mproved Combined Potato-masher and Egg-beater, applicable also for Fruit Pressing, Egg Whipping, Cheese Mixing, and the like.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Dec., 1892-Accepted, 28th Jan., 1893
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
mproved Combined Potato-masher and Egg-beater, applicable also
for Fruit Pressing, Egg Whipping, Cheese Mixing, and the like.
I, URIAH DAVID SELTZER, of Lebanon, in the County of Lebanon, and State
f Pennsylvania, United States of America, Gentleman, do hereby declare the
ature of this invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be
articularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
My invention relates to a combined potato-masher and egg-beater, and has for its
bject to provide such a device as shall be simple in operation and cheap to
manufacture, and which shall yet be effective in the various uses for which it may
be emploved.
Improved Combined Potato-masher and Egg-beater, applicable also
for Fruit Pressing, Egg Whipping, Cheese Mixing, and the like.
I, URIAH DAVID SELTZER, of Lebanon, in the County of Lebanon, and State
of Pennsylvania, United States of America, Gentleman, 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 :-
My invention relates to a combined potato-masher and egg-beater, and has for its
object to provide such a device as shall be simple in operation and cheap to
manufacture, and which shall yet be effective in the various uses for which it may
be employed.
In the drawings :-
Figure 1 is a side elevation of my invention assembled, for use.
Figure 2 is a vertical sectional view of the same.
Figure 3 is a detail view of one of the cylinders.
Similar letters of reference in the several figures indicate the same parts.
Referring to the drawings, A represents the straining cylinder, B the ring,
C the plunger, D the plunger-rod, E the handle, F the cross-head, and G the
spring for returning the plunger to its normal position after having been forced
down against the action of said spring.
The cylinder A, open at both ends, is made preferably from perforated sheet-
metal and has the stiffening band or bead a, around the top, and another band
or bead b, around the bottom, the first-mentioned band or bead a, forming a
projecting flange around said cylinder and provided with notches a¹ for a purpose
to be presently described.
The cylinder A is adapted to be seated in the annular recess d, in the ring B,
and is held in place by the hook-shaped lugs c, which engage the above-mentioned
bead a.
To fasten the cylinder in place it is only necessary to slip the lugs
through the notches a¹, and then turn the cylinder to the right, or to the left, as
the case may be.
Formed integral with the ring B is the cross-head F, through a bearing d¹ in the
centre of which slides the reciprocating plunger-rod D, carrying the plunger Con
its lower end. Its upper end forms the operating-handle E. The spring G, for
retaining the plunger normally in position, may be either a bow-spring as shown in
the drawings, or it may be a spiral spring coiled around the plunger-rod. In either
case one end is attached to a lug e, on the cross-head and the other to a
corresponding lug g, on the handle E.
The plunger C has a diameter just slightly smaller than the inside diameter of
the cylinder to permit of the reciprocation of the plunger within said cylinder.
By making the perforations in the different cylinders of a varying size, I
accommodate my device to various uses.
The operation is as follows: When it is desired to mash potatoes, they are
placed in a bowl and my device is placed down on them so that some of the potatoes
will be enclosed by the cylinder. Then the handle is pushed down, the plunger
descends within the cylinder and forces the enclosed potatoes out through the
perforations of said cylinder. My device is then moved to another part of the
bowl and the operation repeated until the potatoes are sufficiently desiccated to
suit the taste of the operator.
The advantages and utility of my device are apparent. It has a wide range of
usefulness, for it may be used as well for an egg-beater, fruit-press, etc. as for a
potato-masher, combined with the efficient manner in which these operations are
performed make it a very desirable object for kitchen use. Its simplicity, too, is a

page_text: feature and its parts being few and easy to manufacture will enable me to make it
at a cost within the reach of everyone.
In Fig. 3 I have shown a cylinder having smaller perforations than the cylinder
illustrated in Figs. 1 and 2. This cylinder is used when employing the device as
an egg-beater, mixing cottage cheese, whipping cream, etc.
It is apparent that the scope of my invention would include any immaterial
changes in my construction which I might wish to make, as, for instance, for some
purposes I might wish to close up one end of the cylinder A, etc.
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 implement of the class described, comprising a ring B, cross-head or
yoke F, formed integral therewith, cylinder A open at both ends and detachably
secured to said ring, plunger-rod D and spring-actuated plunger C, substantially as
described.
2. An implement of the class described, comprising the ring.B, the cylinder A,
the yoke F, the plunger-rod D, and the spring-actuated plunger C, sliding in
bearing d', in the yoke F, substantially as described.
3. An implement of the class. described, comprising the ring B, the perforated
open-ended cylinder A, the yoke F, the plunger-rod D, the lugs c, formed upon
the ring B for engagement with the beaded edge a, of cylinder A, the spring-
actuated plunger C and the lugs g, e, cast respectively upon the yoke F and handle g,
for retaining the spring G in position, substantially as described.
4. An implement of the class described, comprising the handle E, plunger C,
plunger-rod D, ring B, having lugs c, and spring G, and having the removable
cylinder A provided with the flange or bead a, with notches a', substantially 'as
described.
Dated the 1st day of December 1892
JENSEN & SON,
77, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Patent Agents.