An Improved Machine for Slicing German Sausages and the like
Year: 1898

page_text: Reprinted
as amended in accordance with the decision of the Chief Examiner
dated the 25th day of February 1905.
Date of Application,
AL
4000
Complete Specification Left. 7th Dec., 1898--Accepted, 11th Feb., 1899
Date of Application)
Complete Specification Left. 7th Dec., 1898--Accepted, 11th Feb., 1899
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
"An Improved Machine for Slicing German Sausages and the like."
I, WILHELMUS ADRIANUS VAN BERKEL, of 68 Binnenweg, Rotterdam in the
Kingdom of Holland, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion to be as follows:
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This invention has for its object a machine for slicing German sausages
and the like meat goods, in which a fixed but constantly rotating circular
knife of spherical or dished form is arranged for cutting the sausage.
The lengths of cutting by the circular knife are determined by its speed
of rotation, and are larger according as the speed of rotation of the knife is
increased corresponding to the meat goods to be sliced or cut. The table on
which the sausage or the like is clamped is evenly moved along towards the
edge of said rotating circular knife slowly whilst a slice is being cut off from
In the time that the table
the sausage, but returned rapidly after the cut.
is moving back, the sausage is pushed forward on the table to the width of
a slice and this adjustment takes place automatically, and the machine may
be adjusted to all kinds of meat goods which must be cut thicker or thinner.
The length of the to and fro movement of the table may also be regulated
to correspond to the size of the polony to be sliced in order that the travel of the
table shall not be larger than the width of the piece of meat and no time be
lost.
The cutting machine according to this invention removes all the defects
In these machines
and drawbacks of the cutting machines hitherto known.
the table is as a rule fixed and the knife adjustably arranged; also the lengths
of cutting are measured too short so that the knife presses more than cuts.
This pressing of the slices is also caused by the whole width of the existing
knife being in contact with the piece of meat during the cutting, whereby
friction is considerably increased. The knives also do not invariably movo
exactly in a straight line and all these mentioned drawbacks tend to produce
the undesirable so-called slipping of the knife and the cutting of slices of
unequal thickness.
My circular knife has however a spherical or dished form so that only the
knife edge comes in contact with the piece of meat. The circul knife
revolves precisely in a straight line so that discs or slices mathematy of
equal thickness are cut off and slipping of the knife can no longer take place.
A further advantage is that the circular knife can be ground on the slicing
machine itself and also that all sizes of meat goods or polonies may be cut
transversely or obliquely. Several pieces may be sliced simultaneously on the

page_text: same machine up to the last piece which hitherto had always to be done by
hand.
A table for the polonies or the like which are to be sliced is arranged on a
rectangular table frame in a dovetail groove or slide track by means of two
slide carriages movable in a transverse direction. At the side in front of the
table a circular knife is mounted in a bearing frame or support on the table
frame and with its cutting edge as close as possible to the front edge of the
movable table. The circular knife is mounted on the end of a shaft which
revolves in a cone bearing and has at its other end a chain wheel. The shaft
is also adjustable in the cone bearings by means of set screws. The rotation
of the circular knife and the movement of the table up to and along the knife
takes place from a main shaft, which is arranged in suitable bearings or supports
on the table frame.
This main shaft is operated by a chain carried over a chain wheel on a hand
crank shaft and over a chain wheel on the said main shaft, the latter being
placed too low to be directly mounted on the hand crank shaft. On the other
end, the main shaft carries a bevel wheel which engages with two bevel wheels
mounted one on each side in a bearing support and arranged at right angles
to the first wheel. One of these latter bevel wheels produces the movement
of the table and the other the rotation of the circular knife by means of the
shaft of the latter bevel wheel which at the other end carries a large chain
wheel, which by means of a chain drives a smaller chain wheel on the shaft
of the circular knife. The bearing support for this end of the bevel wheel
shaft is screwed to the table frame. The speed of rotation of the circular knife
is considerably increased by the adoption of a suitable ratio of transfer for the
chain wheel gearing and it is possible by the insertion of a larger or smaller chain
wheel to vary the speed according to requirements. By the spherical or dished
form of the circular knife the cutting edge in cutting off a slice from the polony
or the like will throw the piece cut off from the latter into an open collecting
box or receiver. This collecting box is placed as close as possible to the movable
table and the revolving knife. Its form is suited to that of the circular knife
and it is attached both to the table frame and also to the bearing frame or
support.
