Improvements in Apparatus for Stirring the Contents of a Vessel or Utensil.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Mar., 1896-Accepted, 4th Apr., 1896
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Stirring the Contents of a Vessel or
Utensil.
I, AMALIE BERGER, (née ANDREAE,) residing at Albuquerque, New Mexico,
America, 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 :-
The object of this invention is a stirring apparatus so designed as to admit of its
being attached to vessels or utensils of any description for the purpose of stirring-
automatically the contents of the same.
The apparatus is shewn in perspective in the accompanying drawings.
It consists essentially of three adjustable horizontal arms (1-m) which can be:
fixed by means of set screws (n), the free ends of said arms are bent downward and
serve to attach the apparatus to the rim of the vessel; further of a shaft (c-a)
which can move freely and in a vertical direction in a socket (p) fixed at the
crossing point of said arms and is so arranged as to admit of the lower portion
being adjusted, to any height required. The upper end of said shaft being fitted
with a cog-wheel (d) and at the lower end with adjustable stirring arms (i-k);.
of a shaft () moving in a horizontal socket (g) and fitted with a suitable gear
wheel (e) and, at its free end, with a case (h) containing clock-work mechanism.
The apparatus is used in the following manner :-
The shaft (c-a) is, in the first place, adjusted, by means of set screws ().
provided for the purpose, to a length corresponding with the height of the vessel.
The stirring arms (-) consisting each of a fixed and a movable portion (the
latter being provided with a slot and connected with the former by means of a
set-screw) are thereupon adjusted to fit the diameter of the vessel, in the case of
very narrow and deep vessels the adjustable portions of the arms can be fixed
vertically. The arms (m) are then adjusted to correspond with the diameter of
the vessel, and the bent ends of the same are fixed by means of screws (o) to the
rim of the vessel, for the better securing of the arms, one of them, at least, may be
provided, at the free end, with a double clamp-shaped terminal. Lastly, the
clock-work is wound up and the vessel filled with the material to be worked.
It the clock-work is now set in motion the stirring of the contents of the vessel
will proceed automatically until the movement of said clockwork stops, so that,.
beyond rewinding the clock-work the apparatus requires no further attention
whatever.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed declare that what I
claim is:
An automatic stirring apparatus characterized by shaft. () which is actuated
by clockwork and transmits its motion to a shaft (e-a) fixed to the vessel by
means of adjustable horizontal arms (lm), and the likewise adjustable arms (i-k)
fixed at its lower end, are simultaneously brought into motion whereby the stirring.
of the contents of the vessel is effected.
Dated the 2-d
FM 1000
W. D. ROWLINGSON,
7 Quality Court, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.,
Agent for the Applicant.