US40627A - Improved machine for pressing soap - Google Patents

Description

J'. H. KELLER.

Soap Presser.

PatentedNov. 17, 1863.

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Nrrnn STATES ATENT Erice.

lJ. H. KELLER, 0F NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA.

IMPROVED MACHINE FOR PRESSING SOAP.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 40,627., dated November 17, 1663."

Q0 all 'whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, J. H. KELLER, of New Orleans, in the parish of Orleans and State of Louisiana, have invented a new and Improved Device for Pressing Soap 5 and do hereby declare th at the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, making a part of this speeiiicatiomin which-v Figure l is a side sectional view of my invention, taken in the line w Fig. 2; Fig. 2, avertical section of the same, taken in the line y y, Fig. l.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the two figures.

This inventionrelates to a new and impro ved device for pressing or molding soap; and it consists in the employment or use of adrop, an expanding mold, and a cap-die, all arranged to operate in such a manner as to perform the desired work in a perfect and expeditious manner.

To enable those skilled in the art to fully understand andconstruct my invention, I will proceed to describe it.

A represents a framing, which may be constructed in any proper manner to support the working parts of the machine; and B represents a drop, which is attached to the lower end of a vertical nachbar, G, which passes and works freely through a cross-bar, a, at the upper part of the framing A.

D is a horizontal shaft, the bearings b of which are attached to the framing A. This shaft D has aratchet, c, at one end of it, into which a pawl, d, catches, and at the opposite end of said shaft there is a pinion, c, into which a smaller pinion, j', gears, the latter being on a shaft, g, which has a crank, h, applied to it. On the shaft D there is placed a part pinion, E, or a pinion having a segment or a portion of its teeth removed to form a smooth surface, t, the object of which will be presently shown. The drop B is provided with horizontal arms i, the ends of which are notched to t onvertioal guides j, attached to the inner surfaces of uprights lo lc of the framing A.

F is a vertical post, which is secured centrally in the lower part of the framing A and in line with the drop B. On the upper end of this post F the mold G is secured. This mold is of rectangular or other form, having planes Z for sides, and said sides are connected by hinges or joints m tothe bottom n of the mold, said bottom being firmly attached to the top of the post F. The hinges or joints m admit of the sides l of the mold expanding or eX- tending outward just over the surface of the platform H in the framing A, as indicated in red in Fig. 2.

On the post F there is fitted a slide, I, of the same form as the mold G and post F. This slide I is of such dimensions as to work freely up and down on the post F, and when elevated or raised inclose the mold G and keep its sides Z in an upright position in close contact, asshown in both figures. The slide I has a pendent bar, m', attached to two op-v posite sides of it, and the lower ends of these pendants are connected by a cross-bar, nf, which passes through a vertical slot, o, in the post F, and said cross-bar passes through an opening, p, in a lever, J, which passes through the post F, and has a weight, K, on one end of it and a treadle, L, on the opposite end. The weightK has a tendency to keep the slide I elevated and around the mold G, as will be seen by referring to Fig. 2.

M is a cap die ofthe same form as the mold G, and of such dimensions as 4to t snugly over it. This cap-die forms the top of the mold, and is provided with an internal plate, q, which tits into the top of the mold and corresponds with its sides l, as shown in both vfigures.

The operation is as follows: The operator or attendant raises the drop B by turning the shaft D through the medium of the crank h,

the part pinion E raising the rack-bar C in consequence of gearing into the rack. The mold Gis then iilled with soap, the cap-die M placed on it, and the crank h of the shaft D turned, and the drop B is elevated until the smooth part h comes opposite the rack, whenA the drop falls upon the cap-die M and compresses the soap within the mold. The drop B is then elevated sufficiently to admit ofthe cap-die being removed, and the operator de presses the treadle end of the lever J ,and thereby brings down the slide I, which exposes the mold G, so that its sides l will eXi pand or drop outward, to admit of the compressed soap being removed. The operator then removes his foot from the treadle L, the weight K forces upward the slide I, which again embraces the mold and brings its sides upward in contact, and the mold is ready for a supplyof soap for a succeeding operation.

I would remark that the inner surfaces of the sides Z of the mold, as well as the under surface of the plate g, may be provided with any device or ornamental configuration or lettering for ornamentin g and labeling the cakes or bars of soap.

By this arrangement soap may be compressed into bars or cakes with the greatest facility Aand very expeditiously, and at the same time ornamented and labeled.

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

rIhe drop B, in connection' with the expanding'mold G, slide I, and cap-die M, all combined and arranged to operate as and for the purpose herein set forth.-

4 J. H. KELLER. Witnesses GHAs. GEHELB, Gr. B. BIGHLER.

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