Improvements in Apparatus for Washing or Peeling Potatoes and other Articles.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Sept., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 31st Jan., 1896-Accepted, 7th Mar.,
1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Washing or Peeling Potatoes and
other Articles.
I, MICHAEL BEAZELEY of 17 Nelson Crescent, Ramsgate, in the County of
Kent Civil Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of my invention to be as
follows:-
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My invention has for its object to provide an apparatus for washing, or peeling
potatoes, and other articles in a rapid and efficient manner, and without much
labour, the said apparatus being simple, and inexpensive in construction, and
without internal gearing, or like operating parts, liable to become deranged.
Apparatus constructed according to my invention consists of a tub, bucket, cask or
like vessel, preferably cylindrical and having ribs, or projections, secured to the
bottom internal surface thereof, ribs, or projections, radiating towards the centre
being also secured to the internal sides and extending from the bottom to the top,
or to any required portion of the depth of the vessel. The potatoes, or other
articles to be cleaned or peeled, are placed with water in the vessel, and on a
reciprocating rotary motion being given to the vessel, the ribs on the interior
thereof, act on the potatoes, or other articles so as to rapidly remove therefrom any
dirt that may be adhering thereto, and when the articles have skins or husks on
them they also can be effectually removed by means of the said vessel. For small
apparatus suitable for domestic use, the vessel may be provided with a handle, or
handles, by which to operate it, but for large apparatus suitable for hotels, or like
establishments, it may be operated by power. To facilitate the movement,
especially when the apparatus is large it may be provided with a stand or frame,
and with a pivot and socket arrangement at bottom or both at bottom and top.
The addition of sand to the water will in certain cases facilitate the operation.
The vessel may be provided with perforations at the sides, or bottom, or both,
and be placed in a larger vessel in which water is contained, or through which it is
passed.
The apparatus may be closed or partly closed at top by a cover in one piece or
in several pieces, or other arrangement for preventing splashing of water outside
the vessel.
T
fatmber 1805
JOHNSONS & WILLCOX,
47 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C., Agents.
Improvements in Apparatus for Washing or Peeling Potatoes and
other Articles.
I, MICHAEL BEAZELEY of 17 Nelson Crescent, Ramsgate, in the County of
Kent, Civil Engineer, 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 has for its object to provide an apparatus for washing, and if

page_text: required also peeling or removing the skin from potatoes, and other articles in a
rapid and efficient manner, and without much labour, the said apparatus being
simple, and inexpensive in construction and without internal gearing, or like
operating parts, liable to become deranged. Apparatus constructed according to
my invention consists of a tub, bucket, cask, or like vessel, preferably cylindrical,
and having ribs, or projections, secured to the bottom internal surface thereof, ribs
or projections, radiating towards the centre being also secured to the internal
sides, and extending from the bottom to the top, or to any required portion of the
depth of the vessel. The potatoes, or other articles to be cleaned, or peeled, are
placed with water in the vessel, and on a reciprocating rotary motion being given
to the vessel, the ribs on the interior thereof, act on the potatoes, or other articles,
causing them to rotate and rub one against another, so as to rapidly remove
therefrom any dirt that may be adhering thereto, and, when the articles have
skins or husks on them they also can be effectually removed by means of the said
vessel.
In the accompanying drawing I have illustrated in sectional perspective view a
simple form of the apparatus adapted for domestic use. A is the body of the
vessel. B are the ribs secured to the sides, and C are the ribs secured to the
hottom. D is a handle by which the apparatus can be held whilst a to and fro
motion is given to it when the potatoes or other articles and the necessary amount
of water are in the vessel.
For small apparatus, suitable for domestic use, the vessel may be provided with
a handle, as shewn (or handles), by which to operate it, but for large apparatus
suitable for hotels, or like establishments, it may be operated by power. To
facilitate the movement, especially when the apparatus is large, it may be provided
with a stand, or frame, and with a pivot and socket arrangement at bottom or both-
at bottom and top. The addition of sand to the water will, in certain cases,
facilitate the operation.
The vessel may be provided with perforations at the sides, or bottom, or both,
and be placed in a larger vessel in which water is contained, or through which it is
passed.
The apparatus inay be closed, or partly closed, at top by a cover, in one piece,
or in several pieces, or other arrangement, for preventing splashing of water
outside the vessel.
The small size apparatus can be used as an ordinary water bucket or pail when
required.
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 apparatus for the purposes described and consisting of a vessel having in
its interior ribs or projections at the bottom and at the sides and capable of
being rotated or provided with means for rotating it substantially as hereinbefore
described.
2. An apparatus for the purposes described and constructed substantially as
herein before described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 31st day of January 1896.
JOHNSONS & WILLCOX,
47 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C., Agents.