Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Oct., 1887
Complete Left, 3rd Dec., 1887
Complete Accepted, 6th Jan., 1888
1, ATTON JOSEPH NORMAN, 1 Oliver Street, Nottingham, Merchant, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
From the sides and one end of a suitable shaped platform or bed vertical plates
project, said plates may be either plain or ornamentally perforated, near one end each
side plate is slotted vertically from its top edge to a little below the top of the bed,
and in front of the vertical slots in the side plates on the inside are a number of
vertical grooves, these grooves receive the ends of a stop plate which regulates the
thickness of the slices of bread to be cut, or the thickness may be regulated by the
following means. Centrally between the plates the bed may be slotted inwards, and
the outer end of the slot may be closed by the material of which the bed is formed,
or it may be closed by a plate secured to the front of the bed, such closed part or the
plate forms a bearing for a screw threaded rod which takes into a screw threaded stud
or boss which projects from the lower edge of a stop plate which slides upon the bed
the length of the slot, the outer end of the screwed rod is provided with a milled bead
or its equivalent by which it may be turned inwards or outwards to move the stop
plate, when moved inwards, the inner face of the stop plate will be in a line with the
vertical slots, upon the stop plate being adjusted the required distance from the
vertical slots in the side plates, and a loaf or roll of bread being placed between them
and pressed up to the stop plate, and a knife passed downwards between the vertical
slots, a slice will be severed from the loaf or roll corresponding in thickness to the
distance of the stop plate from the vertical slots, such thickness being regulated by
the screwed rod before named. Or I may employ any other equivalent appliance for
adjusting the stop plate.
The top of the bed is provided with one or more raised strips or plates upon which
the bread or roll rests.
Dated this Twenty sixth day of October 1887.

page_text: I ATTON JOSEPH NORMAN, 1 Oliver Street, Nottingham, Merchant, 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 :-
TONG View of the same.
Figure 3 a sectional view showing the front end of a second modification of
holder, and
Figure 4 a front view of the stop plate employed therewith.
Figure 5a sectional view showing the front end of a third modification of
holder and
Figure 6 a front view of the same.
I employ three modifications of adjustable holders. The first shown at Figures 1
and 2 consists of a wood bed A the top of which is provided with one or more raised
strips A upon which the loaf or roll of bread to be sliced is placed, from each
side of the bed and one end vertical plates B project, said plates may be either
plain or ornamentally perforated, near one end each side plate is slotted vertically
at B¹ from its top to a little below the top of the bed, these slots receive the knife
employed to slice the bread.
Centrally between the side plates the bed is slotted, the outer end of the slot being
closed by a metal plate C secured to the front of the bed, the centre of the plate is
perforated and forms a bearing for a screw threaded rod which takes into a screw
threaded boss projecting from the lower edge of a stop plate D, which slides upon
the bed the length of the slot, the outer end of the screwed rod is provided with a
milled head by which it may be turned to adjust the stop plate towards or from the
vertical slots in the side plates.
In the second modification of holder shown at Figures 3 and 4, the ends of the
side plates in front of the vertical slots B' are made a little longer than those of
the first modification and are provided with ribs B2 which project inwards, forming a
number of vertical grooves which receive the ends of a stop plate D¹ which regulates
the thickness of the slices of bread to be cut.
In the third modification of holder shown at Figures 5 and 6, the ends of the side
plates in front of the vertical slots are each provided with a horizontal slot B³, in
each of these slots a pin D3 slides, one such pin being secured to each end of a stop
plate D the projecting outer ends of the pins are screw threaded to receive screw
threaded nuts D, thus each end of the stop plate may be clamped to the side plates
the required distance from the vertical slots."

page_text: When employing either of the above described adjustable holders, if a loaf or roll
of bread is placed within it upon the strips A', and pressed up to the stop plate, and
a knife passed downwards in the vertical slots B, a slice will be sovered from
the loaf or roll corresponding in thickness to the distance of the stop plate from the
vertical slots.
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 construction and employment of adjustable holders for slicing bread, sub-
stantially as described and illustrated in the Drawings annexed.