Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Sept., 1886.
Complete Left, 25th May, 1887.
Complete Accepted, 28th June, 1887.
We ROBERT HENRY FLETCHER and WILLIAM FLETCHER, both of 9 & 10 Edgbaston
Street Birmingham, in the county of Warwick, Hardware Merchants do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows
This invention relates to the construction and combination of parts used for various
purposes, (such as a grater or graters, which may be used for crumbing bread,
reducing to a more or less fineness of particles, vegetables, salt, ginger, nutmeg or
other substances, also having a receptacle to contain or store spices or other small
articles, and also having a vessel or box for flour, pepper or other substances, and the
which may be utilized as a dredger or sprinkler) into practically one article. This
combined utensil may be somewhat modified in shape and arrangement, but generally
speaking it would be somewhat thus:-We should form a cylinder of suitable metal,
generally of tin. To one end of this cylinder we should attach a handle somewhat of
a bow shape, which may be fixed or swing upon a joint at each side. Inside the
cylinder and at a short distance down we should fix a false bottom. We should also
form a lid to this end of the cylinder, which may be either in one piece similar to a
can" lid, or, it may be permanently covered half way or thereabouts across, and the
other half covered hinge fashion, with or without a snap fastening. This com-
partment would form a receptacle for spice or other small articles, such as ginger,
nutmegs &c.
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Below the (false) bottom of this compartment and upon each side of the cylinder
for a suitable width, and extending down to near the bottom, we should puncture
holes similar to an ordinary coarse grater. These parts forming coarse graters would
be used for grating substances where coarse particles would be required. Upon the
exterior of the cylinder and upon the vertical parallel unpunctured space upon each

page_text: side between the coarse graters, we should attach a smaller grater, of more or less half
round shape, and of a convenient length, having very much finer punctures, suitable
as graters for ginger, nutmegs &c.
Further, we should provide a box or vessel, more or less similar to an ordinary
flour dredger, of a suitable size and shape to pass up into the lower end of the
cylinder, and be there held either by the binding fit of the box therein, or by a
suitable fastening, such as a snap fastening for instance. The lid of this inner box
may be either perforated for dredging purposes, or as a pepper &c. box, or it may be
without perforations, and of any required shape. The base of this latter box or vessel,
would form the general base of the combined article, its body passing up into the
cylinder and hidden from view.
Dated this 9th day of September 1886.
CHARLES T. POWELL,
Agent for the Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Combination of Culinary Utensils for Spice, Flour, and other
Substances.
We ROBERT HENRY FLETCHER and WILLIAM FLETCHER, both of 9 & 10 Edgbaston
Street Birmingham in the county of Warwick, Hardware Merchants 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 relates to the construction and combination of parts used for various
purposes, (such as a grater or graters, which may be used for crumbing bread,
reducing to a more or less fineness of particles, vegetables, salt, ginger, nutmeg, or
other substances, also having a receptacle to contain or store spices or other small
articles, and also having a vessel or box for flour, pepper or other substances, and the
which may be used as what is commonly known as a dredger, or sprinkler) into
practically one article. This combined utensil may be somewhat modified in shape and
arrangement, but generally speaking it would be somewhat thus :-
We should form a cylinder of suitable metal, generally of tin. To one end of this
cylinder we should attach a handle somewhat of a bow shape which may be fixed, or
We ROBERT HENRY FLETCHER and WILLIAM FLETCHER, both of 9 & 10 Edgbaston
Street Birmingham in the county of Warwick, Hardware Merchants 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 relates to the construction and combination of parts used for various
purposes, (such as a grater or graters, which may be used for crumbing bread,
reducing to a more or less fineness of particles, vegetables, salt, ginger, nutmeg, or
other substances, also having a receptacle to contain or store spices or other small
articles, and also having a vessel or box for flour, pepper or other substances, and the
which may be used as what is commonly known as a dredger, or sprinkler) into
practically one article. This combined utensil may be somewhat modified in shape and
arrangement, but generally speaking it would be somewhat thus:
--
We should form a cylinder of suitable metal, generally of tin. To one end of this
cylinder we should attach a handle somewhat of a bow shape which may be fixed, or

