US1533377A - Egg separator - Google Patents

Description

-April 14, 1925.

1,533,377 A. E. BRUFFEE EGG SEPARATOR Filed Dec. 4, 1924 WITNESS INVENTOR Patented Apr. 14,- I925 ARCHER EARL BRULFFE-E, OF PORTLAND, OREGON.

EGG SEPARATOR.

Application filed December 4, 192%. Serial No. 753,818.

To all whom it'may concern:

Be it known that I, ARCHER EARL Bum"- 'rnn, a citizen of the United States, residing at Portland, in the county of Multnomah and State of Oregon, have invented a new and useful Egg Separator, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in egg separators in which'a tongue is mounted underneath the chute at the lower end of the slot. I

-The objects of my invention are to provide a simple device for preventing the breaking of weak yolks, and for leading such portions which vthreaten to separate back to the main body.

Other objects and advantages are to be found in the construction and arrangement of parts as will be described in the specification and particularly pointed out in the appended claim. Y

I attain these objects with the mechanism illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which-- Fig. 1 is a plan view of the entire mechanism;

Fig. 2 is a vertical,longitudinal section through the center line of Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is a section through Fig. 2 along the line 33.

Similar numerals refer to similar throughout the several views.

Egg separators of this type consist essentially of atest cup 1, a chute 2 with a slot 3 at the longitudinal center line, a trough 4:

underneath the slot, and a lug or ear 5 by means of which the egg separator can be tiltably clamped to any suitable stand or support. The adjusting screwsrti at the upper and lower end of the chute permit a narrowing or widening of the slot 3 according to whether the eggs are stale or fresh.

An egg is broken into the test cup for observation, if bad, it is thrown away, if

p arts good, the test cup is tilted, and yolk and white are permitted to descend the chute. The yolk slides along the chute into one container, thewhite drops through the slot onto the trough and thence into another container. Should the yolk unexpectedly break and drop through the slot, the front end of the troughcan be tilted up by depressing the rear end. The trough, with the yolk thus intercepted, is then withdrawn and emptied in the proper container, All

this, however, being prior art, is chiefly recited to introduce my problem and its solu tion.

This apparatus works tolerably well with strictly fresh eggs where the yolks are comparatively firm, but where storage eggs are used the yolks will persist in gradually working into the slot and finally disappearing altogether by the time the end of the slot is reached. Moreover, since storage eggs form by far the largest proportion of the broken-egg trade, it is necessary that this defect be eliminated. For this purpose I attach to the under side of the chute an inclined plane or tongue 7. This tongue begins with a blunt edge 8 at aboutone-half the effective length of the slot where the yolk usually starts to squeeze through the slot and thence converges toward the chute, intersecting the latter substantially at the lower terminal of the slot. In order to impart rigidity to the tongue I prefer to bend one of the longitudinal edges upward as at 9 and affix the same to the under side of the chute, but any other equally effective way of holding the. tongue rigidly in place may be employed. The other longitudinal edge of the tongue should preferably remain unobstructed to facilitate cleaning with a brush. When now the yolk begins to squeeze through the slot the solid support of the tongue will quickly be encountered which not only prevents the yolk from breaking prematurely, but actually returns that portion which threatens separation to the main body of the yolk. Such attenuated portions of the white as may follow the yolk to the end of the slot usually break there and return over the tongue to the trough and thence to the proper container. To permit access to the tongue for cleaning purposes the side walls 10 of the egg separator should be cut back as indicated by the numeral 11 in Fig. 2.

Having thus described my invention it will be seen that my objects have been accomplished and, though I have shown the preferred form of construction I reserve to myself the right to make minor changes providing I do not violate the spirit and principle of my invention.

I claim:

Ina device of the character described, the combination of an inclined chute, having a slot at the longitudinal center line extendthe tongue being blunted, one longitudinal edge secured to the chute, the other longitudinal edge remaining unobstructed.

Signed by me at Portland, Oregon, this 29th day of November, 192%.

A. E. BRUFFEE.

Images