US184872A

US184872A - Improvement in machines for tendering steaks

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Publication number: US184872A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1876-11-28
Anticipated expiration: 1893-11-28

Description

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rrED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

THOMAS JONES, OF SAPPINGTON, MISSOURI, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF HIS RIGHT TO AUGUSTUS J. DAVIS, OF SAME PLAOE.

IMPROVEMENT IN MACHINES FOR TENDERING STEAK S Speoification forming part of Lettere PatentNo. l 84,872. dated November 28, 1876; application filed oetqbef 10, 1816.

- To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, THOMAS J oNEs, of Sappington, in the county of St. Louis and State of Missouri, have invented a certain new and useful Machine for Tendering Steaks, of which the following' is a full, clear, and exaot description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making part of this specification.

My iinprovement consists of a lever to which are attached a number of bl-ades, which pro- ]'ect through slots in a plate when the lever is forced downward, so as to carry the cutters through the steak, the slotted plate retreating and compressing springs, which as the lever is lifted (to draw the cutters from the steak) force the plate down the cutters and prevent them from raising the steak With them. The lever is fulcrumed to a tixed bed or table, While the steak is laid upon a board movahle on said table.

In the drawings, Figure 1 .is a perspective view of my machine. Fig; 2 is a section through the cutters and spring-plate.

A is the bed-plate, and B B are brackets thereon, through which passes the pintle-pin O forming the hinge-pivot, and Which passes through the ends D of the lever DD', Dl being the handle of the same. From the under side of the lever project the cutters E arrauged preferably parallel to one another, as shown. F is a plate having a number ofv slots, f, through which the cutters pass downward in entering the steak, the ,slotted plate lying on .the top of the steak, and being forced against the same by the spiral springs G, whose lower ends hear upon the slottedv plate, and whose uper ends have bearing against the lower side of the lever D D'. These Springs surround .guide-pins, whose lower ends are fixed in the slotted plate F, and whoseupper portions slide in ears projecting at d from the lever D D'..

His the movable board, which is laid upon the bed or table A beneath the steak, to furnish ready means for moving the steak beneath the cutters, 'so as to bring a fresh part to be acted on by the cutters.

I claim that my tenderer is much more I valuable than thelarge class of steak-mashers the cuts will become seared with the heat, and

will close and retain the. juice.

It is also a matter of no little importance to avoid the violent 'blows used with the crushers, as the lond noise is objectionable and the blows destroy the furniture.

My machine is rapid in its work, and noiseless, and with it the steak may be cut completely through with each stroke..

I claim- The combination in a meat-tenderer of the the lever D D', cutters E, and slotted springplate F, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

I THOMAS JONES. Witnesses SAML. KNIGHT, AUGUs'rUs J. DAVIS.