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Alfred L. Cralle and the ice-cream disher patent record

Cralle's 1897 ice-cream mold and disher patent is a food-service chronology-gap candidate held noindex until identity evidence is ledgered.

Why this belongs on CultureUp

Cralle is a public-record memory story.

Cralle belongs in source review because food-service technology is Black technical memory when source limits remain visible.

Chronology gap candidate 6 / not final rankStatus: noindex_draftSource grade: B+

Patent: 576395: Ice-Cream Mold and Disher
Issue date: 1897-02-02
Place: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Record strength: Patent-record facts are attached, but identity evidence remains under review.
Identity evidence: Identity evidence pending before promotion.
Sprint priority: 6 / not final rank
Chronology caution: Chronology gap candidate status is not final chronological holder rank. CultureUp may revise holder rank only after source-led sequence review.
Cluster: Food and kitchen tools
Identity caution: Identity-source ledger required before indexable promotion.
Needed before promotion: Identity evidence and source-led sequence review.
Why this record matters: The row adds food-service tools and one-handed serving design to the 1897 chronology gap.

What the public record supports

U.S. Patent No. 576395, issued February 2, 1897.
Ice-cream mold and disher invention category.
Pittsburgh recorded place.

What remains open

Identity evidence pending.
Commercial adoption evidence pending.

Article profile

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The patent record

Google Patents mirrors U.S. Patent No. 576395 for an ice-cream mold and disher issued February 2, 1897.

The person in the record

Person context remains under source review.

Place attached to the claim

Pittsburgh is the recorded place anchor.

The invention

The invention belongs to ice-cream service and one-handed dispensing tools.

Business, labor, and use

The patent supports a design claim, not all use, adoption, or commercialization.

What the record cannot prove

The patent cannot prove full identity, ancestry, biography, commercialization, or community memory.

Patent records

Grant trail

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chronology_gap_candidateSprint priority 6Not public rankutility patentunder review

576395: Ice-Cream Mold and Disher

Alfred L. Cralle / 1897-02-02

Chronology gap candidate, not a public rank correction. Patent row is strong; identity source must be ledgered before indexable promotion.

Residence: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Category: food service / one-handed serving tool
Source status: under review
Chronology handling: chronology_gap_candidate
Cluster: Food and kitchen tools
Primary sources: 1 mapped

Source trail

Claims stay tied to source limits.

Chronology gap patent records

Patent anchors for 1875-1899 candidates. These rows support invention facts while identity evidence, rank placement, name variants, and public-memory context remain under review.

patent text mirrorpatent-record chronology gap candidate

US576395A - Ice-Cream Mold and Disher

Google Patents / 1897 patent record

Supports: Shows Alfred L. Cralle of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania connected to an ice-cream mold and disher patent issued February 2, 1897.
Limit: The patent record verifies invention data, patent number, issue date, and recorded place. It does not by itself prove full identity, ancestry, biography, commercialization, or community memory.
Last checked: 2026-06-09
Source URL: https://patents.google.com/patent/US576395A/en