Mill, Coffee

Object Name:

Mill, Coffee

Object ID:

1994.509.02

Description:

Grinder, coffee. Iron and steel mounted on rough wood support. Two parallel sheet metal plates that hold bearing surfaces for a horizontal mill. A funnel with flared edges atop mill that holds unground beans. It feeds directly to mill that is housed in heavy sheet-metal cylinder. Narrow cylindrical spout at left side on bottom where product exits. Two squared section fasteners that hold feed tone in place through pointed tabs on bottom funnel. At back are two horizontal bolts that hold sheet metal to wood support. Square nuts with some decorative grooves on them. Two more bolts with square nuts that clamp sides to horizontal milling cylindrical case. Sticking out sides of milling case plate are two thick cylinders approximately 0.9" long that act as bearing surfaces for mill shaft. On left side above mill shaft is a flat key with a hole in it and a notched disc that has machine threads that lead into middle cylinder. Behind this is a pawl on an arm that engages the notches in the adjusting key. On right side is a lever shaft for handle. This is 3.7" long and horizontal iron handle portion at end of shaft is 3.8" long. Lever shaft has square drive on end and is held onto mill shaft by a plane square nut. Device mounted on rough piece of wood that has some tool marks on it from rough planing and sawing. Two holes near top of wood that were probably used to attach whole assembly to another surface.

Material:

Wood
Metal
Iron
Steel

Dimensions:

H-13.4 W-9 D-8.1 inches