US965477A - Meat-tenderer. - Google Patents

Description

C. S. MILLER.

MEAT TENDERER. APPLICATION FILED APR. 21, 1909.

965,477., Patented July 26, 1910.

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MEAT-TENDERERE Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Ju1y'26, 1910:

Application filedApril 21, 1909. Serial No. 491,332.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES S. MILLER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Sunbury, in the county of Northumberland and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Meat- Tenderers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to meat tenderers of the rotary type. It cuts and separates the fiber of meat, so that it can be more easily masticated and digested. It is simple in construction, and can be readily taken apart for cleaning, thus making it perfectly sanitary.

The various features of the invention will be hereinafter more fully described in connection with the accompanying drawing in which,

Figure 1 is a side elevation, with one arm of fork broken away to show slot in cross piece of. shield. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the invention showing means for adjusting shield. Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view showing arrangement of axle, washers, strippers and cutter-wheels. Fig. 4: is an end view of the invention.

Referring to the drawing, 1 indicates the handle made of wood or other suitable material in the end of which is inserted the shank 2 of the downwardly projecting fork 3. Journaled in the ends of the arms 3 is a shaft 4: having head 5 and secured in position by thumb nut 6. Loosely mounted on the shaft 4 are a plurality of cutting wheels having the body portion 7 from which radiate the cutters 8, which are beveled in saw tooth fashion. The cutter wheels are not limited to the precise construction-shown, but if it is desired, disk shaped wheels may be used. The cutter-wheels are spaced by means of washers 9 also loosely mounted on the shaft 4:.

10 designates a casing or shield partially covering the cutter wheels for protection of the operator, having sides 11, the lower ends of which are reinforced with wire to act as strippers, a slot being provided therein through which the aXle 1 passes to permit of the vertical adjustment of the shield and strippers. Hinged at the lower ends 13 of the shield are the curved strippers 13 which pass between the adjacent cutter wheels and disengage the meat from said wheels when operated. This arrangement permits of the strippers being withdrawn from between the cutter wheels for cleaning either said wheels or strippers without taking the tenderer apart by simply removing either one of the pintles of hinges 13. An adjusting rod 14: passes through the upper part of the fork 3 having its lower end screw threaded to engage threads 15 in the upper part of the shield 10. A pin 16 inserted in said rod 14 limits the upward and downward movement of the rod. Permanently attached to the rod 14 is a small handle 17 by means of which said adjusting rod can easily be operated. The shield 10 passes between the arms 3 of the fork, and surrounds the three sides of the arms as shown at 18. This arrangement helps to keep the shield in place and prevenzs any motion when the tenderer is operate By the adjusting means described the shield and strippers can be easily raised or lowered as may be desired when cutting either thick or thin steaks.

The tenderer is operated by passing it backward and forward over the meat. As there are six knives or cutters and sixteen teeth on each cutter it will be readily seen that a great number of incisions will be made in the meat in a short time. All the parts of the tenderer can be easily cleaned by removing the thumb nut and withdrawing the shaft, which disengages all the knives and washers.

Having described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

1. In a meat tenderer, the combination of a handle, of a concave shaped shield, a shaft within the shield having mounted thereon a plurality of cutter wheels, of stripper arms loosely secured to the ends of the shield.

2. In a meat tenderer, the combination with a handle having a fork, a shaft extending between the arms of the fork and a plurality of cutter wheels mounted upon the shaft, of a stripper comprising a curved shield having sides connected to said fork and stripper arms hinged to the ends of said shield.

3. In a meat tenderer, the combination with a handle having a fork, a shaft extending between the arms of the fork and a plurality of cutter wheels mounted upon the shaft, of an adjustable stripper secured to the arms of the fork, said stripper comprising a curved shield extending partly around shield extending partly around vthe cutter the Cutter wheels, and stripper arms hinged Wheels, and stripper arms hinged to the to the ends of the shield. ends of the shield and extending between 74:. In a meat tenderer, the combination adjacent cutter Wheels beneath the shaft.

5 with a handle having a downwardly pro- In testimony whereof I aflix mysignatureylz'i jecting fork, a shaft extending between the in presence of two witnesses. arms of the fork and a plurality of cutter I CHARLES S. MILLER. Wheels mounted upon the shaft, of an ad- Witnesses: justable stripper secured to the arms of the C. W. CLEMENT,

10 fork, said stripper comprising a curved C. F. SHIPMAN.

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