IMPROVED APPARATUS APPLICABLE FOR BEATING EGGS OR MIXING SUBSTANCES OR LIQUIDS
Year: 1859

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Edward Newton, of the Office for Patents,
66, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, for the
Invention of "IMPROVED APPARATUS APPLICABLE FOR BEATING EGGS OR
MIXING SUBSTANCES OR LIQUIDS."-A communication from abroad by
Edwin Pear Monroe, of New York, in the United States of America. ]
Sealed the 16th March 1860, and dated the 1st December 1859.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by William Edward Newton at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 1st
December 1859.]
I, WILLIAM EDWARD NEWTON, of the Office for Patents, 66, Chancery Lane,
5 in the County of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of
the said Invention for "IMPROVED APPARATUS APPLICABLE FOR BEATING EGGS OR
MIXING SUBSTANCES OR LIQUIDS," to be as follows:-
This Invention of improved apparatus applicable for beating eggs or mixing
substances or liquids consists in arranging in an adjustable frame two beaters,
) one inside the other, which receive motion in opposite directions by means of

page_text: two pinions, which gear into a large bevil wheel, to which a rotary motion is
imparted by means of a suitable handle. This beater can be used with equal
advantage for mixing paint or other substances which require a thorough
stirring up in an open vessel in order to mix them well,
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said William Edward Newton in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 1st June 1860.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
EDWARD NEWTON, of the Office for Patents, 66, Chancery Lane, in the County
of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by ler Letters
Patenty bearing date the First day of December, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, in the twenty-third year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said
William Edward Newton Her special license, that I, the said William Edward
Newton, my executors; administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said
William Edward Newton, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should
at any time agree with, and no others; from time to time and at all times
thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make,
use exercise and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and
Ireland, the Channel Islands; and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVED
APPARATUS APPLICABLE FOR BEATING EGGS OR MIXING SUBSTANCES OR LIQUIDS,"
being a communication from abroad by Edwin Pear Monroe, of New York,
in the United States of America, upon the condition (amongst others) that I
the said William Edward Newton, by an instrument in writing under my
hand and seal, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the
said Invention; and in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause
the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months
next and immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said William Edward Newton, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement, reference being had to the Drawing hereunto annexedy
and to the letters and figures marked thereon (that is to say)
The object of this Invention, as communicated to me by my foreign corre-

page_text: spondent, is to effect with rapidity and by the use of inexpensive apparatus the
beating up of eggs and the mixing of other liquid matters/
In the accompanying Drawing Fig. 1 represents in front elevation, and
Fig. 2 in vertical central section, the improved form of egg beater forming
the subject of the present Invention_
A is a cast-iron frame from which two arms a extend to a fork B, which
serves to fasten the frame to a table or shelf, or any convenient fixed point, as
is clearly represented in Fig. 1 a set screw C serves to retain the frame in
the required spot. In order to facilitate the turning of the screw as it comes
in contact with the wood; a washer bis attached to its upper end in such a
manner that the screw turns in the washer, the latter remaining stationary as
it is forced up against the wood. Attached to the central part of the frame A
is a stud axle c on which is loosely mounted a bevil wheel D this wheel is
operated by means of a handle E which is rigidly attached to the same; and it
gears into two pinions F and G The pinion F is attached to an arbor H
which has its bearings in two flanges d forming part of the frame A; and
rigidly attached to the lower end of this arbor is the inner beater I, which
consists of a series of wires i bent as clearly represented in the Drawing, their
upper ends being secured by a boss e cast on to them, and their lower ends
being similarly secured by a collar f Between the boss e and the lower
one of the flanges d, and placed loosely on the arbor Hy is the pinion G which
is thus situated on the side of the bevil wheel D; opposite to that occupied by
the pinion F, for the purpose of giving motion to the outer beater J. The
wires which constitute this beater are bent in a similar manner to the wires i
which constitute the inner beater I, and they are in like manner fastened at
the one end to the hub of the pinion G, and at the other to a collar K which
turns loosely on the lower end of the arbor H. By turning the bevil wheel D
therefore the two beaters I and J receive motion in opposite directions_
The operation of the apparatus is as follows:+The frame A having been
secured to a table, shelf, or to other convenient fixture with the beaters in a
vertical position, the vessel containing the yolks of eggs to be beaten up is
placed under the latter, and a rapid rotary motion is given to them in opposite
directions by means of the bevil wheel D.
This apparatus may with advantage be used for mixing paint or other
substances which require thorough stirring in an open vessel.
Having now set forth the nature of the Invention of "Improved Apparatus
applicable for beating Eggs or mixing Substances or Liquids," as com-
municated to me from abroad, and explained the manner of carrying the same
into effect; I would remark that I do not claim generally the use of two

page_text: beaters revolving in opposite directions, as beaters so combined and operating
have already been employed (the arms of each having the spaces between the
arms of the other for their planes or circuits of rotation) | but what I claim
under the above in part recited Letters Patent is the construction of egg
beater above described.
In witness whereof, If the said William Edward Newton; have hereunto
set my hand and seal the First day of June, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty.
Witness,
J. W. MOFFATT,.
66, Chancery Lane.
W. E. NEWTON. (L.S.)