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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE
FRANCIS W. CARTER, OF M ORGAN, TEXAS.
MEAT-TENDERER.
DSPCIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 315,723, dated April 14, 1885.
Application filed August 13, 1884. (Yo modeL.)To all wv/on.?, it may con07ern:
Be it known that I, FlIANcIs W. CARTER,
a citizen of the United States, residing at Mor-
gan, Bosque county, Texas, haveinvented new
5 and useful Improvements in Meat-Tenderers,
of which the following is a specification.
MIy invention relates to machines for crush-
ing and tendering beefsteak ; and the object
thereof is to provide an apparatus which shall
io be simple in construction, efficient in opera-
tion, and comparatively inexpensive, and one
which will act upon the meat without cutting
and separating the tissue, and in which the
crushing-teeth are cleansed of adhering mat-
15 ter at each revolution.
My invention consists in the several novel
features of construction and combinations of
parts hereinafter fully set forth, and definitely
pointed out in the claims.
20 Referiing to the accompanying drawings,
Figure 1 is a vertical cross-section. Fig. 2 is
a plan view of theapron and cleaner detached.
Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the machine. Fig.
4 is an end elevation showing a modified con-
25 struction. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of the
wiper detached.
In the said drawings the reference-numeral
1 denotes the standards or uprights of the ma-
chine, upon which the operative parts are sup-
30 ported. Upon the lower end of each stand-
ard are formed base-plates 2, having apertures
to receive screws, by which the apparatus may
be conveniently attached to a table or other
horizontal support.
35 At a suitable distance above the lower end
of each standard is cast or drilled a bearing
to receive the journal 3 of the lower crushing-
roll, 2, and above said bearing, and in the same
vertical plane, I form in each standard a half-
40 bearing. 5, which receives the journal 6 of the
upper roll, 7, the standards being slotted above
each half-bearing to receive springs 8, which
bear upon the journals of the upper roll and
serve to retain it in operative engagement with
45 the lower crushing-roll, 4.
Upon the periphery of each of the crushing-
rolls are formed teeth 9, each having the form
of a truncated cone, and so arranged as to al-
ternate with each other and with the teeth upon
50 the opposite roll. One of the journals of the
lower roll is prolonged to extend outward, andsquared to receive a crank, 10, by which the
device is operated.
Upon each standard are cast or otherwise
formed laterally-extending shoulders 11, hav- 55
ing horizontal supporting- surfaces 12, which
lie in a plane passing between the rolls 4 and
7. 'These shoulders support an apron, 12,
(shown detached in Fig. 2,) said apron con-
sisting of a plate having a central longitudinal 6o
slot, 13, extending nearly to the ends thereof,
and of such width that it may pass down over
the standards 1, which lie in the extremities
14 of said slot. The edges of the latter, which
lie opposite the toothed surface of the lower 65
roll, are serrated, the intervals between the
teeth being such that the alternating teeth of
the lower roll may pass between without ob-
struction, and at the same time be cleansed
from matter adhering thereto from contact 70
with the meat. The sides 15 of the apron af-
ford a convenient support for the meat as it
passes through between the rolls, and the con-
struction of the apron and the manner of en-
gaging it with the standards affords a strong 75
and rigid support for the latter.
Upon the journals 6 of the upper roll, 7, are
mounted half- boxes 16, which support a wiper,
17, provided with depending teeth 18, be-
tween which the teeth of the upper roll pass, 80o
and by which they are freed from adhering par-
ticles of meat or grease. Upon the upper face
of the wiper-plate, and near each end thereof,
are formed nipples or points 19, which engage
with the lower ends of the springs 8, by which 85
the roll is held down and in engagement with
the lower roll. A set-screw, 20, is tapped
through the top of each standard, and rests
upon the upper end of each spring, whereby
the tension of the latter may be adjusted. 90
Instead of forming the standards in the man-
ner shown in Fig. 1, I may use the form shown
in Fig. 4, in which they are cast with horizontal
arms 21 upon the lower ends, said arms hav-
ing base-plates 22, by which they are attached 95
to a wall or other vertical support. In this
form of construction the outer ends of the arms
project somewhat beyond the standards, form-
ing shoulders 23, having horizontal surfaces
24, which lie in the same horizontal plane with ioo
the upper edges of the arms. The lower roll
being journaled in bearings formed in the cen-
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Carter, Francis W. Meat-Tenderer, patent, April 14, 1885; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth170948/m1/3/: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.