US509323A - Meat-tenderer - Google Patents

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J. T. OAKES. MEAT TAENDBRER. l

Patented Nov. 21,1893.

(No Model.)

, No. 509,323.l

' zen of the United States, residing at Williams- Ifo 'UNITED STATESl PATENT OFFICE. u

JOSEPH T. oAKEs, CF WILLIAMSBURC, KENTUCKY.

- MEAT-TENDERER.;- j

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters PatentpNo. 509,323, dated 'November 2 1, 1893.

l Application filed March '7, 1893.V SerialNoE 464.965. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern: Y

B e it known that I, JOSEPH T. OAKESa citiburg, in the county of Whitleyand State of 'Kentucky, have invented a new and useful Meat-'lenderelg of which the following-is a specification.

This invention relates to ,meat tenderers, and has for its object to simplify and cheapen the construction of devices of this character,

. and to overcome many objectionable features of prior devices for the same purpose.

With these ends in view, the invention consists' of the constructionand arrangement of suitable nature.

2 are beveled rearwardly, as at 5, to permitV the parts thereof as will be more fully hereinafter described and claimed.

' In the drawings: Figure l is a perspective view of a meat tenderer embodying my inventiou. Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical section on the line Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal vertical section taken through the center of one of the rollers. Fig. 4 is a sectional elevation view of one end of the machine, showing in full and dotted lines the tension spring resting upon the uppermost roller.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts'in the several figures of the drawings. p

Referring to the drawings, the numeral l designates the frame, which comprises aclosed y bottom, open front and rear sides, and closed ends 2, that are braced at the back by a Cross-` strip 3, andprovided at their upper'ends with a covering plate or strip 4;' and said frame may be constructed of wood and made in separate pieces kand afterward joined, or be 'cast or molded at one operation from metal of a The front edges of the ends dle 11, secured toa stub projecting from one lend of the said lowermost roller outwardly gthrough 'one ofthe said slotsf6. The upperfinest-roller 10 is arranged obliquely with ref- .the meat that is fed between the said rollers is directed at a downward incline from the rear thereof and awaytherefroin Furthermore the lower roller being in advance of the upper roller forms a'rest for the meat as it is fed to the rollers. A

To each end 2, at the rear thereof and on the inner side of the same, is secured a straight spring-arm 13, movably litted in a slot 14, that diverges toward the upper end thereof that is situated adjacent tothe uppermost roller and the free end of said spring-arm loosely engages the stub of the uppermost roller that is fitted in the adjacent slot 6. These spring-arms are arranged at a downward inclination and secured at their rear ends, and the movement of the sam-e is regu 'lated by posts 15, above the same adjacent totheir points of securement; and it will be seen that by the employment of the said posts, the resistance of the spring-arms will be increased without the necessity of employing a heavy and cumbersome device of thecharacter set forth. The object ofthe said spring-arms isto produce a tension on the uppermost roller 10, and hold the latter normally in Contact with the lowermost roller9; but when, meat of increased thickness is passing ybetween the rollers, that resists the action vofthe same, or a bone is encountered,'the said uppermost roller will rise. or be pressed` away from the lowermost roller against the action of the said spring-arms, and immediatelysuch form of obstruction has passed between the rollers IOO the said spring-arms will again come'into play land force the uppermost roller downwardly yagainst the lowermost roller. It will be obresist parts of the meat thatpass-between the` rollers without breaking the latter.

It will be observed that the formation of the slot 14, in which the spring-arms 13 are located, provides for a limitation of the move-- ment of said spring-arms at the free ends of the latter, but said free ends of the slots are large enough to permit all the move-ment necessary for the said spring-arms to possess. It will also be understood that the rollers may be. readily removed fromy the frame when so` desiredto.- cleanse or otherwise manipulate the same, by ysimpl-y removing the posts andy loosening the spring-arms 'so that they may be also detached or raised upwardly out of the way. Furthermore, the arrangement of the springs within theslots or grooves 14E preven-tsr the. springs froxnprojecting into and obstructi-ngthe-space between the planes of the ends of the frame, which otherwiseiwould inzterferewith the passage of the meat through the apparatus.

Each of the rollers 9 and 10, is formed of a series of sections 16, that comprises a flange 17, and a toothed rim 18, and these are mount. edl on a. wooden core 19, towhichthe end-caps 20, carrying the stubs, are secured by screws to holdthe several sections in proper position on the wooden'core; and the toothed rims are so arranged on the two rollers that they will' revolve in the. planeof the untoothed portion of each section so as to prevent entirely cutting the fiber of the meat, but at the same time tender the same andcause a feed thereof between the rollers byreason of the fact that ther rollers revolve inwardly toward each other, or in reverse directions as will be readilyunderstood. The use of the, wooden corev greatly lightens the structure of the rollers and the sections can be replaced at' anytime should they become broken or otherwise injured.

The fra-me isc arranged to be attached to a 5o tablel or shelf in convenient position Within the culinary department, and it is obviously appa-rent that changes in the formpropor tion, and the minor details of construction may be resorted to without departing from the principle or sacrificing any of the advantages of this invention.

.Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is- 1. In a meat tenderer, the combination of a frame` having oppositely-situated ends provided with obliquely-arrangedslots, which y incline forwardly toward their lower ends a pair of twin co-acti'ng rollers removably fitted in.` said slots and geared together for simultaneous operation, the lower roller being thus held in advance of the upper roller to facilivtate the feeding of themeat to the rollers by 1 providing a rest for the meat preparatory to its engagement by the rollers anda pair of spring-arms having their free ends bearing 'against the opposite tru-nnionsof the uppermost of said rollers, the direction of pressure of theL spring-arms being parallel with the slots, substantially as specified.

2. In a meat ten.derer,.,the combination of a frame having obliqu-ely-arranged slots in the opposite. ends thereof, said slotsinclining forwardl7 toward their lower ends, a pair of rollers removably mounted in said slots whereby the axis of thev uppermost roll is in rear of the vertical plane of the axis` of the lower most roll, `a crank-handle in connection with one of said rollers, and a pair of spring-'arms having their free v ends. engaging the opposite trunnions of the uppermost roll, the. said l spring-arms being arranged in slots or grooves 14D, the'sides of which diverge toward their uppermost ends or toward the trunnions of the rollers, whereby the springs do not project into nor obstruct the space betweenl the planes of the ends of the frame, substantially as. specified.

In testimonythatI claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aflixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

JOSEPH T. OAKES.

Witnesses:

R. T. HEMPHILL, B. F. RosE.

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