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swing upon a joint at each side. Inside the cylinder, and at a short distance down
we should fix a false bottom. We should also form a lid to this end of the cylinder,
which may be either in one piece, similar to a can" lid, or, it may be permanently
covered half way or thereabouts across, and the other half covered hinge fashion, with
or without a snap fastening of any ordinary kind, or, in some cases, and this method
we should generally prefer, we should make this hinged lid to reach across the whole
width of the receptacle. This compartment would form a receptacle for spice or other
small articles, &c.
Below the false bottom of this compartment, and upon each side of the cylinder for
a suitable width, and extending down to near the bottom, we should puncture holes
similar to an ordinary coarse grater. These parts forming coarse graters would be
used for grating substances where coarse particles would be required. Upon the
exterior of the cylinder, and upon the vertical parallel unpunctured space upon each
side between the coarse graters, we should attach a smaller grater, of more or less half
round shape, and of a convenient length, having very much finer punctures, suitable
as graters for ginger, nutmegs &c.
Further, we should provide a box or vessel, more or less similar to an ordinary
flour dredger of a suitable size and shape to pass up into the lower end of the cylinder,
and be there held either by the binding fit of the box therein, or by a suitable
fastening, such as a snap fastening for instance. The lid of this inner box may he
either perforated for dredging purposes, or as a pepper &c. box, or it may be without
perforations and of any required shape.
The base of this latter box or vessel would form the general base of the combined
article, its body passing up into the cylinder and hidden from view.
In order to more clearly explain how this our invention may be performed we have
appended hereunto an illustrative sheet of drawings upon which are figures and letters
of reference, and upon which like letters refer throughout the several views to the.
same thing or part.
Fig. 1 is a front view of this my invention complete.
Fig. 2 is a side elevation of Fig. 1, shewing the lid open.
Fig. 3 is a central section of Fig. 1 shewing the various parts of the arrangement.
Fig. 4 is an inverted plan of the bottom of Fig. 2 at A-B.
Fig. 5 is an elevation of the box which is made to pass into the cylindrical grater
as hereinafter explained.
In carrying out or arranging this our invention we should form a cylinder a of
suitable metal; to one end of this cylinder we should attach a handle b, which may be
fixed as shewn, or, if preferred may be made to swing upon centres at c, c¹. Inside
the cylinder a, and at a short distance down we should fix a false bottom d. We
should also provide a lid e to the upper end of the cylinder, which may be either
hinged at fas shewn, or be hinged at about half way across the cylinder end, the rest
part of such end having a permanent covering; or, we may provide a loose lid,
similar to that of an ordinary "can," generally however we should prefer the method
shewn. The lid e may be provided with a fastening g to snap or bind upon the
part h. This would complete the compartment or box i, suitable for containing spice,
nutmegs, ginger, or other small articles.
Below the false bottom of this compartment i, and upon each side of the cylinder
at j, for a suitable width, we should puncture holes similar to an ordinay coarse grater;
such holes being punctured from the inside of the metal.
Upon the unpunctured space between the coarse graters, we provide, small
graters k, k', having much finer punctures than those upon the cylinder, and suitable
for nutmegs, ginger &c. 7 is a box or vessel, similar to an ordinary flour dredger, of
a suitable size and shape to pass up into the lower end of the cylinder. A suitable
fastening is provided to retain this box within the cylinder as for instance we
may form at the lower end of the cylinder a part circular rib m upon the inside
of the said cylinder, that is, the metal may be depressed from the outside, or other-
wise a (wire) rib may be soldered upon the inside. This rib would not extend

page_text: the entire circle, but would have one or more plain spaces left, as seen at n, n',
Fig. 4. Corresponding to these plain spaces, and upon the lower part of the dredger,
we provide a projection or projections o, so that when the said dredger / is passed up
into the cylinder the projections o shall pass through such plain spaces, when by
turning the box or dredger round a little, the projections pass along over and upon
the upper side of the rib, thus securing the box from falling out. The upper part or
lid of this box may be made to suit requirement with or without holes p, as the case
may be.
As previously intimated we should generally make this our combination grater of
tin, but for a better class of article we might make it up of dis-similar metals for the
sake of effect in appearance, as for instance, partly of tin and partly of copper.
We are aware that in combination with a single or approximately half round fine
grater, a small box for containing nutmegs &c. has been used, and also that a
cylindrical grater without such box is not new, and therefore we do not wish to claim
these parts broadly but,
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this our said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is :-
1st. The combination of the receptacle i, with a cylindrical grater a, substantially
as herein set forth, and illustrated upon the drawings, and for the purposes specified.
2nd. The combination of a grater or graters with a dredger, substantially as
described and illustrated upon the drawings and for the purposes specified.
3rd. The general combination and arrangement of a grater or graters, a with a
receptacle i, and a dredger 1, substantially as herein described and illustrated and for
the purposes specified.
T11:01
SM... 1007
CHARLES T. POWELL,
4, Cherry Street, Birmingham,
Applicants' Agent.

