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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
PHILIP H. STEIN, OF AUSTIN, TEXAS, AND JAMES Tl'AMS, OF TRENTON. NEW
JERSEY; SAID TAS ASSIGNOR TO SAID STEIN.
FRUIT-SQU EEZER.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 280,257, dated June 26, 1883.
Application filed Jnly 7, 1881. (Ko model.)To alZ wlhont it m ay coraeern:
Be it known that we, PHILIP I. STEIN and
JAmaEs TAMs. citizens of the United States.
residing, respectively, at Austin, in the State
5 of Texas. and at Trenton, in the State of New
Jersey, have jointly invented a new and useful
Improvement in Fruit Squeezers, of which the
following is a specification.
The invention relates to improvements in
io fruit-squeezers: and it consists in the peculiar
construction and arrangement of the parts, as
hereinafter more fully set forth, and pointed
out in the elailn.
Figure 1 of the accompanying drawings is
15 a top view of a ft'it squeezer illustrating this
invention. Fig. 2 -is a bottom view of the
same. Figs. 3 and 4 are face views of the re-
spective face-plates, and Fig. 5 is a cross-sec-
tion o thle line 5 5.
o20 Like letters of referlice idicie correspo, d
ing parts in the several figures.
A A represent apai of ordinary wooden
pressing-jaws hilged together at one end by
means of flat links z and pitle-rodsy y2 in a
5 customary way, and having at their opposite
extrenities lever-handles ' x', integral there-
with, as means for operating them.
B B1 represent flat face-plates, preferably of
porcelain, or of cast-iron enameled with por-
30 celain. held in transverse dovetail seats o W',
in the faces of the respective pressing jaws, by
means of clamping-screws or v' and supported
centrally by set-screws a us', working in holes
bored therefore in the respective jaws. Said
35 face-plates B B' are molded with imperforate
"flat" pressing-surfaces, which are respect-
ively cameo and intaglio, composed of a group
of shallow vertical flutes, It , and two groups
of inclined flutes, s sa a, in each face plate.
40 These flutes forn shallow' protuberances and
depressions which keep the fruit from slip-
ping when squeezed, and direct the juice to
a central opening, r, formed at the lower edge
of the squeezer, so that it may all be readily
45 caught by a goblet or the like, while they do
not interfere with closing the jaws upon even
a thin slice of fruit, so as to express all its
juice, and they facilitate the'separation of the
refuse and the thorough cleansing of the sur-
50 faces. The squeezer is held, with the open
edge downward, over a receptacle for thejuice,
and sufficient pressure is readily applied tothe jaws in the ordinary way. The hard non
corrodible and non-absorbent material of
which the face-plates or their enamel is com- 5.
posed preserves the form of the pressing-sur-
faces and protects the same against the acid
of the fruit, besides facilitating the cleansing
operation, and, owing to the said mode of at-
taching the face-plates to the jaws, they may 6(
be readily separated to facilitate thorough
cleansing, while the set-screws a s' preclude
subjecting the face-plates to a breaking strain.
besides aiding to tighten the latter.
O represents a top shield, in the form of a 6
rigid lip, at the upper edge of the face-plate
B, adapted to close into the recess w' above
the face-plate B. as shown in Fig. 5, and to
prevent the escape of the juice of the fruit at
top. This shield, it will be observe ed, is inte- 70
gral with the said face-plate B. so as to be
molded of or enameled with the sane non-cor-
-rodible and non-absorbent material as tile la
ter, and is attached therewith to the pressing-
jauN A without forming additional joints. In- 75
tegral end shields, substantially like the top
shield, C, mnay be formed onl either or both
face-plates to prevent the escape of juice at
the ends of the jaws.
We are aware that removable face plates 80
have heretofore been used; and we are also
aware that the upper jaws have been provided
with downwardly-projecting flanges to cover
the upper edges of the lower jaws when the
said jaws are brought together; and we there- 85
fore do not claim such inventions.
We claim as our joint invention and desire
to secure by Letters Patent-
In a frait-squeezer having flat or nearly flat
pressing-surfaces, the combination of jaws go
having lever handles integral therewith, and
face-plates held in transv erse dovetail seatsin
the faces of the respective jaws by means of
clamping-serews and supported therein by
central set -screws, substantially as herein 95
specified.
PHILIP H. STEIN.
JAMES TAMS.
Witnesses to signature of P. II. Stein:
GEO. I. LEE,
HENRY A. LIN.
Witnesses to signature of James Tanas:
G(EOiGE F. BUTTERWOITIH ,
PAUL YEAKiEL.
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Stein, Philip H. & Tams, James. Fruit Squeezer., patent, June 26, 1883; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth170579/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.