A COMPOUND MACHINE TO BE USED BOTH FOR CUTTING OR MINCING MEAT AND ALSO FILLING THE SAME INTO SKINS
Year: 1884

page_text: I GEORGE HERBERT of 6 and 7 West Smithfield in the City of London
Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of my invention for "A COMPOUND
MACHINE TO BE USED BOTH FOR CUTTING OR MINCING MEAT AND ALSO
FILLING THE SAME INTO SKINS" to be as follows:-
FOR
This invention has for its object a compound machine to be used both for cutting
or mincing meat and also for folding the same into skins.
At the present time there is in the market a machine for cutting or mincing
meat in which the meat is propelled through a barrel by a screw turned by means
of a handle. The meat is inserted through a hopper on the side of the barrel
near the end where the handle is.
The screw at its other end receives a star like cutter working against a plate in
which are a number of perforations and the cutting or mincing takes place
between the cutter and the edges of these holes as the meat is forced forward by
the screw.
The plate is received into a seat at the end of the barrel and is retained in place
by a ring screwed over it upon the end of the barrel.
According to my invention I adapt the machine for filling the cut or minced
meat into skins for which purpose a second machine has hitherto been required
This I do in the following manner I provide a conical or funnel like piece suitably
formed at the end to receive the skins and with a cross bar to abut on the end of
the screw.
I substitute this piece for the perforated plate used when cutting and
the cutter I also remove. This filling piece or funnel is held in its place by the
screw ring which when cutting or running serves to secure the perforated plate and
cutter.
Dated this 2nd day of January 1884.

page_text: I GEORGE HERBERT of 6 and 7 West Smithfield in the City of London
Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of my invention for "A COMPOUND
"
MACHINE TO BE USED BOTH FOR CUTTING OR MINCING MEAT AND ALSO FOR
FILLING THE SAME INTO SKINS and in what manner the same is to be
performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
This invention has for its object a compound machine to be used both for cutting
or mincing meat and also for filling the same into skins.
At the present time there is in the market a machine for cutting or mincing
meat in which the meat is propelled through a barrel by a screw turned by means
of a handle. The meat is inserted through a hopper on the side of the barrel near
the end where the handle is.
The screw at its other end receives a star like cutter working against a plate in
which are a number of perforations and the cutting or mincing takes place
between the cutter and the edges of these holes as the meat is forced forward by
the screw.
The plate is received into a seat at the end of the barrel and is retained in place
by a ring screwed over it upon the end of the barrel.
According to my invention I adapt the machine for filling the cut or minced
meat into skins for which purpose a second machine has hitherto been required.
This I do in the following manner-I provide a conical or funnel like piece
suitably formed at the end to receive the skins and with a cross bar to abut on the
end of the screw. I substitute this piece for the perforated plate used when
cutting and the cutter I also remove. This filling piece or funnel is held in its
place by the screw ring which when cutting or mincing serves to secure the
perforated plate and cutter.
In order that my said invention may be most fully understood and readily
carried into effect I will proceed to describe the Drawings hereunto annexed.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 is a longitudinal section partly in elevation of the simple cutting or
mincing machine.
a is the barrel, b is a screw contained within the barrel. The screw has an
axis b¹ which is held in a bearing at the end of the barrel. The screw is capable
of being turned by means of a handle applied to the axis b¹. a¹ is a hopper upon
the barrel by it the meat to be cut is passed into the machine. c is a starlike
cutter fitting on to the end of the screw b. This cutter is shown separately in
Figure 2 it has a socket in the centre with a square recess adapted to receive a
corresponding central projection upon the end of the screw b. d is the plate
against which the cutter c works; it is shown in face by Figure 3; by the parts c
and d the meat is minced. The minced meat issues by the circular perforations
d'. d. in the plate d. e is a flanged ring which being screwed on to the end of the
barrel holds the plate d in place.
A notch in the side of the plate d receives a tooth or projection a* upon the
barrel and so the plate when in place is held from turning.
To this simple machine I separately make no claim; it is applicable only for
cutting or mincing and not for filling minced meat into skins.
My combined machine is applicable for both purposes-it is a machine like that
described but with an additional part added.

page_text: When the machine is required for filling minced meat into skins the star
cutter c and the plate & indicated in Figure 1 are temporarily dispensed with and
the conical or funnel like piece f seen in Figures 4 and 5 takes their place. The
piece f has a cross bar f' and when the part is in place and held on by the screw
ring e this cross bar abuts upon the end of the screw and prevents play end wise.
The machine when thus mounted receives a second time the meat which it has
already minced and it forces it forward into skins placed over the end of the
piece f.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is the compound or combined machine herein described useful both for
cutting or mincing meat and also for filling minced meat into skins.
Dated this 29th day of February 1884.
CARPMAEL & Co.,
Agents for the Applicant.