A NEW OR IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR MASHING and in, what STRAINING OR TREATING VEGETABLES, FRUITS AND THE LIKE
Year: 1885

page_text: We, JOHN LOUIS PIGOT LEMAN of Radcliffe on Trent, Nottinghamshire, Dental
Surgeon, and JOHN ALEC ATKIN of the same place, Agent, do hereby declare the
nature of our said Invention for "A NEW OR IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR MASHING
and in, what
STRAINING OR TREATING VEGETABLES, FRUITS AND THE LIKE
manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement that is to say:-
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Our said Invention relates to apparatus for mashing, straining or treating
vegetables fruits and the like and it has for its object the construction and
arrangement of such apparatus in a novel or improved manner whereby the
aforesaid operations may be speedily, conveniently and easily performed.
In carrying out the Invention there is a receptacle for the substance to be
treated, which is formed with a rectangular open top, and having two of its
opposite sides formed of parallel plates of metal or other suitable material, whilst
the other two enclosing sides are formed of finely perforated metal or other suitable
material. These perforated sides are curved downwards towards each other until
they meet thus giving the un-perforated sides somewhat the appearance of a
Norman shield. To the top of one of the perforated sides there is attached a
suitable handle for holding the receptacle by whilst to the opposite side of the
receptacle there is centered in bearings carried by the shield shaped sides at the
top one end of a handle or lever. This lever has rigidly attached at right angles
to it a plate of metal or other suitable material hereinafter called a presser plate
which is curved to correspond with the curved side of the receptacle above which
the lever and plate is centered but is of a size to just move freely within the
receptacle. When the lever is placed over and parallel with the handle of the
receptacle the presser plate will be brought close against the curved perforated
side to the top of which it is centered, but on lifting the lever away from the
handle the presser plate will turn on its pivots and be lifted out of the receptacle.
When using the apparatus the lever is thus lifted and the substance to be operated
upon is placed in the receptacle and upon pressing the lever down upon the handle
the presser plate is caused to squeeze the enclosed substance against the perforations
thus pressing out any juice or pulpy matter that may be contained in the substance
under treatment. Thus in the case of potatoes and the like they are pressed through
the perforations and are then in a mashed condition.

page_text: And in order that our said Invention and the manner of performing the samo
may be properly understood we hereunto append a sheet of explanatory drawings
to be hereinafter referred to and representing our new or improved apparatus for
mashing straining or treating vegetables fruit and the like. In these drawings
the same reference numerals are used to mark the same or like parts whorever
they are repeated.
Figure 1 on the accompanying sheet of Drawings is a side view of our new or
improved apparatus showing it with certain parts to be hereinafter described in
two positions and figure 2 is a plan. The receptacle, 3, for receiving the substances
to be operated on is formed preferably of metal with four sides and a rectangular
open top. Two of the opposite sides are formed of metal plates, 4, placed parallel
to each other, these plates, 4, being in side view of a shape somewhat resembling a
Norman shield, and the other sides are formed of finely perforated metal sheets, 5,
which are curved to correspond to the shield shaped sides, 4, and meet together at
the bottom. The receptacle, 3, has fixed at one side at the top of one of the
perforated sides, 5, a handle, 6, for holding the apparatus by whilst to the opposite
side at the top there is fitted in pivots, 7, a lever, 8. This lever, 7, is arranged to
turn about the centre of its pivots, 7, and has rigidly connected at right angles to
it a curved metal presser plate, 9, which is shaped to correspond to the curved
perforated sides, 5, of the receptacle, 3, against which it is brought when the
lever, 8, is brought parallel with the handle, 6, above it. This presser plate, 9, is
of a size to fit but just small enough to move to and fro freely within the receptacle
with its front end just clear of the side, 5, opposite to the one to which it is
pivotted. The front end of the presser plate is strengthened by being connected
by a bar, 10, to the shank of the lever, 8, so that when pressure is brought to bear
on the presser plate it may not be strained or distorted. When using the
apparatus as for instance for mashing potatoes, the lever, 8, is lifted into the
position indicated by full lines in figures 1 and 2 and the substance to be operated
on is placed in the receptacle, 3. The lever 8 is then brought towards and pressed
against the handle, 6, thus forcing the presser plate, 9, down into the receptacle, 3,
as indicated by dotted lines in figure 1. This action presses the enclosed
substance against the perforated curved sides, 5, and squeezes through the
perforations any juice or pulpy matter contained in the substance being operated
upon.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
(1) The combination and arrangement of parts of apparatus substantially as
and for the purposes hereinbefore described with reference to the accompanying
drawings.
(2) The combination and arrangement of a receptacle (3) having two of its sides
curved and perforated with a correspondingly curved presser plate arranged to be
turned about a centre by a lever, so as to squeeze any enclosed substance between
them substantially as hereinbefore described.