US1192451A - Device for severing the hides and skins from the killed animals. - Google Patents

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W PFEFFERKORN. DEVICE FOR SEVERING THE HiDES AND SKINS FROM THE KILLED ANIMALS.

APPLICAT ION ,FILED APR. 5' 1915.

W L C i z Patented July 25, 1916;

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DEVICE r03 SEVERING THE nrnns em) SKINS FROM THE KILLED ANIMALS.

' Specification of Letters Patent.-

' Application filed April 5, 1915. Serial No. 19,34s.-

T all whom it may concern: T p

Be 1t known that I, VVILLY PFEFFERKORN,

electrical engineer, citizen of the Swiss Confederation, residing at Zug, Switzerland have invented certain new and useful Im provement's in Devices for Severing the Hides and Skins from the Killed Animals,

of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to a device for severing thehides and skins from the killed animals.

The object of the present invention is to provide a device which may be handled by any person and which will not injure the hide or skin'e'ven when handled by careless and inexperienced persons.

A furtherobject of the invention is to provide a device which is simple in con-.

struction and whichallows 'an' expeditious work.

I attain described hereinafter. v

5 fixed toa spindle 6. The spindle ,6 is rotatably mounted. in a bearing 7 of frame 1 and is provided with a bevel gear 9. The

bevel gear 9 which iskeyed'to the shaft 6 meshes with a bevel gear -10 fixed to shaft 1].. The shaft 11 is rotatably mounted in a bore 12-of the handle 2 and is fastened to the one end of a flexible shaft 13 the other end of which is connected with the shaft of -a-motor not shown in the '(lrawing. The

gears 9, 10 are covered by a casing which consistsof two parts 14, lfi'screwed onto the shield 3. The disk 5 is provided with three wings 16, the free ends of which are I these and other objects by means. I of the device illustrated in the drawings and drawings: Figure protruded over parts of the outer edges of the shields 3, 4. The free'ends of the wings 16 areeach'provided with incisions 9 Patented-July 2.5, i916.

19, 20 formed and arranged in such a man- ,ner .that' tliree- edges 21, 22, 23 of semi-, circular shape are formed' The edges 21,- 22, 23 are not sharpthey are rounded-off. The edge 22 of each wing projects farthest y from the edges'18. The shields 3-, 4 are close to the disk 5 and are made thin along I the edges 18;

- The device is e tate follows: The deviceis brought below the hide of the killed animal and th'e'disk 5is set in motion. The edges 21, 22, :23 sever the hide. The device works in any position and may he handled or skin as the wings 'wor of wedges. The hide may be severed quite clean and uninjured even by careless and inexperienced persons. i

6,0- without any risk of makin cuts in the hide j 1n the manner f What I claim and W181), to secureby Ilet ters Patent is: e

In'a device'of the character deseribed'the combination of'a frame having two shields,

a disk rotatably secured between both shields, wings on said disk projecting overthe outer edge of saidshields,agroup of semi-circular grounded beating edges on the outer ends of each of said wings, the central edge of said group of each groupof said beating edges protruding farther over. the edges of said shields than that of the other, two, a casing, and a spindle horizontally 1 disposed in said frame carryin said disk,

substantially as described and or the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof, I afiix my signa.-- ture in the presence of two witnesses.

IL YI'PFEFFERKGRNI lVitnesses: Furrz .Qm,

ARLON T. ADAMS.

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