US271161A - Wine and cider press - Google Patents

Description

(No Model.) 7

J. TREBER.

WINE AND CIDER PRESS.

Patentd 12111.23, 1883.

UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

JOHN TREBER, or o NTnIANA, OHIO.

WINE AND CIDER PRESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 271,161, dated January 23, 1883.

Application filed August 28, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOHN TREBER, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at ()ynthiana, in the county of Pike and State of, Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wine and Cider Presses; and I dodeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and 'to letters or figures of reference marked thereon,which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in wine and cider presses; and it consists in the novel construction and combination of the parts, as will be hereinaf- -ter set forth, and pointed out in the claims.

0n the annexed drawings, Figure I is a top or plan View. Fig. II is a longitudinal section through the line a: 00. Fig. Ill is a transverse section through the line y y.

A represents the frame, which'is provided with transverse beams suitably located and provided with shaftbearings and supports for elevating the same, so that receptacles can be placed under the apparatus for the reception of thejuice and pomace.

Cross-bars B B are attached to the frame, and serve to hold the longitudinal bars of the frame together. These transverse bars, except those at the end of the frame, are elevated and provided with shaft-bearings. whichhold the shafts, to be hereinafter described, in an inclined position. a

The shafts O and C are secured to the frame so as to be capable of a slight longitudinal adjustment, which is accomplished by providing,

the shafts at their ends with depressions, in which fit screw-threaded adjusting-bolts a, which bolts pass through the end crossbars at an angle so as to be on the same line with the inclined shaft, the adj usting-bolts forming the end bearing of the shafts U and 0'. These shafts on the other end are provided with a ballandsocket,orsimilaruniversaljoint. The socket portion of this connection is oblong in shape, and the end of the opposite shaft is cut away before reaching the ball, so as to provide a neck of reduced size. By this means the shaft which carries the crushing-disks can be adjusted longitudinally, and the ballandsocket joint will form a central bearing.

Attached to the shafts O and O are crushing devices, which consist of two disks, D and D, having inclined faces and central portion at right angles with the shafts. These crushing-disks are provided on their inner faces with suitable gear-teeth, which mesh into each other and cause the same to rotate equally. These disks, being arranged upon the shaft and constructed as described, meet so as to form parallel crushing-surfaces at a point below the frame.

The crushing disk B near its rim is provided with gearteeth E, into which the drivingwheel F meshes. This driving-wheel is supported upon a frame by a suitable raised crossbar having an upright bearing, upon which the driving-wheel rotates. The driving-wheel is provided at the upper end of its extending socket, as shown, with a sweep or lever for operating the parts. By means of this sweep and connecting means the disks are rotated so the upper part of the same will turn toward the hopper, as will be hereinafter set forth.

Attached to the frame A, opposite the disks, and extending downwardly near the meeting points of .the same, is a guide, G, which prevents the fruit falling out between the rollers by the same connecting means, is a curved cover or hood, K, which is tapered, as shown in Fig. I. This curved hood K prevents the fruit which is placed in the hopper eomingin contact with the gears on the disks, and forms, with the guide I, a throat or passage-way for the fruit.

The operation of this invention may be described as follows: For pressing apples to makecider, the apples are placed in the hopper, the slide being adjusted so as to leave an opening which will correspond relatively to the size of the apple and to thespeed at which the crushingdisks are rotated. The rollers, being turned toward the hopper, draw the apples downwardly toward the parallel abutting portion of the disks, between which thejuice is expressed from the fruit, which flows into a suitable receptacle placed under the frame. The pomace is carried upward by the disks, and is removed therefrom by the scrapers and falls into a receptacle separated from thejuice.

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

1. In combination with a pair of disks having inclined crushing-surfaces, mounted oninclined shafts, connected to each other at their ends, the whole being mounted on a frame and provided with rotating means, substantially as described.

2. In a cider or wine press, the inclined disks arranged so as to provide parallel crush- 25 ing-surfaces at their lower portion, substantially as described.

3. In a wine or cider press,tl1e combination, with the inclined crushing-disks, of a curved hood,hopper,withadjustableslide,andscraper, 30 arranged and organized substantially as shown, and forthe purpose set forth.

4:. In a wine and cider press, the inclined crushing-disks provided with gear-wheels on their inner faces, and mounted upon inclined 35 shafts, with end-bearing means, in combination with a curved hood, hopper, with adjustable slide, and scraper, the parts being arranged and operated substantially as shown, and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN TBEBER.

Witnesses:

W. H. SOALE, OHRIsT. F. EIsE.

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