US701234A - Churn-cover. - Google Patents

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No. 7o|,2s4. Patented May 27, I902.

. T. H. B. VAN noozsn.

GHURN COVER.

(Application filed Aug. 17, 1901.)

(No Model.)

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A TTOHNEYS UNITED STATES I PATET OFFICE.

THOMAS H. B. VAN IIOOZER, OF OOMANCHE, TEXAS.

CHURN-COVER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 701,234, dated May 27, 1902.

Application filed August 17,1901. Serial No. 72,357. (No model.) I

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS H. B. VAN HOOZER, a citizen of the United States, residing at Comanche, in the county of Comanche and State of Texas, have made certain new and useful Improvements in Churn-Covers, of which the following is a specification.

My invention is an improvement in churncovers seeking to provide a novelconstruction of cover which will embodya closed deadair space above the body of the churn, a guidetube for the dasher-rod, and the special construction at the outer edge of the base of the cover by which to provide a channel to fit upon the upper edge of the churn-body; and the invention consists in certain novel constructions and combinations of parts, as will be hereinafter described and claimed.

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side view, and Fig. 2 a sectional View, of my improved cover as applied to a churn-body. Fig. 2 is a detail sectional view of one edge of the cover at the base thereof. Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view of the cover; Fig. I, a top plan View of the cover; Fig. 5, a detail perspective view of one of the retaining-clasps; and Fig. 6, a detail perspective View of a slightly-different form of retaining-clasp, all of which will be described.

In carrying out my invention I form the cover with a conical or tapered side A and the base or bottom B, the latter being provided centrally with an opening in alinement with an opening in the apex of the cone A and the guide-tube 0 being arranged to extend longitudinally through the center of the cover so it will form a guide for the dasher-rod in the operation of the device, as will be readily understood. In addition to forming the bracing-support for the lower end of the guidetube 0 the bottom B forms within the cover a dead-air space at D, which aids in keeping the milk from heating and also strengthens the cover at its base. At the base of the cone A, I provide an outwardly-extending flange E, which is provided at its outer edge with a depending flange F, and an inner depending flange G is arranged within the flange F and spaced apart therefrom sufficiently to form the channel E to fit upon the upper edge of the churn-body, as best shown in Fig. 2. It will be noticed that the flange G unites at its upper end with an inwardly-projecting flange G, which is lapped against and secured to the bottom B by soldering or any other suitable manner. It will also be noticed that the flange G is located below the junction of the outwardly-projecting flange E with the tapered side A of the conical top, so the channel E underlies the flange E.

In practice the cover is placed upon the top of the ordinary churn-body or jar H, as shown in Figs. 1 and 2, and is provided with the spring-clasps I, secured at their upper ends to the cover and having their lower ends at I arranged to spring beneath the projecting bead H on the outer side of the body H near its upper end. The clasps I may be made of a single thickness of material, as shown in Fig. 6; but I prefer the construction shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 5, in which the lower end of the clasp is doubled upon itself at I and is provided at the upper end of the doubled portion with an upwardly projecting handle-wing 1 so the clasp can be readily released from engagement with the churn-body. The construction is simple, inexpensive, atfords the proper guide for the dasher-rod, furnishes a dead-air chamber above the churnbody, includes a channel construction to inclose the upper edge of the churn-body, can be readily applied to and removed from the churn, and arranges the channel in such manner as to secure a strong firm connection with the churn-body. By providing the flanges to fit within and without the upper edge of the churn-body I avoid all danger of the contents being splashed out of the churn-body between the same and the cover, and thus increase the cleanliness of the churning operation.

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

1. The churn-top herein described comprising the hollow cone, the outwardly-projecting flange at the lower end of the tapered sides, the depending flange at the outer edge of said first flange, the bottom extending across the base of the cover forming the dead-air space, the tubular guide for the dasher-rod extending between the center of the bottom and the apex of the cover, and the depending flange located withi n and spaced apart from the outer depending flange forming an annular cham her to fit upon the upper end of a churn-body, said inner depending flange being provided at its upper edge with a rim-flange secured to the bottom of the cover and the clasps carried by the cover whereby to secure said cover in place upon a churn-body, substantially as set forth.

2. The churn-cover herein described comprising the base-plate provided at its outer edge with a depending flange overlapping the outer side of the churn-body, the flange depending from the base-plate and located Within and spaced apart from the outer flange and arranged to lap within the churn-body, the

THOMAS H. B. VAN HOOZER.

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W. A. W'ALDRoP, J. W. MONTGOMERY.

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