A Rotary Cutter or Mincer.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Feb., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 20th Nov., 1895-Accepted, 18th Jan., 1896
A Rotary Cutter or Mincer.
I, CHARLES EBENEZER CHALLIS of No. 30 Navarino Road, Hackney,
London N.E., Machinist do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:
My cutter or mincer consists of one or more circular blades mounted upon a
spindle which is borne by a stem or fork attached to a handle; it is operated by
rolling the blade backwards and forwards upon the substance to be divided; it
performs the work silently and with less expenditure of force than the ordinary
chopper.
When several blades are used they are kept the required distances apart by bosses
or collars upon the centre of the blades or upon the spindle.
The danger of the hand of the operator slipping along the handle on to the blade
is obviated by a suitably shaped guard upon the base of the fork.
The fork is curved to allow for easy guidance and is shaped so as to avoid
clogging; it may be divided and set into a prolonged ferrule on the handle, in
which it is held by a transverse key-or an equivalent device-or it may be solid
and be driven into the handle, or otherwise.
The metal portions may be protected from rust by coating with other metal or
metals or enamelling.
In order to avoid the substauce clogging between the blades through their being
set too close together, two or more series of blades on separate spindles may be
made to follow one another.
Dated the 27th day of February 1895.
C. E. CHALLIS.
Aly ut
1, CHARLES EBENEZER CHALLIS of 74 Amhurst Park, Stamford Hill,
London N. (late of 30 Navarino Road, Hackney) Machinist, 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 :-
My cutter or mincer consists of one or more circular blades mounted upon a
spindle which is borne by a stem or fork attached to a handle, it is operated by
rolling the blade backwards and forwards upon the substance to be divided; it
performs the work silently and with less expenditure of force than the ordinary
chopper.
When several blades are used they are kept the required distances apart by
bosses or collars upon the centre of the blade or upon the spindle.
The danger of the hand of the operator slipping along the handle on to the blade
is obviated by a suitably shaped guard upon the base of the fork.
The fork is curved to allow for easy guidance and is shaped so as to avoid
clogging, it may be divided and set into a prolonged ferrule on the handle in which
it is held by a transverse key-or an equivalent device or it may be solid and be
driven into the handle, or otherwise.

page_text: When the circular blade is of large diameter I dispense with the fork and fix a
handle on each end of the central spindle.
The metal portions may be protected from rust by coating with other metal or
metals or enamelling.
In the accompanying drawing A is the blade. C is the fork D is the handle
and E is the hand of the operator.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :
A rotary cutter or mincer constructed substantially in the manner and for the
purpose set forth and described.
Dated the Nineteenth day of November 1895.
E. CHALLIS.