US1275203A

US1275203A - Cooker.

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Publication number: US1275203A
Application number: US22404518A
Authority: US
Inventors: William Auston Beckett
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1918-03-22
Filing date: 1918-03-22
Publication date: 1918-08-13
Anticipated expiration: 1935-08-13

Description

W. A. BECKETT.

COOKER.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 22. 1918.

1,275,203. Patented Aug. 13, 1918.

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Patented Aug. 13, 1918.

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- a iss Par ait 1 Q H WILLIAM AUSTON IBECKETT, 0F KINGSVILLE, ONTARIO, CANADA. 7

COOKER.

lowing is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in cookers, and the objects of my invention are:

first, to design a cooker whereby all classes of canned goods will be continuously agitated Within their containing receptacles so that by the time the cans leave the apparatus, the contents thereof will be cooked; second, to drive the operating part of the apparatus in such a manner as to economize in power; third, to'provide an apparatus of this class wherein the canned goods have a clear spiral path from the inlet to the outlet through which the same pass without danger of clogging or jamming, and fourth,

, to dispense with all conveyers or elevators,

since the cans are passed by gravity into and out of the apparatus, and a cooker within my invention will be hereinafter particularly described, and what I claim as new will be pointed out in the claims forming part of this specification.

Figure 1 is, in part, a horizontal longitudinal section-on the line -11, Fig. 2, and in part a plan elevation, certain parts of the revolving drum being broken away to illustrate construction; Fig. 1 is a fragmentary longitudinal section onrthe line I- Fig. 1; Fig. 2 is a vertical cross section on the line 2-2, Fig. 1; Fig.3 is a fragmentary cross section on the line 3-3, Fig. 1; and Fig. 4 is a fragmentary section on the line 4.4, Fig. 1. I

In the drawings, like characters of reference refer to the same parts.

A is any suitable container, or casing, designed to carry steam and hot water. B are any suitable pipe couplings, by means of which the passage of water and steam into and from the said casing is controlled. Suitably held in the ends C of said casing is an axle D, which passes through the longitudinal axis of, said casing A. This axis is preferably held from movement, and the preferred means to effect this purpose is to key the same by means of keys E in the said ends 0. The outer drum is constructed as follows: loosely mounted on the axle D is a gear wheel F. This gear wheel is provided Specification of Letters Patent.

' Patented Aug. is, 1918.

, Application filed March 22, 1918. Serial No. 224,045.

atv its inner side with a flange Gr which pro vides a supporting means for the .longitudinal members H which are supported at their opposite ends by the flange I of the toothed-ring 2. These .said' longitudinal members are preferably in the form of T- irons, and by means of the flanges 3 thereof, screws 4 or other fastening means. secure the said longitudinal 'members in place. As will be seen clearly upon referenceto Fig. 2, there are no spokes or other members interfering with the passage of the canned goods through the opening-5 of the ring 2.

The said longitudinal members H are preferably braced midway their ends by a ring 6, to which the flanges of said member are suitably secured. Thewebs 7 of said members H are spacedapart as are also the flanges of the said members, and these said webs are disposed radially, thus forming pockets 8 to receive the cans for the purpose hereinafter particularly set forth.

The said longitudinal members H are also. secured to a bracing ring 9, at'the feed end of the machine, and between the ring 9 and the flange G the flanges 3 of the members H are cut ofi to permit the ready passage of the cans in to the pockets 8, as will be seen upon referring particularly to Fig. 3. J ournaled in the ring 9 and in the flange I are a plurality of round bars or shafts 10, which are posi-. tioned between the flanges 30f the members H and extend partly into the pockets 8. 11 are idlers mounted on shafts 12, journaled in suitable brackets 13. These idlerstrack against the flange 14 secured to or forming a part of the toothed-ring 2,,and so support this toothed-ring and its associated parts. Similar idlers 11 track with the rings 6 and 9, and so give additional. support to the 'outer drum. 4

The outer drum rotates, and the preferred means of rotatin the same comprising a drive-shaft 15 which carries pinions 16, one

- sections 1? are provided, each composed of mately provide the outer surface of the inner iltl with the flanges 19.

drum with a continuous spiral path or runway 22. The said drum-sections are supported from the axle l) by any suitable means: for instance, each drum-section may be providedwith spokes 23 carried by the hubs 24 mounted on the axle D. The flanges 19 are provided with openings 25 so as to permit the ready passage into the inner drum of the heat-conveying medium.

, The function performed by the bars or shafts 10 is that of insuring the rotation of the cans during the period they do not track The said cans, ll find, track withthe flanges 19 for one-half the circumference of'the inner drum, and for the remaining half of the circumference, they naturally extend more or less well into the pockets 8 and away from the flanges 19. When the cans are in the position just described, by means of the bars or shafts 10 which are rotated, the said cans are also rotated during this portion of their path through the apparatus, with the result that thecontents thereof are Carried by the casing A, is a curved toothedrack 26, secured by any suitable means to said casing as by flange-provided lugs 27, bolted or otherwise secured to said casing. As will be observed upon referring to the dotted lines in Fig. 2, this toothed-rack extends a short distance above the horizontal diameter of said casing, and as the bars or shafts 10 are provided with teeth 28, as the said teeth are brought into mesh with the teeth of said rack, the bars 10 are positively rotated to effect the purpose before set forth.

