An Improved Apparatus for the Cutting and Treatment of Suet.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 9th July, 1891
Complete Specification Left, 11th Apr., 1892-Accepted, 14th May, 1892.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Apparatus for the Cutting and Treatment of Suet.
We, THOMAS WILLIAM STONE of 189 Goldhawk Road, W., in the County of
Middlesex, Civil Engineer, and WILLIAM RICHARD CLARK of 56 Bromar Road,
Denmark Park, in the County of Surrey, Mechanician, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows :-
This invention relates to apparatus for cutting and preparing suet for domestic
use, and is designed to avoid the laborious method of chopping, at present in use,
and to produce finely and uniformly divided suet suitable for use in cooking with
rapidity and ease.
Our apparatus consists of an external case, into which the raw suet is filled for
cutting and treatment. Within this case is fitted a freely revolving spindle to
which is attached a suitable handle whereby the necessary rotation is effected, and
also a series of knife edges, which may be cheaply produced from a disc of sheet
metal or steel, in which radial or other suitable cutting edges are formed by
stamping up one of the edges of a series of radial or other formed cuts in the said
sheet metal disc.
The necessary pressure of the suet upon the cutting blades or of the blades upon
the suet, may be produced either by hand pressure on the rotating handle, or by a
screw feed or other mechanical means.
After the suet has been cut or sliced by the revolving cutter disc, it will have a
tendency to fall to pieces if not subsequently allowed to cake on to itself.
This crumbling result we ensure by a slight addition of flour during cutting, and
if required we add agitating arms to the cutter spindle, to agitate the suet after
cutting and being admixed with flour, when a finely and uniformly divided or
crumbled product is obtained.
When the cutter disc is revolved on the top of the suct, the cut suet will rise.
above the cutter disc, and may be agitated or crumbled in the upper part of
the case.
On the other hand, where the suet.is pressed on the cutter disc, the cut suet will
fall below the cutter disc and may be agitated or crumbled in the lower part of the
case, the cutter spindle being continued below the cutter disc to carry agitator
arms if required.
Dated this 9th day of July 1891
FELL & WILDING,
1, Queen Victoria Street, London, E.C., Agents for the Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Apparatus for the Outting and Treatment of Suet.
We THOMAS WILLIAM STONE, of 189 Goldhawk Road, in the County of
Middlesex, Civil Engineer, and WILLIAM RICHARD CLARK, of 56 Bromar Road
Denmark Park, in the County of Surrey, Mechanician, do heroby 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 invention relates to apparatus for cutting and preparing suet for domestic
use, and is designed to avoid the laborious method of chopping at present in use,
and to produce finely and uniformly divided suet (suitable for use in cooking) with
ranidity and ease.
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page_text: Our apparatus consists in general terms of an external case into which the raw
suet is filled for outting and treatment, within which case is a cutting surface
rotated by a handle, and situated either above or below the suct, and provided with
cutting holes or teeth produced on the face of the said cutting surface.
The necessary pressure of the set upon the cutting blades or of the blades upon
the suet, may be produced either by hand pressure upon the rotating handle, or by
a screw feed, or other mechanical means.
After the set lins been cut or sliced by the revolving cutter disc, it will have a
tendency to fall to pieces, if not subsequently allowed to cake on itself.
This crumbling result we ensure by a slight addition of flour during cutting, and
if required we add agitating arms to the cutter spindle to agitate the suet after
cutting and being admixed with flour, when a finely and uniformly divided or
crumbled product is obtained.
Where the cutter disc is revolved on the top of the suet, the cut suct will
rise above the entter disc and may be agitated or crumbled in the upper part
of the case.
On the other hand where the suet is pressed on the cutter disc, the cut suet
will fall below the cutter disc, and may be agitated or crumbled in the lower
part of the case, the cutter spindle-being continued below the cutter disc to carry
agitator arms if required.
In order that our invention may be the better understood we now proceed to
describe the same in relation to the drawings hereunto annexed and to the letters
and figures marked thereon.
Figure 1 is a plan and Figure 2 is a sectional elevation of one form of our disc
cutting machine.
Figure 3 is a sectional elevation and Figure 4 an under view of the disc cutter,
of a slight modification of our disc cutting machine at line X X on Fig. 3.
Figure 5 is a sectional elevation, and Figure 6 is an elevation on a smaller
scale, of a modified form of our cutting machine with a cylindrical cutting surface
under the suct.
Like letters refer to similar parts in the different figures.
A is the external case containing the uncut suet.
Bis the cutting surface provided with countersunk holes or stamped tongues
the edges of which act as cutting knives.
In Figures 1 and 2 the handle C giving rotary movement to the cutting surface,
and by which suitable pressure can be exerted ou the suct, is connected to the
cutting disc B by a hollow spindle or tube D, which passes over a fixed central
guide or tube E, so that the suct cannot collect at the centre of motion.
The bottom of the case at F is provided with points or corrugations to hold the
suet from rotating with the cutting face B.
Gis a guide providing a bearing for the spindle D, and which together with the
spindle and cutting disc B, may be removed from the case A, to leave the lower
part of the case open to receive a fresh charge of suet when required.
In Figures 3 and 4 the spindle D may be solid, and is guided by a removable
cover H. In the absence of the central tube in the lower case, cam fingers K are
provided, attached to the bottom of the spindle under the cutting surface, to throw
out the suet from the centre of motion.
In Figures 5 and 6 the cutting surface is in the form of a cylinder B, rotated by
the handle C, in an axis transverse to the axis of the case A, and situated under
the suet.
The pressure upon the suet is obtained by the weight L above it, which
may be increased or varied at pleasure.
In this latter case the suet when cut instead of passing upwards through the
cutting discs in Figures 2 and 3, will pass downwards through the cuttings tongues
or orifices into the interior of the cylinder and will fall therefrom by gravity out of
the open lower end. The said cutting cylinder B, which is pressed into place from
the handle when cutting, will draw outwards towards the handle, to leave all clear
for cleaning.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is
1st. A suet cutting apparatus consisting of a case containing the suet, the bottom
of which is provided with spikes or corrugations; a removable cover or bridge
supporting a spindle with hand crank; a cutting disc, perforated with countersunk
holes or provided with stamped teeth and operated by said hand crank; with
means to prevent the accumulation of suet at the centre of motion, substantially as
described.
2nd. A modified Buet cutting apparatus, consisting of a case, containing the suet
pressed by a weight upon an easily removable cylindrical cutting perforated
surface, placed transversely to the case, and operated by a hand crank substantially
as described.
3rd. In a suet cutting apparatus the combination and arrangement of parts,
`substantially as described herein and illustrated in the drawings annexed hereto.
Dated this 11th day of April 1892.
FELL & WILDING,
1, Queen Victoria Street, London, E.C., Agents for the Applicants.