Year: 1886

page_text: STEPHEN THOMAS LANDER Castle Street Mere Wiltshire Cabinet Maker do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This apparatus is for cutting cheese into halves quarters or any other quantities. 11.
is constructed on a circular shaped stool or stand or can be fitted to a counter, above
the top or table part columns rise horizontally between which pulley blocks are fitted
to slide up and down through these blocks or (attached to) are ropes which run from
pulley wheels under top or table and over top of columns, at the back weights are fixed
which give the reverse or back action after the wire or knife has done its work, the above
named wire or knife is attached at each end to the sliding blocks and is drawn through
the cheese by a windlass from under the top or table the ropes winding round the
pulleys draw the wire or knife down through the cheese and loses itself in the bed or
table, a slot or groove being cut in the top to receive it. This apparatus can be made
of metal or wood or of both.
STEPHEN THOMAS LANDER.

page_text: STEPHEN THOMAS LANDER Castle Street, Mere, Wiltshire Cabinet Maker 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:-
This apparatus is for cutting cheese into halves quarters or any other quantities. It
is constructed on a circular shaped stool or stand, and can be fitted to or used on a
counter or when required made with legs, on each side columns are fixed opposite to
each other between which pulley blocks are fitted to slide up and down and to these
blocks a concave blade or wire is fixed, the blade or wire is drawn down through the
cheese by means of a windlass and pulley wheels which are fitted to stand on base of the
apparatus, to these pulleys is fastened a rope, chain, or gut, which runs up between
columns to the pulley blocks to which it is fastened and a continuation of the above
rope chain or gut is carried on above the pulley blocks running over the pulleys at top
of columns and down the tube at back of columns, to the end of the rope, chain, or
gut, is attached a lead or iron weight which gives the blade or wire the reverse or
back action, a slot or groove is cut in the top or bed for the blade or wire to pass
through. On the surface of the top or bed circles are struck to suit different size
cheeses, these circles are divided into sections, so that any one knowing the weight of
a cheese can cut to a fraction the weight required. Having now briefly described my
invention I proceed to give the parts in detail as lettered on the drawings Sheet, 1,
and, 2. Sheet, 1, gives the front view of my invention G the bed or table on which
the cheese is placed M the blade or wire which is drawn through the cheese by the
rope chain or gut, K the pulleys on which the rope chain or gut winds, D the blocks
to which the blade or wire is fixed, E the columns between which the blocks D slide
up and down C the tube at back of columns to receive the weight H. A the pulleys
over which the rope chain or gut runs. Sheet, 2, gives the end or side view and is
lettered corresponding with Sheet, 1. This apparatus when made for counter use will
require the windlass to be rose so as to clear the counter top, to effect this a toothed
wheel is fixed to column E as shown in Sheet, 2, letter, T, is a linked chain which
works round. P. and. K. so that the handle will clear the counter top.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my invention and
in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is
1st. The ease with which cheese of any weight can be cut.
2d. Doing away with waste as is common in cutting in the ordinary way.
3d. Cutting cheese to a fraction of the weight required. This apparatus can be
made of wood or metal or both.
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