Prior to December 15, 1955, Kleen Kut Manufacturing Company (Kleen Kut) operated a factory in Cleveland, Ohio, for the purpose of manufacturing food choppers, including Model No. 5132A meat grinders.
On December 15, 1955, Kleen Kut entered into an agreement with Toledo Scale Corporation (Toledo Scale) whereby Toledo Scale purchased Kleen Kut's assets for $405,650. Included in those assets were inventory, work-in-process, parts, components and raw materials relating to the manufacture and sale of food machines. Toledo Scale also acquired the exclusive right to the name "Kleen Kut" and agreed to enter into a two-year lease of the factory premises owned by Kleen Kut.
Following the sale of assets, Louis Faulb, who was the president of Kleen Kut, was appointed by Toledo Scale as general manager of the Cleveland Manufacturing Division of Toledo Scale, which position he retained for a period of twelve to fifteen months. Additionally, Toledo Scale retained in its employment former employees of Kleen Kut.
Kleen Kut Manufacturing Company was dissolved on November 21, 1956.
Toledo Scale continued to manufacture and sell parts for meat choppers previously manufactured by Kleen Kut and to manufacture and sell, under the name Toledo Scale Corporation, meat choppers and parts formerly manufactured and sold under the name Kleen Kut. Toledo Scale sold replacement parts for the model No. 5132A Kleen Kut meat grinder; however, these parts were universal replacements parts and fit numerous grinder models.
Toledo Scale merged into Reliance Electric and Engineering Company on October 12, 1967, and Reliance Electric and Engineering Company merged into Reliance Electric Company on February 25, 1969.
Worn out threads are the usual problem when the ring pops off during grinding. The way to check this is to remove the plate snd knife and to try to screw the ring on. The ring should begin to screw onto the cylinder quickly, if it slides over the first couple of threads, then it is worn out. Since both Kleen Kut and Toledo are no longer making grinders, finding replacement parts usually means getting used parts somewhere. Every company uses a different size ring, slightly different diameters and different threads per inch so you can't use a ring from a different grinder. Used parts don't always work. The best way to fix this is to bring BOTH ring and cylinder to a machine shop and rethread BOTH pieces. This is an old grinder, no safety guard on top, check how the worm fits inside the cylinder ( it should not have a gap of more than 3/16" ) the stud ( tip ) of your worm is worn so this might be a problem. The stud can be unscrewed and replaced , again threads per inch and diameter must match up, and fiber washers can be added to the back so you might be able to save the worm if it fits okay. Size 32 ( ? ) universal plates and knives will fit. You might be better off replacing your 60 year old grinder with something newer and safer. If you replace it with a used grinder, try to get one from a company that is still in business so you can get replacement parts easier in the future.
