Apparatus to Form a Sieve or Strainer.
Year: 1896

page_text: Apparatus to Form a Sieve or Strainer.
LESLIE TUCKER Woodware Manufacturer Chesham Bois Bucks do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
An apparatus to form a sieve or strainer constructed to allow the muslin or
straining material used to be easily adjusted and removed at will.
I make it of either metal or wood, preferably of wood.
I first form the sides of my sieve with a wide strip of wood, bent into the form
of a circle and joined to make a continuous ring hereafter referred to as the outer
circle.
I then form another piece of wood in a similar manner. This I make to fit
inside the outer circle.
I may join the ends to form a continuous circle or leave disjointed. Hereafter to
be described as the "inner circle."
Onto the bottom of the inner periphery of the outer circle I form a ledge for the
inner circle to fit down onto.
I may make this ledge into a vertically placed rut.
Thus it will be understood that the straining material is spread over the outer
circle.
The inner circle is then forced down into its place and by this action the muslin
or material is stretched across the bottom and locked into the rut or onto the ledge
and is thereby prevented from slipping through between the two circular sides.
I may also make the circular sides to taper towards the bottom.
I may also fit round the top outside of the inner circle a ledge, this ledge will
lock the material onto the top edge of the outer circle.
I also fit suitable ledges round the circular sides to enable the user to take them
apart easily.
Dated this 9th day of June 1896.
LESLIE TUCKER.
I, LESLIE TUCKER, Woodware Manufacturer, of Chesham Bois, Bucks,
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 :-
This invention consists of an apparatus to form a sieve or strainer constructed to
allow the muslin or straining material used to be easily adjusted and removed at
will. I make it of either metal or wood, preferably of wood.
I first form the sides of my sieve with a wide strip of wood bent into the form of
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page_text: a circle and joined to make a continuous ring hereafter referred to as the "outer
circle."
I then form another piece of wood in a similar manner. This I make to fit
inside the "outer circle." I may join the ends to form a continuous circle or leave
disjointed hereafter to be described as the "inner circle."
On to the bottom of the inner periphery of the outer circle I form a ledge for
the inner circle to fit down on to. I may make this ledge into a vertically placed rut.
Thus it will be understood that the straining material is spread over the outer
circle. The inner circle is then forced down into its place and by this action the
muslin or material is stretched across the bottom and locked into the rut or on to
the ledge and is thereby prevented from slipping through between the two circular
sides.
I may also make the circular sides to taper towards the bottom.
I may also fit round the top outside of the inner circle a ledge. This ledge will
lock the material on to the top edge of the outer circle.
I also fit suitable ledges round the circular sides to enable the user to take them
apart easily.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
First. An apparatus intended to form a sieve or strainer which consists of an
inner and an outer cylinder provided with ledges, grooves, or ruts, so arranged as
to receive and retain in place the muslin or other sifting or straining material,
substantially as described.
Second. An apparatus intended to form a sieve or strainer arranged and adapted
so as to enable the sifting or straining material to be readily placed in or removed
from the apparatus, substantially as described.
Dated this F7th day of March 1097.
L. TUCKER,
Per W. H. Beck,
115 Cannon Street, London, E.C., Agent.