IMPROVEMENTS IN EGG AND CAKE BEATERS
Year: 1884

page_text: I, ALFRED CHARLES REX of the City and County of Philadelphia, State of
Pennsylvania, U.S.A. Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of my Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN EGG AND CAKE BEATERS" 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 reference to egg and cake beaters; and comprises a tin can or
box provided with a cover, the latter being provided with bearings, and combined
with one or more beaters having radiating arms and arranged to be rotated by
gear mechanism, the said beater arms being arranged to fit into the can or box;
and in details of construction all of which is fully set forth in the following
Specification and shown in the accompanying Drawings which form part thereof.
The object of my Invention is to form an egg or cake beater adapted to contain
the material to be beaten in an enclosed case or receptacle, and cause the beaters to
traverse all of said material without being shifted from one place therein to
another.
In the Drawings:-
Fig. 1. is a sectional elevation of my improved egg and cake beater on line x x
of Fig. 2.
Fig. 2. is a plan view of same.
Fig. 3. is a plan view of a modified form of same, and
Fig. 4. is an elevation of one form of beater.
A is the tin can or box and where two beaters are used it is preferably made
elliptical or oval as shown in Fig. 2. but where only one beater is used it is
preferably made circular. B is the spout and C is the handle. D is the cover and
may be provided with a hinged piece or flap E to close the mouth or spout B to
prevent the eggs or other material from splashing out. F are bearings on said
cover and have journalled therein the beater shafts G having arms H upon their
free ends. When two beaters are used then the arms H of one pass between the
arms H of the other as shown in Fig. 1. and these beaters are preferably made to
rotate in the same direction so that their adjacent arms shall pass in opposite
directions. The shafts G of the beaters are held in the bearings F by collars g on the
bottom and pinions I on the top, and these pinions mesh with a spur wheel J
journalled on a stud K and retained thereon by a screw L, and provided with a
handle M.

page_text: When two beaters are used it is preferable to make this spur wheel J with
internal teeth to increase its diameter and keep it clean, when dirty the screw L is
removed and the box wheel J taken off and it and the pinions I cleaned. I do
not limit myself to the exact construction shown as my Invention may be modified
in various ways without departing from my Invention; for instance the two
pinions I I may be geared together and one rotated by hand or the beater arins H
may be differently shaped, as shown in Fig. 4. in which the upper and lower cross
arms H are made stronger, and instead of radiating intermediate arms vertical
bars H¹ may be used connecting said arms H, as this construction would be
stronger and especially to the single beater form illustrated in Fig. 3.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
1st. A cake or egg beater consisting of a closed vessel combined with rotating
beaters having vertical shafts and radiating arms located and journalled therein,
the arms of one beater passing between the arms of the other during their rotation,
and gear mechanism to rotate said beaters.
2nd. The combination of vessel A, removable cover D and one or more rotary
beaters G H journalled in said cover.
3rd. The combination of vessel A, removable cover D having a flap E to cover
said spout, and one or more rotary beaters G H journalled in said cover.
4th. The combination of vessel A, removable cover D and beaters G H
journalled in said cover, pinion I, box spur wheel J having internal teeth and a
crank M.
5th. The beater for an egg or cake beater consisting of the central shaft G
provided with radiating cross arms H and vertical arms H' between said cross
arms.
Dated this Thirteenth day of May 1884
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
For the Applicant.