US2009704A - Egg cleaning tool - Google Patents

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July 30, 1935. E. E. POWELL 2,009,704

EGG CLEANING TOOL Filed April 7, 1934 '"lllllllllllffll'llll/ I NCuQ 3mm/wm EZ/SEPoa/ei/ @www Patented July 30, 1935 7 Y UNITED STATES PA'I'E.NTY OFFICE i V- j 2,009,704

EGG CLEANING 'rooL Ellis E.Y Powell, seattle, Wash. l Application. April 7, 1934, `serial Nonna-51s claims (o1. 51-187) i Y My invention relates to a tool which, while base tis substantially rectangulanand aboutit capable of a variety of uses, is particularly de- Vextendsan endles sander belt 4, curving ySmooth: signed as a hand tool for cleaning eggs. ly over the rounded ends ofthe base. This may be v Machines for the rapid and large Vscale cleaning of sandpaper, emery cloth, or any likematerial, cf eggs are known, but frequently eggs are enand is made ofja size which will snugly fit about 5 countered which have only spots of slight extent the base i and the pad 2. The pad can be comon them, and rather than clean the entire surpressed toiacilitate placing a new belt in place. face of such an egg in the egg cleaning machine At the upper face of the base I, that is the face itis preferable that the hand tool be employed, opposite the pad 2, I secure a cover plate 5 tothe Y 10 by means of which thedirty spots may be quickly base. Preferably this is of such material or so 10 removed, and the capacity of the machine is remounted that itis yieldable towards and from the served for the eggs which are more generally base, and this is conveniently accomplished by dirty.Vv forming the coverfofa thin strip of wood. `It

The object of my invention, therefore, is to should'be spaced somewhat from the upper face l5 provide a tool for such uses which is simple and of the base, to receive the upper run of the 15 cheap to manufacture, convenient to use, and sander belt between them, and hence may be sewhich is economical of the sandpaper or cloth cured by nails E to a raised flange l extending which is used as the abrasive surface, and in along one edge of this face of the base. Being particular which permits adjustment of the yieldingly mounted, or being sufciently flexible in sander belt employed to different positions, to itself, it will be compressed by the fingers of a 20 accomplish wear throughout its entire extent hand which grasp the opposite edges of the base, until it is used up and may be thrown away. in the manner indicated in Figure 1, and thus will It is alsc an object to provide a tool of the grip the belt 4 between itself and the base. Thus general character indicated, wherein the hands gripping the belt, it will prevent the belt from and ngers of the user are protected from contact turning about the base as the tool is stroked back with the sanderbelt, and by reason of the peculiar and forth over an egg, notwithstanding the fact construction of which the users ngers when that compression of the pad 2 might render the normally grasping the tool will normally and natbelt sufficiently loose that otherwise it would urally effect a gripping action to prevent slippage tend to slip.

of the sander belt. To assist in grasping the tool, and to bring the 30 My invention comprises the improved tool, and ngers naturally into such a position that they the peculiar relative arrangement of the parts will tend to compress the plate 5, I may provide thereof, as shown in the accompanying drawgrooves 8 extending along the edges of the base ing, described in this specification, and as will (see Figure 3). The corners are somewhat be more particularly defined in the appended beveled, so that no part of the wooden base pro- 35 Claims. jects beyond the sander belt where it might In the accompanying drawing I have shown my strike the egg. invention embodied in a form of construction It may be considered that the fingers would which is at present that most preferred by me. naturally engage and hold such a belt from slip- Figure l is a perspective view of the tool, illusping, but persons who handle eggs must vhave 40 trating the manner of its use. extremely sensitive ngers to avoid breaking or Figure 2 is a longitudinal section through the dropping the eggs, and this sensitivity, it has tool on the line 2 2 of Figure 3, and Figure 3 is a been found, is destroyed if the fingers frequently transverse section through the tool on the line come in contact with a roughened surface such 3-3 0f Figure 2. as that which distinguishes the belt 4. Accord- 45 The base l of the tool may be formed from a ingly it is essential that the upper run of the belt block of wood, which is cheap and can be cheapbe covered, and the cover plate has the further ly and conveniently worked. Its ends should be function of holding the belt against slippage.

rounded, as seen best in Figure 2, and its under When the belt has become worn at one point it face may, if desired, be grooved for the reception may be engaged near the end of the base and of a soft compressible pad, such as is indicated rotated about the base to bring a freshportion at 2, the grooves being specifically for the recepinto position beneath the pad 2. To rfacilitate tion of the hide portion 3 of the pad, which may this operation I prefer that the plate 5 stop short comprise a strip of wool, hide and all. This pad. of the ends of the base l, so that the exposed maybe g1ued in place, or might be leftlocse. The portion 0f the belt at each end may be grasped vbetween the thumb and index finger of the user,

to be thus rotated about the base and pad.

If the sandpaper were merely extended over the pad and stapled at its ends to the base, the portions thereof which extend over the end, and the portions near the end 0f the pad would not be available for use, and while it might be replaced when worn out or dirtied by the breaking of an egg, experience with this type of tool has shown that about one-half of the sandpaper is wasted. In one year the expense for sandpaper in a singlepacking plant was $336, and of this one-half was wasted, hence by making it possible to utilize the entire sanded surface, yet withv suitable provision t0 protect the workers 'hands from contact with the sanded surface, the cost of sandpaper can be cut in half.

The device can be cheaply built, is convenien to use, and the entire sander belt may be used up before it is necessary to remove it and replace it with a new one, which is donev by slipping it off the base by movement transversely of the base. The manner of its use is clearly illustrated in Figure 1, the tool, held in one hand, being stroked over an egg held in the other hand.

What I claim as my invention is:

1. An egg cleaning tool comprising a wood block constituting a base, of a size and shape to be conveniently grasped by the fingers of a users hand, a thin wooden plate secured along one edge to the base, and extending across one face of the' base,rslightly spaced therefrom, a soft pad secured to the opposite face of the base, and an endless sander belt extending around the pad and base, and between the base and the plate, whereby upon engagement of the latter by a hand grasping the tool the plate will grip the belt between itself and the base.

2. An egg cleaning tool comprising a base of a size and. shape to be conveniently grasped by the ngers at opposite edges, an ,endless sander belt extending endwise about such base, t0 leave the finger-engaged edges exposed, and normally unrestrained against movement under the nuence of friction as the belt is moved over the surface of an egg, and a plate unobstructed over its upper surface, and extending over the upper run of the belt, said plate being yieldingly supported from the base and normally spaced suiiiciently from the base to exercise no restraint upon the belt, in position to be engaged by the hand which grasps the base, and to be thereby pressed against the belt and to grip the belt to restrain it from movement.

f 3.v An egg cleaning tool comprising a base, an endless sander belt extending about such base, and normally free to turn thereabout, and a plate of flexible material secured along one edge of the base, and spaced sufficiently from the base to exercise no restraint, when unflexed, on the belt, but overlying the belt at one side of the base, ,to engage and grip the belt when iiexed.

4. The combination of claim 3, the plate terminating short of any end of the base, whereby the belt maybe engaged by the fingers to advance it about the base.

ELLIS E. POWELL.

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