US340025A - Signor of one-half to michael j - Google Patents

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(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1. G. R. WILSON, JI.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

GEORGE R. VILSON, JR., OF VASHINGTON, DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA, AS- SIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO MICHAEL J. OCONNEIIL, OF SAME PLACE.

LEMON-SQUEEZER.

SFECFCATION forming part Of Letters Patent N0. 340,025, dated April 13, 1886 Application filed February 25, 1886. Serial No. 193,214. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Beit known that I, GEORGE R. XVILsoN, J r., a citizen ofthe United States,residing at Tashington, in the District of Columbia, have invented new and useful Improvements in Lemon-Squeezers, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a lemon-squeezer composed of two jaws, made of wood or metal, and in which one of said jaws is provided with a cavity or recess having an opening at the bottom covered by an inwardprojecting hollow conoidal body, whichis perforated to serve as astrainer,and formed with a sharpened surface for cutting or pnncturing a lemon placed on said conoidal body, while the other jaw has a recessed follower, which is shaped to conform to the cavity and sharpened conoidal projection of the other jaw.

My invention will be hereinafter particularly described,and then specified in the claims at the end of this specification.

In the annexed drawings,illustrating the invention, Figure 1 is a perspective View of a lemon-squeezcr embodying my improvements, the implement being represented as composed entirely of metal. Fig. 2is a longitudinal section of the same. Fig. 3 is alongitudinal section of my improved lemon-squeezer, made partly of wood and partly of metal. Fig. Ll is a plan of an oval-shaped casting with conoidal strainer and sharpened apex. Fig. 5 is a longitudinal section of the lemon-squeezer attached to a suitable stand, with a vessel arranged beneath the conoidal strainer, showing also the operation of the implement.

The reference-numeral 1 designates the baseblook or lower jaw of a lemon-squeezer, provided with a handle, 2, and a cavity, 3, for receiving the lemon. In the bottom ofthe lemon cavity or receptacle 3 is au opening, 4, which is covered byahollow conoidal strainer-body, 5, having a sharpened apex, 6, and provided with perforations 7, to permit the exit of j uice. To the base-block 1 is hingedacovering-block or upper jaw, 8, having a handle, 9, and provided with a follower, 10, which is rounded or convexed externally to correspond with the shape of the lemon-receptacle 3, and formed with a central conoidal recess, 12, which conforms to the configuration of the conoidal strainer 5, as shown in Figs. 2 and 8.

In using the implement alemon is placed over the sharpened apex 6 ofthe perforated conoidal body 5, and is lightly pressed thereon to fix it in position. rlhe implement is now held horizontally over a suitable vessel for receiving the lemon-juice, and the hinged covering-block 8 is thrown down to bring the follower 10 in contact with the lemon and force it onto the sharpened and perforated conoidal body 5 within the cavity 8, thus splitting the lemon and expressing its juicy contents. The per for-ations 7 permit the passage ofthe expressed juice to the exterior of the hollow conoidal body 5, and thence through the larger opening 4 into the receptacle placed beneath the implement. It will be seen that the perforated conoidal body 5 is so formed as to prevent the escape of pulp and seeds, and thus serves as a strainer. By exerting a proper degree of pressure with the handles 2 and 9, the implement can be made-to thoroughly extract the juice of lemons with cleanliness and rapidity.

The lemon cavity or receptacle 3 may have a circular or other form, as desired, butis preferably somewhat oval or shaped to approximate the form of a lemon, as shown in Fig. 4.

The precise shape of the conoidal body 5 is immaterial; and, if desired, it may be somewhat elongated, to correspond with the form of the cavity in which it is located. Instead of having a sharpened apex, it may be formed with an elongated knifeedge extending from end to end. By means of this sharpened and perforated conoidal body the ordinary necessity of cutting the lemon before squeezing is obviated.

This improved lemon-squeezer may be made partly of wood and metal, or wholly of either wrought or cast metal5aud, if preferred, it can be struck or stamped into the described form by means of suit-able dies. Vhen the base block 1 and covering-block 8 are made of wood as represented in Fig. 3, the lemon-receptacle 3 and. the corresponding follower, 10, can be made of metal or of a vitreous substance, and be secured to their respectiveblocks by means of screws 13 or other fastenings.

In order to prevent corrosion of the metal surlOO e faces by contact with acid, they may be nickel-A plated, enameled, or otherwise protected.

Ifdesired,the lemon-squeezer can be securely attached to a portable wooden or meta-l stand composed of a base-plate, l, and standards l, so arranged as to afford a space for placing a tumbler or other vessel beneath the conoidal strainer, as shown in Fig. 5, the implement being thus capable of use with the greatest convenience and facility.

What I claim as my invention isl. Alemon-sqneezer consisting of two jaws, one of which is recessed to receive a lemon,and provided in said recess with a conoidal cutting and straining body,and the other j aw provided with a recessed follower having a conguration that conforms to the shape of the lemon-recess and its sharpened conoidal body, substantially inward-projecting sharpened and perforated conoidal body, of a recessed Vfollowernlorcated on the other jaw and conforming tothe lemonas described.4

In testimony whereof I affix my si gnature in presence of two Witnesses.

eno. n. WILSON, JR.

receptacle and its conoidal body,substantially Vitnesses:

JAMES L. NoRRIs, Jos. L. CooMBs.

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