US127427A

US127427A - Improvement in provision-presses

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Publication number: US127427A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1872-06-04
Anticipated expiration: 1889-06-04

Description

F.'POTTER.

` Improvement in Provision-Presss- NO.127,427, Patentedlune 4,1872'.

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UNITED STATES FREDERICK POTTER, OF RUSHVILLE, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN PROVISION-PRESSES.r

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 127,427, dated J une 4, 1872.

To all whom 'it may concern.-

Be it known that l, FREDERICK POTTER, of Rushville, in the county of Schuyler and in the State of Illinois, have invented a Domestic Provision-Press; and do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had-to the .annexed drawing making a part of this specification, in which like letters of reference refer to like parts, and in which- Figurelrepresentsaverticalsection through lines a a a a, Fig. 2; Fig. 2, a plan of the Scale of drawing, three inches to one foot.

This invention consists of a base with side supports which carry a cross-piece, the latter al receiver to retain the juices, and within this another, a perforated cylinder, in which closely iits and is worked the piston on the lower end of the vertical screw. The juices run olf on pressure along radiating grooves on the base ofthe press into the before-mentioned annular groove, and thepce through an aperture in said groove into a receptacle below.

A is a circular horizontal bed-plate or base of the press, mounted onlegs g g g g, and having a vertical rim, f, on its outer edge, and immediately within this an annular groove, a, which is the deepest part ofthe hollow of the press within said rim j'. Above and within said groove a rises a platform, k, having radiating grooves r r, Snc., running into the groove a, the latter having an aperture, z', at the bottom, through which escape the expressed juices, &c., which maybe conducted, by means of an elbow-pipe, h, into the desired receptacle. B B are vertical supports sustaining the cross-piece C, which carries the screw D, andL to said ,rim at the boundary 4of the groove a. G is a non-corrosible interior hoop or cylinder, perforated, and standing on the ledge a, which surrounds the platform k, and is much higher than the outer yhoop F, as it is the receptacle for provisions to be pressed. It is prevented from being carried round Vby force of the piston m (acted upon by the screw) by the hooks e e attached to eyes inv their respective columns or supports B B.

The operation of this press needs little de.- scription. The fruit, meat, or whatever else is desired to be treated by pressure is put into the inner hoop G, and pressure applied by means of the screw and piston. The juice, if any there be in the pressed article, will be conducted -along the radial grooves 1' r, &c., on the surface of platform k, and thence into the surrounding groove a, which conducts it further through the vertical aperture t', passing through the base of the press, into a spout or elbow, h, which will pass it into a proper receptacle. The perforated tin or galvanizediron mat l, (seen in section in Fig. 1,) lying on the face of the platform k, prevents the pressed material from choking the grooves r 1', 85o., and also assists in raising the dbris or pressed material from the platform when the hoop Gr is Withdrawn. The exterior hoop vF prevents the spirting out of juice, and both hoops G F can be removed, when the operation is over, by extracting the pins which retain the crosspiece C upon the supports B B, and lifting the screw Dolf of the press.

Wha-t I claim as my invention is 1. The provision-press herein described, consisting of the raised platform k, grooves r r, perforated cylinder F, annular groove a, rim f, standards B, cross-piece G,.piston m, and screw, substantially as set forth.

2. In a press for pressing fruit, provisions,

&c., the combination of the outside hoop F with an interior perforated cylinder, G, and the base k A f, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing do- Inestic provision-press I have hereunto set my hand this'l/lth day of December, 1871.

FREDERICK POTTER.

Witnesses:

W. L. NOBLE, EDWARD P. VAIL.