US194232A - Improvement in presses for lard, fruit - Google Patents

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ports the cylinder EDWARD W. FAWCETT, OF SALEM, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE DEMING MANUFAGTURING` SILVER AND GOMPAN Y, OF vSAME PLAGE.

IMPROVEMENT IN PRESSES FOR LARD, FRUIT, &c.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. [94,232,

July 11, 11m.

To all whom t may concern: A

Be it known that I, EwD. W. FAwcE'r'r, of Salem, in the county of Columbiana and State of Ohio, have invented 4certain new and useful Improvements in Lard and Fruit Presses and Sausage-Stutfers; and I do hereby declarethat the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the saine.

This invention relates to certain improvements in combined sausage-stutter, lard, fruit, and consists in the special construction and arrangement of parts, which will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my invention appertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe its construction and operation, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specilcation, and in whichf Figure 1 is a front elevation, showing the cylinder and frame, part in section. Fig. 2 is a central vertical section through the press; Fig. 3, a view showing one of the stops on the frame for holding the cylinder when tipped back for filling. Fig. 4 shows a spring-catch for holding the cylinder in position when its contents are being pressed. Fig. 5 is a view showing the shaft and its bearing attachment removed from the frame 5 Fig. 6, a section on the line w w, Fig. l; Fig. 7, a side elevation with the cylinder tipped back for filling. Fig.

be placed in the cylinder when pressing lard or fruit. Fig. 9 represents the rack-bar and its countersunk threaded concave side.

In these figures, A represents the frame, rounded at the top, as shown, and connected at the bottom by a cross-piece, B, which sup- C. Thiscylinder has at the bottom two legs, a, recessed or made to receive the cross-piece B in such a way that said cylinder may be removed from the frame by tipping it forward. D is a spring-latch arranged on one side of the frame A, as shown, or in any other suitable way, so as to securely retain the cylinder in a vertical position when its contents are to be pressed.

dated August 11i, 1877; application filed On the inner sides, and near the bottom of the two uprights of the frame, are arranged two stops, E. These stops may be cast with the frame, or they may be attached after the frame has been constructed.

The cylinder O is provided, near the bottom, with two lugs, b, arranged on opposite sides thereof, so as to engage or come in contact with the flange c of the stops E. By this means the cylinder is adjusted for lling by simply tipping it back, as shown in Fig. 7, and then, for pressing, it is thrown forward to a vertical position, as shown in Fig. 1,where it will be securely retained by the spring-latch D passing into a recess, d, in the side of the cylinder. f

To the top or rounded part of the frame is riveted or otherwise secured an upright, F, which supports the shaft G. This shaft is provided at the lower end with screw-thread H and one or more collars, e, which latter pass into like-shaped recesses inthe upright F. These collars, together with a suitable head or shoulder, f, secured to the upper end of the shaft, retain itin position so as to allow of its proper movement.

The screw-thread H of the shaft G meshes with the rack-bar I, as shown. By this means the piston J is, by the shaft Gr and its suitable crank at the upper end, lowered or raised at pleasure.

The semi-cylindrical top or rounded part of the frame is made to receive the rack-bar in such a way that the upright F may be placed over it, as shown, and allow of its vertical intermittent movement when operated to lower or raise the piston. This piston rack-bar is made concave on one side, and this concavity provided with countersunk thread, which runs in the same direction as that of the thread of the shaft.

The upper end of the screw-post is provided with a crank or other suitable device to re` volve the shaft in order to operate the piston.

When lard or fruit is to be pressed the per forated cylinder and bottom (shown in Fig. 8) are placed inside of the sausage-staffer. This will require a piston of less dimensions around the peripherysuch as J in Fig. 9--in order that it may perform its function without comthis requirement the lower end of the shaft is -provided with a screw for the purpose of the ready attachment of pistons-followers of different sizes.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. The combination ofthe shaft with a semicyliudrcal rack-bar, I, having a conntersunk thread and an adjustable piston, as shown and described.

2. In a lard and fruit press or sausagestufng machine, the shaft G, having one or more collars, e, head f,vand screw-thread H,

substantially as shown and described.

3. .The'frame A, provided wth'laterallyprojecting stops E, as shown, and for the purpose specified.

In order to provide foi-1y 4. In a lard and fruit press or sausage-stning machine, the upright F, frame A, shaft G, having collar e, and screw-thread H, in combination with the semi-cylindrical rackbar I and piston J, substantially as shown and described.

5. In a lard and fruit vpress or sausage-stuifing machine, the cylinder C, having lugs b and legs a, in combination with the frame A, crosspiece B, spring-latch D, and stops E, substantially as described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I aiix my signature in presence of two'witnesses.

vEDWARD W. Fnwcn'rrr.

Witnesses: l

HoMEn H. WILSON, LAWRENCE A. HALL.

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