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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
JACOB F. WEITZEL, OF GALVESTON, TEXAS.
VEGETABLE GRATER AND SLICER.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 228,147, dated May 25, 1880.
Application tiled hMarch 20, 1880. (Modal.)To all whoin it may concern:
Be it known that I, JAcoB F. WEITZEL, of
Galveston, Galveston county, and State of
Texas, have invented a new and Improved
5 Vegetable Grater and Slicer; and I do hereby
declare that the following is a full, clear, and
exact description of the same.
My invention relates to an improvement
upon that form of vegetable grater or slicerin
to which a tapering bucket or receptacleis made
largest at the top, and is combined with a
concentric and cone-shaped grater or slicer
whose base rests close to the bottom edge of
the bucket, and which cone-shaped grater or
15 slicer is arranged to revolve and act upon the
fruit or vegetables which wedge themselves
by gravity down into the annular space.
My invention consists, first, in making the
cone-shaped slicer or grater in oblate or elon-
20 gated form in cross-section, to improve the cut-
ting action, and in combining the conical cut-
ter and the reversely-tapering bucket with a
subjacent detachable pan carrying a spider-
frame with a socket to receive the end of the
25 spindle of the cone-shaped cutter, as hereinaf-
ter fully described.
III the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is
a plan view with the bridge-plate that sup-
ports the upper end of the spindle partly bro-
30 ken away, with the slicing-cylinder in place;
Fig. 2, a vertical central section of the same;
Fig. 3, an elevation of the grating-cylinder de-
tached; Fig. 4, a detached view of bridge-
plate, showing a modification of the crank and
35 gearing. Figs. 5 and 6 are cross-sections of
the two conical forms of cutters, taken re-
spectively through lines x x and y y, and
showing the elongated or oblate form of the
same.
40 A tapering bucket, A, with its larger diame-
ter at the top, serves as the receptacle for the
vegetables to be operated upon, and is open at
the top and bottom. A cutting or slicing cone,
B, is provided with a plate, B', at its lower
45 end, that extends diametrically across the cyl-
inder, and is secured thereto, and has a stud-
spindle, C, secured to the plate B' in line with
the central axis of the cone. The slicing-cone
rests upon and is supported by a spider-plate,
o50 D, the central portion of which is depressed to
form a step for the stud-spindle of the cutting-cone. The plate or spider D rests in a pan,
E, the upper rim of which fits snugly around
the outer rim of the lower end of the bucket,
so that the bucket will also rest upon the spi- 55
der-plate.
The upper cnd of the slicing-cone is pro-
vided with a spindle, F, that passes through
a bridge-plate, G, which forms a bearing for it,
and supports the cone inl a vertical position 60o
and permits it to revolve freely. The ends of
the bridge-plate G may be flanged at the sides
to stiffen them, and are turned down or hooked
at their ends g' to embrace the rim of the
bucket A between them and the ends of the 65
flanges g. A sufficiently-firm connection of
parts is thus obtained, which admit of being
readily taken apart for cleaning or removing
the cutter.
The upper end of the spindle may, as in this 7n
instance, be made square to receive the eye of
a crank-handle, K, so that the cutting-cone
may be turned horizontally in a simple manner.
A bevel-gear pinion, F', may be attached to
the end of the shaft, if desired, as shown in 75
Fig. 4, to mesh with a similar gear, K', upon
the end of a counter-shaft, K', journaled to
brackets upon the bridge -plate G, and pro-
vided with a crank-handle, K, at its end, to
more conveniently and easily rotate the cut- 80
ting-cone at an increased speed.
The cutting-cone B has slots bb in its sides, at
equal distances from each other, so that the slots
will extend from the base to the upper end of
the cone and receive knife-blades, the cutting- 85
edges of which project from its surface and
are secured to the cone by suitable means,
which will admit of their ready removal to
sharpen them, and so as to leave a portion of
the slot uncovered for the sliced portion of the 90
vegetable to pass through into the interior of
the cone and fall into the receptacle at thebot-
tom thereof.
The grating-cone H is similar to the slicing-
cone in general shape and in being provided 95
at its base with cross-plates h A, to hold a stnd-
spindle in line with its central axis, and also
in having a stud-spindle, h', secured to its up-
per end, to which the crank-gearing is to be
attached. Thebridge-plate G also supports it roo
at its upper end, and both the grating-cone H
and slicing-cone B are of such shape, dimen-
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Weitzel, Jacob F. Vegetable Grater and Slicer., patent, May 25, 1880; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth169996/m1/2/: accessed June 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.