Meat grinder having floating cutter member

Claim 1

IN A GRINDER FOR MEAT AND LIKE MATERIAL, THE COMBINATION OF A. A HOUSING FORMED WITH AN ELONGATED CAVITY HAVING A LONGTITUDINAL AXIS, B. CONVEYING MEANS FOR FEEDING MATERIAL TO BE GROUND THROUGH SAID CAVITY IN THE AXIAL DIRECTION TOWARD ONE END PORTION OF THE CAVITY, C. A NON-ROTATABLE CUTTER ASSEMBLY MOVABLE AXIALLY IN SAID END PORTION OF THE HOUSING AND INCLUDING A PAIR OF RIGID CYLINDRICAL RINGS AND AN AXIALLY THIN, ANNULAR CUTTER MOUNTED BETWEEN SAID RINGS AND HAVING AN INNER EDGE PORTION PROJECTING RADIALLY INWARD BEYOND SAID RINGS, SAID AXIALLY THIN CUTTER HAVING SPACED APART RECESSES IN SAID INNER EDGE PORTION DEFINING TEETH THEREBETWEEN, AND D. A ROTARY KNIFE ASSEMBLY MOUNTED CONCENTRICALLY WITHIN ONE OF SAID CYLINDRICAL RINGS AT THE SIDE OF SAID CUTTER FACING IN THE DIRECTION OF MOVEMENT OF MATERIAL TO BE GROUND BY SAID CONVEYING MEANS SO THAT THE PRESSURE OF THE MATERIAL MOVED BY THE CONVEYING MEANS URGES SAID CUTTER AGAINST SAID KNIFE ASSEMBLY, SAID KNIFE ASSEMBLY INCLUDING A DISC-LIKE BODY EXTENDING RADIALLY OUTWARD BEYOND THE INNER ENDS OF SAID TEETH OF THE CUTTER AND BLADES EXTENDING FROM THE PERIPHERY OF SAID BODY RADIALLY OUTWARD BEYOND SAID RECESSES OF THE CUTTER AND INTO CLOSE PROXIMITY TO SAID ONE RING SO AS TO BE GUIDED BY THE LATTER.