Vegetable Strainer or Colander for the Purpose of Squeezing Water out of Greens, Cabbage, or other Vegetables, applicable also as a Potato Masher or Presser.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 12th May, 1893
Complete Specification Left, 3rd Nov., 1893—Accepted, 18th Nov., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Vegetable Strainer or Colander for the Purpose of Squeezing Water
out of Greens, Cabbage, or other Vegetables, applicable also as a
Potato Masher or Presser.
JOHN KENT 5 Alma Terrace High Street Kensington London Ironmonger
Builder and Decorator do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention consists in providing utensil as Fig. I for facilitating the better
straining of vegetables of all descriptions.
I provide a vessel as Fig. II of suitable material and configuration preferable
round with a perforated convex bottom, the sides being also perforated a short
distance up, the said vessel having a flanged top this constitutes the said strainer as
Fig. II.
The presser as Fig. III consists of a concave plate fitted with handle of suitable
material and configuration the said concave presser Fig. III fitting the strainer
Fig. II and pressing upon the convex bottom of the strainer the effect of which
creates a great saving of time and trouble and expulsion of water from the
vegetables, they being served in a healthier condition than by the ordinary
colander and entirely free from water, and can also be used as a potato masher or
presser.
August 1st 1893
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Vegetable Strainer or Colander for the Purpose of Squeezing Water
out of Greens, Cabbage, or other Vegetables, applicable also as a
Potato Masher or Presser.
JOHN KENT 5 Alma Terrace High Street Kensington W. Ironmonger Builder
and Decorator, 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 consists in providing two utensils as Fig. I in drawings "left with
Provisional Specification."
I provide a vessel as Fig. II made of suitable material and configuration preferable
round, with a perforated convex bottom, the sides being also perforated either the
whole or a short distance up, the said vessel Fig. II to be made with or without a
flanged or splay top, with or without handles at side this constitutes the said strainer
as Fig. II.
The presser as Fig. III in drawings "left with Provisional Specification" 9512,
consists of a concave plate fitted with handle of suitable material and configuration.
The said presser Fig. III being made to fit over the convex bottom of strainer
Fig. II and pressing upon the convex bottom of strainer Fig. II the effect of
which creates a great saving of time and trouble and complete expulsion of noxious
water from the vegetables, they being served in a far healthier condition, than by
the ordinary colander, and entirely free from water in which the vegetables have
been boiled.
The colander can also be applied as a potato masher or presser.

page_text: 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. The application of the convex perforated bottom to strainer Fig. II.
2. The application of the concave bottom to the presser Fig. III.
3. The application of the two, Fig. II Fig. III combined as Fig. I.
Dated this 2nd day of November 1893.