Skew′er-ma-chine′.
The blocks are sawed into little slabs of the size and double the length of the skewer desired.
They are then passed through a machine, which shapes them into little cylinders, looking like unpointed leadpencils.
The machine has a grooved endless floorfeeder, and a revolving grooved feedroller and cutters, which are shaped to cut the cylindrical shape of the skewer.
They are now ready for sharpening.
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Skewer-machine. |
Fig. 5130 is a machine to point, cut to a length, and count the skewers after they have been made round.
The sticks, of double skewerlength, are fed from a hopper into a grooved cylinder, which presents them to a revolving cutter that points each stick, and cuts in two at the center, and at the same time is cut to a length by two revolving saws on the same shaft with the cutter.
Not until fifty are completed does the machine drop them into the pan below, from whence the bunches are taken and deposited in a tray preparatory to their transfer to the drying-room, the skewers being made from unseasoned wood.
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Skewer-pointing machine. |
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Skew-gearing. |