As mentioned at the commencement of the specification the circular knife
may be ground on the slicing machine itself. Its spherical form lends itself
excellently to this, and for this object an emery stone or the like is fixed on
the table and is then passed with the moving table along the rapidly rotating
knife, thus sharpening the latter.
If, owing to repeated sharpenings, the cutting edge lies too far from the
front edge of the table, the table with the slide tracks may be again moved
closer up. For this object adjustable connections for the slide tracks to the
table frame are employed.
The transverse movement of the table is effected in the following manner:
A pin is adjustably mounted in a slot in the side of one bevel wheel. This
pin engages in a slot in a lever which is revolubly mounted in the table frame
underneath the bevel wheel and the upper end of which is pivotally connected
by means of a link with the under side of the table. The lever is thus oscillated
by said pin and imparts an alternating movement to the table. The movement
outward of the pin determines the length of the reciprocating movement of the
table.
The position of the pivot for the said lever is selected as regards that of the
bevel wheel in such a way that the leverage of the pin on the forward move-
ment is considerably larger than that on the return movement. The forward
movement, that is to say the one during which the knife cuts is therefore slower
and the return movement in which no work is done is rapidly effected.
In case small slices are to be cut for which the length of movement of the

page_text: table ouly requires to be small, the pin is fixed. in the other corner of the
slot in the bevel wheel to shorten the movement of the table and in this manner
no time is lost.
On
The surface of the table is ribbed or corrugated on the upper side to about
half its length, the remaining part is covered with an adjustable plate which
is carried between dovetail bars arranged on the side edges of the table.
the front edge of the table a clamp for the polony or the like is arranged.
This consists of two vertical toothed bars, which are connected by means of a
clamp iron having a handle. The one toothed bar is fixed, the other bar, that
is to say the one on the hand-crank side of the table, is pivotally connected
with the plate and is always pressed outwards by means of a spring. The
clamp iron has preferably a U-profile, which produces a better clamping of
the polony or the like.
For cutting slices of meat the adjustable plate is drawn entirely back and
the polony or piece of meat is clamped thereon by the clamp iron being engaged
in one of the teeth of the toothed bar, the handle being then pressed down
and allowed to spring into engagement with one of the teeth of the other
toothed bar. The clamp iron thus holds the polony at one end with the other
end lying at the front edge of the table. By the table being provided with
sharp ridges or corrugations and the knife so to speak pressing down the polony
whilst cutting it, (it being moved by the movable table against the circular
knife) the polony cannot slip on the table although it is merely held at the
one end of the adjustable plate.
As mentioned at the commencement of the specification after each cut, that
is to say on the return movement of the table, the polony or the like is auto-
matically moved forward to the thickness of one slice. This adjustment is
effected in the following manner:-
A screwed rod is arranged in the centre line beneath the table. Above this
rod an elongated opening is provided in the table. A nut is connected with the
adjustable plate, which nut consists of two parts, the upper one of which is
firmly connected with the plate and has no thread and therefore slips over or
along the bar, whilst the lower part of the nut which is hinged to the other
part has however a thread. If then this part be pressed against the screwed
bar, this thread will engage with the thread thereon and upon the rotation of
the bar the plate will be moved forward. If however the threaded part of
the nut be released from the bar, the plate may be freely adjusted or displaced.
The throwing into engagement of the nut with the screw bar is effected in
the following way: The under part of the nut is prolonged to the one side
and this end slides in a slotted bar which extends along the entire extent of
the elongated opening and is provided with arms so as to turn on pins like
a bail. One end arm of the slotted bar is prolonged to the outside of the
table and here formed into a counterweight. In consequence of this counter-
weight the slotted bar is always raised and thereby the under part of the nut
is pressed against the screwed rod so that then the adjustable plate is con-
Dected therewith. If however the counterweight be raised, this connection will
be released and the plate may at once assume any desired position on the table
without revolving the screwed rod. It is evident that whilst the plate is on
the table its connection with the screwed bar may be at any time released by
lifting the counterweight and thus pressing down the bar.
The rotation of the screwed bar and the pushing forward of the plate with.
the polony or the like is effected in the following way by the backward move-
ment of the table itself. On the end of this bar outside the table, a ratchet
wheel is firmly mounted, and an elbow lever loosely mounted thereon. The one
end of the lever bears by means of a roller on an inclined plane or cam which
is adjustably connected with the table frame. On the other end of the lever
a pawl is pivotally mounted to engage the ratchet, said pawl having a handle

page_text: to allow of its being disengaged. A second roller is mounted on the pivot of
the pawl to run on the table frame as soon as the first roller has travelled off
the cam and any dropping down of the lever arm is thus prevented.
