Improvements in or relating to Choppers for Culinary Purposes.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Aug., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 8th Feb., 1896-Accepted, 19th Sept., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Choppers for Culinary Purposes.
I, JOHN SISSON SLATER of Seafield, Lytham, in the County of Lancaster,
Master of Arts, Doctor of Laws, and Barrister-at-Law of the Northern Circuit,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
:-
This invention relates to choppers for culinary purposes, particularly for
chopping herbs and vegetables although it may be used for meat and other
materials. Hitherto, chopping of this description has been performed upon an.
open board so that the materials operated upon were apt to get scattered, causing-
trouble and loss of time in collecting them, besides the danger to the fingers of
the operator in using a knife.
In carrying out my present invention I place the materials to be operated upon
in an enclosed space so that they cannot escape and thus the trouble of collecting.
them is saved. The size or shape of the enclosing wall may be varied according
to the circumstances, but conveniently a circular wall of a few inches across is
sufficient; the depth of the wall may vary as it may either be just sufficiently high
to retain the materials or it may be carried up a considerable distance and may be
partly or entirely enclosed at the top. The chopping may be effected by means of
a chopper of suitable shape and size intended to more or less closely cover the
chopping block or surface; it may be operated by hand, preferably directly
though intermediate mechanism may be employed if necessary. The shape and
number of the knives or cutting edges may be varied, a simple and convenient:
form being that of a T which shape I prefer to two or more parallel blades as
when parallel surfaces are employed the materials are apt to. lodge between
them. In special cases as for example in cutting bread into squares or the like
the cutters may be arranged as a pattern, but preferably with their edges.
sloping to facilitate the extraction of the materials should they lodge in the
interstices.
A simple and handy instrument may be made of a cylinder with the chopping.
block or surface at the bottom, a lid with an opening in the top and a wooden
chopper carrying the blades at one end and intended to be held in the hand of the
operator at the other, so as to be turned round freely during the operation of
chopping.
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Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION
Improvements in or relating to Choppers for Culinary Purposes.
I, JOHN SISSON SLATER of Seafield, Lytham, in the County of Lancaster,
Master of Arts, Doctor of Laws, and Barrister-at-Law of the Northern Circuit,
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 choppers for culinary purposes, particularly for
Improvements in or relating to Choppers for Culinary Purposes.
I, JOHN SISSON SLATER of Seafield, Lytham, in the County of Lancaster,
Master of Arts, Doctor of Laws, and Barrister-at-Law of the Northern Circuit,
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 choppers for culinary purposes, particularly for

page_text: 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 device for chopping vegetable and other substances the combination
with a containing vessel of a wooden chopping block and a suitably arranged
knife or knives and handle substantially as described.
2. In a device for chopping vegetable and other substances the combination
with a casing of a knife such as D mounted upon a knife-holder A to which is
secured a metal boss such as B and handle Ċ substantially as described and
illustrated in Figures 1 and 2 of the accompanying drawings.
3. In a device for chopping vegetable and other substances the combination
with a casing such as E E¹ of a wooden chopping block and knives such as D
mounted upon a knife holder A forming part of the handle substantially as
described and illustrated in Figure 3 of the accompanying drawings.
4. In a device for chopping vegetable and other substances a knife or knives
mounted and arranged substantially as described and illustrated in the accompanying
drawings.
5. In a device for chopping vegetable and other substances the combination
with a knife or knives of a knife holder substantially fitting the casing in which
the knife works so as to prevent the materials operated upon from rising above.
the knives.
6. The combination and arrangement of parts constituting the complete chopping
device substantially as and for the purpose described and illustrated in Figures 1
and 2 or in Figures 3, 4, and 5 of the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 6th day of February 1896
JOHN SISSON SLATER..
Boult & Wade,
Agents for the Applicant.
JOHN SISSON SLATER..
Boult & Wade,
Agents for the Applicant.