Machine for Cutting Meat or other Food Stuffs.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 21st May, 1895
Complete Specification Left, 5th Feb., 1896-Accepted, 9th May, 1896
DI MULTICATION.
Machine for Cutting Meat or other Food Stuffs.
JOHN KELEHER Commercial Traveller 29 West Hill Place Halifax TOM
OLDFIELD Draughtsman 32 Booth Town Road Halifax Yorkshire, ELI GREEN,
Drysalter, Fernfield Terrace, Booth Town, Halifax, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:-
We employ one cutting blade one edge sharp for cutting meat or foodstuffs, the
other edge is toothed with saw teeth or fitted with detachable saw for cutting bones,
the blade is pivoted at one end to a suitable sliding block set at the desired angle,
the other end of the aforesaid blade is free to be moved by hand. A suitable
trough is provided for the meats or foodstuffs which is operated by a screw or other
suitable mechanism to enable the operator to cut any number of slices a given
thickness, the aforesaid trough is adjustable to take material of any size.
Also for the aforesaid purpose we employ a blade, a portion of the length of
either edge is sharp and the other portion of the length of either edge is toothed
with saw teeth or fitted with a detachable saw, also a blade with sharp edge only,
or a blade toothed with saw teeth, or fitted with detachable saw.
Dated this 20th day of Mar 1805
JOHN KELEHER.
TOM OLDFIELD.
ELI GREEN.
We, JOHN KELEHER, TOM OLDFIELD and ELI GREEN, all of 29, West Hill
Place, Halifax, Yorkshire, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement :-
Our invention relates to a new form of machine for cutting slices of meat
or foodstuffs which we will describe more fully and illustrate by the aid of
drawings.
Such therefore being the nature and object of our invention we will now proceed
to describe the same more fully, and for that purpose make reference to the
accompanying sheets of drawings, wherein :-
Fig. 1 is front elevation of our machine,
Fig. 2 side elevation and
Fig. 3 plan view of same.
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A represents the standards or framework of the apparatus, which may be secured
upon the top of a table.
The meat or foodstuff to be cut is placed into a trough of which B and C are
the sides. The latter is adjustable by means of slotted bars D and thumbscrews E
for the purpose of increasing or diminishing the width of the said trough according
to the size of the material to be cut. In cutting shauks of ham, mutton and the
like, the shank may be made secure between the jaws F, the upper one of which
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page_text: can be raised and lowered by screw and hand wheel G for taking in shanks of
varying thicknesses see Fig. 1. The most important part of our invention is the
cutting and sawing device. The knife H is hinged at I and it has attached to
it a saw but the saw may however be formed in the cutting blade itself if
thought desirable.
This cutting blade is fulcrumed at I and is provided at the front with a suitable
form of handle K. The fulcrum I is connected to a block L, which block is
capable of reciprocating backwards and forwards in the grooved headstock M,
therefore when the operator is about to cut a slice off the material within the
trough, the knife is drawn downwards causing the block L to slide down the head-
stock, in doing which a slice of meat or other foodstuff will be cut off, and in order
to push the meat forward for another slice, the operative partially rotates the
screw N by handle O, the effect of which is to move forward the meat or foodstuff
held in the jaws F when another slice can be cut off the meat, the thickness of the
slice being determined by the motion of the screw N, the operative using his own
judgment as to how much he rotates the screw.
It will thus be seen that the jaws F not only hold the meat but force the meat
forward through the action of a screw N.
The cutting knife works up and down the groove P in the upright standard Q,
and when the saw is required to cut through a bone, the operative raises the knife
to the top of the slot P until the handle reaches the circular opening R (see Fig. 2)
when, the knife can be turned halfway around upon the pin S. The saw is then
drawn downwards in the same manner as the knife, and if need be, to saw through
a bone, the operative will slide the blade H backwards and forwards in exactly
the same manner as an ordinary saw would be used, whereby the bone can be
severed.
The saw is afterwards raised up the groove P and turned halfway around to
present the knife when the operation of cutting off slices is repeated. The rear
end of the knife is connected to a rod T surrounded by a spiral spring within a
cup or thimble U. In some cases it may be needful or necessary for the meat or
foodstuffs to be held down in the trough, and for that purpose we employ an anti-
friction roller V, connected to arm W and weighted at X.
Figs. 4, 5 and 6 shew a simple form of machine without a saw and also without
the adjusting screw N for feeding the meat forward. In this case we employ a
series of rollers Y for the meat to rest upon which permits the operative to feed
the meat forward with his hand.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim, is-
Firstly. In a machine or apparatus for cutting meat or other foodstuffs, the
combination therewith of a knife working within a slot P in manner and for
purposes described herein.
Secondly. In a machine or apparatus for cutting meat or other foodstuffs, the use
therein of a combined knife and saw, operating substantially as described.
Thirdly. In a machine or apparatus for cutting meat or other foodstuffs, the use
therein of a combined cutting and sawing instrument, capable of swivelling upon a
stud to present either the knife or the saw to the material to be operated upon.
Fourthly. In a machine or apparatus for cutting meat or other foodstuffs, the use
therein of a combined cutting and sawing instrument, capable of swivelling upon a
stud to present either the knife or the saw to the material to be operated upon, in
combination with screws N for feeding the material forward, all as described.
Doted his 4th 1
1804
TASKER & CROSSLEY,
Halifax, Patent Agents.