US1527087A - Household article - Google Patents

Description

Feb. 17. 1925.

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Patented Feb. 17, 1925.

1,527,023; BA ENT Q F QE,

EPW331911]? AM L Application filed. December 20, 1922. Serial No. 6Q7,943.

l T all whom it may concern.

Be it knowntlnit I, SOLOMON Sqgpmrnn, acitizen of the United Stetes; end resident of New I01 l ci ty, in the'eouirty 'of New Yorkfand Stgite of New York, hav l ielltd cent-21in "new nnc l useful Iinpmven rents in Honghqild Ar tlelegiof which .the'jfollowlng s fwsps i icetion- My present invention relates to household articles, particularly to egetable grate/rs."

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A's shOWnlIrtIre' drawing,thetst endard is greater 7 than 't hziti of the standard to the chewing, the handle 7 thereof projects beyond andfhelew fil fedgeoif the 'tahlefthere hy obviating all poss'lbility of etriking the eper on.

Castrntegrahnnth the tree arm 16, is an knuckle or finger tlplejgrihsitthethhle the drum .19 from the open end thereofl'nnd As indicated, the yeke zirnrs in the set up (let ice, extend preferably ohliqnely "for "Ward gin'd dotyihtztrd from lhe eross-barl'l',

as shown, while the standard is vertical, thereby affording additional stiffness and strength by reason of the curved juncture 80 between the lower end, of arm and standard 10 integral therewith, and also af fording a desirable location for the presser arm 17, whereby the comminuted material, after being forced thereby against the drum, drops downward from the drum into the dish I) therebelow. The curved juncture between the standard and the yoke arm 1.5 is, moreover, preferably curved inward, as shown, so that the width between the two yoke arms is less than the over-all width of the casting, whereby a dish contacting the standard 10, projects beyond the inner end of the drum l9, and will collect all of the comminuted product delivered from the drum, without likelihood of any portion thereof being ejected beyond the rim of the dish.

The axle of the grating drum being laterally of the clamp jaw 11, it will be seen that the latter does not interfere with the disposition of the dish substantially symmetrically with respect to the drum axle, and at the same time in contact with the standard 10. i

The apparatus, it will be seen, consists merely of the simple standard and yoke casting and the grater drum structure formed integral with the axle and handle. The assembly is easy. the open end of the drum 19 being passed over the projecting end of the ejector bar 29 and the projecting free end of the axle 18 inserted into the journal support 20, which preferably provides clearance as shown, for facility in assembly. Thereupon the other end of the axle is inserted into the notch 21, and the device is clamped to the table by tighten ing screw 14, as shou n.

In operation, the vegetable or other article is preferably held against the presser bar 26 while the handle is rotated, the burs on the drum forming the abraded product, which is forced between the drum and the cross-bar 27, and drops beyond the edge 28 of the latter into the dish D therebelow. Part of the product will have a tendency to pass through the bur openings into the interior of the drum, but the stationary ejector bar 29 tends, in the rotation of the drum, as will be understood, to clear the interior of the drum, ejecting the product from the open end of the drum into the dish therebelow. After a vegetable has been substantially completely comminuted, only the tip being left, the latter is simply released at the presser bar, and it will be forced therebeyond in the continued rotation of the drum, and will emerge at the free edge 28 of the presser bar in comminuted condition. The ejector bar is particularly useful where large quantities of vegetable are being comminuted, although for ordinary household use, this element may be dispensed with.

The end of the drum near the handle be ing closed, there is no likelihood of ejection of material toward the standard, the product being delivered through the open end of the drum beyond which the dish projects, as well as at the burs. The drum can be cleaned after use, with substantially the same facility as the ordinary old-fashioned grating board.

It will thus be seen that there is herein described, apparatus in which the several features of this invention are embodied, and which apparatus in its action attains the various objects of the invention and is well suited to meet the requirements of practical use.

As many changes could be made in the above construction and many apparently widely different embodiments of this invention could be made Without departing from the scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense. 1

Having thus described my invention, What I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters-Patent of the United States is 1. A- comminuting device comprising a standard, a comminuting drum releasably supported thereby, an angle presser bar integral with said standard extending lengthwise of the device, said presser including an upstanding fin constituting a rest for the article being comminuted, and a curved ele ment integral therewith extending for a short are peripherally of said drum.

2. A rater comprising a vertical standard, an o lique yoke havin one arm integral with the upper end of saic standard, a grating drum se arably journaled between the arms of sai yoke and having a bearing substantially at the top of the standard, a projecting operating handle for said drum, the intermediate portion of said yoke constituting a presser and lying throughout its entire length in proximity to the surface of said drum.

3. In a grater, in combination, a unitary casting comprising a yoke having openings in the arms thereof in which a grating drum is adapted to be journaled, a supporting standard forming a continuation of one yoke arm, and a curved wiping ejector forming a continuation of the other yoke arm and adapted to lie in close proximity to the interior surface of a grater drum journaled in the yoke arms.

4. In a grating apparatus, in combination, a rotary drum, support means therefor, a presser bar extending longitudinally along the exterior of the drum, an ejector bar extending obliquely into the interior of the drum, said presser and ejector bars constituting an integral unitary structure.

5. A grater comprising in combination, a yoke having arms, a grater drum fitting therebetween and having an axle journaled in said arms, said yoke having a cross bar extending in proximity of the external surface of the drum and constituting a presser, an ejector bar integral with one of said arms and extending obliquely into the interior of said drum adjacent the surface thereof, and support means for sustaining said yoke in operative position.

6. A grater comprising in combination, a yoke having arms, an axle removably journaled in said arms, a grater drum upon said axle rigid therewith and extending between said arms, a standard integral with said yoke having means at the lower end thereof for attachment to a support, and an ejector bar integral with said yoke and extending obliquely into the interior of the drum.

7. In a grater, in combination, a yoke having parallel arms, and a cross-bar integral therewith, an axle removably journaled in said arms, a grater drum rigid with said axle and sustained thereon near one end thereof, open at the other end, and extending in proximity of said cross-bar, a standard integral with an constituting an extension of one of said yoke arms and having means at the lower end thereof forattachment to a support, and an ejector bar rigid with the other said arm and extending obliquely from the open end of said drum along the interior surface thereof.

Signed at New York city in the county of New York and State of New York this 18th day of December A. D. 1922.

SOLOMON SOHULMAN.

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