US1115697A - Slicing-machine. - Google Patents

Description

A. J. LOGA- SLIOING. MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 24, 1913.

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A. J. LOGA.

SLIDING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED NOV. 24, 1913.

Patented Nov. 3, 1914,

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SLICING-MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent. j Patented Nov, 3 1914. Application filed November 24, 1913. Serial No. 802,811. 2

ful Improvements in Slicing-Machines, of 'which the following is a specification, ref-.

erence being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to improvements in cabbage cutting machines andhas for 1ts primary object to, provide a machine ofthis character primarily designed for use in the manufacture of sauerkraut, whereby large quantitles of cabbage may be expeditiously cut into particles ofa predetermined thickness.-

The invention has for another and more particular object to provide a machineof the above character embodying a movable knife and a gage platemovable therewith, and meansfor adjusting the gage platewith respect to the knife whereby the thickness of varied as desired. c

In its more specific aspect the invention includes a hopper having an inclined feed chamber, a knife vertically movable at the lower end of the feed chamber, stationary guides for the knife, a gage plate, link con nections between one end of said gageplate and the knife, movable guides for'the gage plate, and means for moving said guides to adjustably dispose the gageplate in spaced relation to the knife. 1

. The invention has for a further object to generally improve and simplify the construction' of machines of the'above character without increasing their manufacturing cost to any material extent. lVith the above and other. objects in View as will become apparent as the description proceeds, the invention consists 'in certain constructions, combinations and arrange-- ments of the parts that I shall hereinafter fully describe and claim. I h

For a full understanding of the inventlon, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanyingdrawings, in

which- Figurel is a side elevation of a cabbage cutting machine embodying my invention in its preferred form; Fig.2 is a top plan view thereof; Fig. 3 is an end elevation; Fig. 4 is a similar view'of the opposite end of the machine; Fig. 5 is asection taken on the ALEXANDER J. LoGA,

on the line 6".-6of"Fig.5;"Fig. 7 is a detail line 5-.5 of Fig. 2; c Fig. section taken y elevationofthecutting knife; Fig. 8 is'"a detail perspective view.ofone of the guide membersfor' the gage, plate.

, Referringin detail to the drawings, 5 designates a casing or. housing which is' provided with a longitudinally inclined hopper or feed chamber 6. The base .wall of this hopper. at'ltslower end has the metal plate 7 counter-sunk in'its upper surface for a purpose which will become. apparent as the con strupltion of the invention is better unders 00 c i In'the p1 s draces fthe side walls ofthe casing 5 .at thefllower end of the feed chamber, the steel plates 8 are secured, said .platesr being countersunk in the casing.

walls. .Similar plates!) are also secured to the outer faces of the side walls of the casmg. Theseplatesare provided adjacent theirsupper and lo-werends with the curved slots 10 which coincide; with similar-slots fOIHlGd'lIl the sidewalls of thecasing. .The'

longitudinal edgesofthe plates 8 which are contiguous to the lower end of the hopper chamber 6'are'provided with guideways 11 to receivethe edges of a cutting plate12; The lower body portion of thisplate is cut out to form the opening 13 therein, and the upper' end of said opening is curved and sharpened to provide'thecutting edge '14. The top wall of the casing 5 is provided with 1 a transverse slot 15 through which the cutting plate is adapted to extend in the operation of the machine. A- transversely disposed bar 16 is secured to one side of said plate at its upper end and rods 17 connect i 21 designates the gage plate which ismovable with the cutting plate 12 and is mounted at its edges inthe guide members 22. Each ofthese guide members is formed upon the end of a bolt 23. which is adapted for disposal through a sleeve 24 formed upon one.

end of'a lever 25. These sleeves are adapted for movement in the slots 10 and'the corresponding openings in the casing walls.

