US375680A

US375680A - mccullough

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Publication number: US375680A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1887-12-27
Anticipated expiration: 1904-12-27

Description

FLOUR CHEST.

Patented Dec. 27, 1887.

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FLOUR CHEST.

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DAVID w. MoOULLOUGH, or KING CITY, Missoum, ASSIGNOR or THREE FOURTHS ro J. w. SULLINGER, J. E. KESSLER & BROTHER, AND n.

HELMS, ALL OF SAME PLACE.

FLOUR-CHEST.

SPECIPICATIOliI forming part of Letters Patent No. 375,680, datedDecember 27, 1887.

Application filed March 9, 1887. Serial No. 330,284. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.

Beit known that I, DAVID W. McCuLLoUGH, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of King City, in the county of Gentry and State of Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Flour-Chests; and I do de clare the following to be a full, clear, and ex act description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it apro pertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and

to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation 1 of a front elevation of flour-chest. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section. Fig. Sis a vertical crosssection. Fig. 4. is an inverted perspective View of the sieve-frame and sieve. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the stirrer.

2o Myinvention relates to flour-chests designed for household use in making bread and pastry; and it consists in the construction and novel combination of parts, as hereinafter described and claimed.

Referring by letter to the accompanying drawings, A designates the body of the flourchest, which is preferably supported on legs B, and is provided with a hinged sectional cover, 0 D. The flour or meal receptacle E,

0 which holds the stock that is to be sifted, is preferably in hopper form-that is, its ends and portions of its sides incline toward a con tral discharge-opening, F.

Above the discharge opening F, I-place a re- 3 5 movable sieve-frame, G,which frame G is provided with a concave sieve, H. The upper edge, Q, of the front wall, P, of the sieveframe is inclined from above downwardly and inwardly.

G is a block fitting into the lower part of the receptacle E just above and at one side of the discharge-opening F, and secured against the rear side of the chest. The said block is similar in shape to the front wall of the sieveframe.

Within the sieve-frame and above the sieve H, I provide a removable stirrer,I,which consists of two heads, J K, connected at their peripheries by horizontal rods L, any desired number of the latter being employed. The removable stirrer I is supported in place above the sieve II by a removable crank-shaft, M, the central part of which is rectangular in cross-section and is supported in hearings in the front side wall of the flour-chest and in the 5 block G after passing through the end walls of the removable sieve-frame G.

The crank can be readily inserted in and drawn from its bearings. \Vhen so detached from its bearings, the stirrer I and sieve-frame G can be lifted out of position.

The bearing N in the front end wall,P, of the sieve-frame intersects the base-line of the inclined edge Q, and a vertical passage, R, leads from the bearingN down through the end wall, 6 I. The lower end of the passage It, when the sieve-frame is in place, communicates with an opening, S, in the front bottom rail, T, at the discharge-opening F, so that any flour or meal that may work in around the crank-shaft will be discharged through the passageR and opening S into the drawer U beneath the sievechamber, and will be thus prevented from working through the journal-seat and falling out.

At the sides of the drawer U are drawers V W,for the reception of the pie-tins,cake-pans, bread-pans, rolling-pin, cake-cutters, 850.

Above the drawer V are two drawers, XY, to receive sugar, salt, 8m, and above the drawer W are two drawers, Y X, one of which is partitioned into pocket-s or receptacles for spices, &c., and the other being designed to contain anything conveniently at hand that may be needed in seasoning.

Z is a removable bread-board or cake and pie board, which, when not in use, is inserted in a pocket near one end ofthe flour-chest.

A decided advantage in this construction is, that when the sieve becomes clogged or needs cleaning to prepare it for the use of flour after 0 meal has been used,it may be readily and conveniently removed for this purpose. Further, the passage R and the opening S permit the crank-shaft to clear itself of the flour or meal that may enter the bearing.

The stirrer-heads are metal-faced around their bearing-seats by wear-plates a,which take crank-shaft, the removable stirrer, and the rethe strain and Wear from the Wooden heads, and movable sieve-frame having a vertical passage 15 thereby prolong the usefulness of said heads. in its front wall communicating with the jour- It should be observed that the drawer U,f0r nal-seat therein and with the passage in the 5 catching the flour, will fill full and no more bottom rail of the hopper-shaped receptacle,

flour will pass from the hopper. substantially as specified.

Having described myinvention,whatlclai in, In testimony whereof I afiix my signaturein 2o and desire to secure by Letters Patent, ispresence of two witnesses.

The combination, with the bodyof the fionr- VT 10 chest, having a hopper-shaped receptacle pro- DAVID MCGULLOUGH' vided with a discharge-opening in the bot- W'iinesscs: tom thereof; anda bottom rail, said rail being J. H. HANDEL, i provided with a passage, of the removable I. M. Sl-IEARER.