US1401408A - Beater - Google Patents

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H. M. HULL.

HEATER. APPLICATION man 5.18.1921.

1,401,408, Patnted Dec. 27, 1921 INVENTOR. Hem/M flail UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

BEATER.

Application filed February 18, 1921.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, HENRY M. HULL, a citizen of the United States, and resident of F airfield, in the county of Fair-field and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Beaters, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a device for beating eggs, cream or other liquids.

An object of the invention is to provide a beater of extremely simple construction consisting of a minimum number of parts, but yet capable of functioning in exceedingly eflicient manner.

A further object is to incorporate in the improved beater novel means adapted to carry air from the atmosphere into the interior of a liquid being beaten and deliver said air to said liquid in close proximity to the dasher or other beater element of the heater to thus materially reduce the time heretofore necessary in effecting complete results.

With the above and other objects in view, the invention comprises the construction, arrangement and combination of parts as now to be fully described and hereinafter specifically claimed.

In the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification,-

Figure 1 is an elevational view of the beater of the invention;

Fig. 2 is a sectional view on line 2-2 in Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the ar' rows; and

Fig. 3 is a sectional view on line 3-3 in Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrows.

As shown, the beater includes an upper frame member 10 and a lower frame mem' ber 11 which are secured to each other as indicated by numeral 12, and each of the frame members consists of a single strip of preferably flat metal suitably bent to adapt it to its purpose.

Numeral 13 denotes one end of the single strip of the upper frame member and nu.- meral 1 1 denotes the opposite end thereof. Between said ends the metal is bent to pro vide parallel support members 15 in which a crank shaft 16 carrying an operating handle 17 is adapted to be mounted as indicated at 18, and to provide an additional support member 19, parallel with support members 15, upon which is arranged in any convenient manner a support handle 20 for the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 27, 1921.

Serial No. 446,065.

beater, End 14 of the strip is secured in any desired manner to that portion of the metal, denoted by 21, which connects the upper ends of support members 15, and end 13 of the strip may be similarly secured to that portlon of the metal, designated by numeral 22, which extends below support members 15 and terminates in support member 19.

Numeral 23 denotes one end of the lower frame member and 24 denotes the opposite end thereof. This frame member is adapted to serve as a rest for the beater when in use and. may be of any configuration. .As shown, the strip is bent between ends 23 and 24 to constitute an ordinary loop 25 inclosing the beater element and its associated parts in usual. manner. Ends 23 and 24 overlap and are preferably securely fastened upon portion 22 of the upper frame member, as indicated by numeral 12, so that said frame members are in alinement, as will be understood.

Mounted upon crank shaft 16 to turn therewith and arranged between support members 15 is a large gear 26 adapted to mesh with a pinion 27 fixed upon the upper end of a spindle 28 mounted to turn in end 13, portion 22, and ends 23 and 2 1, as willv be understood, and also having a bearing in the flat portion 29 of loop 25, as indicated at 30. Arranged upon the spindle to rotate therewith and preferably located adjacent the lower end of said spindle is a dasher or other beater element of any preferred design, represented by numeral 31.

The novel means hereinbefore mentioned. and adapted to carry air into the interior of a liquid being beaten to deliver said air in close proximity to the dasher comprise one or more air conducting tubes, designated by numeral. 32, which are preferably secured upon spindle 28 in any preferred man ner and have ends 33 open to the atmosphere and ends 3 1 incorporated in the dasher in any desired way. These tubes may be of any preferred configuration, but are, as will be evident from Fig. 1 of the drawing, so arranged that their up per open ends move into the atmosphere as the spindle is rotated, in right hand direction in said figure, and their lower open ends move with the dasher and away from the liquid being beaten. That is to say, as the dasher rotates it displaces the liquid being beaten and causes a vacuum to exist at the rear side of the moving paddles of the dasher. The lower open ends of the tubes are, naturally, moving away from these vacuums and the upper ends of the tubes are being forced directly into the atmosphere. The result is that the air from the atmos phere rushes into the interior of the liquid to destroy the vacuums and delivers itself in close proximity to the paddles of the dasher to greatly assist the beating operation.

What I desire to claim is:

1. A device of the character described, comprising an upper and a lower frame, said upper frame consisting of a single strip or" metal bent to provide three support members, a support handle upon one of said support members, a crank shaft with operating handle mounted in two of said support members, a gear fixed upon said crank shaft, a spindle mounted in said frames, a beater element fixed upon said spindle, and a pinion upon said spindle and arranged to mesh with said gear, said support handle being parallel with said two support members.

2. A device of the character described, comprising an upper and a lower frame, said upper frame consisting of a single strip of metal bent to provide three parallel support members, a support handle upon one of said support members, a crank shaft with operating handle mounted in two of Said support members, a gear fixed upon said crank shaft, a spindle mounted in said frames, a beater element fixed upon said spindle and arranged in said lower .lframe, and a pinion upon said spindle and arranged in said upper frame to mesh with said gear.

3. In adevice of the character described, a spindle adapted to rotate, a beater element thereon, and an air conducting tube upon said spindle and adapted to rotate therewith, said air conducting tube having its up per end open to the atmosphere when the heater is in use and its lower end incorporated in the beater element.

4-. A device of the character described, comprising a frame, a spindle adapted to retate therein, means for rotating the spindle. a heater element fixed upon the spindle, and an air conducting tube upon the spindle and incorporated in the beater element, said air conducting tube having an upper open end adapted to more into the atmosphere as the spindle rotates and a lower open end adapted to more with the beater element and away from a vacuum in the liquid being beaten formed by said beater element.

Signed at Bridgeport, in the county of Fairiield, and State of Connecticut, this 16th day of February, A. D. 1921.

HENRY M. HULL.

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