Suitable nuts 26 are threaded upon the outer ends of the. bolts to retain the. same in, the sleeves 24c- The levers 25 are fixed upon the ends of the transverse rods 27 which extend through the plates 8 and 9 and areloosely mounted in theside walls of the casing: The levers 25 on one side of the casing 5 are provided with arms 28 to which the ends of a link 29 are pivotally connected. The

arm 28 of the upper lever is somewhat longer than the arm of the lower lever and a nut30 is loosely mounted in the end of said longer arm. To this nut, the lower end of an adjusting screw 31 is rotatably conment of the levers 25. a

The gage plate 21 is provided witha crescent shaped opening 37,, and the cutting edge of theplate 12 is disposed slightly above the lower edge of this opening. The upper edge of the gage plate 21 is connected to the bar 16 which issecured upon the cutting plate l2by means ofthe links 38.

It will be apparent from the above descrip-- tion that by simply turning the adjusting I screw 31, the levers 25 are actuated to move the guide members. 22 in the curved slots provided in the sidewalls of the casing, and

cutting plate as the case may be. It is, of

course, understood that the stems 23 of the guide members are loosely engaged in the sleeves 24 so that they will rotate freely therein. The distance between these plates which moves over the scale graduations 40' out upon the surface of one. of the plates 9.

In order to. forcibly feed the cabbage to the cutting plate 12-, I provide a follower 41 arranged within the hopper or feed chamber 6. One end of a rack bar 42 is secured to this follower and the teeth 43 teeth of a pinion 44 disposed between the bracket plates 45 fixed upon the end wall of the hopper 6 in which one end of a shaft 46 is journaled. The bar 42 is movable through a suitable opening provided in the end wall of the hopper and has a hand loop 47 formed upon one end. A pin '48 is also secured to the outer end of said barand engages the bracket lates 45 to limit the movement of the follower in one direction. To the other end of the shaft 46, one end of a helical spring 49 is secured, said spring being arranged between the spaced plates 50 and having its other end secured to one of the connecting bolts between said plates; This spring, normally acts to irotate the pinion- 44 so" as to movethe follower inwardly and downwardly toward the cutting plate "12. --It will be readily understood that in the operation of the machine, the cabbage is disposed between the follower and the cutting plate 12, and the spring 49 acts to continually press the cabbage head against the cutting plate until the en- "tire head has been cut.

The rear ends of the levers 18 are connected-to the opposite ends of a transverse shaft'51 which is mounted for movement in the a rcuate slots 52 provided in the side wallsof the case'5. Upon this shaft between the side walls of the casing, the arms of a yoke 53 are loosely mounted. Upon a shaft 54, journaled in the side walls of the casing, a fly wheel 55 is secured and ion said shaft, an eccentric 56 is rigidly fixed. Upon the periphery of this eccentric thestrap 57 is arranged and a rod 58 connects said eccentric strap with the yoke 53.

A pinion 59 is also secured upon theshaft 54 for engagement with the teeth of a gear wheel 60, secured upon the operating shaft =61 which is journaled in the side walls of jthe casing 5. Upon one end of this shaft, a belt wheel 62 is secured with whichthe Q belt extending from an engine or other suitable source of power is engaged.

thus. move the gage plate toward or from the From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings,

: it is believed that the construction and manner of operation and several advantages of the invention will be clearly and fully. unf derstood.

determines the thickness of the slice of cab When power is applied to the shaft 61,

the levers 18 are oscillated to actuate the cutting plate through the medium of the In the vertical movemovement its position with respect to' the cutting plate is not altered l/Vhen the crescent shaped opening 37 in the plate 21- and the cutting edge of the plate 12 are ;disposed above the base of the hopper or of said rack bar are adapted to engagethe 2 feed chamber 6, the follower 41 forces the cabbage head through the opening in the cutter plate. In the reverse or downward movement of the plates 12.and 21, the knife edge 14 of the cutter plate cooperating with themetal plates 7 on, the base wall of the feed chamber severs the layer of cabbage from the head. Thiscabbage layer is forced :outwardly through the opening 37 in the gage plate 21. thickness of the severed layer of cabbage is determined solely by the space between the movable plates. In this manner, it will be appreciated that a large number of cabbage heads may be easily, expeditiously and It is apparent that the economically. cut up into minute particles for use inmanufacturing sauer kraut.

