AN IMPROVED TEA BLENDER
Year: 1885

page_text: ROBT HOUNSELL BROOM Grocer 176 Portobello Road Notting Hill London do
hereby declare the nature of my invention for AN IMPROVED TEA BLENDER to be
as follows:-
A square wooden box hung on
bars fixed to the sides of the box
angles on an iron stand and with internal cross
The stand being in two parts attached when in
operation by two iron brackets. The whole when out of use can be separated and
packed away.
I ROBERT HOUNSELL BROOM of 176 Portobello Road Notting Hill in the County
of Middlesex, Grocer, do hereby declare the nature of my invention for AN
IMPROVED TEA BLENDER and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
The object of my invention is to supply a means for mixing tea and other articles
of a dry goods nature and for this the construction arrangement and portability of
the following invention while greatly economising space thoroughly accomplishes
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page_text: its purpose I provide a box or container of a square or other convenient shape in
which I place a suitable number of cross bars to break up the mass of tea or other
article and so thoroughly mix the different sizes or qualities, This box I mount
on a suitable stand that is adjustable in itself the box being easily unmounted and
the whole packed in a very small compass I will now describe the accompanying
drawings the same letters of reference referring to identical parts in all views.
Figure 1 is a side elevation of a square container mounted on adjustable
standards.
Figure 2 an end elevation of the same.
Figure 3 shows the manner in which the same can be packed when not in use.
Figures 4 and 5 shew the arrangement of the cross bars in the interior and
Figure 6 a section of one of the cross bars which is so shaped as to effect a perfect
clearance of the contents of the container In the drawings A is the box or con-
tainer a and a¹ the cross bars inside, B the standards or frame hinged at the angle
marked d and which when in use are kept rigid in position by the tie bars b b one
of such tie bars being on each standard or upright portion of the frame such
standards having at the points e suitable bearings to carry the box and at f a clip
is provided to bold the box steady while being filled or emptied The tea or other
article to be mixed is placed loose in the container which is tightly closed to
prevent any escape of dust and a revolving motion given to it by means of the
handle C, when sufficiently mixed the method of banging the box lends itself to
the complete emptying of the container on the opening being turned downwards
the tie bars being so fixed as to allow a canister or chest to be placed beneath the
opening of the container to receive such mixed article.
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
Firstly. The construction of the box or container with a suitable number of
cross bars inside substantially as and for the purposes herein described and shewn
in the accompanying drawings.
Secondly. The arrangement of standards so constructed as to allow them to be
folded and packed in a small compass substantially as herein described and shewn
in the accompanying drawings.
Thirdly. The combination of a revolving box with interior cross bars, and
standards or frame of an adjustable form substantially as and for the purposes
herein described and shewn in the accompanying drawings.
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