US823689A

US823689A - Computing cheese-cutter.

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Publication number: US823689A
Authority: US
Inventors: Charles D Lender
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1905-12-18
Filing date: 1905-12-18
Publication date: 1906-06-19
Anticipated expiration: 1923-06-19

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No. 823,689. PATENTED JUNE 19, 1906.

G. D. LENDER.

COMPUTING CHEESE CUTTER.

APPLIUATION FILED DEO.18 1906. I

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No. 823,689. PATENTED JUNE 19, 1906.

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COMPUTING GHEE$E 'OUTIER.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES D LENDER, OF OENTRALIA, ILLlNOlS.

COMPUTING CHEESE-CUTTER- Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 19-, 1906.

Application filed December 18, 1905. Serial No. 292,312.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, OHARLEs D. LENDER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Centralia, in the county of Marion and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in OomputingOheeseCutters; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use This .invention relates to improvements in computing cheese-cutters.

The object of the invention is to provide a cheese-cutter of this character by means of which the amount of cheese desired by a customer may be quickly and accurately ascertained and cut.

Another object is to provide a cutter of this character having a frame or casing to en- :tirely inclose the same, provision being made whereby said casing isreadily opened to operate the device.

A further object is to provide a computing cheese-cutter which will be simple, strong,

and durable in construction, efficient and reliable in operation, and well adapted to the purpose for which it isdesigned.

With the above and other objects in view the invention consists of certain novel features of construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view ofa cheese-cutter and cabinet constructed in accordance with the invention. Fig. 2 is a horizontal sectional view taken on the line 22 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 3 is a plan view of the base or supporting frame of the cutterQ Fig. 4 is a detail vertical sectional view through a portion of the frame and table, showing the manner of locking the latter against movement; and

Fig. 5 is a detail view of the inner end of the com utingcylinder, showing the manner in whic .the same is turned in one direction by the operating-shaft and may be. reversed without turning the shaft.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 1 denotes the cabinet o'r casing, which incloses the apparatus, and 2 denotes a sup- Iiporting frame or base arranged in the cabinet 1. The base or supporting-frame 2 preferably consists of an outer annular ring 3,

provided with downwardly-projecting feet 4, Which r'est upon the floor or bottom of the .a socket 6.

casing or cabinet 1. Within the ring 3 of the supporting-frame is arranged a spider, preferably formed of three integrally-formed radial arms 5, at the center of which is formed In the ring 3 at suitable intervals are journaled radially-disposed bearing wheels or rollers 7.

Arranged above the frame 2 and supported thereby is a table or platform '8, on which is adapted to be placed a cheese. The table 8 is provided with suitable upwardly-projecting blades 9, which enter the cheese when placed upon the table to firmly hold the same in place. On the under side of the table 8 is secured a frame comprising an outer annular ring having formed thereon an annular rack 10.. The ring is further provided with integral radially-disposed arms 12, in the center of .which is formed a downwardly-projecting stud 13, which when the table is arranged on the frame 2 is adapted to project into the socket 6, thus revolubly connecting said table with the frame.

Journaled in one side of the frame 2 is a radially-projecting horizontally-disposed shaft 14, on the inner end of which is fixedly series of spaced annular lines 19 and longitu-' dinally-disposed lines 20 to form the divisionmarks of a computing-scale. On the cylinder is arranged a longitudinal line of figures representing the total price of various sizes or grades of cheese, while in each of the divisions formed by the annular lines opposite the total prices are arranged numerals representing the values of different pieces to be cut ofi from the cheese, represented by the totalprice at the end of said annular division. Supported at its inner end upon the frame 2 and having its outerend engaging the shaft 14 is a shaft-su porting frame 21, the horizontal bar of w 'ch extends across the top of the cylinder 18, and to said cross-bar is. secured a longitudinally disposed guide bar 22, on which is slidably mounted anindicating finger or pointer 23, which curves downwardly and has its lower end lying adjacent to the surface of the cylinder. The finger or pointer 23 is provided with a set-screw 24 for holding the same in its adjusted position on the guide-bar 22.

On the frame 2, adjacent to the computing mechanism, is formed a bracket in which is secured upwardly-projecting parallel standards 25, in the upper ends of which is j ournaled a shaft 26, to which is secured a cutting blade or knife 27. Said blade is provided on its upper end with a bail-shaped handle 28, by means of which it is swung downwardly onto and through the cheese on the table 8, thus severing a triangularly-shaped piece from the cheese. In the base or supporting-frame 2 is arranged a suitably-mounted set-screw 29, which is adapted to be screwed into engagement with the table 8 to rigidly hold the same against rotation while the cheese is being cut. The set-screw 29 is preferably provided with a crank-handle or lever 30, by means of which the same is screwed into and out of engagement with the table 8.

