Improved Mechanism for Use in Cutting Rashers of Bacon, Slicing Bread, and for other such like purposes.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Dec., 1595
Complete Specification Left, 24th Sept., 1896-Accepted, 7th Nov., 1896
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Mechanism for Use in Cutting Rashers of Bacon, Slicing
Bread, and for other such like purposes.
We FREDERICK JOHN BURRELL of St. Mary's House Thetford in the County of"
Norfolk, Engineer and EDWIN MAXWELL of 4 Rutland Road Bedford in the County
of Bedfordshire Engineer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows
The invention consists of the combination of a series of reciprocating blades, in
conjunction with a traversing table for supporting the bacon or other material to be
cut. The blades are attached to a frame and work diagonally through slots in the
table. Reciprocating motion is given to the knives by a crank shaft and connecting.
rod, or by other suitable mechanism. The table carrying the bacon may be caused
to travel by a rack and pinion arrangement connected with the crank shaft ; or in
the case where no crank shaft is used a ratchet arrangement may be substituted
worked from the lever by which the blades are reciprocated.
Instead of the above mentioned arrangement wherein the bacon is caused to travel
against the knives; the table which carries the bacon may be fixed, and the frame
which carries the reciprocating knives may be arranged to travel.. Provision .is
made for holding the bacon firmly in position whilst being cut..
Dated this 23rd day of December 1895.
FREDERICK JOHN BURRELL.
EDWIN MAXWELL.
Improved Mechanism for Use in Cutting Rashers of Bacon; Slicing
Bread, and for other such like purposes.
We, FREDERICK JOHN BURRELL, of Saint Mary's House, Thetford, in the County
of Norfolk, Engineer, and EDWIN MAXWELL, of 4 Rutland Road, Bedford, in the
County of Bedfordshire, Engineer, 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:-
Our invention relates to an improved mechanism for use in..cutting rashers of
bacon, slicing bread, and for other such like purposes.
And in order that our invention may be thoroughly understood, we now proceed
to describe the accompanying drawing thereof, reference being had to letters and
figures marked thereon..
Fig. 1, is a side elevation of the apparatus.
Fig. 2, is a front elevation of the apparatus.
Fig. 3, is a plan of the apparatus.
The invention consists of the combination of 'a.series of reciprocating, blades a a a
in conjunction with a traversing table b' for supporting the bacon or other material.
to be cut. cis the main frame or bed of the machine upon which the traversing.
table 6 is carried or slides.

page_text: The blades are arranged to work diagonally through slots d in the table b.
Reciprocating motion is given to the knives by a (crank) or main driving shaft e
by means of the pinion gearing into the rack 9 carried by the reciprocating
frame to which the knives a a a are attached at their upper and lower ends, or
other suitable mechanism may be employed for this purpose.
The table 6 carrying the bacon may be caused to travel by a rack j and pinions k
and arrangement connected with the crank shaft, or in the case where no crank
shaft is used a rachet arrangement may be substituted worked from the lever by
which the blades are reciprocated. Instead of the above mentioned arrangement
wherein the bacon is caused to travel against the knives, the table which carries
the bacon may be fixed, and the frame which carries the reciprocating knives may
be arranged to travel, provision is made for holding the bacon firmly in position
whilst being cut against the stop m by the teeth n.
The rack upon the table 6 is caused to travel by engaging with the pinions k
and and thus receives motion from the main shaft e. A stop m is provided, against
which the bacon is held, and by it propelled forward. The teeth n, n, prevent the
bacon from lifting or moving sideways. Adjustable fingers o, o, o, are provided to
act as guides for the blades a, a, a, and are situated above the bacon and carried by
the lever p and attached to the frame at c and g.
Although but three knives are shewn in the drawings, any number may be
provided for, according to the number of slices desired to be cut, each knife being
set in advance of the one next to it as shown.
Sufficient width is given between the sides of the machine to admit of wide
pieces of bacon a shown by dotted lines being operated upon. The dotted lines
shew a piece of bacon in position for cutting. The slices being all taken off one
edge (or side) of the bacon x only, it follows that after each set of slices is cut
and removed the bacon must be put in position against the stop m and this
operation repeated until the whole is cut up.
The blades or knives are fixed to the frame h at both the top and bottom, and
are not arranged to be fed across the frame but are merely attached to the
frame in such a manner as to admit of the necessary slight variations to suit the
thickness of slices cut.
The knives are sharpened on one side only, so as to press the bacon x against
the fixed plates of the machine next that on which the cutting takes place.
In order that the knives shall be properly guided when cutting, and to prevent
them from buckling or twisting when the bacon is forced through them, adjustable
flat bars or fingers ooo are provided through which the knives pass, these fingers
are partly carried by the lever p and connected to the frame of the machine at
the points c' and q, and may be attached in any suitable manner.
The slots d in the table b act as guides below the bacon.
wheel r, a crank handle w may be used (as shown in Fig. 2).
Instead of the hand
The (crank) or main driving shaft è instead of being situated above the bacon
as shewn in the drawing, may if desirable be placed underneath the sliding table b
together with the gearing for giving motion to the racks g and ; upon the frame h
and table b.
Motion is given to the driving shaft e by the hand wheel r which may be
operated either directly by hand or through a series of gear wheels.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. In an apparatus for cutting or slicing bacon, bread or the like, the combina-
tion of the frame c blades a a a traversing table b slots d driving shaft e pinion ƒ
rack g frame h rack j pinions k and l, with the stop m teeth n guides o lever p
and hand wheel r, substantially as herein described and according to the accompany-
ing drawings.

page_text: 2. In an apparatus for cutting or slicing bacon, bread or the like, the combina-
tion of the various parts substantially as described in this specification and
illustrated in the accompanying drawings for the purpose specified.
Dated this 24th day of September 1896.
J. P. BAYLY,
18 Fulham Place, London, W., Agent for the Applicants.