US542465A - Apparatus for butter-making - Google Patents

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F W CHURCH APPABATUSFOR BUTTER MAKING.

No. 542,465. Patented Jul 9, 1895.

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(No Model.) P W CHURCH 2 Sheets-Sheet. 2. APPARATUS FOR BUTTER MAKING.

No. 542,465. A Patented July 9, 1895.

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i I INVENTOR ATTORNEYS.

UNTTED STATES FREDERICK W. CHURCH, OF BELGIUM, NElV YORK.

APPARATUS FOR BUTTER-MAKING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 542,465, dated July 9, 1895.

Application filed April 5. 1395. Serial No. 544,525- (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, FREDERICK W. CHURCH, of Belgium, in the county of Onondaga, in the State of New York, have invented new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for' Butter-Making, of which the following, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to improvements in apparatus for making butter.

My object is to produce a device for receiving the milk, cooling it, then raising the milk-receptacle to a level or position high enough to allow the milk and cream to run ofi of their own accord to the churn, and at the same time provide means for receiving the ice to cool the milk and to provide for the current of air to circulate around the vet; and to that end my invention consistsin the several new and novel features and combination of parts hereinafter described and which are specifically set forth in the claims hereunto annexed.

It is constructed as follows, reference being hadto the accompanyingdrawingsfln which- Figure 1 shows a side view of the device complete ready for use and showing the vat or milk-receptacle in an elevated position in sponding parts.

. A is a vat-holding receptacle, constructed preferably of wood and provided with a cover a and acentral opening a, and at its lower end is provided with a nut 19, internally threaded. The cover a is also provided with a central opening.

Bis a threaded shaft vertically mounted, the threads of which are adapted to engage with the threads upon the nut 19 for the purpose of raising and lowering the vat-holder or receptacle A. The threaded shaft B is journaled at its upper end so that it may be moved to and fro, as shown'at b, and c is a cog secured upon the shaft B and adapted to engage withthe cog c, by which it isrotated. Inasmuch as the cog c is secured rigidly to the shaft B, the said shaft B is rotated when the cog c is turned. The cog c is adapted to be turned in either direction by any ordinary and well-known means.

It will be observed that when the shaft .Bis

turned in one direction the receptacle A will be raised on account of its engagement with the thread upon the nut b',and that the reverse rotation of the shaft B will allow the receptacle A to descend. The lower end of the shaft B is secured to a rack 0, having teeth at upon its lower face adapted to engage with the teeth upon a wheel d, mounted in the bracket D, so that by rotating the wheel d the shaft B will be moved to or from its vertical position, as shown in Fig. 1, for the purpose of tipping or tilting the receptacle A so as to allow the milk, cream, and water from the interior of the receptacle to pass out through the faucets.

. E is a vat constructed substantially as shown, so as to set within the vat-holding receptacle A, upon the rack-bars or frame F in the bottom of the receptacle A, and is provided with a central opening e. Upon its rim it is also provided with a flangef, having vertical perforationsf for the purposeshereinafter set forth.

G is an ice-receptacle having its exterior readily removed and replaced. It willbe observed that as the air passes in at the top upon the ice and comes in contact therewith it becomes cooled. It then passes down to the bottom of the vat-receptacle and thence passes under and aro'und it, and as it becomes more or less heated by the milk, passes up around its periphery and out through the openings or perforations f, thereby effectually cooling the milk. The rack-bars F are placed in the bottom of the vat-receptacle and afford easy and convenient means for ICO ed shaft, said shaft being hinged at its upper end, means for rotating said shaft for the purpose of raising and lowering said vat and means for tilting said shaft at its lower end for the purpose of tilting said vat.

8. lhe combination with a vertical threaded shaft of a vat-receptacle having a central threaded nut with which the threads on said shaft are adapted to engage, a faucet in said receptacle, a vat having a central opening and a vertically perforated rim and a drawoff faucet, and an ice-receptacle mounted in said vat opening, substantially as described for the purposes set forth.

In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand on this 19th day of March, 1895.

FREDERICK V. CHURCH.

In presence of- HOWARD P. DENISON, JESSIE E. MURRAY.

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