Improvements in Raisin Stoners.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd Sept., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 23rd July, 1894-Accepted, 25th Aug., 1894
Improvements in Raisin Stoners.
I, WILLIAM ALBERT RICHARD AIRD of 70 Friars Place, Reading,
Berkshire, Electrician, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to an implement for stoning raisins and the like and may
be constructed as follows:-―
For ordinary purposes I may provide two discs or plates conveniently of thin
steel each provided with a handle the two circular portions being pivotted together.
at their centres so that they can turn one upon the other. Each plate is provided
with any desired number say six holes of the same or different sizes so arranged
that when turned in some positions the holes correspond and in other positions they.
do not, the arrangement being similar to that of the well known hit-and-miss
ventilator. In using this apparatus one of the handles is grasped in one hand and.
the raisin held by the other is pressed by one thumb upon one of the holes, the
hand grasping the other handle; by turning the discs upon one another the portion
of the raisin which has been forced through the hole by the pressure of the thumb.
consisting of little or nothing excepting the stones and a portion of the skin is
severed from the rest, the bulk of the raisin remaining above the plate. Even the
portion of skin is often only partly severed and remains with the rest of the raisin
the stones dropping through the second plate.
It will be understood that the same implement can be made with only a single
pair of holes if desired, and also particularly for use where a large number of.
raisins have to be stoned one of the plates may be secured to a table or other
support so that only one plate has to be manipulated; also boxes or receptacles
may be provided in connection with the implement to receive respectively the
stones and the raisins.
It will be understood that the shape and construction of the implement may be
very materially modified without departing from the principle of the invention, and
as examples of this I will mention that instead of plates with holes in them the,
same result could be obtained with recessed blades neither forming a complete
orifice but a recess only so that the two plates or blades together would form the
complete cutting apparatus somewhat resembling for iustance the recessed portion:
of a pair of button-hole scissors. Or instead of the plates being pivotted and:
moving circularly one upon the other they might have a straight or a curved sliding.
movement the essential feature being that the stones of the raisin are pressed to
one side or part and nipped off by the cutting edges. This essential requirement
being complied with it will be at once seen that the implement admits of almost.
endless variation.
Dated this 21st day of September 1
1000
W. P. THOMPSON & BOULT;
Agents for the Applicant.
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page_text: Improvements in Raisin Stoners.
I, WILLIAM ALBERT RICHARD AIRD of 70 Friars Place, Reading,
Berkshire, Electrician, do hereby declare the nature of the invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This invention relates to an implement for stoning raisins and the like which may
be constructed as follows:-
For ordinary purposes I provide two discs or plates conveniently of thin steel
each provided with a handle the two circular portions being pivotted together at
their centres so that they can turn one upon the other. Each plate is provided
with any desired number of holes say six of the same or different sizes so arranged
that when turned in some positions the holes correspond and in other positions they
do not, the arrangement being similar to that of the well-known hit-and-miss
ventilator. In using this apparatus one of the handles is grasped in one hand and
the raisin held by the other is pressed by one thumb upon one of the. holes, the
hand grasping the other handle; by turning the discs upon one another the portion
of the raisin which has been forced through the hole by the pressure of the thumb
consisting of little or nothing excepting the stones and a portion of the skin is
severed from the rest, the bulk of the raisin remaining above the plate. Even the
portion of skin is often only partly severed and remains with the rest of the raisin
the stones dropping through the second plate.
It will be understood that the same inplement can be made with only a single
pair of holes if desired, and also particularly for use where a large number of raisins
have to be stoned one of the plates may be secured to a table or other support so
that only one plate has to be manipulated; also hoxes or receptacles may be
provided in connection with the implement to receive respectively the stones and
the raisins.
It will be understood that the shape and construction of the implement may be
very materially modified without departing from the principle of the invention, and
as examples of this I will mention that instead of plates with holes in them the
same result could be obtained with recessed blades neither forming a complete
orifice but a recess only so that the two plates or blades together would form the
complete cutting apparatus somewhat resembling for instance the recessed portion
of a pair of button-hole scissors. Or instead of the plates being pivotted and
moving circularly one upon the other they might have a straight or a curved
sliding movement the essential feature being that the stones of the raisin are pressed
to one side or part and nipped off by the cutting edges.
In the accompanying drawings
Figure 1 is a plan of the complete implement a portion of one of the plates being
broken away to show the under one.
Figure 2 is a section on line 2-2 of Figure 1.
Figures 3 and 4 represent each one of the plates with slight modifications, and
Figure 5 represents a slight modification.
Like letters represent like parts throughout the drawings.
The implement consists of two plates A and B one superimposed upon the other
and connected together by any suitable pivot say for example a common eyelet.
The plates A and B in Figure 1 are provided with any suitable number, say six of
oval or other shaped holes D and are each provided with a handle A' and B¹ by
which the plates can be rotated. To use the implement the plates are turned so
that the holes of one plate lie over those of the other plate and the raisin is then
placed upon one of the holes in the top plate and pressed by the thumb of the
operator through so that a portion of it passes also through the hole in the plate

page_text: below. The plates are then rotated one upon the other by their handles the edges
of the holes in the two plates as they pass each other operating something like
scissors and cutting off the portion of the skin of the raisin which contains the
stones and thus removing the latter which fall through the holes to any suitable
receptacle either arranged in conjunction with the apparatus or entirely independent
of it. The handles may be moved backwards and forwards. a few times to make
sure of cutting the portion properly off and the implement may be dipped in hot
water occasionally to remove the sticky substances adhering to it.
In Figure 3 the lower plate B is shown provided with wires E stretched across
one of the holes; these may be applied to the other hole as well if desired and are
intended while allowing the stones to pass to prevent too much of the pulp of the
raisin from also passing.
In Figure 4 the plate B is provided with a number of radial holes D this plate
differing from that shown in Figure 1 by having more holes and of a different
shape.
In Figure 5 one of the holes in plate A is shown provided with a funnel the
object of this being to draw the stones together in the raisin as they are forced
into the hole. Funnels or similar devices may also be applied to the other holes if
desired.
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. Stoning a raisin by pressing it between two cutting edges so that the stones
are forced past one or both cutting edges and are thus severed from the raisin when
the edges are brought together.
2. A raisin stoner comprising two perforated plates substantially as described.
3. In a raisin stoner the combination of two perforated plates such as A and B
pivotted together and provided with handles substantially as described and
illustrated in Figures 1 and 2 of the accompanying drawings.
4. The complete raisin stoner substantially as described and illustrated in the
accompanying drawings.
Dated this 20th day of July 1894.