Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 29th Mar.. 1897-Accepted, 19th June, 1897
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Fig. 4, a detail of the interior of the back of the body.
Similar reference-numerals designate like parts in different views.
The natnre of this invention is that of an ice-shaving instrument comprising a
hollow body in which the shaved ice is to be collected, and a plunger whereby the
mass of fine ice may be conveniently expelled from the body, and having
peculiarities of construction that render it convertible into a scoop, and that
afford easy access to all parts of the interior of the body whenever the instrument
needs cleaning or repairing.
The body is composed of the basin 1, and the cover 2, and on the back 10 of the
basin is a handle 3. The part 11 of the back 10 is flat and extends forward from
the upper part of the back, and the parts 12 on opposite sides of the part 11
project beyond the inner faces of that part, as represented in Fig. 4. In the
bottom of the basin, next to the back, is an oblong opening 13. A knife, or
toothed cutter, 14 is fastened on the inner face of the back, between the parts 12,
by rivets 15, its inner face being flush with the faces of the parts 12, and it
projects through the opening 13. The front portion 16 of the basin curves both
longitudinally and laterally, resembling a section from the front of a basin of a
spoon. The main part of the basin preferably has, at all points between the
back 10 and the front portion 16, substantially the shape in cross-section shown in
Fig. 3, but obviously the basin may be made either deeper or shallower than it is
shown, if desired. On each side of the basin is a convexo-concave bead 17
which forms part of the margin of the basin. These beads extend from the
back 10 to the front portion 16 of the basin and are straight and parallel to each
other.
The main portion of the cover 2 bas nearly the same shape in cross-section as
bas the main part of the basin 1, although its curvature may be greater or less
than that shown, and the front section 20 of the cover has substantially the
shape of the portion 16 of the basin, and is secured to the main portion by the

page_text: hinge 21. The hinge is on the under side of the cover, and in front of the hinge
is a cam-shaped projection 22 extending below the pivot of the hinge. Along the
lateral edges of the main part of the cover are concave beads 23, which are adapted
to receive the beads 17 on the basin. When the instrument is in a condition for
use the basin and cover are held together by the beads 17 and 23, and bear to
each other the relations indicated in Figs. 1 and 2, the rear edge of the cover
abutting against the inner face of the back 10, and the front section of the cover
forming a lid which rests upon and covers the portion 16 of the basin.
cover may be removed from the basin by sliding it forward until the beads 23 are
disengaged from the beads 17.
The
In front of the knife 14 is the head 4 of a plunger, whose stem extends through
the back 10 into the handle 3. The head 4 fits loosely in the main part of the
body, and conforms to the inner surfaces of the upper part and parts 12 of the back
and the inner face of the knife, its lower part 40 extending forward from its upper
part 41 at an angle the same as that made by the face of the knife with that of the
upper part of the back. On the face of the head 4 is a cross-bar 42, which is
fastened to, and projects beyond the sides of, the head, and extends into the
grooves 18 formed by the beads 17. The bar shown consists of a piece of wire
having sections 43 next to its ends bent at right angles to the main part of the
bar. When the plunger is moved forward or backward in the basin the extremities
of the cross-bar travel in the grooves or guides 18, keeping the head of the plunger
close to the inner surface of the basin. The stem 44 of the plunger is provided
with a ring 45, or other form of projection, which extends through a slot 30 in the
handle, as represented in Fig. 2.
When the parts of the instrument are in the respective positions in which they
are shown in full lines in Fig. 2, it is ready for use. It is held by the handle, and
pushed repeatedly over the surface of a cake of ice, the knife 14 being in contact
therewith. The shaved ice passes into the body through the opening 13, and
when the body is nearly full the pressure of the mass against the lid 20 raises the
lid, but the lid prevents any of the ice from falling out over the edges of the
portion 16. The mass of shaved ice naturally adheres to the surfaces of
the receptacle, and to expel it therefrom the plunger is pushed forward by the
ring 45 to the position indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 2, and the shaved ice is'
forced by it through the opening between the lid 20 and the lower part of the body
into a glass or other vessel, for example, made ready to receive it. When the
head 4 of the plunger reaches the projection 22 in front of the hinge 21, the head
makes contact with that projection and raises the lid 20, so that the loose ice
remaining in front of the plunger may not be prevented by the lid from falling
out of the basin.
The instrument, it will be seen, may be converted into a scoop by removing
the cover 2 from the basin 1, and even without the cover it may be used for
shaving ice, or the cover may consist of one piece, instead of two hinged together,
but in that case it would of course be necessary to remove the cover before the
shaved ice could be expelled from the basin.
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 :
1. An ice-shaving instrument comprising: a basin having an opening 13 in the
bottom, a knife or cutter projecting through the opening 13, a handle on the basin,
and a plunger composed of a head within the basin and a stem extending into the
handle, the head of the plunger being located in front of the cutter and conforming
on the back to the face of the cutter and adapted to make continuous contact with
the cutter across the face of the same and just within the opening 13, whereby
any of the shaved ice that enters the basin through that opening is preventel
from passing up between the head of the plunger and back of the basin, substantially
as described.

page_text: 2. An ice-shaver and scoop comprising: a hollow body having an opening 13 in.
the bottom and the front section 20 of the top hinged to the main section, a knife
or cutter projecting through the opening 13, a handle on the body, and a plunger
whereby the contents of the body may be forced against the under side of the
section 20, substantially as described.
3. An ice-shaving instrument comprising: a basin having an opening 13 in the
bottom near the back and guides extending from the back past the opening 13 to
the front part of the basin, a knife or cutter attached to the back and projecting
through the opening 13, a handle on the back, and a plunger composed of a head.
within the basin and a stem extending into the handle, the head of the plunger
having guide-bearings adapted to engage the guides, and these guides and bearings
being adapted to resist any upward pressure exerted against the plunger through
or in front of the opening 13, substantially as described.
4. An ice-shaver and scoop composed of a basin having its bottom and sides-
curved in cross-section from one end of the basin to the other and its upturned
edges parallel to each other behind the front portion of the basin, and having the
front portion 16 curved both laterally and longitudinally and broadest next to the
main part of the basin, and having an opening 13 in the bottom, and of a knife
projecting through that opening, a handle on the back of the basin, and a removable
cover having edges that are parallel to each other and adapted to engage the edges.
of the basin behind the portion 16, substantially as described.
Dated this oth
1007
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.