IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINES FOR CUTTING OR MINCING MEAT, VEGETABLES, AND OTHER LIKE SUBSTANCES
Year: 1879

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Joseph Walter Sutton, of High Holborn, in the County of
Middlesex, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINES FOR CUTTING
OR MINCING MEAT, VEGETABLES, AND OTHER LIKE SUBSTANCES.”
Sealed the 18th June 1880, and dated the 24th December 1879.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Joseph Walter Sutton at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 24th December 1879.
JOSEPH WALTER SUTTON, of High Holborn, in the County of Middlesex.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINES FOR CUTTING OR MINCING MEAT, VEGETABLES,
AND OTHER LIKE SUBSTANCES."
This Invention relates to improvements in the cutting and mincing machines
described in the Specification of George Kent, dated 12th December, A.D. 1876,
No. 4804.
The said improvements comprise, first, the providing of the said machines with a
device termed a regulating disc, the object of which is to regulate the delivery or
discharge of the cut or minced materials so that they may be discharged quickly or
slowly according to the condition to which it is desired to have them reduced.
By referring to the said former Specification it will be seen that the machine
therein described has only one delivery aperture or passago, namely, the ordinary
fixed tube or spout; but according to my present Invention I provide the said
machine with a spout or tube and an additional delivery aperture, and I render the
same adjustable as follows, that is to say :-I close the delivery end of the machine
with a plate in which I form an aperture or opening. Outside of this plate I place
the said regulating disc which has in it an aperture corresponding with that in the
end of the machine, and I also fix the aforesaid spout or tube in the said regulating
disc. The latter is attached to the said end plate by a central screw pin or pivot
on which it can be freely turned. By turning the said disc on its pivot the aperture
in the disc can be moved over the aperture in the end plate to increase or diminish
the actual discharge area obtained through these apertures and thereby regulate
the discharge or delivery. When the said aperture in the disc is adjusted to
correspond with that of the end plate so that the full area of the opening is obtained
the discharge will be quick, and consequently the material will be delivered from
the machine in a comparatively coarse condition, while if this area is diminished

