US97184A - Warren gale - Google Patents

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, have invented certain new and useful startseite Letters Patent No. 97,184, dated November 23,1869.

IMPROVEMENT IN VEGETABLE-CUTTRS.

The Schedule referred .to in these Letters Patent and making part 0f the same To all 'whom it may concern: l

Be it kno-wn that I, WARREN Gams, of Peekskill, in the county of Westchester, and'State of New York, Improvements in Machines forUutting or Slicing Vegetables, 85e.; and I do 'hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had tothe accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which forln a part ot' this specification.

The nature of my invention consistsin the construc- -tion and general arrangement of a vegetable-cutter or slicer, aswi'll be hereinafter fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the artto which my invention appertains, to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation, referring to the annexed drawings, in which- Y Figure 1 is a longitudinal vertical section of my machine. Y

Figure 2 is a side elevation of the same.,

Figure is a cross-section, and

Figure 4, aside view of a cylinder, with sem-icircular knives, whiclrI may use in'place of the one shown in figs. l-and 2. i

` Figures 5 and 6 are side views of still other knives 'that may be used; and

Figure 7' is a side view of the shown in ligs.1 and 2. l

I usually make my vegetable-Slicer or cutter with a hollow cast-iron cylinder, A, which maybe cast of the proper form, hereafter to be more particularly dehead 'of the cylinder,

' scribed, in one piece, andthe shaft B, on which it 'runs, made of one piece of wrought-iron, and may be cast into the cylinder; or two short shafts may be used, each one cast into the end, or otherwise fastened to the cylinder.

The best way, however, to make the cylinder, is in separate sections, fastened by screws, or otherwise, to

separate head-pieces, the headpieccs being fastenedV ,to a wrought shaft.

As turnips, carrots, or other vegetables to be cut, almost always have more .or less grit or dirt mixed with or adhering to them, causing considerable wear on the surface `of the cylinder, it is especially desirable, that whatever mode of construction is used, the surface next to the vegetables shall be of metal. Ak

wooden ycylinder, with a metal covering, might be used.

Across the cylinder A, two main slicing-knives are fastened. The knives O C, I prefer to make flat on the side next to the cylindi-u, and'straight across the cylinder,

in preference to using a spiral knife, or a knife with a curve on its under side. A straight knife is cheaper is used.

made than a spiral one, and the vegetable is less likely to slide before they knife, and is more readily pierced by the edge of I do not limit myself to any number of slicingknives. Ihe number should vary, according to the dianieter of the cylinder, more being used as. the di* ameter is increased.

Immediately below, and 'extending back Asome distance from the knife, ou the cylinder, I form adepression, as shown in iig. and arrange the knife on the-cylhlder, so the space between the under side of the knife and cylinder is wider at the back side.-

By this arrangement, I find, by experience, the slices, as cut from thc turnips, Ste., will readily pass from the machine, being discharged' freely without going into the cylinder, as in other machines, to be discharged at the end. 'A

rEhe slicingknife should be bevclled on the outside, as, when bevelled wholly on the under side, or curved, it takes a too rank hold of the turuip, and

gives the slice such a turn or direction that itis more lto cut the slice.

When cross-section knives aa., asV shown in figs. 5 and 6, are used, to still further divide the slice, I cast, or otherwise fasten them into t-lie section immediat-ely below the main slicing-knife; but this latter should extend some distance beyond the former, to protect them from injury by coming in Contact with stones, Ste.

I provide the detachable sections with a curve or projection, h, at each end, to which theV main slicingknives C C are attached, so that either or both can be removed without disturbing the balance of the cylinder. The sections carrying these knives may also bc removed, and other sections, with other knives of any shape, substituted, so as to cut the vegetables in an)r manner desired, with substantially the same machine.

I may make detachable throat-pieces, sepa-rate from l the section or cylinder, so that it will only be necessary to remove said throat-pieces when 1t is desired l to change the machine to cut fineor coarse. ,These detachable ltliroet-piecesare provided with projections on the under side, fitting into corresponding depressions on thc section or cylinder, and the throat-piece is held in place by ,the main knife. pressing 2 gainstthe ends of the cross-section knives, The throat-piece may be held in place in any other convenient way.

a straight knifel than when a spiral one` I may also use detachable sections, having loopshaped or curved knives, D D, as shown in tigs. 3 and 4, which knives I prefer to cast into the sections, so as to allow the cylinder to present a smooth surface, which would not be the case it otherwise fastened. The loop-knives are so arranged that at each revolu tion they cut over the whole width of the box, so that no part of the vegetables will be left without being caught and cut by the edge of some one of the knives.

vThe cylindenA is placed in the box F, the shaft Br having its bearings of said box, and the sides or secltions of the cylinder` are provided with a rib or projection at each end, so as to prevent any small vegetables from escaping from the box uncut.

When I use a cylinder made of detachable sect-ions, I prefer making the head-pieces G of the cylinder with openings throughthe rim, as shown in lig. '1, which enables me to use screws and bolts to fasten the seetions. '.lhe sections will then come together without tiling or drilling, 'even if they should be of slightly irregular shape, which is often the case, from the moulding or unequal shrinking` in casting.

The frame or box l, in which the cylinder works, is provided with a hinged hopper, H, so arranged that the vegetables will mainly rest on the same, and only come in contact with the cylinder for about one-thurth of its circumference.

.Lhe vegetables to be cut are placed in the hopper Il, the cylinder put iu motion, when the slices will pass out, througli the spoilt L, into a suitable vessel placed for their reception, or may fall ou the' floor.

Having thusfully described my invention,

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. 1u a vegetable-sheer, a cylinder, made whole or in sections, of any suitable form, when provided with astraight knife fastened across the cylinder, with an opening between the knife and cylinder to govern the, thicknessof the slice, and with a depression or space onthe cylinder, below the knife, made wider at its back part, so the slices will pass under the knife, and be discharged without stanti-ally as described.

going into the cylinder, sub- 2. In a vegetable-Slicer, a cylinder, of any suitable form, made with an outside metal surface, when said cylinder is armed with one or more knives, of any suitable form, and is also made with a space between said knife and metallic surface, made wider at its back part, substantially as described.

3. A cylinder of a vegetable-Slicer, composed of detachable sections, and attaching the knives to said sections, in such a manner that the knife, or knives, and sect-ions can be removed without disturbing t-he other parts of the cylinder, substantially as described.

4. So constructing the detachable sections of the cylinder, that a space will be left between the sections and the knives, which shall be wider at its back than its fi'ont, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

5. Providing the detachable sections of a cylinder in a vegetable-Slicer with a bend or projection, at or ne'ar its end, to which the knife is attached, and also with a projection, extending around the cylinder, substantially as and for the purpose described. v

'lhe combination of the cylinder A, constructed substantially as herein set forth, with the hopper H, and arranged in thc frame F, in such a manner that the vegetables lwill only come iu contact with about onc-fbnrth of the circumference of the cylinder, substantiall) as described.

'i'. 1n a \-'egetab1eslcer, a detachable tlu'oat-picce, l", in combination with a detachable section, D D, so the throat-piece can be remo'ved without removing the section, substantially as described.

8. A vegetable-Slicer, constructed with a detachable section, D, to which the knife, or knives, or cutters, of whatever form, are attached, in combination with a slotted head-piece., G, to which the section is fastened, all substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that 'I claim the foregoing as my own, I aiiix my signature, in presence of two witnesses.

WARREN GALE.

Witnesses:

E. O. BENNETT, DANL. MILLER.

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