The inclined plane or cam is adjustable vertically and horizontally, the screw
pin by which it is fixed being adjustable in a horizontal elongated slot in the
table frame, and itself projecting through a vertical elongated slot in the cam
and being screwed to the same by means of a nut.
On the forward movement of the table the roller runs down the inclined
plane or cam and then the other roller runs along the table. The lever arm
then descends and the pawl slides over a number of teeth of the stationary
ratchet wheel. On the return movement of the table this lever arm however
is again raised until the roller has reached the highest point of the inclined plane
and the pawl in the meantime rotates the ratchet and therewith the screwed
rod so that the plate is pushed forward to the thickness of a slice of meat.
This operation is repeated at each to and fro movement of the table so that
gradually the polony or the like is cut into slices. By placing the cam higher
a greater displacement of the plate and thicker slices of meat may be obtained,
whilst if a shorter transverse movement of the table at the bevel wheel is to
be obtained the cam or plane must be correspondingly adjusted to the right
in the slot.
As herein before mentioned the polony or the like may also be clamped
obliquely or diagonally on the table and then the machine will cut for instance
longer slices from a polony.
For this purpose an oblique table may be utilized. This arrangement requires
only another connection of the nut on the plate, namely by the upper part of
the nut being formed as a round pin or stud to move between two bars or
ridges on the plate. This arrangement is necessary when the screwed har is
placed at right angles and the opening must then be made much broader. The
arrangement of the other parts requires no alteration.
Dated this 5th day of March 1898.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6 Lord Street, Liverpool,
Agents for the Applicant.
An improveu Machine for siting German sausages and ve ke
I, WILHELMUS ADRIANUS VAN BERKEL of 68 Binnenweg, Rotterdam in the
Kingdom of Holland, Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement:—
This invention has for its object a machine for slicing German sausages and
the like meat goods, in which a revoluble circular knife of spherical or dished
form is arranged for cutting the sausage.
The lengths of cutting by the circular knife are determined by its speed
of rotation, and are larger according as the speed of rotation of the knife is
increased corresponding to the meat goods to be sliced or cut. The table on
which the sausage or the like is clamped is evenly moved along towards the
edge of said rotating circular knife slowly whilst a slice is being cut off from
the sausage, but returned rapidly after the cut. In the time that the table
is moving back the sausage is pushed forward on the table to the width of
a slice and this adjustment takes place automatically, and the machine may
be adjusted to all kinds of meat goods which must be cut thicker or thinner.

page_text: Figure 3, a rear view;
Figure 4 is a plan of a table arranged obliquely to the circular knife;
Figures 2 and 3 are details of the slicing machine;
Figures 5, 5 and 6 are respectively a vertical cross section, longitudinal
section, and rear elevation of the movable table on an enlarged scale showing
also the mechanism for moving the polony forward and the device for releasing
the same.
A table B, Figure 1, for the polonies or the like which are to be sliced is
arranged on a rectangular table frame A in dovetail grooves or slide tracks a by
means of two slide carriages b movable in a transverse direction. At the side
in front of the table a circular knife C is mounted in a bearing frame or
support on the table frame, and with its cutting edge as close as possible to
the front edge of the movable table B, Figure 1. The circular knife is mounted
on the end of a shaft c¹ which revolves in a cone bearing and has at its other
end a chain wheel T', (Figures 1 and 2). The shaft is also adjustable in the
cone bearings c² by means of set screws c³. The rotation of the circular knife C
and the movement of the table B up to and along the knife takes place from a
main shaft D, which is arranged in suitable bearings or supports d d on the
table frame.
