US930089A - Biscuit-cabinet. - Google Patents

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G. A. SALZMAN. BISCUIT CABINET. APPLICATION FILED $313.5, 1909.

Patented Aug. 3, 1909.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHRISTIAN A. SALZMAN, OF TROY, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO EMIL P. KENNEL, OF TROY, OHIO.

BISCUIT-CABINET.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHRISTIAN A. SALZ- MAN, a citizen of the United States, residing at Troy, Ohio, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Biscuit Cabinets, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to biscuit cabinets adapted to the use of grocers or others for dispensing crackers, cookies or similar articles, and the objects of my improvement are to provide suitable means for preserving and protecting the contents from unnecessary handling; to facilitate the removal of the contents in any desired quantity and without any breaking or crumbhng thereof; to cause the removal of the contents in the same successive order in which it is filled; and to combine simple and durable construction and assemblage of parts for obtaining facility of operation and efficiency of action. These objects are attained in the following described manner as illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a transverse section on the line 12-?) of Fig. 2, of a biscuit cabinet embodying my improvements; Fig. 2, a longitudinal section on the line a-a of Fig. 1.

In the drawings, 1 represents a rectangular cabinet provided with a removable cover 2 and formed with interior cant boards 3 and 4 in the form of a hopper, and with vertical partitions 5 and 6 thereunder. A slanting shelf 7 hinged to wall 8 of the cabinet projects over the top of partition 6 directly opposite thereto. An adjusting screw 9 secured to said partition serves to move and maintain said shelf with its lower edge in different vertical positions as desired. A slanting chute 11 formed between partition 6 and wall 12 of the cabinet, extends through an opening 13 formed in the front wall 14 and terminates in a hinged spout 10 which may be turned when desired in an upward direction to close said opening as shown by dotted lines in Fig. 2. A plate 15 formed with a bearing 16 may be removably secured over the circular opening 17 formed in the front wall 14 directly above the opening 13 therein. A cylindrical brush 19 is provided with longitudinal rows at intervals, of radi- Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 5, 1909.

Patented Aug. 3, 1909.

Serial No. 476,229.

ally projecting bristles 21 and with similar end journals 22, to either of which a crank handle 23 may be removably secured. Said brush may be inserted in either of reversed positions through the opening 17 and journaled in the partition 5, as shown in Fig. 2 for permitting the rows of bristles to be worn evenly on opposite sides.

In operation, upon the removal of the cover, the cabinet may be filled at the top successively and discharged in the same order in any desired quantities through the chute by means of the rotary brush. The yielding action of the brush prevents the contents from being broken in their movement thereby over the edge of the hinged shelf. The brush may be reversed in its bearings when desired to prevent the bristles from becoming unevenly worn. WVhen delivered in the chute the contents slide by gravity through the spout and into a bag or other receptacle to be held conveniently thereunder.

Having fully described my improvement, what I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is 1. A biscuit cabinet comprising an inclined chute, a slanting shelf leading thereto, a rotative brush journaled above the chute and means for adjusting the shelf in relation to the chute.

2. A biscuit cabinet comprising a chute, a shelf leading thereto, and a cylindrical sweeper provided with peripheral projections of resilient material journaled above the chute and arranged to sweep the contents therein from the shelf, said sweeper being longitudinally reversible in its bearings.

3. A biscuit cabinet comprising a chute provided with a hinged spout, a brush reversibly journaled thereover, a slanting shelf terminating between the brush and chute,-

and means for moving and maintaining the shelf with its edge in different vertical positions.

0. A. SALZMAN. Witnesses:

R. S. CARR, P. B. HOLLY.

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