page_text: the rate of the discharge will be diminished, and the meat or other material being
kept a longer time in the machine will be obviously delivered in a finer condition
therefrom.
When the machine is used for sausage making or for similar purposes, the said
regulating disc is turned to put the tube or spout in connection with the aperture
in the end plate.
The said Invention also comprises the combination with the said machines of an
adjustable or shifting hopper, which according to its position varies the condition
in which the cut or minced material is discharged from the said machine. For
this purpose I provide the cover of the machine with two apertures, one near the
handle in or about in the ordinary position of the hoppers of these machines, and
the other near the delivery end of the same. The said shifting hopper is made
separate from the said cover, and is provided with a plate or flange to rest on the
same. A screw or pin passed through this flange forms the means for securing
the hopper to the machine and serves as the centre or pivot on which the said
hopper is adjusted. When the said machine is to be used for making sausage meat,
mince meat, or other fine material the hopper is adjusted over the hole near the
handle, but when the machine is used for cutting suet, or the like, or when employed
as a masticator for invalids and for similar purposes the said hopper is adjusted
over the aperture near the delivery end, so that the meat or other material will be
subjected only for a very short time to the action of the machine.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Joseph Walter Sutton in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 23rd
June 1880.
JOSEPH WALTER SUTTON, of High Holborn, in the County of Middlesex.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINES FOR CUTTING OR MINCING MEAT, VEGETABLES, AND
OTHER LIKE SUBSTANCES."
This Invention relates to improvements in the cutting and mincing machines
described in the Specification of Letters Patent granted to George Kent, and dated
12th December, A.D. 1876, No. 4804.
The said Invention comprises the providing of the said machines with a device
termed a regulating disc, the object of which is to regulate the delivery or discharge
of the cut or minced materials so that they may be discharged quickly or slowly
according to the condition to which it is desired to have them reduced.
The said Invention also comprises the combination with the said machines of
an adjustable or shifting hopper, which also according to its position varies
the condition in which the cut or minced material is discharged from the said
machine.
Figure 1 is a plan.
Figure 2 is a side elevation, and
Figure 3 an end view of my improved cutting or mincing machine.
Figure 4 is a longitudinal vertical section of the same on the line x, x, Figure 1.
Like letters indicate the same parts in each of the Figures.
a is the case or box which consists of the lower part a¹ and the upper part a³
fitted together as described in the Specification of the said former Letters Patent;
6 is the shaft or spindle carrying the propeller-blades b¹, and c is the crank for
turning the same; & represents the regulating disc, and e the adjustable or
shifting hopper.
By referring to the said former Specification it will be seen that the machine
therein described has only one delivery aperture or passage, namely, the ordinary
fixed tube or spout; but according to my Invention I provide the said machines
with a spout or tube d' and an additional delivery aperture d², and I render the
same adjustable as follows, that is to say :-I close the delivery end of the machine
with the end plate a³ in which I form an aperture or opening a*, shewn partly
in full lines and partly in dotted lines in Figure 3. Outside of this plate I
place the said regulating disc d, which has in it the aperture de corresponding in
form with the aperture a in the end of the machine, and I also fix the aforesaid
spout or tube in the said regulating disc. The latter is attached to the said end
plate by a central screw pin or pivot ƒ on which it can be freely turned, and which
can be readily adjusted to hold or release the said disc. By turning the said disc on
its pivot the aperture d in the disc can be moved over the aperture at in the end
plate as to increase or diminish the actual discharge area obtained through these
apertures and thereby regulate the discharge or delivery. When the aperture d' in
the disc is adjusted to coincide with that of the end plate a³ so that the full area
of the opening is obtained the discharge will be quick and consequently the material
will be delivered from the machine in a comparatively coarse condition, while if
this area is diminished, as shewn in Figure 3 of the Drawings, the rate of the
discharge will be diminished, and the meat or other material being kept a longer
time in the machine will be obviously delivered in a finer condition therefrom.
When the machine is used for sausage making or for similar purposes the
regulating disc d is turned to bring the tube or spout d' in connection with the
aperture at in the end plate a³.

page_text: I will now proceed to describe my improved adjustable hopper which affords
additional means whereby the condition in which the cut or minced material is
discharged from the machine may be varied. For this purpose I provide the cover a³
of the machine with two apertures a, a, one of the said apertures a being near
the crank-handle end of the machine in or about in the ordinary position of the
hoppers of these machines, and the other aperture a near the delivery end of the
same. The said adjustable or shifting hopper is made separate from the cover a³
and is provided with a plate or flange e¹ to rest on the machine. A screw or pin e³
passed through this flange provides means for securing the hopper on the machine
and serves as the centre or pivot on which the said hopper is adjusted. When the
said machine is to be used for making sausage-meat, mince-meat, or other fine
material the hopper is adjusted over the hole a near the handle, as shewn, but
when the machine is used for cutting suet, or the like, or when employed as a
masticator for invalids and for similar purposes the said hopper is adjusted over the
aperture a near the delivery end, so that the meat or other material will be
subjected only for a very short time to the action of the machine. The screw e² is
slackened to permit the adjustment of the said hopper and tightened to hold the
same when adjusted to either position; or the said hopper may be arranged to
slide upon the part a³ in a similar manner to that in which the said part slides
upon the part a¹ of the box, as described in the Specification of the said former
Letters Patent.
Having thus fully described my said Invention, and shewn how the same may be
conveniently and advantageously carried into practice, I wish it understood that
I claim,-
First. In combination with the end-plate provided with the delivery-aperture
the adjustable or regulating disc having in it a corresponding aperture and either
with or without a spout, substantially as set forth, and operating as and for the
purposes specified.
Second. The adjustable or shifting hopper constructed and arranged in connection
with the cover of the machine, substantially as and for the purpose specified.
Third. A cutting or mincing machine provided with or embodying in its con-
struction the regulating disc and the adjustable hopper, as above set forth, and as
shewn in the accompanying Drawings for the purposes specified.
In witness whereof, I, the said Joseph Walter Sutton, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty third day of June, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and eighty.
J. W. SUTTON. (L.S.)