The outer drum is rotated in the direction indicated by arrow in Fig. 3, and as the pockets 8 pass by the dischargeend of the feed chute 29, a can passes into the said ppckets. The co-action between the webs 7 and the said cans tracking onthe flanges 19 will rotate these cans and so agitate their contents. ln due course, the cans pass at a tangent from the inner drum on to the dis charge chute 30, down which they roll by gravity.

To prevent the cans dro ping between the flan es l9 and the innere ges of the webs 7, as t ey enter the pockets 8, an adjustable trap in the form of an adjusting plate is provided. This plate a, is substantially of the same width as the distance between the flanges 18, and is secured by any suitable means such as the rivet h, to one of the drumsections 17, through the medium of the flange 19 thereof. 'An adjusting screw-o, is

thoroughly agitated. A

' and disposed with their hare-ecu that the plate a, must be moved closer to the drum section 17 supporting the same.

From my experiments, T have found that this apparatus not only reduces cost of operation and time in cooking, but since the cooked contents are discharged at the top of the apparatus, we can use nearly all water for cooking purposes.

Changes in construction may be made in various ways in the disclosure illustrated without going oiitside the scope of the appended claims.

Claims;

1. An apparatus of comprising a suitable casing; an inner stationary drum therewithin provided with a continuous flanged spiral path on its outer perimeter extending from one end to the other; an axle extending longitudinally centrally through the drum and held therein at each end, and supporting said inner drum; an outer drum comprising a toothed gearwheel loosely journaled on said axle near the intake end of the apparatus; a toothed-ring positioned at the discharge end of said apparatus; means carried by said casing whereby said toothed-ring is supported; a

plurality of T'bars coupling said gear-wheel and toothed-ring together and secured thereto through the medium of their flanges webs as well as their flanges laterally spaced apart to form pockets; aplurality of bars positioned between said T-bars and journaled at one end of the apparatus in a flange carried by said toothed-ring; a bracing-ring positioned near the feed end of said apparatus and spaced apart from the said gear wheel, the other ends of said bars having bearing in said bracing-ring; the flanges of said l -bars being removed between said bracing-ring and said gear wheel to permit the entry of cans into the apparatus, and means for rotating said outer drum, for the purpose specified.

2. An apparatus of the class described comprising a suitable casing; an inner stationary drum therewithin provided with a continuous flanged spiral path on its outer perimeter extending from one end to the other; an axle extending longitudinally centrally through the drum and held therein at each end, and supporting said inner drum; an outer drum comprising a toothed gearwheel loosely journaled on said axle near the intake end of the apparatus; a toothedring positioned at thedischarge end of'said apparatus; means carried by said casing the class described Mill . pockets; a plurality of bars positioned be eter extending from one end to the other; means supporting said drum against movewhereby said toothed-ring is supported; a

plurality of T-barscoupling said gear-wheel and toothed-ring together and secured thereto through the medium of their flanges and disposed with their webs as well as their flanges laterally spaced apart to form carried by said casing and-teeth cut in said bars so that as said outer drum isrotated,

the said bars will be rotated through the 00- action of their teeth with said toothed'rack.

' 3. An apparatus'of the class described comprising a suitable casing; an inner fixed drum therewithin provided with a continuous flanged spiral path on its outer perimment within said casing; an outer drum surrounding the said inner drum and provided with a plurality of pockets extending longitudinally'thereof without interruption,.,and

communicating with said spiral pathway, and cooperating with the flanges thereof so" as to form individual pockets for the cans; means carried by said outerdrum and ex tending into said pockets for the purpose of rotating said cans by frictional contacts. therewith at certain times; means-for posi-" tively rotating said means extending into said pockets, and means whereby said outer drum is rotated so as to cause continuous movement of the cans from the intake end of said apparatus to the discharge end thereof, for the purpose specified.

4. In an apparatus of the class described,

the combination with a suitable casin an inner drum therewithin provided wlth a contmuous spiral path on its outer perimeter extending from one end tothe other;

means supporting said drum from movement within said casing; in outer drum comprising a pair a of rotary members; a plurality of T-bars coupling said rotarymembers together and secured thereto through the medium of their flanges and disposed with their webs and flanges spacd rotated; a plurality" of roundv bars positioned between said vT-bars and journaled laterally apart to form pockets; means- I.

: whereby said outer drum is supported and 6 0 I at their ends in said rotary members;

carried by each'of'the said bars neaii ji one' end, and a curved toothed-rack carried by said casing-and with which co-act the teetl i' rotate these bars describedof said bars to positively for the purpose specified.

5.. An apparatus of the class comprising a suitable casing provided at its intake end with a feed opening in its side, V and further provided'with a discharge opening in its discharge end; an inner fixeddrum therewithin provided with .acontinuous spiral path on its outer perimeter coacting with said feed opening to receive the cans and also'with said discharge opening to discharge the cans therethrough;fmeans supporting said drum against movement within said casing;-an outer drum surround-- ing said inner drum comprising a toothedgear-wheel positioned near the intake end of the casing; a toothed-ring positioned at I the discharge end of said casing; a plurality of T-bars coupling said gear-wheels and toothed-ring together and secured thereto through the mediumof their flanges and disposed with their webs; as well as their flanges, laterally spaced apart to form. pocke ets; the flanges of said T'-bars being removed ,ifor a suificient distance from said gearwheel so as to permit the entry of cans through said feed opening intosaid spiral path; the cans ultimately discharging from; i .said spiral path through said toothed-ring into said discharge opening; means for mountin said outer drum within said' c'as-. ing,- an means for rotating said outer drum. v i

WILLIAM AUSTON BEGKETT.