US815358A

US815358A - Churn.

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Publication number: US815358A
Application number: US27640305A
Authority: US
Inventors: Clyde W Lowrey
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1905-08-30
Filing date: 1905-08-30
Publication date: 1906-03-20
Anticipated expiration: 1923-03-20

Description

No. 815,358. PATENTED MAR.20,1906.

G.W.L0WRBY.

GHURN.

APPLICATION FILED AUG. 30. 1906 2 SHEETfi-SHEET 1.

- A I I gawentoz 6W1 rey 2 Q we v W UNITED STATES PAEENT OFFICE.

CLYDE w LOWREY, OF OENTERVILLE, ALABAMA.

GH'URN'.

Specification of Iletters Patent;

Patented March 2( 19L 6;

To all whom it may concern.-

. Be it known that I, CLYDE W. LowREY, a

citizen of the United States, residing at Centerville, in the county of Bibb and State of Alabama, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Ohurns, of which the following 1s a specification.

, This'invention relates to improvements in churns, and more particularly to those em-,

to ploying a rotary dasher.

The object of the invention is to provide a churn of this character which will be simple in construction, which can be readily taken apart and cleaned, and which is so designed. as to hasten the separation of the oily globules and facilitate theformation' of butter.

A further object is to provide means whereby the dasher can be rotated by a treadle,

thereby enabling thechurn to be operated with a minimum amount of labor.

With these objects in view the invention consists, essentially, of abhurn-body having a rotary dasher mounted therein which is connected by suitable gearingto a wheel v upon the outside of the churn and means 7 whereby-said Wheel can be operated by a treadle.

- For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof and also to acquire a, knowledge of the details of construction of the means for eflecting the result reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, in which F1gure 1 is a longitudinal sectional view 3 5 through the churn. Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the churn, showing the treadle mechanism. Fig. 3 is a top plan v1ew of the churn. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a modified form of dasher.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

The numeral 1 designates the churn-body, 4 5 which is provided with a rotary dasher-rod 2', the lower end of which rests in a socket 3,

while the upper end passes through centrallylocated openings in the covers of the churn.

Two covers'areprovided, an outer cover 4 and an inner cover 5, whichrests upon proi j ections 6 on the side of the churn and slants outward toward the dasher-rod, so as to 'throw the cream toward the center of the churn and prevent it from splashing out. A series of plates 7 are slidably mounted upon the dasher-rod 2 and are adapted to be against withdrawal.

clamped in the desired position by means of set-screws 8. Upright members 9 project from diametrically opposite points on the top of the churn and have their ends connected by a removable cross-piece 10, provided with a centrally-located recess, which serves as a housing for the beveled earing 11, by means of which the dasher-rod is connected to a o transverse shaft 12. The dasher-rod is held in a fixed position when the churn is in oper-. ation by means of a brace member 13, providedwith a bearing for the dasher-rod at one end and connected to one of the upright members 9 at the opposite end. This brace 7 member 13 'is' supported at an intermediate point by ahook 14, projecting outwardly from the cross-piece 10. The shaft 12passes through a suitable bearing 15 in the opposite upright member9 'and is suspended from the cross-piece 10 by a hook or support 16. Both of the hooks 14 and 16 are provided with screws 17, whichenable the members supported thereby to be locked in position A wheel 18 is mounted upon the outer end of the shaft 12 and is connectedQby means of a belt 19, to a larger wheel 20, mounted upon a stub-shaft 21, projecting from the side of the churn-body. This wheel 20 is connected by the rod 23 to a treadle 22, which is mounted upon a shaft projecting from the lower portion of the churn. It will thus be understood that by operating the treadle 22 the wheels 20 and 18 will be caused to rotate and that motion will be transmitted 'to the dasher through the shaft 12 and thebeveled gearing 1 1. v

Instead of the plate 7, mounted upon the dasher-rod 2, it may be found desirable to employ fans 24, which can be similarly mounted thereon The superiority of this churn resides rin-- cipally in the method of mounting the b ades of the dasher, whereby same can be adjusted according to the amount of cream in the 1& churn, in the peculiar construction of the cover, whereby any splashing of the cream is prevented, and in the gearlng, by means of which motion is transmitted to from a treadle. I

v Having thus described the invention, What is claime as new is. 7

The combination of a churn-body, u ri ht members projecting from approximate y iametrically opposite points on the top thereof, 1 [o a removable cross-piece connecting said up-' right members, a guide member connected the dasher to one ofthe upright members and provided means whereby the shaft can be rotated by a 10 with a bearing within which the dasher-rod treadle mechanism.

rotates, a hook projecting from the cross- In testimony whereof I aflix my signature piece and serving as a support for the guide in presence of two Witnesses.

member a shaft passing through the oppo- 7 site upri ght member, a second hook project- CLYDE LOVVREX' ing from a cross-piece and serving as a sup- Witnesses: port for the shaft, intermeshing'gearingcon S. D. HALL, necting the shaft and the dasher-rod, and J. S. MOORE.