US1481304A - Butter cutting and printing machine - Google Patents

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A. SHARP ET AL BUTTER CUTTING AND PRINTING MACHIN Filed Deo'. 24, 1920 4 Sheets-Sheet 4 atented Jan. 22, 1924.

ALBERT SHARP AND GEORG-E SHARP, OF BAYONNE, NEW JERSEY.

BUTTER CUTTING AND PRINTING MACHINE.

Application filed December 24, 1920. Serial No. 432,907.

To all wiz/om t may con/cera.'

Be it known that we, ALBERT SHARP and Groen SHARP, citizens of the Unitedv States, and residents of Bayonne, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey, have jointly invented certain new and useful lmprovements in a Butter Cutting and Prine ing Machine, of which the following is a specification.

This invention is an improvement of the butter cutting and printing machine described in an application filed by Albert Sharp on o-r about June 30, 1919, Serial Number 307,819 and relates specially to a butter cutting and printing machine. lt is to be understood that this machine may be used for various materials to bev operated upon. Its organization comprises a pair of helical or spiral conveyers which convey material to and through a forming nozzle. Rotating pusher wheels feed the material to the conveyers. Means are provided to intermittently rotate the conveyers. Cutting means in the machine are also intermittently actuated; and operate during the intervals of rest of the conveyers. Printing appurtenances coact with the cutting means, and produce cakes of material with configurations impressed thereon.

Various modifications may be made in the machine without departing` from the spirit of the invention, and the applicants do not limit themselves to the specific construction of the invention shown and described in this application. l

In the accompanying drawings Fig. 1 represents a side elevation of an exemplification of the butter cutting and printing machine; Fig. 2 shows an enlarged section of Fig. 8 on the line 2 2; Fig. 3 is an enlarged section of Fig. 8 on the line 3 3; Fig. 4 represents an enlarged section of F ig. 8 on the line 4 4; Fig. 5 shows an enlarged section of Fig. 8 on the line 5 5; Figg shows an enlarged section of Fig. 1 on the line 6 6; Fig. 7 represents an enlarged fragmentary side ele-vation of the front portion of the machine; Fig. 8 is a top plan view of Fig. 7 Fig. 9 shows a fragmentary and enlarged front view of the machine; Fig. 10 represents an enlarged front view of some of the details of Fig. 9; Fig. 11 shows a partial top plan view of Fig. 10; Fig. 12 represents an enlarged section of Fig. .1 on the line 12 12; Fig. 1B shows a section of Fig. 8 on the line 13 13; Fig. 14 is a top plan view of Fig. 13; Fig. 15 is an enlarged view of some of the.l details shown in Fig. 9; Fig. 16 is a top plan view of Fig. 15; Fig. lshows an elevation. of a detail; Fig. 18 represents an enlarged 'section of Fig. 1 on the line 18 18 and Fig. 19 shows a section of Fig. 18 on the line 19-19. i

The invention comprises a conveying chamber A comprising the lowerconcaved member 2O with the removable concaved cap or top 21. Lugs 22 and strengthening ribs 23 extend from the sides ofthe member'20 and corresponding lugs 24 and the strengthening ribs 25 extend from the cap or topy 21. Hinge blocks 26 are supported on the lugs 22 and are secured thereto by the threaded Shanks 27 and the nuts 28. Locking yokes 29 are hinged to the blocks 26 bymeans of,`

