Valveless Cone Air Dasher: A Hollow Cone and Four Tubes, Nothing to Wear Out

Gridley wanted to force air under the cream "without the employment of valves or other movable parts in the dasher, which are liable to get out of order," and without a hollow handle. Josiah A. Gridley of Southampton, Massachusetts, received US 6,411, dated 1 May 1849, for a churn-dasher of a straight round stick with a hollow cone on its lower end. Near the apex are four holes, more or less, through the cone; from them small tubes run down the outside to near its base, ending in open ends above the base. Forced into the cream, the cone traps air, which is drawn out through the tubes and disperses through the cream. This rung works out the air the cone holds, then prints the cone with its tubes in one piece, fits it to a stick, and makes butter in a jar.