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Sept., 1886.
Complete Left, 25th May, 1887.
Complete Accepted, 28th June, 1887.
A Combination of Culinary Utensils for Spice, Flour, and other
Substances.
We ROBERT HENRY FLETCHER and WILLIAM FLETCHER, both of 9 & 10 Edgbaston
Street Birmingham, in the county of Warwick, Hardware Merchants do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to the construction and combination of parts used for various
purposes, (such as a grater or graters, which may be used for crumbing bread,
reducing to a more or less fineness of particles, vegetables, salt, ginger, nutmeg or
other substances, also having a receptacle to contain or store spices or other small
articles, and also having a vessel or box for flour, pepper or other substances, and the
which may be utilized as a dredger or sprinkler) into practically one article. This
combined utensil may be somewhat modified in shape and arrangement, but generally
speaking it would be somewhat thus:-We should form a cylinder of suitable metal,
generally of tin. To one end of this cylinder we should attach a handle somewhat of
a bow shape, which may be fixed or swing upon a joint at each side. Inside the
cylinder and at a short distance down we should fix a false bottom. We should also
form a lid to this end of the cylinder, which may be either in one piece similar to a
"can" lid, or, it may be permanently covered half way or thereabouts across, and the
other half covered hinge fashion, with or without a snap fastening.
This com-
partment would form a receptacle for spice or other small articles, such as ginger,
nutmegs &c.
Below the (false) bottom of this compartment and upon each side of the cylinder
for a suitable width, and extending down to near the bottom, we should puncture
holes similar to an ordinary coarse grater. These parts forming coarse graters would
be used for grating substances where coarse particles would be required. Upon the
exterior of the cylinder and upon the vertical parallel unpunctured space upon each

page_text: side between the coarse graters, we should attach a smaller grater, of more or less half
round shape, and of a convenient length, having very much finer punctures, suitable
as graters for ginger, nutmegs &c.
Further, we should provide a box or vessel, more or less similar to an ordinary
flour dredger, of a suitable size and shape to pass up into the lower end of the
cylinder, and be there held either by the binding fit of the box therein, or by a
suitable fastening, such as a snap fastening for instance. The lid of this inner box
may be either perforated for dredging purposes, or as a pepper &c. box, or it may be
without perforations, and of any required shape. The base of this latter box or vessel,
would form the general base of the combined article, its body passing up into the
cylinder and hidden from view.
Thatod thin 0th of 1000
CHARLES T. POWELL,
Agent for the Applicants.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Combination of Culinary Utensils for Spice, Flour, and other
Substances.
We ROBERT HENRY FLETCHER and WILLIAM FLETCHER, both of 9 & 10 Edgbaston
Street Birmingham in the county of Warwick, Hardware Merchants 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 relates to the construction and combination of parts used for various
purposes, (such as a grater or graters, which may be used for crumbing bread,
reducing to a more or less fineness of particles, vegetables, salt, ginger, nutmeg, or
other substances, also having a receptacle to contain or store spices or other small
articles, and also having a vessel or box for flour, pepper or other substances, and the
which may be used as what is commonly known as a dredger, or sprinkler) into
practically one article. This combined utensil may be somewhat modified in shape and
arrangement, but generally speaking it would be somewhat thus :-
:-
We should form a cylinder of suitable metal, generally of tin. To one end of this
cylinder we should attach a handle somewhat of a bow shape which may be fixed, or