hinge pins 30. Locking screws 31 are in threaded engagement with the swinging ends of the yokes 29 and bear on the lugs 24 when the concaved cap or top 21 is locked in place with the lower concaved member 20. Lugs 22 with the flanges 23 extend from the member 20. In the upper faces of the side walls of the member 2O are formed the longitudinaly grooves 38 for the packing 39. Flanges 40 formed with the side walls of the cap 21 bear onsaid packing when the cap 21 is locked to the member 20. To the front end of the members 20 and 21 is bolted a shaping or forming nozzle 42. The said nozzle flares out at its inner end as indicated at 44 to register with the interior contour of the cham` ber A. The said nozzle may be divided into a plurality of sections 45 and 46. Extended side walls 49 are formed with the rear portion of the member 20. A front wall 50y and a rear wall 51 are bolted to flanges of the wall 49, and thereby a charging or feeding chamber B is formed. In the chambery B are located the elongated pusher wheels 54 and 55. Each of said wheels comprises the longitudinal peaks 57 and the concaved faces 58 between said peaks. The wheels 54 and 55 are supported and fastened to the axles 59 and 60 which latter are journaled in the bearings 61 formed with the walls 50 and the bearings 62 formed with the wall 51. In the lower portions of the conveying located a pair of helical or spiral conveyers one right and one left. The conveyers are made in sections C and each comprises a hub 64 with the wings The hubs are carried on and fastened to the conveyer shafts 66 and 67 by means of keys not shown. An end wall 69 is formed with the lower portions of the walls 49. Horizontal lugs 74 extend from the wall 69. Legs 76 and 77 have formed therewith the end wall 78 and the horizontal table 79. Journal bearings 80 are formed with the table 79 for the conveyor shafts 66 and 67. Journal caps 81 are provided for the journal bearings 80. A gear casing 85 is formed with the legs 76 and 77 and at the outer end of said gear casing are formed the journal bearings 86 with the caps 87 for the rear ends of the conveyer shafts-66 and 67. An elongated journal bearing 89 is formedv with .the leg 77 and a connecting brace 90 eX- tends between the journal bearing 89 and its adjacent journal bearing 86. On the shafts 66 and 67 are respectively fastened the spur gears 91 and 92 that mesh with each other. On the shafts 59 and 60 are respectively fastened the sprocketr chain wheels 93 and 94 and on the shafts 66 and 67 are respectively fastened the sprocket chain .wheels 95 and 96. A sprocket chain 97 connects the sprocket chain wheels 93 and 95 anda sprocket chain 98 connects the sprocket chain wheels 94 and 96.

A driving sha-ft 103 has one end thereof journaled in the elongated journal bearing 89. An intermittent spur gear 104 with the blank circumferential surface 105 is fastened to the driving shaft 103, and a vcoacting intermittent spur gear 106 with the blank circumferential surface 107 fastened to the shaft 67. A shock absorbing roller 110 is journaled on a pin 111 that extends from the intermittent gear 104. A shock absorbing lug 112 with the reinforcing plate 113 is fastened to the intermittent gear 106. By meansof the coaction of the gears 104 and 106 a complete rotation is imparted to the shaft 67 for each one-half rotation the shaft- 103. The roller 110 impinges against the reinforcing plate 113 of the lng112r` just before the teeth of the gear 104 mesh withthe teeth of the gear 106 and thereby-no shock occurs between the teeth of the gears during their operation. A driving pulley y116 is fastened to the driving shaft 103 and a loose Jiulley 117 is journaled on said' shaft. A journal bracket 120 with the cap 121 supports the rear end ofthe shaft 103. A belt shifter is shown to consist of the bracket- 123 having the bearing flange 124, which is fastened to one of the lugs 74. Bearings 125 are formed with the bracket 123 and slidably support theshifting bar 126. Shifting lingers 127 are secured to the bar 126. A bracket 130 with'the lugs 131 and 132 is fastened to the lbar 126. A handle 133 extends from the bracket 130. The lug 131 bears on the flange 124 and the lug 132 bears against the vertical wall of the bracket 123. .A pair of legs 136 have formed therewith the front connecting wall 137 and the supporting tables 138 which latter bear up against thi` lugs 32 of the member 20. Front legs 140 have formed therewith the front wall 141 and the supporting table 142. Angular supporting brackets 143 and 144 are indicated with the end fianges 145. which latter are bolted to the legs 136. The front ends of the brackets 143 and 144 are supported upon and bolted to the tables 142 of the legs l. With the vertical members of the brackets 143 and 144 are formed the lugs 146. .1 journal 'bracket 150 with the journal bearing 151 and boss 152 is vbolted to one side of one of the legs and a similar brac. w

