US1249513A - Butter-cutter. - Google Patents

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J. F. SCANLAN.

BUTTER CUTTER.

APPLICATION FILED MAIL?. 19m.

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Be 1t known that l,` Josnrn F. SCANLAN,

a citizen of the United States, residing at New York city, New `York county, vState of New York, have invented. new `and `useful improvements in Butter-Cutters, of which the following is a specification.` y

My invention relates to butter cutters and, more particularly, to those adapted to cut pound-prints into smaller' pieces or patties, as distinguished from those usedV to cut up vlarger masses, such as tub lots. Thevbutter cutters last referred to are generally used by wholesalers and are operated by mechanical power, while my device is particularly intended for the consumer and is operated manually without the aid of mechanical power.

@ne of the most satisfactory means for cutting butter, in the class rst referred to, is wires spaced apart and held to a frame, in connection with a platen for holding the butter, the platen having depressions to accommodate the wires and thereby permit the latter to pass completely through. the butter. These are operated by mechanical means.

The object of my invention is to provide a cutting frame with a suitable number of wires for cutting up pound-prints, which can be used without the aid of mechanical power and without a platen, as the latter would be cumbersome in a device of such size andcharacter. A further object is simplicity and economy in construction and to reduce to a minimum the bringing` of the hands of the operator into contact with the butter. To accomplish these objects I have designed a cutting frame, in the use of which an ordinary table napkin may take the place of the platen, the frame being of such. shape that it will serve as a. container after the butter has been divided by it into batties.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a plan view 4of my invention; Fig. 2 a bottom view; Fig.

3 a cross-sectional view on the line 1, 1 of Fig. 1; Fig. 1 a perspective view of a pound print divided into halves by the single wire extending lengthwise of the frame, and Fig. 5 is a similar view of the cutter in operation.

In detail, 10 represents a rectangular frame having an open center 11 and outwardly extending arms 12, 12. The ends of the frame are provided with ears 13 for convenience in handling the frame, and the outer edges of the sides are turned up as at 14, 1-1. The turned-up edges of the two Specifeatich of Letters Patent. Pat-,gutgd DQ@ 1ML; 191% Application filed March 2, 1916. seria] No. 31,568.

sides are slotted as at 15theslots of the respective sides being directly opposite each other, and through these slots the wirel is passed` and repassed across the bottom` of the frame, the ends being fastened by a small knot as at 17p. The various passes of the wire may be spaced apart uniformly, or, asv in Fig. 1 the wire maybe omitted from one or more of the slotsto secure several sizes of butter. It will be noted that, as the frame constructed and the wire wound through the slots, the wire, from side to side of the open center 11, occupies the lowest position on the bottom of the frame, and that from the opening 11 the bottom of the frame as well as the passes of the wire are inclined upwardly. Consequently, when a poundprint of butter is placed on several folds of a napkin and the wires of the frame are pressed downward upon the butter, they are certain to pass completely through the butter so as to sink into the folds of the napkin thereunder.

Between the ends of the outwardly-eXn tending arms 12 is strung another wire 18, for which purpose the arm 12 is slotted as at 19 and the arm 12 is double-slotted as at 20, 20. One end of the wire 18 is held in the slot 19 by knot 21, while the other end is held by several windings through the double- slot 20, 20. This wire is located in substantially the same plane that the wires spanning the opening 11 occupy, and, in order to so locate this wire, it is necessary to curl the arms 12, 12 as at 21, due to the fact that, from the opening 11 the sides of the frame are inclined upwardly. The inclined sidell is intended, also, as a gage for the width of the piece of butter to be cut by the wire 18, and it is necessary, therefore, to so locate the wire relatively tothe side 14; that the piece of butter to be divided will. be of suitable size to pass through the opening 11.

The operation is as follows. Assuming that a poundeprint of butter has been unwrapped, with a napkin under the wrapper, as shown in Fig. 1, the frame is held in the hands of the operator by the ears 13 with t-he side 14 bearing against the near side of the cake of butter while the wire 18 is forced through on the line indicated in said figure as the cutting line. Either cut is now of sufficient size to pass through the opening 11 of the frame. If smaller sizes of butter are desired, however, one of the halves may again be divided by the wire 18. The remaining butter may be returned to the napkin. l The frame is thenplaced over the hall. or quarter piece, as the Ycase inaybe, with the napkin underneath, and pressed clown- 5 wardly so that the butter will pass through the Wires 16 spanning the opening 1l. When so divided, the pieces will be contained within the frame, fro-1n which theyA may be turned into a dish without any necessity of the hands of the operator contacting with the butter. Y

Vliat I claim is: Y

' V1. (A rectangular frame yhaving an open center, upwardly inclined sides, wires span- 15 ning said open center, a pair of arins extending outwardly from the topofone ofthe sides, a wire connected to the ends of said arms, said arms being curyed downwardly Copies of this patent may be obtained for tending outwardly from the top of one of the sides, a wire connected to the ends of said arms, said arms being curved downwardly so as to bring said Wire into substantially the same plane as that occupied by the wires s ianninoP the o en center and holdin" means l at each end of said frame.

Y Signed at New York city, New York county, New York State, this 21st day of February, 1916.

JOSEPH F. SCANLAN.

ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patenti, Washington, D. C.

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