Improvements in Salt Casters.
Year: 1898

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Salt Casters.
I, DORA ADOCIA GRANT, of Patten, County of Penobscot, Maine, U.S.A., Inventor,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
In this invention the usual perforated cap of the salt caster is provided on its
upper face with a central projection or lug which serves as a fulcrum for an
agitator extending through the cap into the container and adapted to be agitated
from above the central projection or fulcrum for the purpose of preventing the salt
from caking or of reducing the caked salt to powder. The agitator has preferably
the form of two straight arms extending from the fulcrum into the container
and surmounted above the fulcrum by a handle for operating it.
Dated this 7th day of October 1898.
THOMAS R. SHILLITO,
15 Took's Court, London, E.C., Agent for the Applicant.
I, DORA ADOCIA GRANT, of Patten, County of Penobscot, Maine, U.S.A., Inventor,
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 follow-
ing statement:-
This invention has for object to improve the construction of salt casters and
to provide a simple, inexpensive and ornamental device adapted to be applied to
the salt caster and to be operated from the exterior of the same for agitating,
pulverising and preventing the contents thereof from caking.
In the accompanying drawing Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a salt caster
constructed in accordance with the invention.
Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the same.
Fig. 3 is a detail perspective view of the agitator or lever.
1 is a salt caster provided with a screw-cap 2, having the usual perforations 3
for the discharge of salt, and the said cap or top is provided with a central pro-
jection or lug 4, extending from its upper face and forming a fulcrum for an
agitator or lever 5. The agitator or lever 5, which is provided at its top with an
ornamental handle, is composed of two sides 6, connected at their upper terminals
by the handle portion of the lever and straddling the projection or lug 4. The
projection or lug 4 is perforated to receive a pivot-pin 7, which also passes through
perforated enlargements 8 of the sides of the agitator or lever 5, and the sail

page_text: sides pass through openings 8" of the screw top or cap and extend to within a short
distance of the bottom of the receptacle.
:
The handle of the lever or agitator does not interfere with the free use of the
sait caster, and it may be readily grasped to agitate or break up any caking of
the contents of the salt caster without removing the screw top or cap:
The sides 6 of the lever or agitator preferably consist of round rods, or stems,
and the receptacle or body of the salt caster may be of any desired configuration
or ornamentation.
The invention has the following advantages: The salt caster is simple and
comparatively inexpensive in construction, the shaking device does not interfere
with the free use of the salt caster, and it may be readily operated from the
exterior to break up any lumps or cakes of salt without removing the top or
cover.
Changes in the form, proportion, and minor, details of construction may be
resorted to without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages
of this invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
1. The combination of a salt caster provided at its top with a projection or lug
and having an opening, and an agitator positively pivoted to the projection or
lug and carried by the cover, said agitator consisting of a lever extending through
the opening of the cover, the upper portion of the lever constituting a handle
and adapted to be oscillated, and the lower portion being arranged to swing
through the contents of the salt caster, substantially as described and shewn.
2. The combination of a salt caster provided at its top with a lug or projection
and having openings at the opposite sides of the same, and an agitator consisting
of a lever provided at the top with a handle and having sides or stems straddling
the lug or projection, pivoted to the same and extending through the openings
into the salt caster, substantially as described and shewn.
Dated this 7th day of Anril 1800
THOMAS R. SHILLITO,
15, Took's Court, London, E.C., Agent for the Applicant.