An Improved Machine for Grating Rind of Fruits and for like purposes.
Year: 1897

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Machine for Grating Rind of Fruits and for like
purposes.
I, HENRY SPRING, of Riverside, Brigg, Lincolnshire, Condiment Manufacturer,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to an improved machine for grating rind of fruits such as
lemons citrons oranges &c. and for like purposes and the object of my invention
is to enable lemon rind orange rind and other fruit rinds to be readily and
quickly grated.
In carrying out my invention I make a cylindrical grater which grater is sup-
ported on bearings carried by a frame said grater being capable of being revolved
by means of a pulley or equivalent with which one end of the grater or its spindle
or trunnion is provided the arrangement being such that if an orange or a lemon
be held against the outside of the revolving cylindrical grater and said orange or
lemon be moved or turned thereon the outside of the rind will be grated off.
Immediately below said cyrindrical grater I provide a tray or equivalent into
which the grated rind falls and immediately in front of my improved grater I
provide a suitable guard and I also cover the top and the back of my improved
grater so that only a sufficient portion of the grater is exposed on which the rind
or other articles is to be grated.
Dated this 1st day of April 1807
HENRY SPRING,
By his Agents, Horn, Son & Co.,
151, Strand (next to Somerset House), London.
An improved Machine for Grating Rind of Fruits and for like
purposes.
I, HENRY SPRING, of Riverside, Brigg, Lincolnshire, Manufacturer,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
This invention relates to an improved machine for grating rind of fruits such as
lemons, citrons, oranges and for like purposes and the object of my invention is to
enable lemon rind, orange rind, and other fruit rinds to be readily and quickly
grated.
In the accompanying drawing Fig. 1 is a front elevation almost wholly in section,

page_text: and Fig. 2 is a sectional side elevation of my improved grater like letters of refer-
ence indicating corresponding parts in both figures.
In carrying out my invention I make a cylindrical grater A of suitable dimen-
sions and material. Said grater is carried on a shaft or spindle B which is
supported in bearings C with which the suitably constructed frame is provided,
and one end of the shaft B is provided with fast and loose pulleys D D¹ or other
means for enabling the grater to be revolved, the arrangement being such that
if a lemon, orange or other like fruit be held against the outside of the revolving
grater and said lemon or other fruit be moved or turned thereon the outside of the
rind will be grated off.
Immediately below said cylindrical grater I provide a tray or equivalent E into
which the grated rind falls and immediately in front of my improved grater I
provide a suitable guard F and I also cover the top and the back of my improved
grater with a guard F¹ so that only a sufficient portion of the grater is exposed on
which the rind or other article is to be grated.
I also prefer to provide my improved grater with a cross-bar G which acts as a
rest whilst the fruit rind is being grated and in order to facilitate the ready
removal of the shaft B and grater A I prefer to provide the bearings C with
thumb screws c.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:-
1. An improved grater for grating the rinds of fruits constructed arranged and
operating substantially as described and illustrated.
Dated this 8th day of January 1898.
HENRY SPRING,
By his Agents, Horn, Son & Co.,
Somerset Chambers, 151, Strand, London.