Grinder

Name/Title

Grinder

Description

A device for grinding meat. It is a gray color and cylindrical in shape; it hd 4 legs which are secured to a board which has puncheon style legs; the back end of the cylinder has a flairing hopper into which chunks of meat were dropped; at bottom of hopper is a screw which is powered by a crank handle; the screw caught the meat and carried it into cylinder where meat was ground by pressure between srew edges and cylinder walls; a four prong blade at very front of cylinder further cut meat as exited screw and a multi hole plate further reduced meat as it let cylinder. Top of screw housing just in front of hopper reads: ENTERPRISE MG. CO. PHILADELPHIA PA, MEAT HOPPER NO. 22

Collection

Found In Collection

Acquisition

Accession

1981.024

Acquisition Method

Found in Collection

Condition

Overall Condition

Fair

Maintenance

Maintenance History

Date

Jun 19, 2000

Create Date

June 19, 2000

Update Date

July 17, 2018