US113778A - Improvement in combined cider-mills and presses - Google Patents

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iduitzt hier DANIEL H. KRAUSER, OF POATTSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELE AND JOSEPH C. BRIGHT, OE SAME, PLACE.

Letters Patent No. 113,578, dated April 1s, 1871.

IMPROVEMENT INV COMBINED ClDER-MILLS AND PRESSES.

The Schedule referred to in frese Lettera Patent and making part of4 the same.

To all whom. it may concern:

Be it known that I, DANIEL H. Knllrusnn, of Pottsville, in the county of Schuylkill and State of Pennsylvaniafhave invented a new and useful'lmprovement in Combined Cider-Mill and Press; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable -others skilled in the art to make anduse the same, reference being had to thc accompanying drawing forming part of this spe-cilieation.

My invention relates to a new way of crushing apples .to the requisite iineness preparatory to expressing the juice therefrom; and consists in passing them, bya winding motion, between surfaces which '.gradually increase in proximity until the desired result is attained.

In the accompanying drawing- Figure l represents a plan view looking down from the line y y ofig. 2.

Figure 2 is a vertical sectionof the mill taken on the line :t x of l.

Figures 3 and 4 show the parts of the grinder or crusher detached and separated, the former being the stationary hollow cone, and the latter the revolving crusher-wheel which works over the cone.

Figure 5'is a diametrical section of the stationary grinder, showing the ribs 'O decreasing in altitude from apex to base thereof.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

A is the frame upon the cross-timber Ii, on which the platibrm C is supported.

D is the iflb, resting in a cavity in the platform, formed of staves, Without bottom, and with narrow spaces between the staves, or in the ordinary manner.

Eis the follower, which is forced down onto the crushed apples or poxnace by the screw F.

The lower end of this screw is kept in place on 4the center of the follower by the step G, seen in fig. 2.

H is a cap-piece or girder, which connects the parts of the frame and forms the top or cap of the frame.

The screw E works down through the cap or through a nut.

I is a lever on the upper end of the screw, by which the latter is turned in either direction. When the tub is to be filled or partly llcd with pomace the screw is turned up above the tub and the follower is removed. j

J represents the grinder o r crnshei, which is attached to the side of the frame by bolts or screws through the arms K K.

L is a short cylinder, to which the arms are'attached, and which incloses the stationary cone and also a portion oi' the revolving crnsher-wheel.

. M is the stationary cone, the base of which is smaller in diameter than the cylinder L, so that the crushed fruit or pomace is allowed to escape through the annular space Naud drop therefrom into the tub.

` 0 represent ribs onY the outside of the cone', which diminish iu size from near the apex to the hase.

The base of the roue is provided with morV or less lugs, P, by means of which it is fastened to the rear portion of the cylinder, as seen in iig. 3. y

4It is the crusher-wheel, which is something in the form of a propeller-wheel, having four (more or less) angular curved blades, lS, radiating from a central hub, ,each blade being placed at an angle of about' forty-live degrees with the axis.

T is a cylindrical case corresponding in diameter with the cylinder L, having the hopper U attached thereto.

The two cylinders L and' 'l are connected together by sliding connections, or in any other manner which will allow them to be separated readily.

V is the shaft, to which the Crusher-wheel is attached. The inner end of thisshaft is supported by the apex or center of the stationary cone. The outer portion passes through and is supported by the cylinder T.

The position of the grinding-wheel in regard to the stationary cone is seen in the section, iig. 2.

It will be seen that the apples or other fruit) are subjected to the action ofthe blades from the central hub to the points of the blades. The blades acting upon the fruit, in connection with the ribs ou the stax tionary cone, reduces the fruit to a pulp in the most perfect and expeditious manner.

The grinding or crushing-wheel is revolved by hand or other motive power, the former being applied to the crank W. The latter may Vhe applied to a pulley on the shaft instead of a crank.

rPhe tub is fastened down to the platform by hooks, as seen at a: x, fig. l.

This is a most compact and convenient mill for making cider and for similar purposes, and its advantages will be obvious to all.

Having thus described my invention,

I claim as new and desire to secure byLetters Patent-` The rotary Crusher R, having spirally-curved wings S, combined with ribs O, diminishing in height from apex to base, for the purpose specified.

DANIEL Hr.' KRAUSER.

.Witnesses SAMUEL Canisius, nNnY 'LINDENMUTE

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