﻿[101] 
  PATENTS 
  ISSUED 
  RELATING 
  TO 
  FISH 
  AND 
  FISHERIES. 
  1075 
  

  

  t, 
  connected 
  with 
  the 
  pixmger, 
  substantially 
  as 
  ami 
  lor 
  the 
  purpose 
  

   herein 
  described." 
  

  

  No. 
  262575. 
  

  

  (Augustine 
  Crosby, 
  Benton, 
  Me.; 
  patented 
  August 
  15, 
  1882; 
  machine 
  for 
  filling 
  cans 
  

   with 
  meat, 
  fish, 
  &c. 
  See 
  Plates 
  CXXXI 
  and 
  CXXXII.) 
  

  

  In 
  some 
  can-filling- 
  machines 
  apair 
  of 
  semi-cylindrical 
  knives 
  or 
  cut- 
  

   ters 
  rotating 
  about 
  a 
  longitudinal 
  axis, 
  one 
  within 
  the 
  other, 
  in 
  con- 
  

   centric 
  circles, 
  have 
  been 
  employed 
  to 
  cut 
  the 
  meat, 
  fish, 
  &c, 
  delivered 
  

   thereto 
  from 
  the 
  chute 
  or 
  hopper 
  and 
  properly 
  shape 
  it 
  to 
  fit 
  into 
  the 
  

   can 
  to 
  be 
  filled. 
  These 
  cutters, 
  when 
  opened 
  to 
  their 
  full 
  extent 
  by 
  ro- 
  

   tating 
  them 
  on 
  their 
  axis, 
  so 
  that 
  one 
  will 
  lie 
  snugly 
  within 
  the 
  other, 
  

   form 
  a 
  semi-cylindrical 
  chamber 
  or 
  receptacle 
  of 
  a 
  size 
  and 
  shape 
  

   adapted 
  to 
  contain 
  only 
  one-half 
  of 
  the 
  contents 
  of 
  the 
  can 
  to 
  be 
  filled, 
  

   the 
  meat 
  or 
  fish 
  in 
  the 
  chute 
  above 
  being 
  forcibly 
  pressed 
  directly 
  down 
  

   into 
  the 
  receptacle, 
  and 
  extending 
  up 
  above 
  the 
  upper 
  edges 
  of 
  the 
  

   cutters, 
  which, 
  as 
  they 
  are 
  rotated, 
  cut 
  off 
  a 
  portion 
  of 
  suitable 
  size 
  and 
  

   shape 
  to 
  fit 
  the 
  can 
  to 
  be 
  filled, 
  and 
  as 
  the 
  meat 
  or 
  fish 
  is 
  soft 
  and 
  elas- 
  

   tic, 
  the 
  mass 
  of 
  material 
  above 
  the 
  cutters 
  must 
  be 
  held 
  down 
  while 
  

   they 
  are 
  operating, 
  in 
  order 
  that 
  a 
  sufficient 
  quantity 
  may 
  be 
  cut 
  off 
  to 
  

   properly 
  fill 
  the 
  can. 
  It 
  is 
  declared 
  that 
  to 
  effect 
  this 
  pressure 
  requires 
  

   the 
  expenditure 
  of 
  considerable 
  power, 
  while 
  the 
  mechanism 
  employed 
  

   within 
  the 
  chute 
  to 
  produce 
  this 
  pressure 
  is 
  in 
  the 
  way 
  and 
  interferes 
  

   with 
  the 
  proper, 
  sorting 
  and 
  arranging 
  by 
  hand 
  of 
  the 
  pieces 
  of 
  meat 
  

   or 
  hsh 
  before 
  they 
  reach 
  the 
  cutters, 
  while 
  the 
  juices 
  are 
  expressed 
  and 
  

   escape 
  at 
  various 
  points, 
  thus 
  running 
  to 
  waste, 
  whereby 
  the 
  quality 
  

   of 
  the 
  meat 
  or 
  fish 
  is 
  injuriously 
  affected 
  ; 
  that 
  furthermore, 
  as 
  the 
  cut- 
  

   ters 
  lit 
  one 
  within 
  the 
  other 
  when 
  opened, 
  they 
  do 
  not 
  form 
  a 
  true 
  

   circle 
  when 
  closed 
  up 
  to 
  make 
  the 
  cut, 
  and 
  it 
  therefore 
  becomes 
  impos- 
  

   sible 
  to 
  make 
  the 
  cylindrical 
  plunger 
  employed 
  to 
  force 
  the 
  substance 
  

   into 
  the 
  can 
  fit 
  accurately 
  within 
  the 
  chamber 
  formed 
  by 
  the 
  closed 
  

   cutters, 
  the 
  space 
  thus 
  left 
  between 
  the 
  plunger 
  and 
  the 
  interior 
  of 
  the 
  

   cutters 
  affording 
  an 
  opportunity 
  for 
  tough 
  fish 
  skins 
  and 
  sinews 
  to 
  

   catch 
  between 
  the 
  edges 
  of 
  the 
  cutters 
  and 
  become 
  twisted 
  or 
  jammed, 
  

   and 
  hence 
  not 
  to 
  be 
  carried 
  forward 
  by 
  the 
  plunger, 
  when 
  they 
  will 
  ac- 
  

   cumulate 
  and 
  cause 
  the 
  machine 
  to 
  become 
  clogged, 
  while 
  it 
  frequently 
  

   happens 
  that 
  one 
  end 
  of 
  a 
  long 
  piece 
  of 
  skin 
  or 
  sinew 
  will 
  become 
  

   caught 
  while 
  the 
  other 
  end 
  is 
  carried 
  by 
  the 
  plunger 
  into 
  the 
  can, 
  and 
  

   when 
  the 
  latter 
  is 
  removed 
  from 
  the 
  machine 
  its 
  contents 
  will 
  be 
  drawn 
  

   out 
  in 
  consequence 
  of 
  one 
  end 
  of 
  this 
  piece 
  of 
  skin 
  being 
  still 
  held 
  

   fast 
  in 
  the 
  machine, 
  causing 
  much 
  delay 
  and 
  waste 
  of 
  time 
  and 
  mate- 
  

   rial. 
  Finally, 
  in 
  some 
  machines 
  the 
  meat 
  or 
  fish 
  is 
  forced 
  into 
  a 
  nearly 
  

   circular 
  die 
  or 
  receptacle 
  and 
  cut 
  off 
  by 
  a 
  straight 
  knife; 
  but 
  this 
  con- 
  

   struction 
  is 
  declared 
  to 
  be 
  objectionable, 
  as 
  the 
  portion 
  of 
  meat 
  or 
  fish 
  

   is 
  not 
  properly 
  shaped 
  to 
  fit 
  the 
  can, 
  being 
  left 
  flat 
  on 
  one 
  side, 
  and 
  a 
  

  

  