US539144A - Butter-cutter - Google Patents

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(No Model.) 2 Sheets'Sheet 1. R. PACKARD. BUTTER CUTTER No. 539,144. Patented May 14, 1895.

(No Model.) 2 Shets-Sheet 2.

, R. PACKARD.

I BUTTER CUTTER No. 539,144. Patented May 14, I895.

mien STATES RILEY PACKARD, or SMITH RIVEB, CALIFORNIA.

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. Application filed November 5,;1l8 4 Serial 1Y0- (NdllllOdBlJ' v I of California, have invented a new and useful Butter-Cutter, of which the following isla specification.

This invention'relates to an improved paratus for cutting or dividing butter for'the purposeof printing or serving, and especially;

to a deviceof thatclass in which are employed wires adapted to be passed through a sheet orbutter, to cut or divide the same.

c g The objectsought is to provide an arrange;

mentwhereinthe cutting operation will result ,in all-increased regularity inthefshape ot the blocks, and onewhich will be simple in. con: struction and inexpensive in manufacture; Inthe drawings-Figured represeuts-a-pei' spective view of my complete apparatus; Fig;

"2, avertical-longitudinal section thereof; Fig;

3, a perspective view showing the wire'oan. ryiug frames raised from above the frame of. the machine'andina position which they assume directly subsequent to the cutting. operatiomFig. 4, an enlarged section of the up.-

. The frame ofthe machine con'sistsof the four legs 1,. rigidly secured,jby niortising or otherwise, and at, their upper ends, to the horizontal side beams 2 and top beams 3, allof which may be seen by reference to' the drawin'gss Mounted fuponpthe top-beams 3, and removably arranged thereon, are the slats 4, which are preferably ten in number, though this may bea'aried to suit the capacity which it is desired: to give the machine; I

-5 indic'at'esthe frame for the lower series of wires, and this'consists of four wooden beams, mortisedr'together'at'thei'r ends so asto form a rectangular frame of an outside size equalto the size of the ;frame or base of the apparatus'. Two of the beamscomposing thet'rame 5-are each provided on their upper sides with the grooves 6, which are preferably -nine for each beam, and which are aligned with each other onth'eir respectivebeams. Throughthese grooves 6 the-wires 7 pass, said wires being'al'so nine in number and having their several ends arranged in the respective grooves 6. Secured to the outer sides of the 6, are the screws or nails 8, said screws or nails being provided to furnish means for securing the wires] inpla'ce: .Tlie screwsf8 are,- of course, onefor each wire on the two beams. By means of the grooves 6 the Wires are placed slightly below the upper side'o'f the frameo, and at-ft-he same timeare'keptinjthe proper relation to, each ;-ot her ,Each ofthe beams ,formed with a slight outwardlbend increasingtoward themiddle of thejzbeam so as to uallyincreasinginiwidth toward its center.

.to the drawings.

to'the-fra'meg5 and- .110 oneof tlie top'ibeamsjj3 of the main framezofi theapparatus, whereby as to be'capableof swingingthereon B-y'this arrangement the frame mayheraise'd or'low- ".ered as shownimthe drawings."

ore, and .which has the wires ll secured' v 80 fixed to the outer-side's of two offlthe beams .thereto by'mean's of the pins or-screws 12,

composing the fram,e.-- The wiresl'l afreprefiright angles to the wires 7. Since'the wires .llare arranged on the under side of the are-placed closely together. It will be observed that,theslats't are of such a sizean'd shape-j that their upper.- sides will ;lie flush when properly;v disposed onthe main iirame adjacent sidesof the frame 5.