with the journal bearing 156 and boss bolted to the supporting bracket 144. The

driving shaft-103 is ourna led in the bearings 151 and156. Upon the supporting bracket 144 are secured the journal brznfkets "f 158 and 159. which support 'the os yillating side shaft 160. Collars 161 and 162 are fastened to the shaft and `bear respectively against the bearings 158 and 159. On the opposite ends of the oscillating side shaft 160 are fastened the similar spur gears 164. Similar pivots 165 extend from the bosses 152 and 157. Similar segmental gears 166 with the teeth 167 are piroted on the pivots 165. The teethv 167 mesh with the teeth of the spur gears 164. Each segment 166 has connected thereto the contact plate j 168 with the contacting face 170 and the contact plate 169, at right angles thereto with the contacting face 171. On the driving shaft 103 are fastened the similar collars 172 which each have journaled thereto the rollers 173. Zhen the driving shaft 103 rotates the rollers 172 are revolved and reir tact with the contact plates 168 and 169. This causes the segmental gears to oscillate and the latter in turn oscillatc the spur gears 1164, by virtue of which the side shaft 160 is oscillated.

On the oscillating side shaft 160 are fastened the similar U shaped cutting arms 180. Each of the arms has .formed therewith the hub 181 and the counterweight 182. A lug 183 is formed with each of the arms 180 adjacent to the huh 181. A vbolt 184 extends through each of the lugs 183 and has a squared end 185. A. rectangular supporting bar 186 connects the squared ends 185 by means of pins 187, and nuts 188 on the bolts 184 clamp the latter and the supporting bar 186 in place.v At the outer ends of the arms 180 are supported the bolts 190 with squared ends 191 similar respectively to 184 and 185. A supporting bar 192- similar to 186 connects the squared ends 191 by means of the pins 193. f. pair of bumpers all are each indicated with the vertical barrel 195 in which is slida-bly supported the plunger 196 with the spindle 197. A spring 198 encircles the spindle 197 and bears between the roof of the barrel 195 and the plunger 196. A pin 199 extends through the spindle 197 above the barrel 195. A threaded sleeve 200 extends from the barrel 195. The sleeves 200 are in threaded engagement with the bolts 1907 and thereby the supporting` bar 192 is securely held in position. A plurality of rectangular wire carrying sleeves 205 each have formed therewith a lip 206 and an interiorly threaded boss 207. The sleeves 205 are supported on the supporting bar 186 and are clamped thereto in operative position by means of the clamping screws 208. A plurality of rectangular wire carrying sleeves 210 each have formed i therewith a threaded boss 211 and an interiorly threaded boss 212. The sleeves 210 are supported on the supporting bar 192 and are clamped thereto in operative position by means of the clamping screws 213. A screw 214 is in threaded enga-gement with the boss 211 and a lock nut 215 locks the screw 214 in place. A cutting wire 216 connects each lip 206 with one of the screws 214.

1n the crown of each of' the cuttingarms 180 is formed a threaded boss 220 for the screw 221. A shank 222 with a flange 223 is formed at the lower end of each screw 221. The latter support the printing :beam 225 through a boss 226 formed at its opposite ends. The boss 226 is counter-bored for a loose collar 227 and a pin 228 extends through the shank 222 above the collar 227. The body of the beams 225 is channel shaped and has formed in its vertical wall a plurality of horizontal slots or openings 230. Angle plates each with the vertical member 231 and the horizontal member 232 have each extendingtherefrom a pair of screws 233. The latter extend through the openings 230. Wing nuts 234 are in threaded engagement with the screws 233 and clamps the said angle plates to the printing beam 225. i printing plate 235 extends from each of the -members 232 of the said angle plates.

A roller frame comprises a pair of roller bars 238 which have each formed therewith the lugs 239. Supporting rods 240 extend through the lugs 239 and the lugs 146 to support the roller bars 238. Set screws 241 extend through the lugs 146 and clamp the rods 240 in place. Journal seats 242 and clearance notches 243 are formed in the upper edge of each of the bars 238. Rollers 245 have extending therethrough the pivots 246 and the latter are supported in the seats 242. The rollers extend from the nozzle 42 to and beyond the outer ends of the supporting brackets 143 and 144.

