US910219A - Slicing-machine. - Google Patents

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I. F. NBLSEN. sucme MACHINE-w APPLICATION FILED JUNE 10, 1908.

Patented Jan. 19, 1909 ATTORNEYS 1n: NORRIS PETERS ca. WASHINGTON, l7- c4 JOHN F. NELSEN, OF MILWAUKEE, W SCONSIN.

SLICING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 19, 1909.

Application filed. June 10, 1908. Serial No. 437,654.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN F. NELsEN, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Milwaukee, in the county of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, have invented a new and Improved Slicing-Machine, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to slicing machines, and more particularly to a machine of this kind for slicing meat or the like, which is constructed to be manually operated and which has a table for receiving the meat and a cutter slidably arranged in a frame adjacent to one side of the table and adjustable, to vary the thickness of the slices.

The object of this invention is to provide a slicing machine comprising a table and a cutter slidably arranged at one side of the same, the cutter having an adjustable blade whereby the meat may be cut into slices of any desired thickness.

The invention consists in the construction and combination of parts to be more fully described hereinafter and particularly set forth in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in both vlews.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of an embodiment of the device, showing the same arranged on a counter, and Fig. 2 is a horizontal section, on the line 22 of Fig. 1.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 represents a table provided with a top 2 of any suitable material, such as metal, marble or the like, and having a back 3. The latter has a face 4, similar to the top of the table, and legs 5 are provided for supporting the table. In the preferred form, the two legs at the back 3 are shorter than the remaining two legs, to allow the front legs to overlap the counter. Any suitable means, such as screws 6, may be employed for securing the top and the face, 2 and 4 respectively, in position on the table and back. A cross-bar 5 is secured to the rear legs and is adapted to rest on a counter 6, to form a better support for the device. A further cross-bar 5 connects the front pair of legs and is adapted to rest on the edge of the counter, as shown in Fig. 1, the legs themselves extending over the edge and being secured thereto by means of screws 7 Arranged adjacent to one of the sides of the back and the table is a substantially rectangular frame 7. The horizontal members 8 of the frame are substantially parallel and are provided with grooves 9, constituting guideways. Slidably arranged between the horizontal members 8 and having ribs 10 for engaging the grooves 9, is a cutter 11. As shown most clearly in Fig. 1, the cutter is substantially rectangular in form and has a panel 12 carrying a blade 13 arranged near its forward end. In the form illustrated, the panel is substantially triangular in shape; therefore, the blade which it carries at its long side extends at an angle with respect to the edge of the table, along which it slides when the cutter is operated. At the opposite end of the cutter from that which carries the panel and the blade, is a yoke 14, including laterally extended bars 15 arranged within grooves 16 in the upper and lower members of the cutter. These bars are provided with slotted guide arms 17 inclined toward the rear of the cutter and substantially parallel to one another. Arranged under the yoke 14 and between the bars 15 is a regulator 18, having a face 19 on the side adjacent to the table, of any suitable material, such as metal, marble or the like. This regulator has studs 19 on two of its sides for engaging the slotted arms 17.

Located on one side of the regulator, remote from the table, is a recess 20, constituting a socket and having a slotted keeper 21 arranged over it and secured in position by means of screws 22. The recess 20 registers with the slot of the keeper.

In the yoke 14 is an extension 23 having a threaded opening 24 therethrough, in which is arranged an adjusting screw 25, consisting of a head 26, a threaded shank 27 and a shoulder 28. The shoulder 28 of the adjusting screw is adapted to be received by the socket 20 and to be held in that position by the keeper 21. The adjusting screw serves to position the regulator on the arms 17, so that the former will be held at any desired distance from the table, in accordance with the thickness of the slices to be cut. The studs of the regulator move in the slotted guide-arms as the adjusting screw is rotated, to cause its shoulder to draw the keeper and regulator towards the yoke.

Located at the forward end of the cutter, adjacent to the panel 12, is a handle-bracket 29, carrying a handle 30. The bracket 29 has an extension 31, which extends over the panel 12 and rests against the blade 13. This extension serves to turn the meat or other substance out of the way after it has been sliced.

In the operation of the device, the cutter 'screw, may be positioned so that the slices may be of any desired size.

It should be understood that although my invention is particularly adapted for cutting meat, it may be used for cutting or slicing other substances, for example, vegetables or the like.

The regulator is constrained to move along the guideways formed by the inclined slotted arms, so that the distance of the regulator from the blade-edge is also adjustable and can be varied with the thickness of the slices.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters- Patent:

1. In a slicing machine, a table having a back, a frame arranged on one side of said table, said frame constituting a guideway, a cutter arranged on said frame and adapted to move thereon, a blade carried by said cutter, a yoke arranged on said cutter and including laterally extended bars and slotted guide-arms integral with said bars, a regulator arranged between said bars and having studs for engaging said slottedguide-arms, means on said yoke for adjusting said regulator with respect thereto a bracket in connection with the cutter, said bracket having an extender acting as a deflector for the slice.

2. In a slicing machine, a table having a back, a frame arranged at one side of said table,said frame being provided with grooved members constituting a guideway, a cutter slidably arranged on said guideway, a blade.

carried by said cutter and adapted to move adjacent to the edge of said table, a yoke carried by said cutter and including laterally-extended bars, said bars having slotted guide-arms integral therewith and inclined with respect thereto, a regulator arranged between said bars and having studs for engaging said guide-arms, a recess in said regulator, constituting a socket, a slotted keeper arranged over said socket, an adjustable screw extending through said yoke and having a shoulder at one end thereof, said shoulder being adapted to be received in said recess and to be held in position by said keeper, whereby when said adjusting screw is rotated said regulator is moved on said guide-arms, and a handle arranged at the forward end of said cutter for permitting the manual operation of the same.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOHN F. NELSEN.

WVitnesses:

V. W. SEELY, WM. L. TOLLEFSON.

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