Posted
on December 8, 2014
Lemons
have seeds. And juice that can squirt in your eyes (and anywhere else
it pleases). And pulp. And stickiness....stickiness...everywhere!
Basically,
making a pitcher of lemonade with hand-squeezed lemons can be a messy
proposition. But on this date in 1896, an African-American inventor
named J.T. White (John Thomas White) received a patent for a better
way of squeezing lemons and straining their juice while keeping one's
hands clean.
Actually,
like most things, lemon squeezers have been invented and reinvented
and tweaked and reimagined—for centuries. The earliest known
squeezers were found in Turkey and date back to the early 1700s. The
U.S. patent office lists more than 200 patents for different sorts of
lemon squeezers, starting in 1860.
Take
a look at some of these different sorts of lemon squeezers:
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| This design enables you to squeeze just a bit of lemon (or lime or orange) juice and to keep the remainder of the cut fruit nicely in the fridge. |
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| This 1990 design by Philippe Starck is famous for a design that combines form, function, grace, and humor. |
Remember: to invent something, you don't have to imagine something completely
new and unheard of although that would be pretty cool and might earn
you $$$ and a place in history! Instead, you can just take any
invention and make it better in some way. Faster or cheaper, more
efficient or more beautiful, smaller or larger or funnier or
friendlier!
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i think lemon hand squeezing is difficult and can be messy some times. in addition, the seeds can't be separated easily. Other tools and lemon squeezers do a great job while giving you a quick outcome.
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