Improvements in the Method of and Apparatus for Preparing Potatoes or other Vegetables for Commercial Use.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Feb., 1892-Accepted, 18th June, 1892
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Method of and Apparatus for Preparing
Potatoes or other Vegetables for Commercial Use.
I, DAVID AIGLER, of 214 Market Street, in the City of St. Louis, and State
f Missouri, U.S.A., Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention,
nd in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
scertained in and by the following statement.
My invention relates to improvements in "The method of and apparatus for
preparing potatoes or other vegetables for commercial use."
In the drawings,
Figure 1 is a side elevation of my complete invention, showing the same
when in use.
Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the stand with parts removed.
Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the compressing mechanism detached from the
stand.
Fig. 4 is a longitudinal section of the receptacle in which the potatoes or other
vegetables are placed.
Fig. 5 is a bottom plan view of the same.
Fig. 6 is a perspective view of the substance after it has been compressed and
passed through the receptacle.
I will give a description of the use and object of my invention, in connection
with a mechanical description thereof.
Referring to the drawings, indicates the stand on which part of my invention
is supported. Said stand I is provided with a series of legs 2 of the ordinary con
struction as illustrated in Fig. 1, and also with a central cylindrical hole 3. and
projecting from the inner peripheral surface of said hole 3 are two diametrally
opposite angular recesses 4 of the construction, as illustrated in Fig. 2.
5 indicates a perforation in which a standard 6 is adapted to loosely fit and
rotate, and said standard 6 is secured to stand 1 and in perforation 5 by a remov-
able pin 7. Said standard 6 is provided with an upper bifurcated end, in which
an operating-lever 8 is pivotally secured.
9, indicates a plunger for compressing the substance, the same being provided
with a bifurcated upper end, in which the operating-lever 8 is pivotally secured,
and with a lower enlarged cylindrical end 10.
11 indicates a receptacle in which the vegetable product to be compressed is
placed. Said receptacle 11 is provided on its upper open end with an extended
peripheral flange 12 and on its closed end with a series of cylindrical holes or per-
forations 18, and also in the sides of its lower terminal portion with a series of
similar perforations 14. The perforations 13 and 14 answer as exit-openings for
the compressed vegetable product.
15 indicates skeleton projections secured to a receptacle 11, which prevent said
receptacle from being pulled or elevated out of the stand 1 only when desired by
the operator. Said skeleton projections 15 are adapted to pass through the angular
recesses 4 in the operation of placing and removing the receptacle 11 out of the
stand 1, and to facilitate the insertion of the projections they are inclined inwardly
on their lower sides. In other words, when the operator desires to
place the
receptacle in the stand 1 ready for use he inserts the receptacle 11 in hole 3,
causing the skeleton projections 15 to enter and pass through the recesses 4 and
allowing said receptacle to rest in stand 1 and supported on said stand by the
peripheral flange 12. After placing the receptacle in such a position I may turn

page_text: or rotate said receptacle in hole 3, thus bringing the skeleton projections 15 out
of alignment with the recesses 4, and in such a position the said receptacle cannot
be removed-cr, in other words, to remove the receptacle 11 embodies a similar
operation as inserting the same in the hole 3.
The enlarged cylindrical end of the plunger 9 is adapted to snugly fit in the
receptacle 11, and the object of said plunger 9 is to compress and mash the
vegetable product that is placed in said receptacle.
Although I can use my invention for mashing and compressing various vegetable
products, I will only describe its application and use in connection with a prepara-
tion of potatoes. It may be noted in this connection that my invention is especially
designed for preparing potatoes ready for eating in the future.
The preparation is as follows: The potatoes desired to be treated are placed
into a receptacle or boiler containing boiling water, and allowed to remain therein
a certain length of time in order that the skins may be removed from the same
with but very little trouble, and not in any way cooking the potato. In the case
of vegetables from which it is not first necessary to remove the skin, or from
which such skin cannot be removed by the action of boiling water, the preliminary
treatment with boiling water may be dispensed with.
The potatoes are relieved of their skins, are placed in a receptacle provided
with perforations or holes formed in the bottom and sides of the same and by a
suitable pressure brought to bear upon the potatoes so placed in the receptacle
the said potatoes will be pressed and squeezed through the openings producing a
product in the form of short sticks, which are afterwards laid aside to dry in the
air for four or five hours, after which the said product is ready for packing and
shipping, and may be used at any future time.
Of course it will be understood that the shape of the product depends upon
the shape of the opening formed in the receptacle into which the potatoes are
placed.
The product thus produced will not sour or decay, and can be boiled, fried, or
prepared for the table in any other desirable manner.
It will be observed that the product thus produced will be solid and very
hard and brittle; and when cooked in the proper manner will be very delicious
in taste.
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. The herein described apparatus for preparing potatoes for commercial use,
consisting of a receptacle provided with perforations and a plunger adapted to be
received by said receptacle for compressing and mashing the vegetable product
placed in said receptacle, substantially as set forth.
2. The herein described apparatus for preparing potatoes for commercial use
consisting of a stand, a cylindrical hole 3 formed in the stand, a receptacle adapted
to be inserted in said hole, perforations formed in the bottom and sides of said
receptacle, a plunger adapted to snugly fit in the said receptacle for mashing the
vegetable product contained therein, and means for compressing said plunger, sub-
stantially as described.
3. The herein described method of preparing potatoes or suitable vegetables for
commercial use, consisting first of relieving said vegetables of their skins, secondly
in compressing the same in the form of sticks, and lastly in drying said sticks, sub-
stantially as set forth.
4. The herein described method of preparing potatoes for commercial use
which consists first in placing said potatoes in a boiler or receptacle containing
boiling water without in any way cooking the same, secondly, removing the skin
from said potatoes after the same have been removed from the water, thirdly, in
placing said potatoes in a perforated chamber or receptacle in said uncooked

page_text: state, fourthly, compressing said potatoes so placed in the perforated receptacle
in the form of sticks, and lastly drying said sticks, in the open air, substantially
as set forth.
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DAVID AIGLER.