AN IMPROVED EGG BEATER
Year: 1885

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I, JOHN GUY WILSON of the British and Foreign Patent Office, 71 Market
street, Manchester in the County of Lancaster, Mechanical Engineer, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention of "AN IMPROVED EGG BEATER (which
invention has been cominunicated to me from abroad by Paine Diehl & Co,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the United States of America) to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
The object of this invention is the construction of an improved egg beater which
shall be simple strong and durable easily operated, and thoroughly efficient for the
purpose. As illustrated in side view on Fig. 1 of the accompanying drawing it
consists of a strong wire a bent to form the frame-the top being provided with a
wire handle formed out of the same length of wire and the bottom being bent
upwards and pointed or reduced at its extremity c to form a pivot-On the other
extremity of the same wire a a slieet metal sleeve d is secured to form a socket for
receiving the upper end of a spirally-twisted wire e (shewn also separately by front
view Fig. 2) the lower end of the same twisted wire terminating in the scrolls f
having a recess c¹ on the under side of the inner curve forming a socket for
receiving the pivot c herein before described.
The spirally twisted wire e thus mounted is operated by the hollow wooden
nut g (seen also in section in Fig. 3.) provided at one of its extremities with a
metallic plate h (seen separately in plan view Fig. 4.) through which a pair of
holes i. i. are formed-a little larger than but concentric with the cross section of
the spirally twisted wire e.
The action is as follows:-The operator by simply moving the nut g up and
down along the spiral wire e causes the same and the scroll f. at its extremity to
revolve rapidly in alternate directions thus producing a motion which in practise
serves to cut and re-cut the egg-to arrest all currents formed and so to beat the
eggs to a perfect froth.
It will be observed from the drawing that the spiral wire e before being doubled
together and twisted, is passed through both extremities of the sheet metal scroll f.

page_text: so securing such extremities together and which may be still further secured by
soldering. It is preferred however to construct all the parts "in the black" and
then by dipping in a bath of molten tin, not only to give a coating of tin to the
entire metallic surface but also to secure all adjoining parts together.
Although described as made entirely of wire and which is to be preferred on
account of its cheapness, it will be readily apparent that the frame of this improved
egg-beater-and especially in the case of the larger sizes-could be constructed of
more rigid material, say of cast metal but this would be considered simple modifi-
cations of the invention.
Having thus particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is :-
1st The combination and arrangement of parts constituting an improved egg-
beater substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated on the accompanying
drawing.
2nd In the construction of an egg-beater, mounting a spirally twisted wire
terminating in scrolls in a wire or other frame and operating the same by a
nut, substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated on the accompanying
drawing.