The machine is comparatively simple in its construction and it will therefore be appreciated that the same can be manufactured at small cost.

It will of course be understood that the invention is susceptible of considerable modification in the form, proportions and arrangements of the several elements employed and I therefore reserve the right to resort to all such legitimate changes as may be fairly embodied within the spirit and scgpe of the invention, as claimed.

aving thus described the invention, what is claimed is: j

1. In, a machine of the character described, a movable cutter plate, a gage plate disposed in parallel relation to the cutter plate, movable connections between one end of the gage plate and said cutter plate, and means for moving said gage plate toward or from the cutter plate.

2. In a machine of the character described, a vertically movable cutter plate, a gage plate connected to the cutter plate and movable therewith, guides for said gage plate, and means for adjusting said guides to move the gage plate toward or from the cutter plate.

8. In a machine of the character described, a verticallymovable cutter plate, a gage plate, links connecting one end of the gage plate to the cutter plate, movable guide members for said gage plate,and means for moving the guides to dispose the gage plate in adjustable spaced relation to the cutter plate.

4. In a machine of the class described, a vertically movable cutter plate, stationary guides therefor, a gage plate, movable connections between one end of the gage plate and the cutter plate, normally stationary adjustable guides for the gage plate to maintain said plate in spaced parallel relation to the cutter plate, and means for adjusting said guides to vary the distance between said plates.

5. In a machine of the class described, a vertically movable cutter plate, stationary guides therefor, a gage plate, links movably connecting one end of said gage plate to the cutter plate, normally stationary adjustable guide members for said gage plate, pivotally mounted arms connected to said guide members, and means for actuating said arms to adjust the guide members and move the gage plate toward or from the cutter plate.

6. In a machine of the class described, the combination with a casing provided with a hopper, of a vertically movable cutter plate, mounted in said casing at one end of the hopper, stationary guides for said cutter plate, a gage plate, movable connections between one end of the gage plate and the cutter plate, transverse rods loosely mounted in the side walls of the hopper, levers secured upon the ends of each rod, the side walls of the casing being provided with slots, guide members for the gage plate connected to said levers and movable in said slots, a link connecting the levers on one side of the casing, an adjusting screw connected to one of said levers whereby said rods are rotated and the arms simultaneously moved to adjustably position the guide members in the slots and. vary the distance between the cutter plate and the gage plate.

7. In a machine of the character described, a movable cutter plate, a gage plate arranged in parallel relation to the cutter plate and connected to said cutter plate at one of its ends for movement therewith, a plurality of guide members in which the opposite edges of the gage plate are movably disposed, and means for simultaneously moving said guide members to adjust the gage plate with respect to the cutter plate and vary the distance between said plates.

' 8. In a machine of the character described, a movable cutter plate, a gage plate, links connecting one end of the gage plate with saidcutter plate, a guide for the gage plate, and means for adjusting said guide to move the gage plate toward or from the cutter plate and vary the distance between said plates.

9. In a machine of the character described, a movable cutter plate, a gage plate, movable connections between one end of the gage plate and the cutter plate, a loosely mounted transverse rod, arms fixed upon the ends of said rod, a guide member loosely mounted upon each of said'arms to receive one edge of the gage plate, and means for rotating said rod to move the guide members and adjust the gage plate with respect to the cutter plate.

10. In a machine of the character described, a movable cutter plate, a gage plate disposed in parallel relation to the cutter plate and connected at one of its ends thereto for movement with the cutter plate and also independently thereof, movable guide members in which the opposite edges of the gage plate are disposed, and means for simultaneously moving said guide members to move the gage plate toward or from the cutter plate and vary the distance between the same.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ALEXANDER J. LOGA. Witnesses:

JOHN PAMFILIE, JAMns I. RIC-KARD.

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