US762198A - Kitchen-cabinet. - Google Patents

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No. 762,198. PATENTED JUNE 7, 1904.

' V. 0. ROSSER.

KITCHEN CABINET.

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UNITED STATES Patented J une' 7, 1904.

VIRGIL O. ROSSER, OF DALLAS, TEXAS.

KITCHEN-CABINET.

4 SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 762,198, dated June '7, 1904.

Application filed February 26, 1904. Serial No. 195,444. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, VIRGIL O. RossnR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Dallas, in the county of Dallas and State of Texas, have invented new and useful Improvements in Kitchen-Cabinets, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to kitchen-cabinets or pantries, as they are sometimes called, and more especially to a means for regulating the discharge of material from a receptacle thereof.

In a contemporaneously pending applica' tion, filed February 26, 1904, Serial No. 195,443, I illustrate in full a kitchen-cabinet of a novel character, involving in its construction a plurality of receptacles supported upon the forward side of said cabinet and adapted to contain different kinds of granular or pulverulent substances, such as rice, beans, 620. These receptacles in practice are equipped with cut-offs or valves, and the primary object of the present invention is to provide a cut-off or valve especially adapted for connection with such a receptacle which will effectually control the delivery of material therefrom and at the same time prevent the formation of such material into cakes, lumps, and the like, the cut-off being mounted within the receptacle so that it, as well as part of its associated means, will thoroughly stir'up the mass in said receptacle.

The improved cut-off mechanism possesses other advantages which will hereinafter appear.

In the drawings I have shown my improvements as incorporated in a kitchen-cabinetof the character disclosed by the application hereinbefore mentioned.

Referring to said drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of a kitchencabinet including theinvention. Fig. 2 is a central vertical sectional elevation of one of the receptacles of said cabinet equipped with cut-off mechanism constructed ashereinafter described. Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional elevation of said receptacle, the section being taken above the bottom of said receptacle. Fig. 4 is adebefore been made.

tail in perspective of the cut-off and a part associated therewith.

Like characters refer to like parts throughout the several views.

In Fig. 1 of the drawings I have shown in full the cabinet to which reference has herein- This cabinet involves in its make-up a row of receptacles, each denoted by 2, and as they are the same in construction I will describe but one of them in detail. The receptacle 2 is provided with asemicylindrical bottom 3, having at or near its middle an outlet or discharge orifice 4, represented as circular, by virtue of which no angles are present in which material might accumulate.

A cut-off is provided for the outlet 4, the cut-off represented being denoted by 5. The cut-off 5 is in the form of a plate approximately rectangular in plan View and arcuate in cross-section, the curvature of the cutoff agreeing with that of the cylindrical bottom 3 of the receptacle, whereby as the cut-off traverses said bottom on the opening and closing movements of the former there is no possibility of any material entering between the two parts. Said cut-off is mounted within the receptacle so that it can be utilized as a stirrer to stir up or loosen the mass within said receptacle, which is an important advantage with those materials which tend to cake or lump. This stirring action is assisted by a carrier for the cut-off, as will hereinafter appear. The carrier for the cut-off is denoted by 6 and it is in the form of a bail or yoke shaped part, the longitudinal portion thereof being permanently or rigidly fastened, as by means of soldering, to the upper side of the cut-off or valve 5, substantially midway of the width thereof. The end branches of the carrier or yoke 6 are provided with laterallyextending portions, each denoted by 7, supported for rocking motion by the front and rear walls, respectively, of the receptacle 2. The forward pivot member or portion? of the yoke, which is inexpensively made of wire, is bent to form a hand-crank 8, equipped in practice with some suitable form of handle. Therefore when the hand-crank 8 is manipulated and swung the cut-off or valve 5 will be moved in a-corresponding direction to either uncover or close the outlet i. During both motions of the valve it agitates the mass in the receptacle, and the same statement applies with respect to the carrier or yoke for said cut-ofl'.

Not only does the cut-off 5 possess the advantages hereinbefore set forth, but it shuts off, when moved in the proper direction, the discharge of material through the outlet i without any unnecessary waste of such material.

The cut-ofi' illustrated is equal in length to the depth of the receptacle, from which it will be apparent that the ends of said cut-off are contiguous, or practically so, with the inner surfaces of the front and rear walls of the receptacle 2, so that not only is the valve held against endwise movement, but the same applies to the carrier 6 therefor, so that in practice it is unneccessary to provide any shoulders upon the pivot portions 7 of the carrier to limit endwise movement of such pivot portions in the manner done with certain existing types of cut-ofl mechanisms with which 1 am familiar.

At the mergcnce of the cylindrical bottom 3 of the receptacle with the body thereof and at one side (shown as being at the left in the present case) is situated within the said receptacle a bead 9, which when the cut-off or valve is opened wide to wholly uncover the outlet 4 is engaged by the adjacent edge of said cut-off. This bead constitutes a stop to prevent the side edge of the cut-off or valve from leaving the bottom 3, as in case it did there would be present a gap between such edge and the receptacle into which material could fall. 1 have shown only one of these stops or beads, and as located at the left of the receptacle, for the reason that ordinarily the cut-off 5 is swung toward the left to open it. Should occasion require, a corresponding stop or head may be situated at the opposite side of the receptacle.

The invention is not limited to the structure hereinbefore described in detail, for certain variations may be adopted within the scope of my claims.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is 1. A receptacle provided with a substantially semicylindrical bottom having a discharge-outlet, a cut-off within the receptacle curved to agree with and arranged to traverse said bottom, and a bail supported for swinging movement by the front and rear walls of the receptacle, having outside the receptacle means for actuating the same, con nected with the cut-off, and serving as an agitator for the material in said receptacle.

2. A receptacle provided with a substantially semicylindrical bottom having-a discharge-outlet, a cut-off in said receptacle, curved to agree with and to traverse said bottom, the ends of the cut-ofi being substantially contiguous to the front and rear walls of the receptacle, and a bail, the main portion of which is fastened to the cut-off, the branches of the bail being provided with pivot portions supported for rocking movement by said walls, and one of the said pivot portions being provided with a hand-crank outside the receptacle said bail constituting an agitator for the material in the receptacle.

3. A receptacle, the body of which is provided with a substantially semicylindrical bottom having a discharge-outlet, a cut-off supported for' swinging movement in the receptacle and curved in cross-section to agree with the curvature of and adapted to traverse said bottom, and a bead at the junction of said body and bottom, adapted to vbe engaged by the cut-off when the latter wholly uncovers said outlet.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

VIRGIL O. ROSSER.

Witnesses:

HEATH SUTHERLAND, GEO. W. REA.

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