Improvements in Nutmeg-graters.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Nov., 1896-Accepted, 30th Jan., 1897
COMI DELE SIECIFICATION.
Improvements in Nutmeg-graters.
I, CHARLES EDGAR DAMON, of Reading, in the County of Middlesex and
State of Massachusetts, United States of America, Gentleman, 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, that
is to say:-
My invention relates to nutmeg-graters, and particularly to a grater having a
curved grater-plate with which a nutmeg-holder co-acts the latter having a
transverse and a diagonal, as well as a longitudinal movement relative to the said
plate.
The object of the invention is to provide a grater of the character referred to,
with such improvements that it may be easily formed of but few and simple parts
which may be bent or stamped into shape and secured together with a minimum of
labour and at a low cost.
To attain these ends, I have devised a nutmeg-grater comprising a semi-circular
grater-plate, a nutmeg-holder, a socket for said holder, and a wire frame or carrier,
all made in detached parts, which are joined together and become co-acting in
the manner to be hereinafter described, reference being had to the drawings
accompanying and forming a part of this specification, and in which-
Figure 1 is a perspective view of the grater.
Figure 2 is a longitudinal section of the grater.
Figure 3 is a vertical section, through the handle and holder.
Figure 4 is a cross-section of the cup or housing, showing a part of the holder.
Figure 5 is a plan view of the nutmeg-holder.
Figure 6 is a detail view of the follower.
Figure 7 is a detail view of the frame for the nutmeg-holder.
Figure 8 is a detail view of the cup or housing and the nutmeg-holder.
On the drawings,-
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a represents a support or plate having guides or bearings in alignment with a
groove & concentric with the semi-circular grater-plate e, and in which is journalled
the horizontal central portion of a wire frame, to be described. The said guides
or bearings are formed in extended portions of the plate a, which are bent directly
back upon said plate, as shown on the drawings. The wire frame or carrier e is
formed of a single length of wire, having a straight central portion e' adapted to
move longitudinally and to oscillate or rock in the bearings or guides b, and the
ends or arms e bent upwardly and backwardly over the semi-circular grater-plate.
and provided with curved end portions collectively forming clip or collar f
adapted to embrace and hold the socket g for the nutmeg-holder. Said socket
is composed of sheet-metal, and has a curved face which fits over and is
parallel with the semi-circular grater-plate c. The said socket is also provided
with an ear h, which engages vertical grooves or indentations i on the exterior
of the nutmeg-holder to be subsequently described, said grooves or indentations
forming vertical ribs k on the interior of said holder. The aforesaid vertical
ribs engage indentations in the spring-pressed follower l, and serve as guides
therefor. The curved end portions e, forming the cup or collar of the afore-
said wire frame, may be easily pulled apart for the insertion of the socket g,
which may then be permanently secured therein by means of solder. This being
done, the nutmeg-holder, formed of sheet metal bent to a circular or elliptical

page_text: form and provided with an opening m to retain the nutmeg, is inserted into the
aforesaid socket, and is likewise secured therein by means of solder.
The follower is provided with a vertical rod p, to which is attached a
knob g, by means of which the said follower is raised for the reception of the
nutmeg.
The spring n is composed of coiled.wire, and has one end pressing against the
follower, and the other against the top of the nutmeg-holder.
To provide a handle for my grater, I employ a rounded piece of wood r,
provided with a small circular hole s, in which is forced a tang t formed of a
single length of wire bent together at its central point. The end portions of said
wire are flattened, and then bent outwardly, and have the flattened portion
soldered to the lower face of the plate a. As beretofore constructed, a portion
of the frame or carrier and the holder were cast in one solid piece, which was an
expensive operation, and which rendered the grater heavier than was necessary.
The advantages of the grater which forms the subject of my present invention
over the construction last referred to are clearly evident. The frame or carrier is
composed of a single length of wire, as before stated, which is easily bent to the
form desired. The socket and the nutneg-holder are also made of separate
pieces of thin sheet metal. The collar of the frame, the socket, and the nutmeg-
holder may all be soldered together, to form a complete grater, with all of its parts
co-acting.
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:
1. A nutmeg-grater comprising a semi-circular grater-plate having guides or
bearings with which its grating surface is substantially concentric, a wire frame or
carrier composed of the straight central portion to move longitudinally and rock
or oscillate in said bearings, the arms bent outwardly from the ends of said central
portion and backwardly over the exterior of the grater-plate, said arms terminating
in the curved portions which collectively form a clip or collar at the centre of the
frame, and a nutmeg-holder embraced by said clip and held thereby in position to
co-operate with the grater-plate, as set forth.
2. A nutmeg-grater comprising a semi-circular grater-plate having guides or
bearings with which its grating surface is substantially concentric, a wire frame
or carrier formed to move longitudinally and rock or oscillate in said bearings and
having a central clip or collar located over the grater-plate, a sheet-metal socket
embraced by and secured to said collar and having its lower edge formed to fit
the curvature of the grater-plate, and a nutmeg-holder inserted in said socket and
беcured thereto.
3. A nutmeg-grater comprising a semi-circular grater-plate having guides or
bearings with which its grating surface is substantially concentric, a wire frame or
carrier formed to move longitudinally and rock or oscillate in said bearings and
having a central clip or collar located over the grater-plate, a sheet-metal socket
embraced by and secured to said collar and having its lower edge formed to fit the
curvature of the grater-plate, said socket having an inwardly projecting ear, a
nutmeg-holder inserted in said socket and provided with a vertical indentation which
forms a groove in the exterior of the holder to engage said ear and a rib on the
interior of the holder, and a spring-pressed follower moveable in the holder and
provided with a groove to receive said rib.
Dated this 17th dor of October 1896
CHARLES E. DAMON,
Per Samuel Hey,
Keighley, Yorks, Agent.