Double-Concave Perforated Disk Dasher: Two Tin Domes With Half-Covered Holes

Marsh improved the dasher of "the plain old-fashioned churns so long used by farmers generally." Joseph Marsh of Petersburg, Menard County, Illinois, received US 7,527, dated 30 July 1850, for a "double-concave perforated discoid churn-dasher": two convex pieces of tin or other suitable material, "perforated and placed on the upright," about six inches across with holes about three-quarters of an inch, "the several holes in B made to cover about half of the several holes in C." It works in a straight-sided churn by raising and pushing it, or by a lever. This rung works out the open area, then prints the two domes and spacer, fits them to a staff, and makes butter.