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Hemispherical-Dasher Bowl Beater: An Open Half-Sphere Spun Close to Its Bowl Throws the Froth Into a Cup
William Borrman of Cincinnati, Ohio, received US 20,032, dated 27 April 1858, for an apparatus for beating eggs and churning: an open-work half-sphere dasher spun by a crank and gears inside a bowl of the same form, close enough to nearly graze it, under an inverted cup that catches the froth.
This rung prints the bowl, cup, dasher and gearing at tabletop scale and beats egg whites in it.
Advanced
About 4 hours, plus printing
Instructions
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Gearing and clearance
Gearing and clearance
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Geared egg beaters, before it
Geared egg beaters, before it
Mihan's beaters stood upright in an open vessel; Borrman spins a half-sphere close to its own bowl.
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Read US 20,032
Read US 20,032
"The dasher being then rotated, the eggs are subjected to such attrition between the sides of the bowl and the closely adjacent surface of the dasher as to be rapidly reduced to the desired frothy state."
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Print the parts
Print the parts
Print the bowl (/uploads/blueprints/hemispherical-dasher-bowl-beater-bowl.stl) foot down, the cup (/uploads/blueprints/hemispherical-dasher-bowl-beater-cup.stl) closed end down, six hoops (/uploads/blueprints/hemispherical-dasher-bowl-beater-hoop.stl) flat, two hubs (/uploads/blueprints/hemispherical-dasher-bowl-beater-hub.stl), the pinion (/uploads/blueprints/hemispherical-dasher-bowl-beater-pinion.stl), the crank gear (/uploads/blueprints/hemispherical-dasher-bowl-beater-crank-gear.stl) and the crank (/uploads/blueprints/hemispherical-dasher-bowl-beater-crank.stl). Print in PETG at 0.2 mm layers, 30 % infill, 4 walls; wash before first use.
Materials for this step:
PETG Filament1 pieceTools needed:
FDM 3D Printer5
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Dasher on its shaft
Dasher on its shaft
Cut a 10 mm dowel 188 mm long as the shaft and sand it. Put the six hoops' tabs into one hub's slots, press the second hub onto their other ends, and slide both hubs onto the shaft, its short end standing 10 mm out of one hub's boss. Drill 2.5 mm through the shaft at each hub's cross hole and fix them with M3 screws.
Materials for this step:
Hardwood Dowels1 piece
Machine Screws1 pieceTools needed:
Hand Saw
Sandpaper
Hand Drill
Screwdriver Set6
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Into the bowl, gears on
Into the bowl, gears on
Set the shaft's short end in the dimple in the bowl's side and lower the long end into the notch opposite. Fit the pinion on the long end outside the bowl with an M3 screw through the shaft. Put the crank gear inside the cup's bracket with its axle through the plate, and fix the crank on the axle's flat with an M3 screw and washer.
Materials for this step:
Machine Screws1 piece
Flat Washer1 pieceTools needed:
Hand Drill
Screwdriver Set7
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The build in 3D
The build in 3D
FreeCAD model of this build: the bowl with its notch, dimple and rabbet, the inverted cup with the crank bracket, the half-sphere dasher of six hoops on two hubs, the shaft, the pinion, the crank gear and the crank.
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Beat, or churn
Beat, or churn
Lift off the cup, pour 4 egg whites into the bowl and replace the cup so its gear meshes the pinion. Turn the crank briskly and time it: the froth is thrown up into the cup and the liquid runs back to the bowl. Lift the cup and scrape the froth out with the spatula. To churn, use 300 ml of heavy cream at about 15 °C instead.
Materials for this step:
Egg4 pieces
Heavy Cream300 mlTools needed:
Stopwatch
Spatula
Leave-In Probe Thermometer9
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Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting
Hemispherical beater troubleshooting.
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History and honest limits
History and honest limits
**William Borrman** of Cincinnati, Hamilton County, Ohio, US 20,032, 27 April 1858. His bowl was earthenware or the like, his cup tin, and the top of the cup, or all of it, could be glass to watch the work. His dasher was wire or the like open work, and its shaft could cross the dasher or not. He claimed the half-sphere open-work dasher with a bowl of the same form and size, and the inverted cup that keeps the beaten matter beyond the dasher's reach. Our hoops, hubs, sizes and gearing are ours. FDM prints hold food in their layer lines, so wash well and replace when worn.
Materials
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Tools Required
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