Cheese Cutter.
Year: 1895

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Cheese Cutter.
JACOB RODWAY, 163 Hotwell Road, Bristol Cork Cutter, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
A box 19 inches long-13 in. wide 8 in. deep-with a slit in the top and down
one end to within 3 inches of bottom. A gauge to stand at sufficient height from
the top of the box to allow a cheese to stand under-a wire to be fastened inside
the box near the bottom-drawn up through the slit in the top-passed over the
cheese drawn with the hand close to the gauge down to the bottom of the slit in
the end of the box-by which means a cheese can be cut into pieces of whatever
shape or size may be required--perfectly true and smooth.
Dated this 10th day of April 1895.
JACOB RODWAY.
I, JACOB RODWAY, of 163, Hotwell Road, Bristol, Cork Cutter, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to bo
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
The improved cheese cutter which constitutes this invention consists of a box or
stand in the top of which is a slot or opening which extends also partially down
the ends. A wire for cutting cheese is passed into the said slot or opening and is
attached at its lower end to a hook, staple, or eye, or is otherwise conveniently
secured towards the bottom of the box or stand. At the other end the wire is
attached to a handle. Fixed to the box or stand is a guide of iron or other metal
or material suitable for the purpose.
That edge of the guide which is next the wire coincides with one side of the slot
or aperture aforesaid, the other side of which is further away from the said edge of
the guide.
In the accompanying sheet of illustrative drawings
Fig. 1 represents an elevation of a cheese cutter made in accordance with this
invention.
Fig. 2 is a plan, and Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section taken through the slot or
opening for the cutting wire.
In the top of the box a is a slot or opening which extends also partly down the
ends, as seen at Fig. 3. A wire e for cutting the cheese, which is represented in
Figs. 1 and 2 by the letter d, is secured as at c¹ towards the bottom of the box and
extends upwards through the slot or aperture b. A handle e is attached to the
other end of the wire c. Screwed or otherwise fixed to the box or stand a is a
guide f, being a bar of iron or other metal or material suitable for the purpose.
One edge of the guide is directly over, that is to say, coincides with one side of
the slot or aperture b, the other side of which is further distant from the guide.

page_text: In cutting cheese, the cheese is placed upon the stand and adjusted under the
guide to the desired position according to the thickness of division required.
The wire c, previously kept clear of the cheese, is then brought over it, as seen at
Figs. 2 and 3, and the cheese is cut by pulling down the wire which is guided by
being, as it descends, kept in contact with the guide f.
The wire, after cutting, passes down below the cheese into the hollow space
below the top of the stand.
With the appliance above described and shown in the accompanying drawings
cheese is expeditiously divided and is evenly sliced and subdivided.
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 :-
An appliance for cutting cheese, consisting of a box or stand such as a with slot
or aperture such as b, cheese-cutting wire c passed through said slot or aperture
and secured directly or indirectly at its lower end to the box, and a guide such as f
to guide the wire in its descent when cutting, substantially as hereinbefore described
with reference to the accompanying sheet of drawings.
Dated this 25th day of July 1895.
NICHOLAS WATTS,
Bristol, Chartered Patent Agent.