Year: 1896

page_text: I, ARTHUR LLEWELLYN LEWIS, of Commerce House, Carmarthen, South Wales,
Draper, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to an improved lemon-squeezer, chiefly designed for use in
hotels, restaurant; and refreshment-bars.
The improved lenon-squeezer is adapted for cutting and squeezing at one operation*
either whole lemons or half lemons, and is so constructed that it can be very readily
taken to pieces, cleaned and put together again by unskilled persons. It comprises a
pair of levers connected at one end by a hinge-joint or pivot, and one of which is
adapted to be secured in any convenient manner to a table or similar support. The
fixed lever is made with a ring or eye of oval or other suitable shape, in which is
loosely fitted a correspondingly shaped flanged funnel for receiving the juice and
conducting it into a glass or bottle. The flange of the funnel is made with a notch
to engage with a stud or projection on the ring or eye and thus retain the funnel in
position. A flanged cup having one or more slits or openings in the bottom thereof,
is loosely fitted into the said funnel, its flange being also provided with a notch to
engage with the said stud or projection. The said cup is preferably made with a
handle to facilitate its removal and replacement. One or more upright knives or
blades are fixed in the said cup for the purpose of cutting the lemon.
The movable lever is made with a bulb to press down upon the lemon in the said
cup, a groove or grooves being formed in the underside of the said bulb to permit it
to pass over the said knife or knives.
I prefer to use a single knife passed through a transverse slit in the bottom of the
said cup and secured by a screw or bolt to a lug formed on the underside of such cup,
so that, when the said screw or bolt is withdrawn, the knife can be lifted out of the
said cup, if necessary, to facilitate the cleaning or repairing of the device.
When it is desired to clean the device, it is only necessary to turn back the
movable lever, and the said cup and funnel can then be lifted out of the ring or eye
of the fixed lever, without the necessity for withdrawing any screws or slackening any
fastening devices.
The construction of the improved lemon-squeezer can, obviously, be somewhat
modified without departing from the nature of the said invention.
Dated this 9th day of November 1896.
D. YOUNG and Co.,
11 & 12 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: I, ARTHUR LLEWELLYN LEWIS, of Commerce House, Carmarthen, South Wales.
Draper, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same
to to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
This invention relates to an improved lemon-squeezer, chiefly designed for use in
hotels, restaurants and refreshment-bars.
My improved lemon-squeezer is adapted for cutting and squeezing at one operation
either whole lemons or half lemons, and is so constructed that it can be very readily
taken to pieces, cleaned and put together again by unskilled persons. It comprises a
pair of levers connected at one end by a hinge-joint or pivot, and one of which is
adapted to be secured in any convenient manner to a table or similar support. The
fixed lever is made with a ring or eye of oval or other suitable shape, in which is loosely
fitted a correspondingly shaped flanged funnel for receiving the juice and conducting
it into a glass or bottle. A flanged cup having one or more slits or openings in the
bottom thereof is loosely fitted into the said funnel, and one or more upright knives
or blades are fixed in the said cup for the purpose of cutting the lemon. The
movable lever is made with an enlargement or bulb to press down upon the lemon in
the said cup, one or more grooves or recesses being formed in the underside of the
said bulb to permit it to pass over the said knife or knives.
In the accompanying drawing I have shown how my said invention may be
conveniently and advantageously carried into practice.
Figure 1 is a side elevation partly in vertical central section,
Figure 2 a transverse section on the line x, x, Figure 1, and
Figure 3 a plan or top view, showing one form of my improved lemon-squeezer.
a, b are the two levers which are connected at one end by a binge-pin or pivot-pin c,
the lower lever b being provided with a plate or lateral extension b¹ whereby it can be
secured by screws or the like to a table or similar support. Other suitable means,
such as a clamp may, however, be provided for this purpose. The fixed lever bis
made with a ring or eye 62 of oval or other suitable shape, in which is loosely fitted a
correspondingly shaped flanged funnel d for receiving the juice and conducting it
into a glass or bottle. The flange d of the funnel d is made with a notch to engage
with a stud or projection e on the ring or eye b and thus retain the said funnel in
position. A flanged cup having a slit or opening f¹ in the bottom thereof, is loosely
fitted into the funnel d, its flange f being also provided with a notch to engage with
the said stud or projection e. The cup f is preferably made with a handle f³ to
facilitate its removal and replacement.
g is a knife which extends through the transverse slit f in the bottom of the cup f
for the purpose of cutting the lemon placed therein. This knife is secured in position
by a screw or bolt h fixed in a lug f formed on the underside of the cup f, so that,
when the said screw or bolt is withdrawn, the knife can be lifted out of the said cup,
if necessary, to facilitate the cleaning or repairing of the device. If desired, the said
cup can be provided with two or more knives mounted therein in a similar manner
at suitable distances apart.
The movable lever a is made with a bulb a¹ to press down upon the lemon in the
cup f, a groove or recess a² being formed in the underside of the said bulb to permit
it to pass over the knife g.
When it is desired to clean the device, it is only necessary to turn back the movable
lever a, when the cup f and funnel d can be lifted out of the ring or eye b2 of the
fixed lever b, without the necessity for withdrawing any screws or slackening any
fastening devices.

page_text: The construction of my improved lemon-squeezer can obviously be somewhat
modified without departing from the nature of my said invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to me by my
foreign correspondent, I declare that what I claim is :-
First. A lemon-squeezer in which a flanged cup provided with one or more knives
or blades extending through a slit or slits therein, fits into a flanged funnel contained
in an eye or ring formed on one of the levers, the other lever being provided with a
grooved or recessed bulb adapted to enter the said cup, for the purposes above
specified.
Second. The improved lemon-squeezer constructed substantially as described with
reference to the accompanying drawing and operating as, and for the purposes, above
specified.
Dated the 12th day of June 1897,
D. YOUNG & Co.,
11 and 12 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.