To the front legs 140 are bolted the jourJ nal brackets 248 having the journal bearings spiral gear 253 fastened to the driving shaft 103 meshes with the spiral gear 252. A brake for the oscillating shaft 160 comprises a brake wheel 255 fastened thereto. A .leather sleeve 255a is fastened to the circumferential surface of the wheel 255. lug 256 is formed with the journal bearing 250, and a block 257 with a groove 258 in its lower face is slidably supported on the lug 256. i brake strap 264 extends over the sleeve 255a of the brake wheel 255 and its lower ends are fastened to the block 257. Luge 265 extend from the strap 264 and an adjusting bolt 266 extends through the strap 264 and the lugs 265. An adjusting nut 267 on the bolt 266 varies the vtension of the brake strap 264 and the pressure thereof on the sleeve 2552*. A. pulley 270 is fastened to the shaft 251 for the conveyer belt 271. Tie bolts 27 2 connect the legs 136 and 140.

To operate the machine, butter or other material to be'operated upon is dropped into the charging or feeding chamber B. At the same time power is transmitted by a belt, not shown, to the driving-pulley 116, which rotates the driving shaft 103. The intermittent spur gear 104 turns with the shaft 103. Rotation is transmitted from the gear 104 to the intermittent spur gear 106, and this rotation is transmitted only during one-half of each rotation 0f the gear 104. During the remaining half of each rotation of' the gear 104 its blank circumferential surface 105 engages the blank circumferential surface 107 of the gear 106, and 'thereby for each ha. f turn of the gear .104, the 106 remains at rest. rlhe shaft 67 turns with the gear 106. rhe spur gear 92 meshing with the spur lgear 91, causes the shaft 66 to rotate simultaneously with the shaft 67. The spiral conveyors having the wings turn with the rotations of the shafts 66 and 67 The sprocket chain 97 transmits rotation from the shaft 66 to the axle 59 and the sprocket chain 98 transmits rotation from the shaft 67 to the axle 60. lWith the lrotations of the axles 59 and 60 the pusher wheels 54 and 55 turn. The directions of the wheels are toward each other as indicated by the arrows D, Fig. 12, and thereby butter or other material in the charging chamber B to the spiral conveyers in said chamber. This avoids the necessity of the operator manually pushing down the butter or other material to the said conveyers. The conveyers carry the material into and throngh the conveyor chamber A until it is finally discharged. through the shaping or forming nozzle 42. The butter or other material operated upon is desposited upon the simultaneously push down the sie rollers 24:7 upon which it is intermittently moved by thc succeeding portions that are .intermittently discharged from the nozzle l12.

vDuring each rotation of the driving shaft 10i-3 and while the blank circumferential surface. of' the gear 104 is engaging the blank circumferential surface 107 of the gear 106, the oscillating shaft 160 functions, thereby swinging' down the cutting arms 180 and forcing them up again to an angle of about ninety degrees from the horizontal position best. shown in 9. The swinging of the said cutting arms results from the contacting with each revolution of the rollers 173 and the contact plates 168 and 169. lVhen the rollers 173 bear on the contact plates 168, the sha-ft 160 is swung in the direction of the arrow E, Fig. 10, to lower the arms 180, and when the rollers 173 bear against the Contact plates 169, the shaft 160 is swung in a direction opposite the arrow E, to raise the cutting arms 180. The arms 180 force the cutting wires 216 through the butter or othermaterial located upon the rollers 245. rlhe arms 180 return said wires to their inclined raised position, while said butter or material is at rest, thereby making clean perpendicular cuts through said butter or other material.

rlhe clearance notches 2113 permit the cutting wires 21aL to descend completely through the material on the rollers J ust before the end of each downward swing of the cutting arms 180, the printing plates 235 which have configurations thereon, print the same in the top face of the material operated upon.

The sleeves 205 and 210 can be clamped in different positions on their respective supporting bars 1.86 and 192, and by this means the cutting' wires 216 can be spaced different distances apart to cut pieces of but-ter or other material of different lengths. The angle plates having the members 231 and 232 can be clamped to the printing beam in different positions to suit different sizes of cakes of butter, or other material, and the said beams can be located at different levels `by means of screws 221.

The buffers with the plungers 196 prevent jar when the arms 180 reach their downward positions.

After the but-ter or other material operated upon has been cut into its cakes, the latter are pushed on the conveyer belt 271 to be delivered to a predetermined place. The said belt driven by the rotations of the cross shaft 251. The latter shaft is rotated by the shaft 103 through the intervention of the spiral gears 252 and 253.

