US110672A - Improvement in flour-sifters - Google Patents

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LUCY SAWYERA, fdem@MrLnroN,, MASSAGHUSETTS.

Letters Patent No. 110,672, dated January 3, 1871 antedated December 17,1870.

IMPROVEMENTlN FLOUR-SlFTERS.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making pari: of the same.

I, LUCY SAWYER of Templeton, in the county of Vorcester and Offiilmonwealth of Massachusetts, have invented -an Improved Sifter 'for Flour, Meal, Sugar, and other articles, of which the following is a'speciticatiou.

Nature mul Objects of the Invention. M y invention consists ot' a sifter of a somewhat conical form, constructed of woven wire,.that may be used by pressing it directly on or into the mass of the flour.

or other article to be sifted, and there turning itfto the right and left a little distance alternately, the iiourj or other articlel passing upward and inward through the meshes orholes iu the si'fter, and is thus rendered line and separated from lumps, bran, or impurities, and measured, a1 1d may` also be carried in the sifter to a pan, molding-hoard, or other place desired, without dust or contact with the operator.

In the accompanying drawing A representsethe' body of the sitter, which isconstructed of wire-cloth or wire woven together, with spaces between the wires to allow the flour orotherarticle to pass through, and either woven or pressed;

into a conical form.

' B represents a strong metallic band fastened around the edge of the sitter by bending the wires over it or soldering, for the purpose of strengthening the sitter wires.

C represents a metallic handle extending over and across the topv or open side of the sifter, and fastened to the rim 'B by meausof solder, rivets, or any convenieut fastening.

The sitter is operated by grasping the handlermly in the hand, then pressingthe bottom ou or into the Hour or other article to he sifted, then turning the sitter right audleft a little distance, alternately, as far as the hand of the operator can conveniently turn, thereby causing the `flour or other 'material to pass upward and inward through tlleglneshes or holes in the siter to theinside, and this process isv continued `until the sitter is full, which,'beiug constructed o'f a l definite size, as one quart or one pint, serves asa measure ofthe quantity, and, when full or a suliicicut quantity is thus pressed within the sitter, it may be v lifted and carried with the contents to a pan, moldingboard, or other convenient place, as in a scoop, and there poured from the top or again sifte'd through the l meshes or holes outward by'shakng as with an ordinary sieve.

Iam aware that wire-cloth is used for sieves, and that it is also woven or pressed into a somewhat similar shape, and used for dish-covers, and do not clninl' the wire-cloth 'or the particular form of the body of the sifter as applied to those and other` purposes.

Vhat I claim as. my improvement in flour-sitters is- In the construction from woven wire A, with its baud B and handle 0, for the use, as described, as a.. new article of manufacture.

Witnesses:

V. l?. PARKHURST, CEAS. J. N oURsE.

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