US545489A - Flour cabinet and sifter - Google Patents

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P.R.GREBNB. EV'LOUR CABINET AND SIFTER. No. 545,489. Patented Sept. 3, 1895.

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E. R. GREENE. PLOUR GABINET AND SIFTER.

Patented Sept.

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FLEMON R. GREENE,LAKELAND, FLOR-IDA.

FLoUR CABINET AND SIFTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 545,489, dated September 8, 1895.

Application filed April 11, 1895. Serial No. 54.51330. (No model.)

To all wiz/0m t may concern.-

Be it known that I, FLEMON R. GREENE, a` citizen ofthe United States, residing at Lakeland, in the county of Polk and State of Florida, have invented a new and useful Flour Cabinet and Sitter, ot which the following is a specification. y

My invention relates to a flour cabinet and sitter, and has for i-ts object to provide a simple and efficient form ot cabinet having suitable receptacles tor various materials used in the culinary art and having efficient means for measuring and sifting flour or meal in its exit from the receptacles provided therefor, the construction being such as to facilitate the cleansing of the parts.

Further objects and advantages of this invention will appear in the following description, and the novel features thereof Will be particularly pointed out in the appended claim. j

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of a cabinetconstructed in accordance with my invention, the door or closure thereof being open to expose the interior construction. Fig. 2 isa vertical section ot the same, taken through the liour-bin. Fig. 3 is a detail vertical section ot the saine on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a detail plan view of the sitter. Fig. 5 is a detail transverse section of the sitter.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures ot thedrawings.

1 designates the casing or shell ot a cabinet, which is preferably rectangular `in construction, the upper portion ot the interior thereof being divided by a vertical partition 2 to form a flour-biu 3 and a meal-bin 4. The lower portions ot these bins are provided with downwardly-convergent walls to direct the our and meal to the reduced outlet-openings 5 and 6, which are fitted, respectively, with cutoffs or slides 7 and 8. Rotary armed agitators 9 and 10 are arranged, respectively, in the flour and meal bins, near their lower ends and above the planes ot the cut-ods or slides, to

outlet-openings when the cut-ods or slides are open.

Depending from the bins and communicating therewith when the cut-offs or slides are open is a rectangular chute 11, also divided by a vertical partition 12 to form throats communicating, respectively, with the flour and meal bins. The throat under the flour-bin is intersected at an intermediate point by a second cut-od or slide 13, fitting at its side edges in ways 14 in the walls ot the throat, and the interval between the upper and'lower cut-ods or slides is gaged to contain a certain quantity ot Hour, as, for instance, a halter a whole pound or more. A. similar second or lower cut-off or slide l5 is arranged in the throat under the meal-bin for-a purpose similar to that above described. lFitted in the throat beneath the second or lowercut-oft or slide 13 is a sitter 16, having a perforated or wire-cloth screen 17 and containing a reciprocatory agitator 18, operated by means of a handle 19, which projects beyond the front end of the sitter. This sitter is arranged in the space under the second cutoff or slide, but may be removed therefrom to clean tle sitter or to use independently ofthe cabinet. The reciprocatory agitator comprises a longitudinal stem 2O and an openwork head 21, arranged in a horizontal plane and adapted to bear upon the upper surface ot the perforated bottom ot the sitter, the lateral edges ot the head being fitted to slide in guide-grooves 22 formed in the side walls ot the sifter'contiguous to its bottom. The upper and lateral sides of these guide-grooves are formed by rabbets in the lower edges of the side walls of the sitter, and the lower sides ot said grooves are formed by the upper surfaces ot the bars torming the trame 17a ot the screen 17. The screen 17, with its trame, is removable from the body portion of the sitter, and hence from the sliding agitator 18, to provide tor thoroughly cleansing the screen. In order to facilitate the removal ot the screen when it is desired to cleanse the same, I provide it at its front end with a handle 17h. (Shown clearly in Figs. 1 and 2.)

The inclosure of the bins in a rectangular shell or casing provides a considerable space around the lower reduced portion thereof tor the reception of a biscuit-board 23, a tray 24, and other similar utensils (not shown) which are used in this art, said space forming a suitable receptacle wherein such articles may be kept tree from dust. v

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Secured to the front of the shell or casing, adjacent to its top, is a spice-case 25, divided by vertical partitions 26 to form a series of receptacles for various spices and condiments employed in cookery, and a common hinged lid or cover 27 is employed to close the same.

Various changes in the form, proportion,

removably fitted to the lower edges of said side Walls, the upper surface of the screen frame combining with said rabbets to form guide-grooves, said screen frame being provided at its front end with an exposed handle, and a reciprocatory agitator having a stem mounted in an opening in the front of the sitter, and a fiat head fitted at its lateral edges in said guide-grooves and operatin g in contact with the upper surface of the screen, substantially as specified. u

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aftixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

FLEMON R. GREENE.

' vWitnesses:

SAMUEL E. GREENE, CLINTON D. BROOKS.

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