As may be seen in Figures 1, 2 and 3, this main shaft is operated by a
handle E and a chain K carried over a chain wheel R on the shaft k of the
hand crank E and over a chain wheel R¹ on the said main shaft D, the latter
being placed too low to be directly mounted on the hand crank shaft. A fly-
wheel may also be mounted on the shaft k and the crank handle be attached to
said flywheel. In order to keep the chain K taut the bearing of the shaft k is
On the
preferably made adjustable in a slot at the side of the table frame.
other end, the main shaft D carries a bevel wheel S which engages with two
bevel wheels S1 S2 mounted one on each side in a bearing support and
arranged at right angles to the first wheel. One of these latter bevel wheels St
produces the movement of the table B and the other S the rotation of the circular
knife C by means of the shafts of the latter bevel wheel which at the other

page_text: end carries a large chain wheel I, which by means of a chain L drives a smaller
chain wheel T on the shaft c¹ of the circular knife. The bearing support 7 for
this end of the bevel wheel shaft s is screwed to the table frame (Figures 1
and 2). The speed of rotation of the circular knife is considerably increased
by the adoption of a suitable ratio of transfer for the chain wheel gearing and
it is possible by the insertion of a larger or smaller chain wheel T to vary the
speed according to requirements. By the spherical or dished form of the circular
knife the cutting edge C in cutting off a slice from the polony or the like will
throw the piece cut off from the latter into an open collecting box or receiver F.
This collecting box is placed as close as possible to the movable table B and
the revolving knife C. 1ts form is suited to that of the circular knife and it
is attached both to the table frame A and also to the bearing frame or support e
(Figures 1 and 2).
As mentioned at the commencement of the specification, the circular knife
may be ground on the slicing machine itself. Its spherical form lends itself
excellently to this, and for this object an emery stone or the like is fixed on the
table Band is then passed with the moving table B along the rapidly rotating
knife, thus sharpening the latter.
In order to keep the circular knife itself sharp whilst slicing, a long steel
is fixed beneath the moving table B, which steel is constantly drawn by the
pressure of a weak spring along the inner side of the cutting edge C of the
rotating circular knife. The length of the steel is so calculated that even in
the outermost or extreme position of the table at the right hand side (Figure 2)
it remains in contact with the circular knife.
If, owing to repeated sharpenings, the cutting edge C lies too far from the
front edge of the table, the table with the slide tracks a may be again moved
closer up. For this object adjustable connections a¹ for the slide tracks a to the
table frame are employed (Figure 2).
The transverse movement of the table B is effected in the following manner:-
A pine is adjustably mounted in a slot el in the side of one bevel wheel St
(Figures 3 and 3a). This pin engages in a slot in a lever G which is revolubly
mounted in the table frame underneath the bevel wheel and the upper end of
which is pivotally connected by means of a link H with the under side of the
table. The lever is thus oscillated by said pine and imparts an alternating
movement to the table. The movement outward of the pin e determines the
length of the reciprocating movement of the table.
The position of the pivot gl for the said lever G is selected as regards that
of the bevel wheel S₁ in such a way that the leverage of the pine on the
forward movement is considerably larger than that on the return movement.
The forward movement, that is to say the one during which the knife cuts is
therefore slower and the return movement in which no work is done is rapidly
effected.
Figure 3 shows in dotted lines the other endmost position of the table 13
whilst the one shown in Figure 3 with the pin e in the slot el of the bevel
wheel S corresponds to the greatest movement of the lever G.
In case small slices are to be cut for which the length of movement of the
table only requires to be small, the pin e is fixed in the other corner of the
slot el in the bevel wheel to shorten the movement of the table and in this
manner no time is lost.
The surface of the table is ribbed or corrugated on the upper side to about
half its length, as shown in Figures 1 and 2, and the remaining part is covered by
an adjustable plate N which is carried between dovetail bars h arranged on the
side edges of the table. On the front edge of the plate N. a clamp for the
polony or the like is arranged. This consists of two vertical toothed bars n n¹
which are connected by means of a clamp iron P having a handle (Figures 2
and 5). The one toothed bar n is fixed, the other bar n¹, that is to say the
one on the hand-crank side of the table, is pivotally connected with the plate N
י.

page_text: and is always pressed outwards by means of a spring n². The clamp iron P has
preferably a -profile, which produces a better clamping of the polony or the
like. For this object also small sharp pins or points (Figure 5) are provided
on the front edge of the plate N and the under side of the clamp iron P and
thus the very last part or end of the piece of meat or polony can be better held
by means of these pins.
For cutting slices of meat the adjustable plate N is drawn entirely back
and the polony or piece of meat is clamped thereon by the clamp iron P being
engaged in one of the teeth of the toothed barn, the handle being then
pressed down and allowed to spring into engagement with one of the teeth of
the other toothed bar . The clamp iron thus holds the polony at one end,
with the other end lying at the front edge of the table B. By the table being
provided with sharp ridges or corrugations m and the knife so to speak pressing
down the polony whilst cutting it, (it being moved by the moveable table
against the circular knife) the polony cannot slip on the table although it is
merely held at the one end of the adjustable plate N.
