An Improved Instrument for Removing the Skin or Hide from Slaughtered Animals.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application. 15th Sept., 1893-Accepted, 21st Oct., 1893
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Instrument for Removing the Skin or Hide from
Slaughtered Animals.
I, MARCUS CAHEN, of No. 66, Regentenstrasse, Mülheim on the Rhine,
Germany, Manufacturer, 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 :-
My invention is an improved instrument for removing the skin from slaughtered
cattle, and consists of a suitable handle with the instrument secured thereto, said
instrument being in the form of a flat blade, having a rounded top and approximately
parallel edges said edges being sharpened on both sides to present a cutting point
or edge; and this cutting edge extends around the entire periphery of the knife,
from the base of one side to the base on the other.
In the accompanying drawings-
Fig. 1 represents an elevation of the instrument.
Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the instrument.
Fig. 3 is a like view of a modification with the handle and tang in section.
Fig. 4 is an elevation of a modification, and
Fig. 5 is a like view with the blade a quarter turned from the position of Fig. 4.
In these figures the blade is shown at a, and this is approximately U shaped,
having a flat centre with the edge of the U around the entire periphery of the
blade sharpened on each side, so as to form a cutting central edge. The tang of
the blade a, passes between the side plates of a handle b, which are secured to the
tang by bolts or rivets. These side plates, which form the haft of the handle, are
preferably roughened as shown in Figures 1, 2, 4 and 5 so as to enable the workman
to grasp the handle securely.
If desired the handle may, as in Figure 3, be formed with a projecting flange e,
at the end ucarest the blade, so as to protect the hand from coming in contact with
the cutting edge.
In Figures 4 and 5 I have shown the tang of the blade projecting at the opposite
end of the handle, as at d, as I find it desirable to use this projecting end in beating
the skin. The corners are rounded off so as to prevent cutting the skin.
I have found in practice, that the peculiar form of the cutting blade has many
advantages and while allowing very rapid work, does not in any way damage the
hide. The blade is introduced under the skin after the first incision and the skin
itself serves as a guide for the blade in its movement under the same.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is ;-
1. The described instrument consisting of a suitable handle and a blade approxi-
mately shaped, having its outer edge sharpened on both its sides throughout its
whole extent, substantially as described and shown.
2. In combination, a suitable handle, a cutting blade, having its tang d, projecting
beyond the end of the handle, substantially as described and shown.
Dated this 15th day of September 1893.
FAIRFAX & WETTER,
433, Strand, London, Agents for the Applicant.