US1189545A

US1189545A - Slicing-machine.

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Publication number: US1189545A
Authority: US
Inventors: Thomas M Dansby
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1915-11-26
Filing date: 1915-11-26
Publication date: 1916-07-04
Anticipated expiration: 1933-07-04

Description

| 1915- Y I 1,189,545. Patented July 4,1916.

mawdawwafinventor Attorneys THOMAS M. DANSBY, OF PINE BLUFF, ARKANSAS.

SLIGING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 4, 1916.

Application filed November 26, 1915. Serial IiTo. 63,547.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS M. DANSBY, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Pine Bluff, in the county of J efferson and State of Arkansas, have invented anew and useful Slicing-Machine, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention appertains to slicing machines, and is particularly an improvement over the slicing machines disclosed in my Patents Nos. 1,153,484 and 1,153, 18.), issued September 14:, 1915.

It is the object of the invention to provide novel yet simple and effective means for guiding the lower end of the slicing blade, to prevent it being sprung out of place by the pressure of the bacon, ham or other article being sliced, the guiding means being adjustable to accommodate various thicknesses of cutting blades and to either tightly or loosely guide the blade.

The guiding means is preferably employed upon the slicing machines of the construction disclosed in the above patents, although it may be used in various other slicing machines.

lVith the foregoing and other objects in view which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed can be made within the scope of what is claimed without departing from the spirit of the invention.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein Figure 1 is a sectional view of a slicing machine such as is disclosed in Patent No. 1,153,485, illustrating the blade guiding means applied. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the guiding means, on an enlarged scale. Fig. 3 is a plan View of the device. Fig. l: is across section taken on the line 41 of Fig. 2.

A detail consideration of the entire machine is not necessary, since the improvement resides only in the blade guiding device, reference being had to the above patents if necessary for the operation of the remaining portion of the machine. It will suffice to say, that the machine embodies a base 1 having hinged thereto, as at 2, a frame 3 upon which is mounted a slide a movable upon a guide 5 secured to the frame 3, said slide a carrying the slicing blade 6.

The blade guiding means embodies a cross plece 7 of wood or other suitable material carried by the frame 3 at the inner side of the slide 1, and a plate or strip 8 rests against one side of the cross piece or bar 7 and has its upper edge toothed, as at 9, with the teeth projecting above the bar 7 to engage the bacon or other material and hold it in place asa slice is being cut therefrom.

The strip 8 is provided adjacent its ends .with apertures 10 through which screws 11 are engaged, said screws being threaded into the bar 7 to hold the strip 8 in place.

Disposed adjacent and parallel with the strip 8 is a second strip 12, the strips being constructed of sheet metal and being relatively stiff. The strip 12 is provided adjacent its ends with countersunk apertures 13 in which the countersunk heads of the screws llare seated, to hold the strip 12 in place.

The upper edge of the strip 12 is spaced be- I low the upper toothed edge of the strip 8, and the strip 12 is disposed immediately adj acent or in contact with the slide 1.

The lower end of the blade 6 projects between the upper edges of the

strips

8 and 12 to be guided thereby, and to prevent the lower end of the blade from being sprung out of proper position by the pressure of the bacon or other material being sliced.'

The lower end of the blade is held against the side of the strip 8 by the upper edge of the strip 12. The ends of the

strips

8 and 12 are beveled, as at 15, to guide the blade 6 I properly between the strips.

It is evident that by screwing the screws 11 into bar 7 farther, the strip 12 can be moved closer to the strip 8, and by unscrew ing the screws 11 the strip 12 is allowed to move away from the strip 8. This enables the device to be adjusted to accommodate the lower end of the blade 6 properly.

In order to normally separate the

strips

8 and 12, to move the strip 8 against the bar 7, and to move the strip 12 against the heads of the screws 11, a sinuous leaf spring 14 is disposed between the strips 8-12 and has its ends engaged upon the screws 11 to hold the spring in place. The upper edge of the spring 14 is spaced below the upper edges of the strips 8-12 so as to lie below the lower end of the blade 6. When the strip 12 is moved toward the strip 8, the spring 1":1: is flattened or straightened out, but as soon as the pressure is relieved, the spring 14 will by its tension bend into sinuous form so as to separate the strips. The spring thus efiectively serves its oflice.

The utility of the device will be obvious from the foregoing, and it is evident that the same is exceedingly simple and inexpensive in construction, and can'be 'usedupon various machines to advantage.

The stripS notonly forms a partofthe guide, but also serves to hold in. place the end of the'bacon: or other object-from which the slice is cut.

Having thus described'the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. A blade guiding i device for slicing niachines, embodying a pair of strips to guide a blade therebetween, means for supporting and limiting the separation of said strips, and a sinuousleaf spring between the strips for separating them.

2. A blade guiding device 'for slicing mastrips for separating them and engaged upon said screws, the upper edge of the spring being spaced below the dipper edges v of said-"strips.

In testimony that I claim -the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aifiXed'my'sig-nature in the presenceof two witnesses.

.THOMAS PM. .DANSBY.

lVitnesses J. C. CHESNU-TT, PAUL TURNER.

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