US442148A

US442148A - Shelf for supporting cheese

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Publication number: US442148A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1890-12-09
Anticipated expiration: 1907-12-09

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(No Model.)

J. J. SINGLBY. SHELF FOR SUPPURTING CHEESE.

No. 442,148. Patented Deo. 9, 1890.

'V /Y i l STATES TTn PATENT Ormea.

JOSEPH. J'. SINGLEY,O1 `EL DORADO, KANSAS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 412,148, dated December 9, 1890.

Application tiled April 23, 1890. Serial No. 349,111. (No model.)

To @ZZ whom, it may concern.:

Be it known that l, JOSEPH J. SINGLEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at El Dorado, in the county of Butler and State of Kansas, have invented a new and useful Shelf for Supporting Cheese, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to shelves for supporting cheese during the process of curing andripeningthe same; andithas forits object to construct a shelf which shall admit of the more thorough ventilation of the cheese than the solid shelves now customarily employed.

lith this end in view my invention consists, primarily, of a screen forming the supv porting-shelf.

The invention further consists in the combination, with such screen, of a pan connected detachably with and arranged underneath the same, so as to catch the dust resulting from the ripening process, thus enabling the dust and dirt to be conveniently removed and the sheltl to be kept in a clean and pure condition.

The invention further consists in the construction and arrangement of details, which will be hereinafter fully described, and particularly pointed out in the claims.

In the drawings hereto annexed, Figure l is a perspective view of one of my improved shelves with the dust-pan attached thereto. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the dust-pan detached. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view of the shelf and dust-pan. Fig. .1. is a perspective view of a rack supporting anumber of my improved shelves.

Lilie numerals of reference indicate like parts in all the figures of the drawings.

l designates a suitablyconstructed rectangular frame, which maybe made ot' wood, and which is provided with trai'isverse braces i 2, arranged at suitable distances apart. The npper side of said fra-mc is covered with a screen 23 of wire-netting, which constitutes my improved supporting-shelf. The screen may be secured to the frame by means of nails or staples or in any other convenient manner.

4. designates a rectangular frame, which is provided with a transverse brace 5, which is extended forwardly so as to form a handle o. rlhe frame 4. provided with a covering 7,

which may be of cloth or of any other suitable material, such as sheet metal. The rear cross-bar of the frame 4. is provided with upwardly-extending hooks S, which are adapted to catch over the rear cross-bar of the shelfframe. rlhe brace 5 of the frame 4. has an upwardly-extending spring-catch 9, which is adapted to catch over the front cross-bar ot' the shelf-frame.

In operation any desired number of the shelf-frames may be arranged upon the crossbars 10 of a suitably-constructed rack ll. The dust-pans consisting of the frames Lt may be arranged under each of the shelves, or they may be in practice transferred from one shelf to another, as occasion may require. The cheese is supported upon the shelves directl y above the dust-pans, and the latter will catch any dust and impurities that may drop from the cheese. After the cheese are removed from the shelves, the latter may be readily cleaned by simply brushing them with a dry brush, when all remaining impurities will be caused to drop into the dust-pans, which may afterward be readily removed and emptied.

lleretofore solid wooden shelves have been universally used for supporting cheese during the process of curing and ripening. Such shelves have been objectionable for many reasons, principallycn account of the large quantities of dust which will accumulate thereon,'and which is not readily removed except by washing the shelves, which is undesii-able, for the very obvious reason that dampness is apt to affect the cheese injuriously. Again, such wooden shelves are apt to become permeated or soaked with moisture from the cheese supported thereon. Consequently when one cheese is taken away and another put in its place the new cheese is liable to become injured or tainted. By my invention these obj ections are elfectually overcome, and I am enabled to cure the cheese more rapidly and in a more satisfactory manner than heretofore.

Having thus described my iuvention,wl1at I claim, and desire to secure, is-

l. The combination, with a reticnlated shelf, of a dust-pan consisting of a frame suitably covered and provided at one side with ICO upwardly-extending hooks and at the other side with an upwardly-extending spring- Catch, substantially as set forth.

et. rThe cheesesapport-ing` shelf consisting of a frame having transverse braces and provided With a screen of Wire-netting secured to its upper side, n Combination with adustpan secured detaohably to its under side and a suitable supporting-rack with which the shelf engages, substantially as and for the purpose Set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereto aftixed my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

JOSEPH J. SINGLEY.

Witnesses:

WALTER F. MGGINNIS, J. E. FRAMPTON.