Patent · US Expired

Flour sifter

US5850923A · kind A · utility

8Cited by
20References
7Claims
0Family size

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Key dates

Filing dateAug 30, 1996
Grant dateDec 22, 1998
Priority date
Expiry dateAug 30, 2016

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA47J43/22
  • WIPO fieldFurniture, games
  • WIPO sectorOther fields

Abstract

A manual sifter including a rotor overlying a sifter screen and rotatable in response to longitudinal reciprocation of a drive arm engaging a crank wheel fixed to the rotor. The drive arm includes a projecting pin engaged within an elongated slot of the crank wheel, the drive arm having a cam edge thereon engage with the crank wheel to vary the torque applied to the rotation of the crank wheel as the arm reciprocates.

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