US1724368A

US1724368A - Bread-fastening apparatus

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Publication number: US1724368A
Application number: US249614A
Authority: US
Inventors: Otto F Rohwedder
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1928-01-26
Filing date: 1928-01-26
Publication date: 1929-08-13
Anticipated expiration: 1946-08-13

Description

Aug. y13, A1929- o. F. RoHwEDDl-:R 1,724,368

BREAD FASTENING *APPARATUS vFiled Jan. 26. 1928 FIG. 3 FIG. 4

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SATES arra- OTTO F. ROHWEDDER, OF DAVENPORT, IOWA.

BREAD-FASTENIN Gr APPARATUS.

Appncauon mea January 2s, 192s. seriai No. 249,614.

My invention relates to improvements in bread fastening apparatus.

The objects of my invention are to provide a manually operable apparatus for inserting staples lengthwise in a sliced loaf of bread for the purpose of retaining the slices in their original position.

I attain these objects by the means illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which,

Figure l is a plan view of my apparatus;

Figure 2 is a sectional elevation on the line, 2-2, of Figure l;

Figure 3 is a cross-section view on the line, 3-3, of Figure l;

Figure 4 is an end elevation.

My apparatus comprises a frame which is preferably a box or inverted U-shaped casting, l, having fianges, 2 and 2, at the lower edges thereof adapted to secure the frame in suitable guide-ways formed in the take-off apron or table of a bread slicing machine and the base may be secured in adjustable position longitudinally by any of the usual well-known means for that purpose.

The upper face of the .frame is provided with a channel, ll, which runs the entire length of the frame and side bars, 3 and 3', are secured to the sides of the frame and project slightly over the channel to form detents which secure in the channel a pusher block, 6.

Sides, l0 and 10', of the channel, l1 are preferably formed at an angle making the channel narrower at the bottom so as to properly center one of the crimped staples, l2, when laid therein. The pusher block, 6, is provided with a handle, 7, for convenience in operation. At the rear of the frame, l, a pin, 9, is secured which acts as a stop or detent to stop the pusher block, 6, at the rear of its travel. Near the front of the frame, a cross-bar, il, is secured to the side bars, 3 and 3', or to the frame and a spring plate, 5, is secured to the cross-bar, 4. The spring plate, 5, is mounted at an angle so that the front end of it is on a level with or slightly below the bed of the channel, ll. The purpose of the spring plate, 5, is to form a guiding detent for the staples as they pass out of the channel, 1l, into the bread. The spring, 5, is preferably made of light weight material so as not to afford any great resistance to the passage of the staple or to the extended front end of the pusher block, 6.

In the use of my device, a pair of these appliances are slidingly mounted upon the takeoff apron of a bread slicing machine at opposite sides of the portion of the apron upon which the sliced loaf of bread is delivered as it comes from the slicing blades.

Single staples may be laid in the channels or grooves of each appliance and the pusher blocks are then manually operated toward each other. The staples are preferably formed with a length considerably more than one-half of the loaf and the apparatus described should be of such height that the channel, ll, will be approximately one-half as high as the height of the loaf of bread to be secured.

t is obvious that the size, form and proportions of my appliance and the various parts thereof, may be varied to a considerable extent without departing from the spirit of vmy invention.

I claim:

l. An appliance for driving staplesinto a sliced loaf of bread, comprising a frame having a longitudinal channel formed in the upperportion thereof, a pusher block slidingly mounted in thel channel, sidebars secured upon the edges of the channel and projecting over the channel a short distance,y a cross-bar secured upon the side bars near the front end thereof, and a spring plate having its upper end secured upon the crossbar and sloping downwardly and forwardly with its lower end adjacent the bed of t-he channel. l

2. An appliance for driving staples into a sliced loaf of bread, comprising a frame having a longitudinal channel formedY in the upper portion thereof, a pusher block slidingly mounted in the channel, side bars secured upon the edges ofthe channel and projecting over the channel a short distance, a cross-bar secured upon the side bars near the front end thereof, and a spring plate having its upper end secured upon the crossbar and sloping downwardly and forwardly with its lower end adjacent the front end of the channel. j

In testimony whereof he afixes his signa- OTTO F. ROI-IWEDDER.

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