US581628A - Vegetable sieve and strainer - Google Patents

(No Model.)

M. E. SNYDER.

VEGETABLE SIEVE AND STRAINER.

No. 581,628. Patented Apr. 27. 1897.

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MINNIE EDNA SNYDER, OF BRAZIL, INDIANA.

VEGETABLE SIEVE AND STRAINER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 581,628, dated April 27, 1897. Application filed October 29, 1896. $eria1No. 610,447. (No model.)

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Be it known that I, MINNI EDNA SNYDER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Brazil, in the county of Clay and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fruit and Vegetable Sieves and Strainers; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appert-ains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of a central vertical section through invention. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of dasher. Fig. 3 is a detail sectional view of sieve. Fig. 4 is a similar view of strainer. Fig. 5 is a sectional view showing spring for dasher resting upon cover.

This invention is designed to provide a sieve and strainer of improved character for household purposes for use in making jellies, jams, catsup, marmalades, fruit butters, &c.; and it consists in the novel construction and combination of parts, all as hereinafter described, and pointed out in the appended claims.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, the letter A designates a can or receptacle of any desirable size having a removable cover B and usually a handle 0 for greater con venience in lifting, &c. This can or receptacle is open at the bot-tom and is supported upon legs D, which are flared outwardly away from the can to admit thereunder a suitable vessel or crock to receive the contents of the can discharged through the sieve or strainer.

E designates the strainer, which consists of an upper metallic ring 6, to which is secured a cup portion, of wire-cloth. The ring 6 is made to fit snugly, but removably, within the can or receptacle A, and for this purpose its upper edge portion is flanged or flared outwardly, as indicated at e, to give it a snug frictional bearing upon the wall of the can.

F indicates the dasher, which maybe of any suitable character, such as the pair of wire loops shown in the drawings, said loops intersecting each other at right angles. The rod or spindle F, to which the dasher is attached, extends loosely up through a central aperture in the cover, and to give said rod a proper bearing the cover is formed with an elongated sleeve or boss G, which extends down within the can or receptacle and also above the top of the same. Fitted to or formed integral with the upper end portion of said rod is a crank II. Interposed between the said crank and the flanged upper end of the said boss and coiled around the rod is a spring J. If desired, however, the upper extension of the boss may be omitted and the spring be seated at its lower end upon the cover.

K designates a strainer which when necessary is to be used in the place of a sieve above described and which consists of two rings, one fitting closely within the other, and a piece of cloth, whose edge portion is clamped between the said rings. These rings are made to fit within the can or receptacle A in the same manner as the ring of the sieve, and the outer ring has a flange or flare is, similar to the flange or flare c of the sieve-ring.

The upper end portions of the legs D are usually extended up within the lower portion of the can or receptacle and are secured therein, whereby they act as stops to prevent the sieve or strainer from being pushed down through the lower end of the can or vessel.

In using the sieve and strainer interchangeably it would require some care and attention to properly adjust either each time to a fixed dasher. I have therefore provided the vertically-adjustable dasher, which will adjust itself to any position of the sieve or strainer. The purpose of the spring J is to normally hold the dasheraway from the sieve or strainer, so that the operator can vary the degree of pressure exerted thereon. The spring also renders the dasher self-adjusting to different positions of the sieve or strainer.

If desired, the sieve may be made fixed instead of removable, in which case the strainer would not be used.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination with the can or receptacle, supported upon laterally-spread legs shaped to admit a vessel underneath said can or receptacle, and with the interchangeable sieve and strainer adapted to fit snugly within said can or receptacle, of the dasher and dasher-rod, the latter having a loose bearing in the cover, and vertically adjustable, and a coiled spring interposed between the cranked upper end of said rod and the said cover and arranged to exert alifting action on the said rod substantially as specified.

2. The combination with the can or receptacle and with the interchangeable sieve and strainer adapted to fit snugly but removably within said can or receptacle, of the dasher and the flasher-rod, the latter having a loose bearing in the cover, and vertically adj ustable, and a coiled spring interposed between the cranked upper end of said rod and the said cover, and arranged to exert a lifting action on said rod substantially specified.

3. The combination with the can or receptacle having a removable cover, formed with an elongated hollow boss, extending both above and below the same, and with a sieve in said receptacle, of the dasher, its rod having a loose bearing in said boss and vertically movable therein, and a spring coiled around the said rod and interposed between its cranked upper end and the upper end of the said boss, said spring being arranged to exert a lifting action on the said rod substantially as specified.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

MINNIE EDNA SNYDER. lVitnesses:

MARION STONEBURNER, WM. U. ZELLER.