Bacon slicer having automatic feed adjustment

Claim 1

A MACHINE FOR SLICING BACON AND THE LIKE WHICH COMPRISES A SUPPORT HAVING SUBSTANTIALLY CONSTANT SPEED MOVABLE CUTTER MEANS ADJACENT THERETO, PUSHER MEANS OPERATIVELY ASSOCIATED WITH SAID SUPPORT TO ADVANCE BACON AND THE LIKE INTO THE CUTTER MEANS, VERTICALLY AND LATERALLY MOVEABLE SENSING MEANS OPERATIVELY ASSOCIATED WITH SAID SUPPORT TO ENGAGE THE ADVANCING BACON AND THE LIKE AND INCLUDING AT LEAST ONE VERTICALLY MOVABLE FINGER ENGAGING A LATERAL SURFACE AND A LATERALLY MOVABLE ARM ENGAGING A GENERALLY VERTICAL SURFACE OF THE BACON AND THE LIKE, POWER ADVANCING MEANS OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID PUSHER MEANS, CONTROL MEANS CONNECTED TO SAID POWER ADVANCING MEANS, AND COMPENSATING MEANS INTERCONNECTING SAID VERTICAL AND LATERAL SENSING MEANS AND OPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID CONTROL MEANS FOR ADVANCING SAID PUSHER MEANS AT SPEEDS DEPENDENT UPON THE CROSS SECTIONAL AREA OF A SLAB OF BACON AND THE LIKE TO PROVIDE FOR THE PRODUCTION OF SUBSTANTIALLY UNIFORM WEIGHT IN A UNIFORM NUMBER OF SLICES OF BACON AND THE LIKE CUT FROM THE SLAB, SAID COMPENSATING MEANS INCLUDING A LEVER WHICH AT ONE END IS PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO THE CONTROL MEANS AND AT THE OTHER END IS PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO THE FINGER AND WHICH IS PIVOTED BETWEEN THE ENDS FOR MOVEMENT IN A GENERALLY VERTICAL PLANE, THE SAID COMPENSATING MEANS ALSO INCLUDING MOTION TRANSMITTING MEANS CONNECTED BETWEEN SAID ARM AND SAID LEVER AND COMPRISING CRANK MEANS FOR PIVOTING SAID LEVER RESPONSIVE TO MOVEMENT OF THE ARM TO EFFECT ADJUSTMENT OF SAID CONTROL MEANS.