US643103A - Corn-popper. - Google Patents

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No. 643,103. y Patented Feb. I3, i900. F. J. BECKER.

CORN PDPPER.

(Application filed Dec. 12, 1898,)

(No Model.)

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ATENT OFFICE.

FRANK J. BECKER, OF HAMILTON, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO TIIADDEUS A. NEELY,

OF MUNOIE, INDIANA.

CORNnPOPPER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 643,103, dated February 13, 1900.

Application filed December l2, 1898. Serial No. 699,064. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern.-

Be it known that I, FRANK J. BECKER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Hamilton, in the county of Butler and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Corn-Poppers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to corn-poppers; and the object'of my improvements are to provide s uch form of construction and aggregation of parts as will facilitate its operation and increase its efficiency. These objects are obtained in the following-described manner, as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in Which- Figure l is a plan; Fig. 2, an end elevation; Fig. 3, a perspective View showing a modified form of construction; Figs. 4 and 5, details of construction of the metal frames.

In the drawings, 1 represents the basket,and

2 the basket-lid, of similar form and preferably constructed of wire-cloth. Each is provided with a metal frame 3, and they are hinged together at 4. Said frames are each formed of a single strip of tin or other sheet metal in the manner shown in Fig. 4. The corners are first formed by bending the tin over itself on a diagonal line to form a right angle, as at 15. The outside half or fold 16 of the strip between the adjacent corners is then turned over the inner half or fold 17, leaving slot 18 between them. The dotted lines 19 show the shape of the extremities of the tin before bending, and 20 shows the triangular lips that interlock to secure the ends of the tin together and complete one corner of the frame. the lid are now inserted in slot 1S of respective frames and secured by crushing the folds or sides of the frame closely together thereon.` To better secure the edges of the basket and of the lid in the respective frames, alongitudinal corrugation or V- shaped bend 2l is pressed in each side and end of the frames, as shown in Fig. 5. When closed, the basket and lid together form a cylinder with closed ends and preferably octagonal in form in cross-section. Latch 5 fastens the lid securely when closed. Flat lnetal bar 6 is secured to The edges of the basket and of` the basket-frame 3 and occupies the line of its axis. Arms 7 are formed by the extension of said bar without the ends of the basket and are twisted like an auger in the form of a right and left hand screw or helix, respectively, that terminate in stops 8.

The pepper-handle 9 is formed double and of spring-wire and coiled at its end 11 to increase its exibility. The sides of the handie terminate in fiat loops l2 to movably engage with the respective arms '7. The tendency of the sides of the handle is strongly apart and against stops 8. When the sides of the handle are pressed toward each other. by the operator, the sliding engagement of the loops with the arms imparts rotary m0- tion in one direction t0 the basket. When the sides of the handle are released, they separate with sufficient force to rotate the basket in the opposite direction. By alternately pressing together and releasing the sides of the handle the basket is caused to rotate in opposite directions successively and to thoroughly agitate the contents and facilitate its action in obtaining the best possible results.

A modified form of construction is shown in Fig. 3 in that the ends of the basket and lid are formed of tin or other imperforated metal. The cylinder is round instead of octagonal in cross-section, and the arms are fastened to the respective ends of the basket without being extended therethrough on its axial line.

Having lfully described my improvement, what I claim as my invention, and desire t0 secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. In a corn-pepper the combination with a rotary receptacle, of oppositely-twisted dat arms projecting beyond the opposite ends of the receptacle and axially with respect thereto, and a handle comprising a spring-coil and terminating in flat loops engaging the twisted arms beyond the ends of the receptacle, whereby the complete rotation of the receptacle may be effected by the relative compression or expansion of the arms.

2. A corn-pepper receptacle comprising a sheet-metal frame formed by bending a single strip of sheet metal into flat rectangular form by overlapping the strip on an oblique line at the corners of the frame, doubling the four sides 0f the frame longitudinally, forming eorrelative longitudinal eorrugations in 5 each of the frame sides and inally bending the terminals of the frame obliquely to form interlocking lips designed to Connect the ends of the strip and a Wire receptacle having its edges clamped between the doubled edges of the frame, substantially as specified.

FRANK J. BECKER. Witnesses:

H. H. HAINES, ROBERT S. CARR.

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