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UNITED
STATES
PATENT OFFICE.
WILLIAM O. DUNLAP, OF GEORGE'S CREEK, TEXAS.
LEMON-SQUEEZER.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 420,868, dated February 4, 1890.
Application fled September 24, 1889. Serial Nb, 324,881. (No model,)To all zluhon it c2ay concern:
Be it known that I, WILLIAM O. DUNLAP,
a citizen of the United States, residing at
George's Creek, in the county of Somervell
5 and State of Texas, have invented a new and
useful Lemon-Squeezer, of which the follow-
ing is a specification.
This invention has relation to lemon-squeez-
ers; and among the objects in view are to
ir provide a device to which a lemon maybe
subjected and halved, squeezed, and the skins
ejected, the steps being taken in the order
mentioned and by one operation of the ma-
chine.
I With these general objects in view the in-
vention consists in a pivoted lever carrying a
knife and opposite squeezers, lemon-cups ar-
ranged below the knife and in line with the
squeezers, and in rocking ejectors mounted
20 over the cups and operated by the movement
of the lever.
The invention consists in certain other fea-
tnres of construction and novel combination
of parts hereinafter specified, and particu-
25 larly pointed out in the claims.
Referring to the drawings, Figure 1 is a per-
spective of a squeezer constructed in accord-
ance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a trans-
verse section taken through the squeezer and
30 lemon-cups. Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section;
Fig. 4, a plan, the lever removed; Fig. 5, a de-
tail of the rock-shaft and ejector; Fig. 6, a
detail in perspective of the lemon-receiving
cup.
35 Like numerals of reference indicate like
parts in all the figures of the drawings.
1 represents a suitable base, adapted to be
secured to a table, bar, or other support, and
to the rear end of the same there is secured
40 a standard 2, to which, by a pintle 3, is secured
a lever 4, which projects forward beyond the
opposite end of the base and terminates in
an operating-handle 5. From the front end
of the base there projects upwardly a stand-
45 ard 6,'having a vertical longitudinal slot 7,
which receives the lever 4 and acts as a guide
for the same. From the base 1, near the rear
end of the lever 4, there rises a guide 8, the
upper free end of which projects through a
50 slot 9, formed in the lever 4, and between the
under surface of the lever and the upper sur-face of the base and terminating in suitable
concavities formed therein, and encircling
the guide-rod 8, is a coiled spring 10, which
serves to maintain the lever in a normally- 55
raised position. Secured to the under sur-
face of the lever, near the standard 6 and de-
pending therefrom, is a fixed blade 11, and at,
each side of the blade there projects laterally
from the lever semi-convexed squeezers 12. 6o
13 represents the lemon receiving and
straining cup, and the same is formed in two
halves, each of which is provided with a con-
caved upper surface and is perforated to per-
mit the passage of the juice of the lemon 65
therethrough. Curved flanges 14 partially
surround the edge of said cup, and the adja-
cent edges of the sections are provided with
transverse flanges 15,which are slightly spaced
apart to form a recess 16 for the reception of 70
the lower edge or blade of the knife.
17 represents a standard located, trans-
versely upon the base 1 and in rear of the
lemon-receiving cup 13. Near the opposite
ends of the standard 17 there is journaled rock- 75
shafts 18, the forward ends of which extend
over upon and are loosely connected with the
lemon-receiving cup 13 near the outer edge
of each of the sections. The curved flanges
of the sections are cut away directly opposite So
the rock-shafts, and from the rock-shafts there
project inwardly at each side of the cup eject-
ing-arms 19. The outer ends of the rock-
shafts in rear of the standard 17 are pro-
vided with rock-arms 20, the pair being con- 85
nected by a coiled spring 21. In front of the
standard 17 the rock-arms are provided with
hook-shaped cams 22, the inner hooked ends
of which are inwardly disposed and normally
depend. At each side of the lever 4 and in 90
line with the cams there is secured to said
lever and depend therefrom arms 22*, the
upper ends of which are bolted to levers by
bolts 23, and below the same there passes
through the arms guide-pins 24, around which 95
are arranged coiled springs 25, interposed
between the sides of the lever and inner
faces of the arms, by which said arms are
supported outwardly from. the sides of the
lever, and are capable of being compressed coo
inwardly. The lower end of each of the arms
is provided with an elongated slot 26, adapted,
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Dunlap, William O. Lemon-Squeezer, patent, February 4, 1890; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth172286/m1/3/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.