As mentioned at the commencement of the specification, after each cut,
that is to say on the return movement of the table, the polony or the like is
automatically moved forward to the thickness of one slice. This adjustment
is effected in the following manner:
A screwed rod V is arranged in the centre line beneath the table, B, where
the latter is not ribbed. Above this rod an elongated opening is provided in
the table (Figures 1 and 5). A nut is connected with the adjustable plate N,
which nut consists of two parts, the upper one of which is firmly connected
with the plate N and has no thread and therefore slips over, or along the
bar V, whilst the lower part of the nut which is hinged to the other part t
has however a thread, see Figure 5, which represents a vertical cross section
of the table through nuts / t'. If then this part t be pressed against the screwed
bar V, its thread will engage with the thread thereon and upon the rotation
of the Ear the plate N will be moved forward. If however the threaded part t
of the nut be released from the bar V, the plate N may be freely adjusted or
displaced. The throwing into engagement of the nut with the screw bar V is
effected in the following way:-The under part of the nut is prolonged to
the one side and this end 2 slides in a slotted bar which extends along the
entire extent of the elongated opening and is provided with arms so as to
turn like a bail on pins 2 on the table (Figures 5 and 5), which latter figure
represents a vertical longitudinal section of the table, the bar being in eleva-
tion as seen from the right. One end arm of the slotted bar is prolonged to
the outside of the table and here formed into a counterweight W. In conse-
quence of this counterweight W the slotted bar is always raised and thereby
the under part of the nut is pressed against the screwed rod V, so that then
the adjustable plate is connected therewith. If however the counterweight W
be raised, this connection will be released and the plate N may at once assume
any desired position on the table B without revolving the screwed rod V.
Figure 5 shows in dotted lines the highest position of the counterweight and
the lowest of the lower part 1 of the nut, the latter being thus released from
the screwed bar V. It is evident that whilst the plate N is on the table its
connection with the screwed bar may be at any time released by lifting the
counterweight and thus pressing down the bar r.
The rotation of the screwed bar V and the pushing forward of the plate N
with the polony or the like is effected in the following way by the backward
movement of the table itself. On the end of this bar V outside the table, a
ratchet wheel w is firmly mounted, and an elbow lever loosely mounted
thereon. The one end of the lever bears by means of a roller on an inclined
plane or cam f which is adjustably connected with the table frame. On the
other end of the lever a pawl 2 is pivotally mounted to engage the ratchet w,
said pawl having a handle to allow of its being disengaged. A second roller ?

page_text: is mounted on the pivot of the pawl to run on the table frame as soon as the
first roller has travelled off the cam f and any dropping down of the lever
arm is thus prevented (Figures 1 and 6).
The inclined plane or cam f is adjustable vertically and horizontally, the
screw pin f by which it is fixed being adjustable in a horizontal elongated
slot in the table frame, and itself projecting through a vertical elongated
slot in the cam f and being screwed to the same by means of a nut (Figure 6).
Or the cam may be mounted on a block laterally adjustable in the slot f
and the vertical adjustment be produced by means of a spindle and hand wheel
whilst a finger on a scale on the table frame indicates exactly the height of the
cam and the thickness of the slice.
On the forward movement of the table the roller i runs down the inciined
plane or cam and then the other roller runs along the table. The lever
arm then descends and the pawl slides over a number of teeth of the
stationary ratchet wheel w. On the return movement of the table this lever arm
however is again raised until the roller has reached the highest point of the
inclined plane f and the pawl in the meantime rotates the ratchet and
therewith the screwed rod V so that the plate is pushed forward to the thick-
ness of a slice of meat or polony. This operation is repeated at each to and fro
movement of the table so that gradually the polony or the like is cut into slices.
By placing the cam f higher, a greater displacement of the plate N and thicker
slices of meat may be obtained, whilst if a shorter transverse movement of the
table at the bevel wheel S¹ is to be obtained the cam or plane ƒ must be
correspondingly adjusted to the right in the slot f2.
In order to prevent the circular knife when cutting from coming in contact
with the table N when pushed forward, an inclined or bevelled projection or
stop Figures 5 and 5, is provided.
