which is provided at one side with
laterally projecting arm, and at the other side with an upwardly directed exten-
sion, a wheel supported by said arm, and provided with a crank rod, and a
triangular frame connected with said crank rod, and the upper portion of which
consists of a bar in which is formed a longitudinal slot, and the lower portion

page_text: thereof being provided with a cutting blade, a shaft mounted in said upwardly
directed portion of the frame, and passing through the slot in the triangular
frame, and at one end of which is an oblong head, and said frame being provided
with a feed roller which is mounted below the end of the box or casing, and
which projects upwardly through the bottom thereof, a ratchet wheel mounted on
the shaft of said feed roller, at one side of the box or casing, said ratchet wheel and
said oblong head being in operative connection, substantially as shown and
described.
2. A chopping machine consisting of an oblong box or casing which is open at
one end, and suitably supported, said box or casing being also provided at the
open end with a frame which is projected upwardly, and provided at one side with
an arm, and at the opposite side with an upwardly directed extension, a wheel
supported by said arm and provided at one side with a crank rod, a triangular
frame connected with said crank rod, and provided at the lower side thereof with
a cutting blade and at the upper side thereof with a longitudinal slot, a shaft
mounted in the upper end of the said extension of the frame and projecting
through said slot and provided at one end with an oblong head, a feed roller
mounted below the box or casing and projecting upwardly through the bottom
thereof, a ratchet wheel mounted on one end of the shaft of the feed roller, a rod
connected with the oblong head of the shaft which passes through the bottom
triangular frame, a bar connected with the lower end of said rod and vertically
movable in a keeper secured to said frame, and a pawl pivotally connected with
said rod and adapted to operate in connection with said ratchet wheel, sub-
stantially as shown and described.
3. A chopping machine comprising an oblong box or casing, which is open at
one end, and a feed roller mounted beneath the open end of said box or casing and
projecting upwardly through the bottom thereof, a frame connected with said end
of said box or casing and provided at one side with an arm, and at the opposite
side with an upwardly directed extension, a wheel supported by said arm and
provided at one side with a crank rod, a triangular frame connected with said
wheel and provided at its upper side with a longitudinal slot, and at its lower
side with a cutting blade, a shaft passing through said slot and through the
upwardly directed extension of the frame, and provided at one end with an oblong
head, and operative devices connecting said head and said feed roller whereby the
latter is given an intermittent motion, substantially as shown and described.
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15h dow of October 1807
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
40 Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents.