IMPROVEMENTS IN MEANS OR APPARATUS FOR MINCING OR CUTTING MEAT AND OTHER SUBSTANCES
Year: 1863

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to George Turner, of Number 13, Rose Terrace,
Brompton, in the County of Middlesex, Machinist, for the Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN MEANS OR APPARATUS FOR MINCING OR CUTTING MEAT
AND OTHER SUBSTANCES,”
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said George Turner at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 7th
February 1863.
I, GEORGE TURNER, of Number 13, Rose Terrace, Brompton, in the County
of Middlesex, Machinist, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MEANS OR APPARATUS FOR MINCING OR CUTTING MEAT AND
OTHER SUBSTANCES," to be as follows:-
One part of the improvements relates to apparatus in which one set of
cutting or dividing blades or teeth are applied to a horizontal axis, and the
other set of blades or teeth are stationary in the barrel or cylinder, and have
for their object improved means of supporting the outer end of such axis, or
that furthest from the handle or driving means, adapted to facilitate the
passing away of the meat or other substance as cut or minced. For this
purpose I form the last of the fixed blades or teeth into the support for the
outer end of such axis; or I form the outer support with inclined or knife

page_text: edges to act in carrying the substance cut in a forward direction. Other of
the fixed blades may also aid to support this axis. I also in some cases apply
the outer revolving blades or dividers beyond such support, and I also form
their outer edges or surfaces to run on the cylindrical portion of the barrel or
chamber in which the cutting or mincing is effected, by which additional
bearing may be given to the axis; by such arrangement of bearings the
propeller spindles when in operation cannot move from their central position.
Fatty substances I apply through a suitable hopper or feed to a cylinder or
chamber provided with a revolving axis and inclined arms or propellers, which
as the axis revolves causes the matters under operation to be forced through
an opening where revolving knives cut such matters into the forms desired.
Adjustment of thickness of cut may be obtained by varying the relative
speed of the revolving knives to that of the axis of the propellers.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said George Turner in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
7th August 1863.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, GEORGE
TURNER, of Number 13, Rose Terrace, Brompton, in the County of Middlesex,
Machinist, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Seventh day of February, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, in the twenty-sixth year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said George Turner, Her special licence that I, the said George
Turner, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the
said George Turner, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at
any time agree with and no others, from time to time and at all times
thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might
make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "In-
PROVEMENTS IN MEANS OR APPARATUS FOR MINCING OR CUTTING MEAT AND OTHER
SUBSTANCES," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said George
Turner, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under
my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly describe and
ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was
to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office

page_text: into effect, I would have it understood that I do not confine myself to the
precise details shown and described, as these may be varied; but what I claim
is, the method of supporting the outer end of the revolving axis e, and the
application of the blades 9, 9, beyond such support, in manner substantially as
explained.
In witness whereof, I, the said George Turner, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Fifth day of August, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-three.
GEO. TURNER. (L.B.)