Improvements in Salt Sprinklers or Distributors.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 5th June, 1899-Accepted, 8th July, 1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Salt Sprinklers or Distributors.
I, JOHANNES SCHAAR, of 22, Rathhausstrasse, Hamburg, in the Empire of
Germany, Merchant, 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:
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This invention has reference to a salt sprinkler or distributor for table use.
In contra-distinction to salt sprinklers as heretofore constructed which are
merely salt-boxes requiring shaking and which spread the salt over a large
surface, the improved salt sprinkler hereinafter described delivers the salt in
two different ways. The salt may be delivered in the form of grains over the
surface, or the desired quantity may be delivered in one place.
My invention is shown in the accompanying drawings, in which
Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved salt sprinkler.
Figure 2 is a vertical section of the same.
Figure 3 is a view showing the manner of using it for distributing the salt.
Figure 4 is a view showing it in use for depositing a quantity of salt in one
spot and
Figure 5 shows how the salt is retained in the interior of the salt sprinkler.
The improved device consists of a box « of glass, china, stone-ware, metal or
other suitable material and having a flat one-sided mouth b so arranged as to be
nearly in line at 6 with the side a of the box as shown at Figure 2.
upper portion may be made of the same material as the box or it may be a
separate headpiece formed, say, of metal.
The
The base may also be integral with the box a and the interior space after
being filled with salt is closed by a cork, Figure 5. Or the base c may be of metal
and be secured to the box by means of cement d, Figure 2; the closing of the
box may in that case be effected by a screwed disc e.
.
For sprinkling salt the box is held slightly inclined and shaken by tapping
it with the forefinger as indicated at Figure 3 so causing the salt to be delivered
in grains from the broad slot f of the head b. This manner of operating i.e.
the action is more elegant than that of the energetic shaking required in con-
nection with ordinary distributing boxes provided with a perforated top; fur-
thermore it is cleaner than using a knife, which may have been in contact with
the food, and so renders the salt dirty.
If it is desired to deposit a quantity of salt in one place the box a is held as
indicated at Figure 4 when a limited quantity of salt will fall out, the salt in the
interior of the box being retained by the projecting portion a².
Only after having first reversed the box can a fresh supply of salt be obtained.
Figure 5 shows how the salt settles in the box. Instead of filling and then
closing the box a from the bottom this may be effected by making the top
removable.
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
A salt sprinkler or distributor adapted for delivering the salt either in grains

page_text: spread over a surface or a quantity in one place and which is characterized by
the salt box a being formed or provided with a one sided tapering top 6 having
a broad delivery slot f so arranged as to cause the inner side a¹ of the box a to
appear almost in line with the side of the top while the opposite sides of mouth
and box are separated by the projecting portion on which the salt is supported
during delivery, thus allowing only a certain amount of salt to fall out."
Dated this 5th day of June 1899.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.