US449346A

US449346A - Kitchen-cabinet

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Publication number: US449346A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1891-03-31
Anticipated expiration: 1908-03-31

Description

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No. 449,346. Patented Mar. 31, 1891.

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KITCHEN CABINET.

No. 449,346. Patented Mar. 31, 1891.

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UNITED STATES PATENT Omn'cn.

MILLARD F. BROWN AND THOMAS E. SMITH, OF SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA.

KITCHEN SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 449,346, dated March 31, 1891. Application filed May 28, 1890. serial No. 853,478. (No model-l .770 Ml whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that we, MILLARD F. BROWN and THOMAS E. SMITH, citizens of the United States, residing in the city and county of San Francisco, State of California, have invented an Improvement in Kitchen-Cabinets and we hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the same.

Our invention relates to an improved device to be used in kitchens, which may be termed a kitchen-cabinet.

It consists in certain details of construction, which will be more fully explained by reference to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a perspective View of the device. Fig. 2 is a horizontal cross-section on the line a: a; of Fig. 3. Fig. 3 is a vertical cross-section on the line 00 a; of Fig. 2.

This invention is designed to provide a convenient rotary adjustable cabinet with receptacles for various articles in common use in the kitchen and attachments for implements for the same purpose, and in connection therewith of an adjustable stand or table.

A is a standard of suitable height, having a base B, upon which it is firmly supported, and which is movable, so that the device may stand in any convenient position in the room. The upper part of the standard is so formed as to provide a point or socket upon which the journal or step 0 of the revolving case D is supported, so that the case may turn easily and with the least possible friction upon the standard. Vithin the case D is a central sleeve of sufficient size so that the standard extends up through it from the bottom to near the top of the case, where the step 0 is located, and this case is thus easily sus pended and may rotate upon the suspending step. lVithin the case upon each side are formed the receptacles E E, m ade large enough to contain a quantity of flour, cornmeal, or any other material which it may be desired to place therein in considerable quantities.

I prefer to make the case D hexagonal in shape, so as to give the greatest amount of available space within its walls. Upon opposite sides of this case and lying between the containing-chambers E are a series of spaces into which the drawers F are fitted to slide,

within these drawers may be contained pepper, spices, salt, nutm egs, and all the ordinary materials which are in common use about the kitchen. The case, being so delicately suspended, is easily rotated upon its point of suspension, so that either set of drawers is easily reached, and I am thus enabled to utilize all the Space within the case which is not occupied by the larger receptacles. Behind the space occupied by the drawers on one side and between the rear of these drawers and the center of the case is formed a rea screw-top h, so as to make itair-tight when the top is put on. The lower end of this receptacle delivers the coffee directly into a coffee-mill II, which is fixed and concealed within the lower part of the casing D. The shaft of the mill projects out-ward through the side of the casing, and has the crank J fixed upon it so that it may be turned at will. Beneath the coffee-mill is a sliding drawer K, into which thecoffee, after being ground by the mill, will fall, and it will be manifest that any desired quantity of coffee may be ground in the mill and allowed to fall into the drawer, from which it is removed for use, the coffee relnainingin the receptacle being in position to be ground at any time as long as any of it remains therein. .At the bottom of each of the receptacles for meal and flour is a horizontally sliding gate or valve L, which is movable, while a handle M projects through the bottom of the case within convenient reach, and when this valve or gate is opened such flour as may be desired will fall from the receptacle into the sifter N. Just above each gate a shaft extends across the lower part of the receptacle and is provided with agitating arms or stirrer-s V, by which the contents are loosened so as to pass readily through the gate when it is opened. The shafts are provided with cranks and handles 00 exterior to the case.

The sitter consists of a short cylinder having its top slotted upon opposite sides so as to engage with pins projecting from the cylindrical extension 0 at the bottom of the case, and it forms a bayonet joint or lock by these drawers being provided with knobs, so I that they may be withdrawn at pleasure, and

ceptacle f for coffee, which is provided with which the sil'ter is retained in place, and from which it can be easily removed, when desired. The siftermay be of any well-known or usual form. In the present case I have shown a rotary sifterhaving correspondinglyshaped screen at the bottom, through which the fiour or meal will fall into a receptacle which is placed upon the table below.

Concealed Within the casing upon one side is fixed a spring balance or scale, the hook Iot' which projects below the bottom of the easing, so that meat or other articles which are brought into the house may be weighed at once, and such articles as are to be used by weight in compounding various dishes may also be accurately weighed at the same time.

Upon one side of the case is formed an oval projecting lip or flange Q, of such shape that the handle R of an egg-beater will exactly fit over it. Above this flange is a projecting lug S, and to this lug is hinged a plate '1, which folds down over the handle of the eggbeater after the latter has been placed upon the projecting flange. A screw U passes through this hinge-plate and through the central space in the handle of the egg-beater,the inner end screwing into the threaded portion in the side of the case, so that the egg-beater may be firmly locked in place upon the side of the case, standing in a vertical position, with the handle of the egg-beater projecting outwardly, so thatit can be easily operated. The eggs being broken into a proper receptacle, the latter may be raised up beneath the eggbeater until the latter stands within it by turning the case to one side until it is' clear of the table. By again turning the case back the receptacle containing the eggs will rest upon the table, the egg-beater being in the proper position to rotate within it, and the eggs may be beaten without any ditficulty in holding the receptacle for the eggs in place, as it stands easily upon the table and needs no special holding, while the egg-beater itself, being supported firmly from the bottom of the case, makes it easy to operate.

The table Y is firmly fixed to a sliding bracket Z, which may be moved up and down upon the rod or standard A and fixed by a set-screw at a convenient height, so that the person using the cabinet can perform all the work upon the'table, and all the articles are easily accessible from the cabinet.

The Whole device forms an exceedingly convenient combination of receptacles and mechanical devices in one apparatus.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A kitchen-cabinet consisting of an exterior casing having the receptacles and drawers fitted therein around a central sleeve, which extends vertically through the case and has a step at the upper end,a standard fixed at the bottom and projecting upwardly into said sleeve, with the upper end fitted into the step at the top of the casing, discharge-openings with controlling-gates fitted to the bottoms of the receptacles in the casing, and a table having a bracket fitted to slide upon the supportin -standard, and a holding and adjustin g screw, whereby the table may be fixed at any point beneath the discharge-openings, substantially as herein described.

2. A kitchen-cabinetconsisting of the easing having receptacles, an egg-beater secured to said casing, and an adjustablysecured bracket having a table below the egg-beater, substantially as herein described.

3. In a kitchen-cabinet, the casing having a lip or flange projecting from one side thereof, a clamping-plate hinged thereto, a locking-screw for said plate, and an egg-beater havinga handle portion removably fixed upon the side of the casing, substantially as herein described.

4. A kitchen-cabinet consisting of the easing supported upon a fixed vertical standard and the egg-beater removably fixed upon the side of the casing, so as to stand vertically below the same, in combination with a table having a bracket adapted to slide upon the standard and a lockingscrew whereby the table may be fixed beneath the egg-beater and at any suitable height with relation thereto, substantially as herein described.

5. A kitchen-cabinet consisting of a casing rotating about a central vertical standard, a series of containing receptacles, dischargeopenings and gates at the bottoms of the receptacles, and a table sliding upon the standard beneath the casing and adjustable with relation thereto, substantially as herein described.

In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands.

MILLARD F. BROWN. THOMAS -E. SMITH.

Witnesses:

JOHN DONOVAN, S. H. NOURSE.