The brake strapl 264.- can be adjusted by the nut 267 to produce various pressures on the brak0 wheel 253, and thereby prevent jars or tremors being transmitted to the oscillating shaft 160. By this means a clean cut without ragged edges is made through the butter or other material operated upon by the cutting wires 216.

ln case it is desirable to operate the U shaped cutting arms 180 with their cutting wires 216 manually the operator loosens the collar 161 and slides the oscillating shaft 160 toward the front end of the machine, until the spur gears 161A disengage from the sgmental gears 166, and then the arms 180 with their appurtenances can be easily swung up and down. p

Having described our invention what we desire to secure by Letters Patent and claim is:

1. 1n a machine the combination of a chargimr` chamber, a conveying chamber connected to the charging chamber, a pair of conveyer shafts extending through the charging chamber and conveying chan'iber, a spiral conv yer connected to each shaft, spur gears on the shafts meshing with each other, a driving shaft for the machine, an intermittent gear on the driving shaft, an intermittent gear on one of the conveyer shafts coacting with the other intermittent gear, a shock absorbing lug on the latter shaft, and a shock absorbing roller on the intermittent gear of the driving shaft contacting during its revolution with the said shock absorbing lug.

2. ln a machine the combination of a shaft, cutting means to cut a material operated upon connected to the shaft, a spur gc r fastened to the shaft, a segmental gear pivoted adjacent to said spur gear with its teeth meshing with the teeth of the spur gear and means to oscillate the segmental gear cn its pivot.

In a machine the combination of a driving shaft, a second shaft, cutting means to cut a material operated upon connected to the second shaft, a spur gear fastened to the second shaft, a pivot adjacent to the second shaft, a segmental gear pivotod on the pivot, the teeth of the segmental gear meshing with the teeth of the spur gear, a pair of contacting faces at right angles to each other on the segmental gear, a collar fastened to the driving shaft, and a roller journaled in said collar, said roller contacting with said contacting faces with the rotations of the driving shaft and thereby oscillating the segmental gear, the latter in turn oscillating the second shaft.

41. In a machine the combination of supporting brackets, an oscillating shaft journaled over one of said brackets, cutting' arms with one end of each connected to said oscillating shaft, cutting wires for the arms and a bumper at the other end of each arm to contact with the ot ier bracket when said arms are swung` to their lowered position.

5. ln a machine the combination of an oscillating shaft, ll shaped cutting arms with one end of each connected to said oscillating shaft, a supporting bar connecting said arms adjacent to said oscillating shaft, a supporting bar connecting said arms at their ends distant from said oscillating shaft, wire carrying sleeves adjustabl y connected to each supporting bar and cutting wires connecting each sleeve on `one bar to a sleeve on the other bar.

6. ln a machine the combination of an oscillating shaft, cutting arms with one end of each connected to said shaft, a supporting bar connecting said arms adjacent to sai shaft, a supporting bar connecting said arms at their ends distant from said shaft, wire carrying sleeves adj ustably connected to each supporting bar, a lip extending from each sleeve on one of said bars, a screw adjustably connected to the sleeves of the other bar and cuttin wires connecting each lip with one of sai screws.

7 In a machine the combination of an oscillating shaft, cutting arms with one end of each connected to the shaft, a printing beam for the arms, means to vertically adjust said beam relatively to said arms and printing plates adjustably connected to the printing beam.

8. In a machine the combination of an oscillating shaft, cutting arms with one end of each connected to the shaft, a printing beam having a plurality of openings for the arms, means to vertically adjust saidbeam relatively to said arms, a plurality of angle plates carried by the beam, a screw with one end fastened to each angle plate extending through one of the openings of the printing beam, a nut for each screw to clamp its angle plate to the beam and a printing plate for each angle plate.

9. ln a machine the combination of a charging` chamber, a conveyer' chamber connected to the charging chamber, means to feed a material operated upon from the charging chamber to the conveying chamber, an outlet nozzle for the conveying chamber, rollers extending from the outlet nozzle to carry material discharged from said nozzle, cutting means for said material operating over said rollers, printing means for said material actuating with the cutting means and a conveyer at the other end of said rollers.

Signed at Bayonne, in the county of Hudson and State of New Jersey this 9th day of December, A. D. 1920.

ALBERT SHARP. GEORGE SHARP.

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