AN IMPROVED GRATER FOR NUTMEGS AND OTHER ARTICLES
Year: 1884

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I SIDNEY GRAFTON, of 54 William Edward Street, Birmingham in the County
of Warwick, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN
IMPROVED GRATER FOR NUTMEGS AND OTHER ARTICLES and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement:-
My Invention relates to a grater for nutmegs and other articles, and it consists
of a circular perforated or grated plate supported in a shallow box or tray of
corresponding shape and whose upper edge rises sufficiently above the level of the
surface of the plate, to constitute a flange or guide to facilitate using the device.
In lieu of the tray, I may support the perforated or grated plate in a mere
annulus, and in lieu of or in addition to the flange on the tray or support; I may
provide an inner circular rim or flange projecting from the grated surface.
In operation the nutmeg or other article is pressed against the grated plate, and
in contact with the flange of the support or the rim on the plate and given a
circular motion whereby the grinding or grating" is effected.in an expeditious
manner.
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I have illustrated the Invention in the accompanying Drawings, wherein
Figure 1 shows a section of the grater on line 1-1 Figure 2, and Figure 2 is a
plan of same. Figures 3 and 4 are similar views of the modified form of grater.
a is the grated or perforated plate supported on a continuous rib b formed
on or attached to the inner periphery of the shallow box or tray c which for
convenience is provided with a ring d to enable the device to be held when in
use.
The edges of the tray c as will be seen rise above the level of the grated
plate a forming a flange c¹. The nutmeg or other article is pressed against this
rim and upon the surface of plate a and ground by a circular motion.
The plate a has preferably an opening a² at the centre and in Figures 3 and 4
the inner edges of the plate are bent up so as to form an inner rim or guide a' as
above mentioned, and the support c has no bottom so that the grated material may
be distributed instead of being caught in the tray as in Figures 1 and 2.
The grater a is a metal plate stamped or perforated similar to an ordinary
nutmeg grater and may either be formed in one with the support or be loose.
In the latter case the plate would rest on the rib b so as to be readily removed and
if necessary replaced by another plate, and is furnished with a lug a³ which is

page_text: received in a vertical slot b¹ in the rib b to prevent the plate a revolving when the
grater is in use.
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:-
1 A grater. for nutmegs and other articles, consisting of a circular grated or
perforated plate mounted in a tray or support of corresponding form whose upper
edges project above the surface of the plate, substantially as shown and described.
2nd A grater for nutmegs and other articles, consisting of a grated or perforated
plate mounted in a support and having a circular rim projecting from its surface,
substantially as shown and described.
3rd The combination of the loose grated or perforated plate a having lug a³, and
the tray or support e having internal rib b and vertical slot 6' substantially as
shown and described.
Dated this 27th day of June A.D. 1884.
SIDNEY GRAFTON.
By his Agents,
A. M. & Wm. Clark,
53, Chancery Lane.