The casing or cabinet 1 maybe of any suitable shape and construction, but is here shown and is preferably elliptical in form and has its sides constructed of a series of glazed panels through which the contents of the case may be observed. The case is preferably formed of two counterpart sections which are hingedly connected together at their inner top edges, as shown. One of said sections is secured to the floor or bottom of the cabinet, while the other loosely engages the same, thereby permitting said latter section to be swung upwardly onto the fixed section and affordin access to the cheese and the operating mechanism within the casing.

In operation the cheese to be placed in the case in the cabinet is first weighed, after which the weight is multiplied by the sellingprice per pound. The cheese is now placed upon the table 8, and the hand-wheel l7 and shaft 14 are revolved until the column of total-price marks comes under the guide-bar of the pointer or finger 22. The latter is then shifted on the bar to bring the finger into line with the annular price-per-pound column opposite such total price. The cutting-blade is now forced downwardly into the cheese. Assuming that the cheese on the table 8 weighs eighteen pounds and the selling price should be twenty cents per ound, the total price of said cheese would be three dollars and sixty cents. The pointer or finger will therefore be adjusted to a point above the three-dollarsandsixtycents mark. With the machine in this position should a customer desire to purchase a ound of cheese the handheel shaft 14 an computingcylinder 18 will be turned until the twenty-cents mark in the three-dollars-and-siXty-cents column is engaged by the pointer 23. While the computing-cylinder has been turned by the shaft 14 the inion 15 on the inner end of the same has been revolving the table 8 and the cheese the corresponding distance, so that when the computing-cylinder has been. turned. to the proper point the set-screw 29 will be tightened to lock said table 8 against further movement, after which the knife is forced into the cheese to sever a piece therefrom, said piece being of the proper size to represent twenty cents worth from a cheese the total selling price of which is three dollars and sixty cents. Should a customer desire more than a pound, or twenty cents worth, of cheese, the computing-wheel and. the table 8 will be turned to the twenty-cents mark, thus bringing one pound of cheese under the knife, after wlnch the computingwheel is turned back to the starting-point and again moved around until the pointer or finger 23 engages the iraction-of-a-pound mark desired by the customer, at which time the table will be looked, as hereinbeforc described, and the proper size piece of cheese cut off. In order that the computing-wheel may be reversed upon the shaft 14 without turning said shaft backwardly, a pawl-andratchet engagement 31 is provided between said cylinder and shaft. Thus the cylinder will be revolved by the shaft when the latter is turned in one direction and will remain idle when the shaft is turned in the opposite direction or may be reversed on the shaft, as described.

From the foregoing description, taken in comiection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the invention will be readily understood without requiring a more extended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention as defined by the appended claims.

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Let ters Patent, is

1. In a cheese-cutter of the character described, the combination with a suitable easing adapted to be opened, of a supporting base or frame arranged therein, a table or platform revolubly mounted on said frame, a pivotally-mounted cutting-blade to coact with said table, mechanism to revolve said table, means to lock the same against movement and a computing-cylinder adapted to be turned to operate in one direction by the movement of said table-revolving mechanism, substantially as described.

2. In a cheese-cutter of the character described, the combination with a suitable casing having a hinged swin ing section, of a su ortin -fran1e arran ed in said casing, a refill revo ubly mounted on said frame, antifriction-rollers to support said table, an annular rack arranged 011 the under side of the latter, a shaft journaled in said supportingfriction-rollers to support said table, an an nular rack arranged onthe under side of the latter, a shaft journaled in said supportingframe, a spur-gear lEinion fixed on said shaft to engage said rac a hand-wheel fixed on the opposite end of said shaft, a computingcylinder loosely mounted on the shaft, a pawl-and-ratchet engagement between said shaft and cylinder whereby the latter is turned by the shaft in one direction, an indieating-finger adjustably mounted above said cylinder to coact therewith, an upright frame arranged on sa1d supporting-frame, a cuttingblade pivotally mounted in said frame, a bail-shaped handle connected to said blade, and a set-screw arranged in said su ortin frame to engage and hold said ta lfie, su stantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

CHARLES n. LENDER.

' Witnesses:

BELLA M. JAMES, FRANK F. NOLEMAN.