US1017586A - Vegetable slicer and grater. - Google Patents

Description

W. B. PETOHUGK.

VEGETABLE SLICER AND GRATER.

APPLICATION TILED MAY 7, 1910.

Patented Feb. 13, 1912.

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WILLIAM EDWARD PETCHUCK,

VEGETABLE SLICEB AND Application filed May 7,

T 0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM E. oHUoK, a citizen of the United States, in at Mahanoy City, Schuylkill and State of Pennsylvania, have 1 invented new and useful Improvements Vegetable Slicers and Graters, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention provides a machine for household use whereby in the prepara tion of food the same may be grated or sliced, the machine embodying interchangeable cutting disks, whereby it may be readily adapted for grating or slicing.

The invention has for its obj set to provide a. machine of the character aforesaid whic will admit of access being readily had to the parts both for cleaning, inspection and substitution of the cutting disks when required.

A further purpose of the invention is to supply a machine for the purposes stated which may be cheaply manufactured and which in operation 1s efiective and capable of being easily manipulated and not liable to get out of order.

The invention consists of the novel features, details of construction and combination of parts, which hereinafter will be more particularly set forth, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the a pended claim. 7

Be erring to the drawings, forming a part of the application, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a vegetable grater and slicer embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the machine having the upper part thrown open and the cutting disk removed. Fig. 3 is a vertical central section, the standard and gearing being in full lines. Fig. l is a top view, showing a grater disk. Fig. 5 is a top view of a slicing disk.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description, and indi-' cated in all the views of the drawings, by the same reference characters.

The machine embodies a standard 1 having a clamp 2 at its lower end whereby the machine may be firmly attached to a table, shelf or other support. The upper portion of the standard is 0 set and the lower part receives the drive gearing. The framework is mounted upon the standard 1 and is stayed by braces 3. The framework comprises a base 4. and a cover 5. The base 4 consists of a circular plate having a vertical flange 6. A portion is cut from the base Pn'rl resid- Specification of Letters Patent.

in the county of I A h t 111 l to upon OF MAHANOY CITY, PENNSYLVANIA.

GRATER.

Patented Feb. 13, 1912.

1910. Serial No. 559,951.

at one side of a diametrical line to form an opening 7 through which the material is discharged when the machine is in operation.

8 inclines outwardly and downbase and is connected thereside of the discharge open the chute 8 is to difrom the standard 1 wardly from the the inner ing 7. The purpose of root the cuttings away and the operating gearing and into a bowl or other receptacle placed upon the table, shelf or the like in convenient position to receive the cuttings.

A vertical shaft 9 is journaled at its up per end in the base 4 and at its lower end in a portion of the clamp .2. The vertical shaft 9 is supported intermediate of its upper and lower ends by entering a recess formed in the lower part of the offset portion of the standard. A pinion 10 secured to the lower end of the shaft 9 meshes with a gear whe el 11 fastened to the inner end of a shaft 12, which latter is mounted in the standard 1 and in a bracket 13 secured to a side of the standard, said shaft having a crank 14 at its outer end for convenience 0 operation. The cutting disks 15 are adapted to be secured to the upper end of the vertical shaft 9. The cutting disks 15 are of a like size and may be of any formation according to the required cuttings. As shown in Fig. 4 one of the cutting disks is provided with slicing knives and the other cutting disk is supplied with points for rating the material. Each of the cutting disks is provided at its central point with an anlar opening to receive a corresponding part at the upper end of the shaft 9, thereby preventing relative turning of the shaft and disk. The cutting disk may be secured to the shaft in any manner, as by means of set nuts 16.

The upper part 5 of the framework comprises a hopper 17 and. a shallow housing 18, which latter covers that part of the cutting disk located immediately above the base at one side of the opening The hopper 17 is located above the opening 7 of the base 4; and is adapted to receive the vegetables or other material to be grated, sliced, or cut in any other manner. The upper part 5 is hinged to the base 4 opposite the opening 7 so as to be thrown to one side to be out of the way, as indicated in Fig. 2.

A follower 2O fits within the hopper 17 and enables pressure to be exerted upon the material placed therein to be cut. The follower has an outer flange 21 at its upper end to extend over the hopper l7 and limit the downward movement of the follower so as to prevent its coming in contact with the cutting disk and injuring the same or dulling either the cutting blades or oints.

The hopper 17 is provided With an internal transverse partition 22 which extends across the plate 1 and serves to limit the movement of vegetable matter over the cutting disk 10 so that the material will pass directly from the hopper through the opening 7 and on to the chute 8. The flange 19 of the hopper forms a bearing for the cutting disk. The cutting disk and base or box 4 is so arranged that very little of the vegetable matter can contact With the shaft and thereby come in touch With oil which will be on the shaft to lubricate the same.

From the fore oing description, taken in connection with t 1e accompanying drawings, the advantages of the construction and of the method of operation Will be readily apparent to those skilled in the artto which the invention appertains.

aving thus described the is claimed as new, is

In combination, a standard, a base having an upstanding edge flanged and a delivery opening, a chute depending from said opening, a cover hinged and provided with a transversely extending member adapted to limit the movement of the material to be cut over said base, a material chamber formed in said cover and located above the delivery opening, a shaft extending through the base, a horizontal flange on the cover, and a cutter secured to the shaft and movable against the horizontal flange and under the material chamber. 7

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

WILLIAM EDWARD PETCHUCK.

invention What Witnesses:

RICHARD Commune, Jon PETCHUCK.

. M Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

' Washington, D. G.

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