US902577A - Culinary utensil. - Google Patents

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H. F. HALL.

CULINARY UTENSIL.

APPLICATION FILED 001'. 29,1906.

902,577. Patented Nov. 3, 1908.

A TTORNE Y UNITED STATES HARRY F. HALL, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

CULINARY UTENSIL.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. Nov. 3, 1908.

Application filed October 29, 1906. Serial No. 340,947.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HARRY F. HALL, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, county of Philadelphia, and State. of Pennsylvania, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in Culinary Utensils, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to a new and useful improvement in culinary utensils, and has for its object to provide a simple and effective apparatus by which all kinds of soups, sauces, vegetables such as pumpkins, cranberries, apples and various other fruits may be passed and strained in a shorter period of time, obtaining a larger portion of the materials than heretofore known with.

less residue or waste, and a further object of my invention is to provide for the ready attachment and detachment of the sieve to and from: the apparatus.

With these ends in view, this invention consists in the details of construction and combination of elements hereinafter set forth and then specifically designated by the claim.

In order that those skilled in the art to which this invention appertains may understand how to make and use the same, I will describe its construction in detail, referring by letter to the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is an elevation of an apparatus made in accordance with my improvement, the spindle sieve and sieve holder being in section to clearly show the construction of these parts. Fig. 2, .a'plan view of the sieve. Fig. 3, a plan view of the brush and stirrers. Fig. 4, a detail view of one of the stirrers showing the formation of teeth thereon.

In carrying out my invention as here embodied, I provide an upright or standard A adapted to be secured to a wall or other surface by suitable bolts passed through holes in the lugs B so as to firmly hold the same when in operation.

O and D are two arms formed with the standard, and in the arm D is journaled a hollow shaft E, and in the arm 0 is journaled the spindle F, which latter passes downward from the hollow shaft E and has detachably secured thereto the chuck G, the

latter being held in place on this spindle by the thumb screw H.

I represents the scouring arm, to the back of which is secured the shank J adapted to pass into the chuck and be clamped in place by the thumb screw K, and this scouring arm is provided with stirrers or sweeps L, each of which is secured to'one side of the back and project outward at an angle thereto, as clearly shown in Fig. 3.

,M represents the receptacle in which the sauce or other material to be strained is placed, and the bottom of this receptacle consists of a sieve N'made of woven wire or perforated sheet metal as may be desired.

Around the upper edge of the receptacle within the holder P, which is bolted or otherwise secured to the upright A, and in order that the receptacle may be held within the holder I provide a lug Q which projects from the under side of the holder and over which the ring 0 is adapted to pass, while at the opposite side of the holder is a spring actuated latch pin R also adapted to pass beneath the ring and thus secure the same in place. By this arrangement the receptacle may be quickly secured to the holder or detached therefrom by the proper manipulation of the latch pin R, as will be readily understood.

I prefer that the sie e N shall be concaved and that the bristles of the brush shall. be curved to match the same, so as to give an even pressure upon the sieve during the rotations of the brush, and likewise the lower edges of the stirrers or sweeps L should be sieve, but they should be of shorter length than the bristles of the brush so as not to come in contact with the sieve, and these stirrers are preferably serrated as shown in Fig. 4, to readily and more rapidly reduce the bulk material to fine particles for the brush to pass or strain through the perfcration.

The spindle F has secured thereon the beveled pinion S which meshes with the beveled gear T, the latter being carried by the wheel U, which may be revolved by hand or power, and this arrangement will revolve the brush I at a high rate of speed in the direction indicated by the arrow in Fig.- 3, and in so 1 doing will force the liquid portion of the M is a heavy ring or flange 0 adapted to fit V curved to correspond to the curvature of the contents of the receptacle M through the sieve, the stirrer L revolving in front of the brush spreading out the material upon the sieve so as to permit the brush to act in the most effective manner thereon.

In practice I have demonstrated that all kinds of sauces, especially heavy sauces and pures, fruits and vegetables may be strained through my apparatus, and all of the liquid portion thereof passed through the sieve leaving only the coarse solid matter in the receptacle, and the receptacle may be con-' veniently cleaned by removing it from the holder as before described.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and useful, is

In combination with the spindle of a machine of the character described, a scourer, adapted to rotation in a horizontal plane arran ed upon the arm of the scourer, two

radially and horizontally extending sweeps provided with serrations upon their lower faces, the sweeps attached to the scourer arm midway between the center and extremities and oppositely disposed with reference to said arm, to permit of horizontal rotations of said arm in one direction, the lower end of said sweeps being curved to correspond with the curves at the bottom of the brushes as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my signature in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

HARRY F. HALL,

Witnesses:

HERMAN VON UFFEL, THOMAS H. PATTERSON.

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