US179611A - Improvement in meat-tenderers - Google Patents

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-J.'ROEMER.

MEAT TENDERER.

Patented-July 4. 1876.

JOHN ROEMER, OF CHAMPION, MICHIGAN.

IMPROVEMENT IN MEAT-TENDERERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 79,611, dated July 4, 1876; application filed December 27, 1875. v

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN ROEMER, of (Jhampion, Marquette county, Michigan, have into allow the pivot-block to rise in case the steak is thick and hard. and an adjusting stopserew, to limit ,the rise of pivot-block, as required for steaks of different thicknesses, and under the pivot-blockis a light spring, toprevent the block from dropping down too low when the steak is removed.

Figure 1 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of my improved beet steak tenderer. Fig. 2 is a transverse section on line a; a: of Fig. 2, and Fig. 3 is a plan of the upper squeezer inverted.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A is the upper squeezing-plate, to which the handle is attached, and which is fastened to the bed squeezing-plate B by the verticallyshifting block 0 in the slotted standard D, under a strong spiral spring, E, and the adj nsting stop-serew F, and ox'er the light spring G. For tender and not very thick steaks the spring E serves to hold the pivot-block with suflicient power, and at the same time it allows plate A to be pressed down level and act alike v ful enough for, the screw F re-enforces the spring, and, being adjustable, enables the squeezer to operate on such steaks as uniformly as on others. The springGr keeps the pivot-block up to its place when no steak is in the machine, and thus saves the lifting of it when putting in the steaks to be treated.

For a'steak of standard thickness the spring G will hold up the block to the exact height required, and if there is inserted one of greater thickness the block will automatically adjust itself to the proper position, both springs yielding for that purpose; but when a thinner steak than a standard one is inserted between thejaws A B, the screw'is forced down on the block, and the spring G yields until the desired point is attained.

I am aware thatthe jaws of a meat-mangler have been connected by a spring-encircled pin 5 but What I claim is- A shifting block, 0, arranged between two springs, E G, in the cavity of a standard, 1), when combined with the jaws A B, as and for the purpose specified.

. 7 JOHN ROEMER. \Vitnesses:

CHRISTOPHER MILLER,

GASPARD OLIVER GIRARDIN.

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