Improved Means or Mechanism for Cutting and Slicing Potatoes and other Vegetables or like Substances.
Year: 1896

page_text: Improved Means or Mechanism for Cutting and Slicing Potatoes and
other Vegetables or like Substances.
We, WILLIAM BLAKEY of 18 Thorn Street, Park Wood Bottom, Keighley in
the County of York, and Joux WILLIAM BRAYSHAW of 14 Coach Terrace, South
Street, Keighley aforesaid, Machinists, do hereby declare the nature of this in-
vention to be as follows, that is to say :-
It relates to improved means or mechanism for cutting and slicing
potatoes and other vegetables or like substances, and consists of a series
of knives or blades mounted and arranged in suitably constructed bearings or
supports together with parts for operating in connection with these knives or
blades, whereby potatoes and other vegetables or like substances may be easily and
expeditiously cut into slices and otherwise.
In carrying our invention into effect we arrange or mount a series of blades
upon bearings formed to receive them, so that one blade may be the distance higher
or lower than its neighbouring blade equal to the thickness into which it is desired
to slice the potato, while each blade in the whole series of blades occupies its own
or respective separate vertical plane.
The supports or bearings upon which the knives are mounted or secured are
further attached to an appropriately formed base-piece, and on this base-piece is
mounted a sliding part which is formed to take over the knives and bearings above
described, its upper covering part being somewhat of a stepped formation to corre-
spond with the similarly step like formation of the series of knives when mounted
on their bearings.
From the foregoing it will be seen that by a potato or other article or substance
that has to be operated upon, being placed on the vase-piece between the series of
knives and the sliding part, on such said sliding part being moved said potato etc.
will be carried with it and forced against the cutting edges of the knives and by
continuing its forward movement will be cut into slices as desired.
Appropiate handle or even lever and pedal mechanism is or may be used for
operating the sliding part by being appropriately connected thereto.
By arranging supplementary series of blades with their cutting edges inter-
secting those of the former series it will be seen that the slices may be further
cut into strips.
Dated this 30th day of September 1896.
WILLIAM BLAKEY.
JOHN W. BRAYSHAW.
Per Samuel Hey,
Agent.

page_text: Improved Means or Mechanism for Cutting and Slicing Potatoes and
other Vegetables or like Substances.
We, WILLIAM BLAKEY of 13 Thorn Street, Park Wood Bottom, Keighley in
the County of York, and JOHN WILLIAM BRAYSHAW of 14 Coach Terrace, South
Street, Keighley aforesaid, Machinists, do hereby declare the nature of this in-
vention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement, that is to say :-
mechanism for cutting and slicing
potatoes and other vegetables or like substances, and consists of
of knives or blades mounted and arranged in suitably constructed bearings or
supports together with parts for operating in connection with these knives or
blades, whereby potatoes and other vegetables or like substances may be easily and
expeditiously cut into slices and otherwise.
It relates to improved means or
a series
In order that our said invention may be more readily understood, we have hereunto
appended sheets of drawings illustrative thereof, to which by letters and figures
reference is made in the following description, wherein :-
Fig. 1 is a side elevation of our improved mechanism shown as mounted on the
top of a table a.
Fig. 2 is a view of said mechanism as seen from above.
Fig. 3 is a sectional side elevation more clearly illustrating the arrangement of
the knives.
Fig. 4 is an end elevation of parts shown by Fig. 1.
Fig. 5 is a side elevation, reduced scale, showing our mechanism as arranged to
be operated by foot or other power.
Fig. 6 is a view of same as seen from above.
In carrying our invention into effect we arrange or mount a series of blades b
upon bearings c formed to receive them so that one blade may be the distance,
higher or lower than its neighbouring blade, equal to the thickness into which it
is desired to slice the potato, while each blade in the whole series of blades occupies
its own or respective separate vertical plane.
The supports or bearings c upon which the knives bare mounted or secured are
further attached to an appropriately formed base-piece d, and on this base-piece d
is mounted a sliding part f which is formed to take over the knives and bearings c
above described, its upper covering part f being somewhat of step-formation to
correspond with the similarly stepped series of bearings c and knives b, while its
lower edges g g' operate in grooves h h in said base-piece d as shown in Fig. 4.
From the foregoing it will be seen that by a potato (as shown in broken lines
Fig. 3) or other article or substance that has to be sliced or cut, being placed on
the base-pieced between the series of knives and the sliding-part f, on such said
sliding part being moved or slided in the direction indicated by the arrow .r, said
potato will be carried with it and forced against the cutting edges of the knives b
and by continuing its forward movement until the position shown in broken lines
Figs. 1 and 3 is reached said potato will be cut into slices (shown in broken lines
Fig. 3) as desired.
An appropiate handle k is employed for operating the part f as shown by
Figs. 1 to 4 inclusive, or instead of this handle k being used, the lever m, rods n
and together with any suitable pedal or crank mechanism may be employed for
operating the said part f.
By arranging supplementary series of blades as shown in broken lines at w Fig. 6

page_text: with their cutting edges intersecting those of the other series of blades bit will
be seen that the slices may be further cut into strips.
Further when it is found necessary to produce mechanism for cutting vegetables
or the like with tough outer coverings the blades are arranged at a different
angle than a right angle to the direction in which the part f travels as shown by
Fig. 6.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said in-
vention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. In mechanism of the class described a series of blades arranged as shown, and
a sliding part formed to correspond with the positions of said blades in com-
bination substantially as set forth.
2. In mechanism of the class described, series of blades, a sliding part to operate
in connection therewith and a base-piece upon which the latter is mounted, in
combination, substantially as herein specified.
3. In mechanism of the class described, the several parts and means for operating
same in combination substantially as specified.
4. The improved mechanism for slicing or cutting vegetables and the like the
same being constructed and arranged to operate substantially as herein set forth.
Dated this 28th day of June 1897.
SAMUEL HEY,
Agent.