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On this day in 1932, Harry J. Criner and Harry E. Criner were granted U.S. Patent No.1,855,706 for a BREAD SLICING MACHINE.
The objects of this invention are:
1. To provide a band slicing machine in which two series of pulleys of uniform size may be utilized to drive alternate bands continuously; and to provide means by which all or limited portions of the blades may be operated at an angle to the plane of the entire series of blades so as to present the cutting edges of the blades in parallel spaced relation and to slice the bread at an angle to the plane of travel of the series.
2. To provide a band slicing machine in which two series of pulleys of uniform size may be utilized to drive the cutting bands continuously, alternate bands being driven in opposite directions;
3. To provide means which will allow the bread to be fed through a band slicing machine in which the bands operate simultaneously, without altering the direction of the bread in its passage through the machine.
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