If at the end of its course the lower half of the nut encounters with its
extended end the stop it is gradually pressed down and the nut released
from the spindle V, i.c. the forward movement of the plate N is interrupted
when the part 2 has reached the lower edge of the stop .
weight W is then held down by hand, the plate N drawn back again and the
polony or the like again clamped fast.
The counter
As herein before mentioned the polony or the like may also be clamped
obliquely or diagonally on the table and then the machine will cut for instance
longer slices from a polony.
This
For this purpose an oblique table B (Figure 4) may be utilized.
arrangement requires only another connection of the nut and the plate N, namely
by the upper part of the nut being formed as a round pin or stud t to move
between two bars or ridges o on the plate N. This arrangement is necessary
when the screwed bar V is placed at right angles and the opening must then
te made much broader. Figure 4 shows three positions of the plate N in
the table B allowing the position of the nut between the bars o to be clearly
seen. The arrangement of the other parts requires no alteration.
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:-
1. A machine for slicing German sausages or polonies and the like meat
goods characterized by the arrangement of a revoluble circular knife (c) of
spherical or dished form and a table (B) having a to and fro movement adapted
to carry the polony or the like with it against said knife in the direction of
cut whilst during the return of the table (which is erecuted quickly relative to
the forward movement) the polony is moved forward on the table to the width
of a slice, substantially as herein before described.
2. In a machine for slicing German sausages or polonies and the like meat
goods, a cutter consisting of a revoluble circular knife having a spherical or

page_text: dished form whereby only the cutting edge (C¹) of the circular knife comes
in contact with the polony or piece of meat during the slicing, substantially
as and for the purposes herein before set forth.
3. In a slicing machine of the kind described, the means for reciprocating
the table (B) in adjustable guides (a) comprising a pin e carried by a wheel (S1)
operated by the crank shaft and a lever (G) having a slot (g) in which said
pin engages in such a way that the forward movement of the table for the cut
takes place slowly and the return movement quickly and whereby by the adjust-
ment of the pin (e) the movement of the table may be regulated, substantially
as hereinbefore described.
4. In a machine for slicing German sausages or polonies and the like, the
means for feeding forward the polony or the like after each slicing, comprising
an adjustable plate (N) and a nut made in two parts mounted on a screwed
spindle (V), the upper part (t) of said nut being without a screw thread and
firmly connected with the plate whilst the under part (t) of said nut which is
threaded has a prolongation (2) running in a slotted bar (r) and is pressed
onto the screwed spindle (V) by means of a counterweight (W) so that by
rotating the screwed spindle the plate and therewith the polony or the like
carried thereby is moved forward whilst by raising the counterweight and thus
withdrawing the lower part of the nut from the screwed spindle an immediate
release of the plate (N) from the spindle (V) is effected which releasing may
also take place automatically at the end of its course by means of an inclined
or bevelled projection or stop (3), substantially as herein before described.
5. In a slieing machine of the kind described the means for producing the
rotation of the screwed spindle (V) for the pushing forward of the plate (N)
carrying the polony or the like after each slice, consisting of a ratchet wheel (re)
on the screwed spindle (V) in combination with a double lever (¹) the one
arm () of which carries a pawl (22) engaging with the ratchet (w) and the other
arm () a roller (i) which on the return movement of the table encounters a
cam or inclined plane (f) runs up the same and moves the ratchet wheel forward
by means of the pawl, the plate with the polony or the like being moved for-
ward to the thickness of a slice, said cam being adjustable laterally according
to the length of movement of the table and vertically for a thicker slice, sub-
stantially as herein before described.
6. In a slicing machine of the kind described, the arrangement for holding
the polony or the like firmly on the table consisting in providing the front
edge of the table with sharp ridges or corrugations (m) and that of the feed
plate (N) with points (s) with the object of avoiding side slip, whilst for
clamping down the polony or the like, a cross bar (P) having points (52) is
provided which engages over two vertical toothed bars mounted on the feed
plate (N) one of said bars having an outwardly pressing spring action, sub-
stantially as hereinbefore described.
7. In a slicing machine of the kind described, the arrangement of the table
with a feed oblique to the axis of the cutting knife, the connection of the
feed plate with the nut (t t¹) and the screwed spindle (V) being made by means
of a pin (3) on the upper part (t) of the nut which pin is located between bars (0)
on the underside of the feed plate (N), substantially as herein before described.
8. The general construction and combination of parts taken as a whole,
forming the improved machine for slicing German sausages and the like, sub-
stantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated.
Dated this 6th day of December 1898.