Improvements in Appliances for use in Shaping Biscuits or Cakes.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 6th June, 1893-Accepted, 22nd July, 1893
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Appliances for use in Shaping Biscuits
or Cakes.
I, URIAH DAVID SELTZER, of Lebanon, in the County of Lebanon, and
"State of Pennsylvania, United States of America, Manufacturer, 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 that class of utensils used in baking, and known as cake
cutters, and the objects of my improvements are, first, to provide two or more
cutters of different sizes and shapes on one handle; second, to provide a convenient
means of securing the cutters to the handle; and third, to produce a handy and
useful utensil of this character of attractive appearance and at a low cost.
In order that my invention may be more fully understood I have annexed hereto
a sheet of drawings, on which like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts
in the different figures.
Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing one form of my improved cutter.
Fig. 2 is a side elevation of another form of cutter.
Fig. 3 is a plan view of the same, and,
Fig. 4 is a plan view of the form of cutter shown in Fig. 2.
A indicates the handle forming a part of the device. This handle I have shown
as being made of wood and neatly turned, such being my preferred style and
material. It is obvious, however, that the same may consist of wire, metal, or any
other suitable material.
The manner of securing the cutters to the handle when said handle is made of
wood, is as follows:-
The cutters are first soldered together at their meeting edges a, at an angle to
each other and to the handle, as seen in the drawings. Secured to the backs of the
cutters are suitable arms b c which are driven into the handle and glued, cemented,
or otherwise fastened. These cutters are of circular form, one being of greater
diameter than the other. By so constructing the cutters, cakes, etc., of different
sizes may be cut.
I do not wish to limit myself to any particular shape of cutter as I am aware
that an unlimited variety of shapes may be employed.
As seen in Fig. 3 one of the cutters may have a small cutter d within its circum-
ference, the said small cutter & being held in position by the radial arms e or other
convenient means. This device is intended for forming cakes having a hole in their
centres, such as doughnuts, crullers, 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. As a new article of manufacture, a cake cutter consisting of two or more
cutters suitably secured to one handle, substantially as described.
2. As a new article of manufacture, a cake cutter consisting of two or more
cutters secured to one handle, one or both of said cutters being provided with a
centre cutter of smaller diameter suitably secured thereto, substantially as shown
and described.

page_text: 3. The improvements in cake cutters, substantially as and for the purposes
-hereinbefore described, set forth, and illustrated in the drawings annexed.
Dated this 6th day of June 1893.
F. W. BARKER,
Applicant's Agent.