Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 5th May, 1887
Complete Left, 4th Feb., 1888
Complete Accepted, 23rd Mar., 1888
I, GEO. RUSBY KAYE Tool Makor & Ironmonger 36 Belgrave Gate Leicester do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
A machine for cutting sausage and other meats and fruit, by means of a series of
circular knives revolving on or in close proximity to a circular Block of wood or any
other substance the knives and block both revolving at unequal speeds cuts the meat
or other substances as it passes under the knives on the Block, which revolves in a
vertical position, the circular knives being set perpendicularly to an axle on which
they are firmly mounted, the axle and knives revolving in a horizontal position to the
block. The diameter of the knives being 9 inches to a 24 inch Block.
GEORGE RUSBY KAYE,
36, Belgrave Gate, Leicester.

page_text: GEO. RUSBY KAYE, Midland Tool Works 36 Belgrave Gate Leicester in the
county of Leicester Tool maker 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 :-
My invention relates to the class of machines for mincing meat, fruit &c., in which
the meat is cut by a series of circular knives mounted on a horizontal shaft revolving
on or in close proximity to a circular wood or metal block which revolves towards
the said circular knives in a plane at right angles to the plane of the circular knives,
the face of the said circular block having a vertical adjustment to the cutting edges of
the said circular knives; the rotary motion of the vertical wood or metal block is
transmitted from the horizontal shaft carrying the circular knives, by means of a
pair of spiral spur mitre wheels, one of which is keyed on to the shaft carrying the
circular knives, the other spur wheel is keyed to a vertical intermediate shaft with
pinion at lower end, working into a spur wheel on the vertical wood or metal block
shaft. The meat, fruit &c. can be put in the machine while thus in motion within
the rim at the top of the said vertical block and may be taken out while in motion,
there being more than half the block without any obstruction, so that in putting in
or taking out the meat &c. there is no danger to the hands of the workman. The
whole being mounted on two cast iron standards & firmly bolted together.
Having described my invention "I will proceed to shew the manner in which it
works, reference being made to the accompanying drawings, the same letters represent
the same parts in the several views of drawings.
Fig. I. represents the side view of the machine a, a, a, a is the flanged standard
carrying the bearings 6 of revolving shaft c to which are fixed the circular knives d
the said shaft being driven by a pully e. Letter represents the circular vertical
wood or metal block to the upper part of which is fixed the sheet steel rim g.
Letter represents the spur wheel fixed to the vertical block axle, i is the screw for
the vertical adjustment of the block on the top of which the meat &c. is cut.
Fig. II. is a plan of the machine, a, a, a, a being the standards, j, j,j, are the steel
turnovers to mix the meat &c., k is the comb between which each circular knife works,
keeping the knives clean in the upper portion thereof, as the said circular knives
revolve; & 11, are a pair of spiral spur mitre wheels, 1 being keyed to the circular
knife shaft c & being keyed to the intermediate vertical shaft n, which carries at the
lower end the pinion m driving the spur wheel ; e is the fixed driving pully, as in
figure I., o is the loose pully on the same shaft.
Fig. III. is an end view of the said machine, a, a, a, a representing the standards;
the letters marked in this figure will correspond with those in the preceeding
views.

page_text: Fig. IV. is a section of the circular knives d & the comb k through which the
circular knives work, p represents the washers which are fitted on shaft c keeping the
distance between each of the said circular knives.
Fig. V. is a view shewing the comb k & the circular knives & working through
the said comb k, g is the nut by means of which the circular knives & the washers are
firmly held together.
Having now particularly described & ascertained the nature of my said invention
& in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is :-
Firstly. The mounting of a series of circular knives on a horizontal shaft c as
shewn in Figs. I., II., III., in the accompanying drawings.
Secondly in the mounting of a vertical wood or metal block as described &
illustrated in Figs. I., II., III., in the accompanying drawings.
Thirdly the arrangement so that the said circular, knives d mounted on shaft c
revolves towards the said wood or metal block f, the wood or metal block f revolving
towards the cutting edges of the said circular knives, the said wood or metal block
being adjustable as shewn in Fig. 1. of the accompanying drawings, so that the said
circular knives will cut a sheet of paper when laid on the vertical revolving block in
passing under the circular knives.