Improvements in Cheese, Butter, and the like Cutters.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Nov., 1897-Accepted, 5th Feb., 1898
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Cheese, Butter, and the like Cutters.
I, THOMAS MORRIS, of Market Street, Oakengates, in the County of Salop,
Grocer and Provision Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
My invention has for its object improvements in cheese butter and the like
cutters by which I am enabled to easily and quickly cut up a cheese or the like
by means of a wire in an effective and simple manner.
In order that my invention may be more clearly understood and easily carried
into practical effect I have appended hereunto a double sized sheet of drawings
upon which I have illustrated an example of my cheese or butter cutter.
Figure 1 is a plan view of my cheese or butter cutter with a portion of the
top broken away.
Figure 2 is a sectional elevation taken through the centre of Figure 1.
Figure 3 is a front sectional end view of Figure 1.
Figure 4 is a sectional view of the handle H.
Figure 5 is a plan view of a modified form of handle.
In carrying my invention into practice I form the frame or box A of wood or
other material and in this box I fix the two rods or tubes B and B¹ which are
held by the supports 2 and 63. Mounted on these rods are the T pieces or
carriers 1 and Di which are allowed to slide freely thereon and in the sockets d
and of these T pieces or carriers I mount the axle of the spool or runner E.
This spool or runner revolves freely on its axle and the axle may be allowed to
move laterally in the sockets and d³ if required. Placed around the rods or
tubes B and B are the springs S and S¹. These springs butt against the T pieces
or carriers and against the supports 63. The wire W which cuts the cheese,
butter or the like is held at one end in the socket w by the thumb screw w² and
passes round the spool or runner E, the handle H being fixed to the other end.
This handle H is formed from a solid piece of metal and is provided with the
hole h' for inserting the wire which wire is held therein by the screw 2 which screws
into a hole running at right angles to the hole h¹. The rod or tube B and spring $
may be covered with the strip K the same as the rod or tube B¹ and spring S₁ if
desired. The frame A may be hinged to the base a¹ or it may be independent
and the base is formed with the opening a² in the centre. The top or cover T
may be made of wood or marble and is provided with the slot t¹ in the centre for
the wire to pass through. Instead of tightening the wire by the thumb screw it
may be tightened by the screw h3 which is operated by a key.
The modus operandi is as follows:-
The cheese or the like to be cut is placed upon the slab T the wire being laid
upon the cheese is then pulled forward until it has cut it through which action
causes the T sockets to slide forward on the rods or tubes carrying with them
the spool or runner thereby compressing the springs and immediately the tension

page_text: on the wire is reduced these springs force the T pieces and the spool or runner
back to their normal position.
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:-
CLAIMS.
First The improvements in cheese, butter and the like cutters consisting essen-
tially of the spool or runner such as E mounted in the T pieces or carriers such
as D and D supported on rods or tubes having springs such as $ for forcing the
spool and carriers back to their normal position in the manner substantially as
herein before described and as shewn upon the accompanying sheet of drawings.
Second: In a cheese or the like cutter mounting the spool or runner such
as E in carriers or guides such as D and D¹ supported on rods or tubes and having
springs such as S interposed between the carriers or guides and the supports 63
in the manner substantially as herein set forth and as shewn upon the drawings.
Third: In a cheese or the like cutter the guides or carriers such as D) and D
mounted on rods or tubes for supporting the spool or runner the said guides or
carriers being held in their normal position by springs also mounted on the said
rods or tubes in the manner and for the purpose substantially as herein set forth
and as shewn upon the drawings.
Dated 2nd November 1897.
GEORGE BARKER,
77, Colmore Row, Birmingham, Agent for the Applicant.