. removably therein, are the boards 13, which in size and construction.

vided at its lower edge with the equidistant and vertical slots 14, through which the wires beams 5 which are provided with the'grooves This may.bereadilyunderstood by reference 9 indicates three hinges which are secured" V the frame 5 is mouxite'd on the mainframe so frame 10, and the wires 7 on the upper side of 3 their respective frame,"the two seriesof wires or base; of the apparatus-a space Will'be lft between the aligned ends of the slats and the are four in number and which are duplicates Each board is pro- 7 and 11' are respectively adapted to pass,

make the beam. narrow at its? ends and graderablyfnine in number, it beingessential, that theycorrespond with the n'umber of wires '7, andalso that thewires 11 extend at with 'the-' upper;side of -the frame 5,andfthat- Arranged within the framedO, and heldj 6o which-"are provided with the grooveS 6 is' Y according to the position ofthe boards in reingit into portions of sufficient size. It may, 55 lation to said wires. The number of slots 14 however, be'used for dividing butter before in each board correspond, of course, to the the same is printed, or for puttingit into the number of wires in the two frames, the purform necessary .for the market, as a substipose of which will be obvious. The boards tute for the usual process of printing. All of 13 are held in place within the frame and these various uses will, however, be obvious 6o are connected to each other-by means of the and do not require any further description clamp-bars 15, which are two in number and here. The apparatus will be uOHStl'llGtBd of which are provided at their ends with hooks any suitable material, wood being preferred. ro.16,.adapted to t-ake over the sides of the 'Changes'in the form, proportion, and the boards. and drawthe same together, as may minor details of construction maybe resorted 6 5v "be seen by'refere'nce to the drawing. to without departing from the principleor 17 indicates a; bar, which is rigidly and sacrificing any of the advantages of this inpermanently secured to one of the boards 13, vention. l V And which has its ends projected beyond the Having described the-invention, I claim-- corresponding ends of the board to which it 1. An apparatus for cutting butter, cousist- 7'0 is attached, the purpose being to prevent exing of a main frame or base adapted to have cessive downward movement of the clampthe butter placed thereon, a movable frame bars 15. hinged to the main frame or base, a wire By reference to the drawings, it maybe stretched across the said movable frame, and

seen that the boards 13 when assembled in a second movable frame hingedtto the first 7 5 the proper position form substantially ahopmovable frame, and a wire extending across per, having for its bottom the slats 4, and the' second movable frame and at right an- V having-an open top. gles to the wire of the first frame,-substm1- :5 In the use of my invention, the apparatus tiaily as described.

p is placed in the positionshown in Fig. 1, and 2. Anapparatus for cutting butter, consist- 8c the butter to be divided placed within the ing of amain frame or base adapted tohave space inclosed by the boards 13 and spread the butter placed thereon, a movable frame evenly upon the slats 4, after which the frame hinged thereto, a series of wires stretched 3o 10 should be raised, swinging on its hinges so across the movable frame, and a bottomless as to bringt-he wires 11 upwardlyand through hopper carried by said movable frame and. the butter. This-will form the butter into a. censisting of a number of boards clamped series of strips corresponding in size to the within the same, said hopper being adapted space between the several wires 11. These to primarily surround the butter to be cut, ;5. strips of butter willlie upon the slats 4 and substantiallyas described. a

with the wires 7-ex tending under them and 3. Anapparatus foreuttim, butter having 0 across theirlongitudinalline. The next movea base for supporting the butter, a plurality ment in the operation of the-apparatus should of independently movable frames adapted to be a swinging of the frame 5 on its hinges, fit one within another and to move toward .0 which will be followed by a corresponding and from the plane of the base, and a pluralmovement of the wires 7, thereby dividing ity of parallel wires carried by each frame, 5 V thestrips of butter into squares, all of an the wires on one frame beingdisposedat an equal size,such size being commensurate with angle to those on the other, and the wires bethe size of the squares formed -by=the crossing arranged in suchpositions upon the frames 5 'ing wires 7and 11. When this has been done, that when the frames are telescoped they are the butter will rest upon the slats 4,;and disposed approximately in a conimon plane, IOO each slat will have thereon a numbe'r,in the substantially as specified a present case ten,'of blocks. This will permit In testimony that I claim the foregoing as the easy removal of the butter, owing :tothe my own I have'hereto aftixedmysignature in removable arrangement of the slats 4, which the presence of two witnesses. p makes it possible to lift the slats 0E, carrying r i RILEY;-PACK ARDI with them the blocks'of butter. Witnessesza i My apparatusis useful principally in pre- WALTERBRQQKING, paring butter for table use, thatis, for divid- F. O. PEARSON. a

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