page_text: swing upon a joint at each side. Inside the cylinder, and at a short distance down
we should fix a false bottom. We should also form a lid to this end of the cylinder,
which may be either in one piece, similar to a can" lid, or, it may be permanently
covered half way or thereabouts across, and the other half covered hinge fashion, with
or without a snap fastening of any ordinary kind, or, in some cases, and this method
we should generally prefer, we should make this hinged lid to reach across the whole
width of the receptacle. This compartment would form a receptacle for spice or other
small articles, &c.
Below the false bottom of this compartment, and upon each side of the cylinder for
a suitable width, and extending down to near the bottom, we should puncture holes
similar to an ordinary coarse grater. These parts forming coarse graters would be
used for grating substances where coarse particles would be required. Upon the
exterior of the cylinder, and upon the vertical parallel unpunctured space upon each
side between the coarse graters, we should attach a smaller grater, of more or less half
round shape, and of a convenient length, having very much finer punctures, suitable
as graters for ginger, nutmegs &c.
Further, we should provide a box or vessel, more or less similar to an ordinary
flour dredger of a suitable size and shape to pass up into the lower end of the cylinder,
and be there held either by the binding fit of the box therein, or by a suitable
fastening, such as a snap fastening for instance. The lid of this inner box may be
either perforated for dredging purposes, or as a pepper &c. box, or it may be without
perforations and of any required shape.
The base of this latter box or vessel would form the general base of the combined
article, its body passing up into the cylinder and hidden from view.
In order to more clearly explain how this our invention may be performed we have
appended hereunto an illustrative sheet of drawings upon which are figures and letters
of reference, and upon which like letters refer throughout the several views to the
same thing or part.
Fig. 1 is a front view of this my invention complete.
Fig. 2 is a side elevation of Fig. 1, shewing the lid open.
Fig. 3 is a central section of Fig. 1 shewing the various parts of the arrangement.
Fig. 4 is an inverted plan of the bottom of Fig. 2 at A-B.
Fig. 5 is an elevation of the box which is made to pass into the cylindrical' grater
as hereinafter explained.
In carrying out or arranging this our invention we should form a cylinder a of
suitable metal; to one end of this cylinder we should attach a handle b, which may be
fixed as shewn, or, if preferred may be made to swing upon centres at c, c¹. Inside
the cylinder a, and at a short distance down we should fix a false bottom d. We
should also provide a lid e to the upper end of the cylinder, which may be either
hinged at fas shewn, or be hinged at about half way across the cylinder end, the rest
part of such end having a permanent covering; or, we may provide a loose lid,
similar to that of an ordinary "can," generally however we should prefer the method
shewn. The lid e may be provided with a fastening g to snap or bind upon the
parth. This would complete the compartment or box i, suitable for containing spice,
nutmegs, ginger, or other small articles.
Below the false bottom of this compartment i, and upon each side of the cylinder
at j, for a suitable width, we should puncture holes similar to an ordinay coarse grater;
such holes being punctured from the inside of the metal.
Upon the unpunctured space between the coarse graters, we provide, small
graters k, k¹, having much finer punctures than those upon the cylinder, and suitable
for nutmegs, ginger &c. is a box or vessel, similar to an ordinary flour dredger, of
a suitable size and shape to pass up into the lower end of the cylinder. A suitable
fastening is provided to retain this box within the cylinder as for instance we
may form at the lower end of the cylinder a part circular rib m upon the inside
of the said cylinder, that is, the metal may be depressed from the outside, or other-
wise a (wire) rib may be soldered upon the inside. This rib would not extend

page_text: the entire circle, but would have one or more plain spaces left, as seen at n, n³,
Fig. 4. Corresponding to these plain spaces, and upon the lower part of the dredger,
we provide a projection or projections o, so that when the said dredger is passed up
into the cylinder the projections o shall pass through such plain spaces, when by
turning the box or dredger round a little, the projections pass along over and upon
the upper side of the rib, thus securing the box from falling out. The upper part or
lid of this box may be made to suit requirement with or without holes p, as the case
may be.
As previously intimated we should generally make this our combination grater of
tin, but for a better class of article we might make it up of dis-similar metals for the
sake of effect in appearance, as for instance, partly of tin and partly of copper.
We are aware that in combination with a single or approximately half round fine
grater, a small box for containing nutmegs &c. has been used, and also that a
cylindrical grater without such box is not new, and therefore we do not wish to claim
these parts broadly but,
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this our said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is -
1st. The combination of the receptacle i, with a cylindrical grater a, substantially
as herein set forth, and illustrated upon the drawings, and for the purposes specified.
2nd. The combination of a grater or graters with a dredger, substantially as
described and illustrated upon the drawings and for the purposes specified.
3rd. The general combination and arrangement of a grater or graters, a with a
receptacle i, and a dredger 1, substantially as herein described and illustrated and for
the purposes specified.
T: 001
1007
CHARLES T. POWELL,
4, Cherry Street, Birmingham,
Applicants' Agent.