IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR CUTTING VEGETABLE SUBSTANCES INTENDED TO BE USED AS FOOD FOR ANIMALS to be as follows:- use
Year: 1884

page_text: We, BERNHARD SAMUELSON of Banbury in the County of Oxford Engineer and
ROBERT ELLIS BAKER of Burnham in the County of Norfolk Farmer do hereby
declare the nature of said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR
APPARATUS FOR CUTTING VEGETABLE SUBSTANCES INTENDED TO BE USED AS FOOD
FOR ANIMALS to be as follows:-
use.
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The object of this Invention is to provide a machine or apparatus which will
cut not only roots but also such vegetable substances as the tops of turnips,
cabbages or the like more readily than the ordinary barrel machines hitherto in
A machine or apparatus constructed according to this Invention consists of
two barrels revolving in opposite directions their axes being parallel and their
peripheries being furnished with knives of a crank, or gouge shape or of other
suitable shape arranged in connection with passages to the interiors of the barrels
so that the materials as they are cut shall except as to any small fragments pass
from the knives into the interiors of the barrels from one or both ends of which
they are subsequently discharged. A wedge shaped plate or grating may be
placed between the barrels below the part at which the knives operate on the bulk
of the substances to be cut upon which wedge shape piece the fragments of the
matter which had escaped the knives fall to be there cut by them.
The parts are mounted in a suitable frame with hoppers or guides for conducting
the material to the knives and from the barrels,
J. HENRY JOHNSON,
47, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C.,
Agent for the said Bernhard Samuelson
and Robert Ellis Baker.

page_text: We BERNHARD SAMUELSON of Banbury in the County of Oxford Engineer and
ROBERT ELLIS BAKER of Burnham in the County of Norfolk Farmer do hereby
declare the nature of this invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN
.
MACHINERY OR
APPARATUS FOR CUTTING VEGETABLE SUBSTANCES INTENDED TO BE USED AS FOOD
FOR ANIMALS and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :—
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The object of this Invention is to provide a machine or apparatus which will cut
not only roots but also such vegetable substances as the tops of turnips cabbages,
or the like more readily than will the ordinary barrel machines at present in use.
We will describe the said Invention with references to the accompanying, Drawings
whereon Figures 1 and 2 are side elevations at right angles to each other, Figure 3
a longitudinal section and Figure 4 a plan of a machine or apparatus constructed
according to this Invention The said machine or apparatus consists of two
barrels A. A capable of being rotated upon their axes in directions opposite to one
another (as indicated by the arrows), their, axes B B being parallel and the
peripheries of the said barrels being furnished with knives a of a crank or gouge
shape or of other suitable shape arranged in connection, with passages a² to the
interiors of the barrels so that the materials as they are cut shall, pass from the
knives a into the interiors of the barrels A. Al from one or both ends of which
they are subsequently discharged into any suitable receptacle-A suitable arrange-
ment of knives for this purpose is that described in the Specification of Gardner's
Patent No 6684 dated twenty fifth September in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and thirty four but we do not limit ourselves thereto
A wedge shaped piece W may be placed between the barrels A A¹ below the part
at which the knives a operate on the bulk of the substances to be cut, upon which
wedge shape piece. W the fragments of the matter which may have escaped the
knives a will fall, to be there cut by the said knives-In addition to the wedge
shape piece Wa grating may be used which grating will retain such frag-
ments as may have escaped the knives and have passed the wedge shaped piece,
and the said fragments will be carried round and cut in a subsequent revolution of
tlie barrels. This grating may be simply a continuation in opposite directions of
the wedge shaped piece W as shown in the drawing or it may be separately
attached to the hopper or frame-The parts of the apparatus are mounted in a
frame of any suitable design provided with hoppers and guides for conducting the
material to the knives, and from the barrels-We do not limit ourselves to any
particular arrangement of the said frame hoppers and guides. A suitable arrange-
ment is clearly shewn in the Drawing and calls for no special description:
The barrels A A' may be rotated by any suitable means. The means shewn in
the Drawing consist of a pulley P for giving motion to one of the barrels and
spur wheels G-G¹ transmitting the motion of this barrel to the other barrel.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is
First In machinery or apparatus for cutting vegetables the combination of
two barrels furnished with means for rotating them in opposite directions and
with knives of such a shape and so arranged as to cut the materials and allow
the pieces so cut to pass into the interior of the barrels to be subsequently dis-
charged from one or both ends thereof substantially as hereinbefore described and
illustrated by the accompanying Drawings.

page_text: Second-In machinery or apparatus for cutting vegetables the arrangement of
two barrels furnished with means for rotating them in opposite directions and
with knives of such a shape and so arranged as to cut the materials and allow the
pieces so cut to pass into the interiors of the barrels to be subsequently discharged
from one or both ends in combination with a wedge shape piece between the
barrels below the part at which the knives operate on the bulk of the substance to
be cut, so as to insure the cutting of fragments which would otherwise escape the
action of the knives, all substantially as herein before described with reference to
the accompanying Drawings.
Dated this twenty ninth day of November One thousand eight hundred and
nighter f