Year: 1897

page_text: I, GEORGE CARTER, of 13, Howard Street, Bradford, in the County of York,
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:
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This invention relates to a new or improved egg opener for removing the tops
of eggs.
For this purpose I employ a circular or annular guide large enough to pass
sufficiently over the top of the egg. This guide is provided with any suitable
form of handle and a spring cutter is pivoted to it. The said cutter normally lies
more or less across the opening through the said guide and it is provided with a
finger piece by which it may be moved aside to allow the guide to be placed over
the top of the egg. When the guide is in this position the cutter is released and
it immediately springs back more or less across the opening through the guide and
by so doing cuts off the top of the egg.
"The cutter is preferably curved along the edge and the edge may be serrated.
Dated this 20th day of July 1897
'DRACUP & NOWELL,
Patent Agents, Bradford.
I, GEORGE CARTER, of 13, Howard Street, Bradford, in the County of York,
Engineer, 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 relates to a new or improved egg opener for removing the tops
of eggs.
For this purpose I employ a circular or annular guide large enough to pass
sufficiently over the top of the egg. This guide is provided with any suitable
form of handle and a spring cutter is pivoted to it. The said cutter normally lies
more or less across the opening through the said guide and it is provided with a
finger piece by which it may be moved aside to allow the guide to be placed over
the top of the egg. When the guide is in this position the cutter is released and
it immediately springs back more or less across the opening through the guide and
by so doing cuts off the top of the egg.
The cutter is preferably curved along the edge and the edge may be serrated.
To fully describe my invention reference is made to the accompanying sheet of
drawings forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of refer-
ence indicate corresponding parts in each of the Figures.

page_text: Figure 1, represents a plan view of my egg opener.
Figure 2, is a similar view with the cutter open.
Figure 3, is a longitudinal section without the cutter.
Figure 4, is a side view of the opener complete.
The circular guide A is large enough to embrace the top of the egg and it is
provided with a handle B and preferably with a wire or equivalent guide piece C.
The cutter D having a finger piece E is pivoted by the screw F to the hollow boss G
containing the coiled spring H one end J of which engages a hole K in the cutter
and the other engages a hole L in the bottom of the hollow boss.
The spring H is so arranged and is sufficiently strong that when the cutter is
released from the position shown in Figure 2 it springs to the position shown in
Figure 1 with sufficient force to cause the teeth N of the cutter to penetrate the
shell of an egg surrounded by the guide then a slight twist of the opener completely
breaks off the top of the egg.
A stop pin P is provided in the guide to limit the motion of the cutter.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:
The improved egg opener consisting of a guide adapted to engage the top of an
egg, in combination with a spring cutter, substantially as herein shown and
described.
Dated th 10th.
J
1000
DRACUP & NOWELL,
Patent Agents, Bradford.