US1188817A - Churn. - Google Patents

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J. J. OUTLAW.

CHURN.

APPLICATION FILED MAR). 1915.

Patented {71111027, 1916.

JESSE J. OUTLAW, 0F MOUNT OLIVE, NORTH CAROLINA.

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Application filed March 20, 1915.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JESSE J. OUTLAW, a citizen of the United States,.residing at Mount Olive, in the county of Wayne and State of North Carolina, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Churns, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to churns which operate by shaking or agitating the receptacle containing the milk, no dasher being employed.

The invention has for its object to provide a simple and highly efficient churn of the kind stated, characterized by novel and improved means for supporting the receptacle and for agitating the same.

lVith the herein stated objects in view, the invention consists in a combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawing in which Figure 1 is a plan view of the churn, and Fig. 2 is a side elevation thereof partly in section.

Referring specifically to the drawing, 5 denotes a suitable base carrying at one end stands (3 supporting bearings 7 in which a horizontal shaft 8 is journaled. On this shaft is a crank handle 9 for operating the same, and a spur gear 10 which is in mesh with a pinion 11 on a countershaft 12 journaled in bearings 13 on the stands 6, said countershaft having a crank 14 intermediateits end, and at one end a balance wheel 15.

To the crank 14 is connected one end. of an oscillatory receptacle carrier comprising a pitman having supporting means for the milk or cream receptacle 16. The pitman has a strap 17 at one end suitably connected to the crank, and the other end of the pitman is pivotally connected at 18 to a yoke or lever 19 pivoted at 20 to 'a suitable support 21 mounted on the base 5. The lever 19 swings back and forth in the same direction the pitman travels, and by providing the swinging support for the pitman, the latter has, in addition to its reciprocatory motion, a rising and falling motion. Thus it will be seen that the receptacle carried by the pitman is shaken back and forth and also up and down with an endwise tiltlng motion. This motion results in a rapid separation of the butter globules from the milk so that butter is quickly obtained. The receptacle may be an ordinary glass fruit jar Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 2'7, 1916.

Serial No. 15,839.

as shown, provided with the usual screw cap 22 for closing the same.

The means for fastening the receptacle 16 down on the pitman comprise the following parts: Intermediate its ends, the pitman has a downwardly offset portion 23 of a length sufiicient to accommodate the receptacle, the same seating in the offset. Intermediate the ends of the ofiset, and at one end thereof, are secured semicircular bands 24 and 25 forming seats in which the receptacle is placed, and engaging the sides thereof. The receptacle is so placed in the offset that its bottom abuts against a cross bar 26 connecting the band 25, and this end of the offset carries an upstanding spring finger 27 having a bend 28 at its free end which snaps over the adjacent end of the receptacle. At the opposite end of the offset is pivoted, as indicated at 29, a lever 30 carrying a cap 31 which fits over the cap 22 closing the receptacle. Inside the cap 31 is mounted a washer 32 of leather or rubber to provide a cushion. The pitman also carries a guide 33 having a slot 34L through which the lever 30 passes, and the lever carries a pivoted latch 35 adapted to seat against one end of the slot when the cap is in place and thus lock the lever. When the lever is swung forward to place the cap in holding position, as shown in the drawing, and the lever is locked, the receptacle is securely clamped to the pitman, the bend 28 preventing it from slipping up at the rear end and the cap 31 at the forward end, whereas sidewise dis placement is prevented by the seats 24 and 25. Upon unlocking the lever and swinging the same back to remove the cap, the receptacle is free to be removed from the pitman. It will therefore be seen that the receptacle is securely mounted in place on the pitman, and it can be easily and quickly applied thereto and removed.

The pitman derives motion from the crank shaft 12 to which it is connected, and said shaft is driven from the shaft 8 through the gears 10 and 11, the shaft 8 being operated by the crank handle 9.

I claim:

1. A churn comprising an oscillatory receptacle carrier engageable by one end of the churnreceptacle, a pivoted holding member engageable with the other endv of the receptacle, means for locking said member, and means for operating the carrier.

2. A churn comprising an oscillatory receptacle carrier, an abutment on the carrier engageable by one end of the churn-receptacle, a pivoted lever on the carrier, a cap carried by the lever and adapted to engage over the end of the receptacle opposite the end which engages the abutment, means for locking the lever, and means for operating the carrier.

3. A churn comprising an oscillatory receptacle carrier, an abutment 011 the carrier engageable by one end of the churn-receptacle, a pivoted lever 011 the carrier, a cap carried by the lever and adapted to engage over the end of the receptacle opposite the end which engages the abutment, a guide on ii the carrier for the lever, a latch carried by the lever and engageable with the guide for locking the lever, and means for operating the carrier.

In testimony whereof I affix my sign'a- 2 ture in presence oftwo Witnesses.

JESSEJ: OUTLAW! Witnesses Gr. W. SMITH, l n AL ERT'S. GRADY.

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