US349732A

US349732A - Cheese-knife

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Publication number: US349732A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1886-09-28
Anticipated expiration: 1903-09-28

Description

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' /W. MGGIVBN, A. L. NICHOLS 8v G. DARNELL.

'GHBBSBKNIFL No. 349,732. Q Pateted Sept. 2 8, 1886'.

' FTGrl .H a v 1/ UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM MoGIvEN, ALvIN L. NICHOLs, AND GEORGE DARNELL, OF GROVE CITY, OHIO.

CH EESE--KNIFEl SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 349,732, dated September 28, 1886I Application iilcd February 9, 1886. Serial No. 191,380.

.To all whom, it may concern:

Beit known that we, WILLIAM McGIvEN, .ALvIN L. NICHOLS, and GEORGE DARNELL, citizens of the United States, residing at Grove City, in the county of Franklin and State of Ohio, have invented a certain new and useful Improvementin Cheese-Knives, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to improvements in 1o knives for cutting cheese, and is particularly adapted for the use of the retail dealers therein; and the objects of our invention are, first, to produce a simple, cheap, and effective cheese-cutting device, so constructed as to admit of au even vertical cut being made from the center to the edge of the cheese at any desired point therein; second, to lessen the difficulty usually incurred in cutting the cover of a cheese. VXVe accomplish these ob- ;0 jects in the manner illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l represents, partly in section, a cheese being cut by our device. Fig'. 2 is a `front elevation of our improved device lwith 2 5 the knife closed. Fig. 3 is a plan view, and FigJi is a rear view of the upper end of the knife-sheath- Similarletters refer to similar parts throughout the several views. A

consists of a cylindrical metal post having a central vertical slot, a,fopen at its upper end and extending within a short distance of the bottoni of the sheath, the latter being preferably pointed to admit of its being inserted into a corresponding out, g', in the center of the bottom of the cheese-box g, after having been pushed through the center of the cheese B.v A short transverse metal strip, a', may connect the two halves of the sheath formed by the slot near their top portion, and thus prevent the halves sp reading or being squeezed together.

W'ithin the slot a, near its lower end, is loosely pivoted the end of a knife-blade, c, by means of a rivet orpin, c', which, having rigid bearings in the sides of the sheath, passes through ashort longitudinal slot, d,

A represents the sheath of the knife, whichv (No model.)

lvertical position within the slot a. of the sheath, and when in this position is adapted to be pushed through the center of the cheese,

in which position it may be held firmly by grasping with the left hand a short handle, f, 6o which is made to project from one side, and near the top of the sheath, at right angles therewith, while the remaining hand may, by grasping the handle lz', be employed to press down the knife blade through the cheese, which may be revolved until the place desired to be cut is reached.

In case difficulty is experienced in severing the covering of the cheese, the knife may be drawn inward and outward with asawing mo- 7o tion until the tough portion is cut. This sawing motion is made possible by having the slot d, through which the pin passes, in the knife-blade.

ln case it is found that the knife tends to Waver or bend in its downward course, we provide a metal guide-rod, b, which has its middle portion, which is slightly cut away on its front side, fitted into a notch cut in the upper end of the sheath. This rod extends 8c transversely above the cheese-box until slightl y beyond the sides of same. lts ends are then bent downward at right angles, and its eX- treinities secured by a screw or otherwise to the table or board e. The side of the knife may be pressed against this 'guiderod during its downward course, and thus prevent its wavering or bending.

Ve are aware that prior to our invention ya knife has been used, pivoted within a slotted sheath, and that knife-blades have been provided with slotted ends for pivoting the saine. We do not therefore claim these points,broadly.

Having now fully described our invention, what we claim, and desire to secure by Let 95 ters Patent, is

1. A eheese-eutting device consisting of a ing a handle, 7L, with the guide-rod b, fitted sheath, A, having a handle, f, and central Within the upper end of the sheabl1,substa11 vertical slot, a, within which is loosely pvtially as and for the purpose specified.

Oted the slotted end Of a knife-blade c hav- T 5 ing a handled?, substantially as andfdr the purpose Speomed GEORGE DARNELL.

2. In a cheesecuttng device, the combination of the sheath A, having a handle, f, and Vibnesses: a central vertical Slob, a, Within which is piv- J. A. HEDGEs, 1o oted the slotted end of a knife-blade, c, hav-y XVM. THOMPSON.