IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR PRESSING VEGETABLES, MEAT, OR OTHER ARTICLES, FOR CULINARY PURPOSES to be as follows
Year: 1885

page_text: I, THOMAS SMITH of King's Place, in the County of Surrey, Engineer do hereby
declare the nature of my invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR
PRESSING VEGETABLES, MEAT, OR OTHER ARTICLES, FOR CULINARY PURPOSES to
be as follows:-
"
This invention relates to apparatus to be used for culinary purposes such as
pressing and extracting the water from. vegetables, pressing boiled or other meats,
or other articles.
It has for its object a novel method of constructing and arranging apparatus for
the purpose so that it is very easy and convenient to use and simple, cheap, and
durable.
I take a strong bracket, preferably of cast iron, having a flange or feet by which
it can be screwed or fixed to the wall or to other support over a kitchen sink or in
any other convenient position. This bracket consists of two strong horizontal pro-
jecting arms having bosses at their extremity between which is fitted a horizontal
hand wheel of convenient size and material.
The boss or centre of this wheel has a screw thread formed in it through which
passes and fits a corresponding vertical screwed shaft or bar, and this bar has a
longitudinal groove or slot formed on its side into which fits freely a screw, stud,
or key, fixed in one of the bosses of the bracket, so that whilst the bar is capable
of moving freely up and down vertically it is incapable of turning round on its
axis. At the lower end of the bar is arranged a strong horizontal disc, preferably
of hard wood, connected freely to the bar by a swivel joint or a covering plate
fitting over a collar upon the lower end of the bar and screwed to the disc.
When therefore the hand wheel is turned round the bar and wooden disc are
caused to rise or fall without turning round.
The apparatus described is fixed at such a height that when the disc is raised a
vertical cylindrical perforated colander of tin plate or other suitable material can
be placed below it the lower end of the cylinder fitting freely round a horizontal
perforated plate supported upon projections below so that it stands a short distance
above the sink or other table or place where it is used.

page_text: The upper end of the colander is preferably expanded in a conical shape. When
the colander is arranged in its proper position and filled with vegetables or other
articles to be pressed, the hand wheel is turned and the disc is brought gradually
down with any desired force, and the vegetables are pressed and the water in them
squeezed out, and they can be allowed to remain under pressure as long as may be
desired. The lower perforated plate may be made of any desired shape, so as to
give to the articles pressed a corresponding shape when they are removed.
I make the screw preferably left-handed so that the person using the apparatus
turns the hand wheel in the most convenient direction from right to left when
forcing the disc 'down.

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other Articles for Culinary Purposes.
I, THOMAS SMITH, of Kings Place, in the County of Surrey, Engineer, do hereby
declare the nature of this Invention and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described in and by the following statement, and,
accompanying drawing (that is to say):-
:-
This invention relates to apparatus to be used. for culinary purposes such as
pressing and extracting the water from vegetables, pressing boiled or other meats,
or other articles.
It has for its object a novel method of constructing and arranging apparatus for
the purpose described, so that it is very easy and convenient to use, and is simple,
cheap, and durable.
In order to put my invention in operation, I take a strong bracket, preferably of
cast iron, having a flange or feet by which it can be screwed or fixed to the wall
or to other support over a kitchen sink or in any other convenient position. This
bracket consists of two strong horizontal projecting arms having bosses at their
extremity between which is fitted a horizontal handwheel of convenient size and
material.
The boss or centre of this wheel has a screw thread formed in it or in a bush
fitted and fixed in it through which passes and fits a corresponding vertical screwed
shaft or bar, and this bar has a longitudinal groove or slot formed on its side into
which fits freely a screw, stud, or key, fixed in one of the bosses of the bracket, so
that whilst the bar is capable of moving freely up and down vertically it is
incapable of turning round upon its axis.
At the lower end of the bar is arranged a strong horizontal disc, preferably of
hard wood, connected freely to the bar by a swivel joint or a covering plate
fitting over a collar upon the lower end of the bar and screwed to the disc.
When therefore the handwheel is turned round the bar and wooden disc are
caused to rise or fall without turning round.
The apparatus described is fixed at such a height that when the disc is raised a
vertical cylindrical perforated colander of tin plate or other suitable material can
be placed below it the lower end of the cylinder fitting freely round a horizontal
perforated plate supported upon projections below so that it stands a short distance
above the sink or other table or place where it is used. The upper end of the
colander is preferably expanded in a conical form.
The accompanying drawing is in illustration of my invention, Figure 1 being a
view of the entire press.
a is the bracket fixed to the wall or other support b, and having fitted freely
between its axis a¹ a³ the wheel c through which passes the screwed bar d. This
bar d passes freely through the bosses upon the arms a¹, a³, but is prevented from
turning round by a longitudinal slot e into which fits freely a stud or key in one
of the bosses. f is a pressing plate or disc, turning freely upon the bar & but
attached to the latter by a collar and covering plate g.

page_text: The colander is shewn (partly broken off) at h, fitting freely round the plate ƒ
and round a perforated plate i carried upon supports k.
When the colander his arranged in its proper position and filled with vegetables
or other articles to be pressed, the handwheel c is turned and the disc or plate fis
brought gradually down with any desired force, and the vegetables are pressed and
the water in them squeezed out, and they can be allowed to remain under pressure
as long as may be desired. The lower perforated plate i may be made of any
desired shape, so as to give to the articles pressed a corresponding shape when they
are removed.
I make the screw d preferably left-handed so that the person using the apparatus
turns the hand wheel in the most convenient direction from right to left when
forcing the disc down.
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. The combination of the bracket a, slotted screw d, wheel.c, and plate or disc f,
arranged and operating substantially as described and shewn.
2. In combination with the bracket a, screw d, wheel c, and plate f, the
colander h and perforated bottom plate i, substantially as described and shewn.
Dated this 18th day of January 1886
EDWARDS & Co.,
Agents for the Patentee.