Brocante antique Moulin Legumes vegetables grinder, made by Moulinex

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Brocante antique Moulin Legumes vegetables grinder, made by Moulinex. 

• Manufacturer: Jean Mantelet
• Date of manufacture: since 1932

Metal vegetable grinder with grip and red wooden handle, with three interchangeable sieves

Description
Old brocante/antique food grinder by "Moulin Legumes" which is today known as Moulinex. This grinder consists of five parts and is easy to take apart and dismantle so that it can be cleaned easily. Three legs at the bottom, so that it can be placed over a pan or bowl.

Holder with handle. Grinder with red wooden handle. Including three graters in different sizes.

This vegetable grinder is in good working order and can still be used effortlessly for grinding fruit, boiled vegetables or meat, but is nowadays also used as a decorative piece in for example a retro or rural kitchen.

Marked on the front with: Made in France Brevete S.G.D.G # 1

Condition
This original vegetable grinder made by Moulinex is in a good vintage condition with traces of use and age-related traces of wear.

Size

• Height: 8 cm (15 cm with knob).
• Length: 33 cm.
• Width: 9.5 cm.
• Diameter: 9.5 cm.

Moulinex is an all household products brand. The company designed and produced the Mouli grater. The company was founded by Jean Mantelet who in 1932 invented the Moulin-Légumes, a hand-crank food mill for grinding vegetables. The design is considered an early forerunner to the modern food processor

Mantelet's business plan was to "choose an industrial sector with a future, use mass production, keep prices low, manufacture in regions where salaries are low, reduce costs, reduce dependencies on suppliers, and focus on research and publicity". Between 1929 and 1953 Mantelet applied for 93 patents.

• 1931: Jean Mantelet, a proprietor of a small metalworking plant in Bagnolet, specialized in the fabrication of home appliances, wins a major prize for his invention the Moulinette presse-purée.
• 1932: 6 February he applies for a patent number 732.100 and begins to market his "Moulin-Légumes". From 1933 to 1935 he sells two million units.
• 1937: the Bagnolet plant is at full capacity, and a new plant is established at Alençon under the name Moulin-Legumes. Employees: 40.
• 1957: Moulin-Légumes is renamed Moulinex.

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