US973327A - Crusher-mill. - Google Patents

Description

J. WILLIAMS.y

GRUSBBR MILL.

v APPLICATION LED DBO.4,1909. @$3,391 Patented 0013.118, 1910.

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J. WILLIAMS. y

GRUSHER MILL.

HPLIOATION FILED 1320.4. was.

973,327. Panea 0ct.18,1910.

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JOHN WILLIAMS, F COLT, ARKANSAS.

CRUSHER-MILL.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. 18, 1910.

Original application led .Tune 9, 1909, Serial No. 501,068. Divided and this application filed December 4,'

' 1909. Serial No. 531,326.

To all whom 'it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN WILLIAMS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Colt, in the county of St.v Francis, State of Arkansas, have invented certain new and 'usel the art to which it appertains to makeand use the same.

' The invention .relates to sorghum mills and more particularly to the class of Crusher machines for mashing Sugar cane or the like;

The primary obj ect of the invention is the 'p'rovlslon of a machine of this character in which shredded material is fed thereinto and mashed to completely extract the saccharne juice from the cane.

Another object of the invention is the provision of a machine of this characterl in lwhich material introduced therein will be acted upon by a rotatable crushing roller to extract juice therefrom which will be ;eparated from the mashed or crushed Inaterial and delivered from one end of the machine, while the mashed or crushed material will be delivered from one side of. the machine.

A further object of theinvention is the provision of a machine of this character which is simplein construction, thoroughly reliable and eliicient in 4operation and in ex ensivein the manufacture.

gt/'ith theseV and other objects in view, the invention consists in the construction, combination and arrangement of parts', as will Vbe hereinafter more fully described i de tail, illustrated `in the accompanying drawin fs, Which'disclose the preferred orm of enibodimnt o f the invention -to enable those skilled in theart to practice the same, and as pointed out in the claims hereunto appended.

In the drawings z-Figure 1 is a side elevation of a machine constructed in accord-- ance with the invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse sectional vicw through the same. Fig. 3 is one end elevation of the machine. Fig. 4; is a longitudinal sectional View throughthe machine. Fig. 5 is an opposite end elevation of the machine'.

Similar reference characters indicate-.cor-

responding parts throughout the several views in the drawings.

Referring to the drawings by numerals, 8 desifrnates generally a shredding cylinder, the etail description of which is set fo'rth in Iny co-pending application Serial No. 501,068, filed June 9, 1909, this application being a division thereof.

Immediately below the shredding cylin der S, and in communication therewlth, is a crushing cylinder 9, the same being of ap proximately the size of the shredding cylinder 8, which latter is superimposed thereon and both of these cylinders are supported by vertical uprights 10, rising from a base 11, the uprights 10, being united by concaved cross connecting pieces 12, in which rests the crushing roller.9, and to the cross connecting pieces 12, are connected swinging yoke members-13, which latter serve to seeureiy mount the said cylinders in proper Working relation to eachother.

Eccentrically disposed within the crushing cylinder t), is a rotatable shaft 14, the lat-ter having its bearings in adjustable jour-v nal blocks l5, slidably7 fitted in bearing brackets 1G, mounted exteriorly at'oppoSita-SO ends of the Crusher cylinder and 1n this manner the shaft 14, is capable of; vertical adjustment at the will of an operat manipulating Set screws 17, engag journal blocks, and these set screws threaded inthe bearing brackets.

Fixed to the rotatable shaft 14,' is .a n Crusher roller- 18, having a ribbed v0r oo riugated outer surface ltl, which is adapted tc' 'act upon shredded -n1aterial` such as sugar cam` or the like intrmlucedfinto the Qcylinder il, in the manner as willberl' more fully described.

'ithin the Crusher cylinder of its eomnIuuication with the'cyiinde .S ,is" 95 hinged by a )ivot rod. 20, a. presser'1'o`d' or. plato 2l, the latter being held by expansion springs 22, against the corrugated surface' of the Crusher roller 1S, so as to act' upon the shredded. material between the latter and the plate 21, to extract juice thv and this juice lpasses through a Wif strainer or reticula-ted plate 23, so asft nrate the :mashed inatm'ial from the which is delivered to an inclined bottom 2lbof the crusher cylinder 9, and discharged therefrom through a out 25, at one end of the said cylinder 9,' w ile the crushed material passes through a discharge opening 26, in one 'side of the Crusher cylinder.

It is of course to be understood that the expansion spring 22, will be of sufficient strength to retain the presser Wing or plate 21, constantlyin close relation to the Crusher roller 18, so as to effect a complete extraction of the juice from the shredded material delivered from the shredding cylinder 8, to the crusher cylinder. This strainer or reticulated plate 23, lies in close relation to the `Crusher roller 18, and extends partially about its circumferen'ce,one edge being connected to a'supporting bar 27, mounted inA thel cylinder 9, and its opposite edge being connected. to the inner'v face of the cylinder in proximity to its discharge openlng 26, therein ywill .effect the discharge of mashed material through said opening from the cyl! inder.

Fixed to the shaft 14, exteriorly of the .cylinder 9, is a belt pulley 28, over Which is trained a driven band or belt 29, which lat.-

fter isl also trained over a pulley 30, supported by a shaft mounted centrally vin the vshredding cylinder 8, and this belt or band pivotal arm 33., of the tightener and to the i Acylinder 9, and through the Inediulnof this Vis held Ataut upon the pulleys by a belt tightenerA 31,controlled by a spring 32, fixed to a belt motionfwill be imparted simultaneously.

tothe roller 18, land the shredding mechanism of the machine.

What is claimed is cylinders, of a. Crusher roller eccentrically mounted in one cylinder, spring pressed means acting upon said Crusher roller, a flexible foraminous plate partly surrounding and contacting ,'Withuthe yCrusher roller,

said plates being tixed'avthin the last -men tioned cylinder V'to separate fluid and solid matter from each other, and means detach.- ably supporting the cylinders Within Working relation to each other.

2. In a machine of the class described, a v

cylinder, a exible concaved toraminous plate Within Ythefcylinder for dividing the same into independent compartments, the Said cylinder beingprovided with side and end -outlets communicatingY with said 'com partments respectively, a rotatable Crusherv roller eccentrlcally mounted in one compartment .contiguous the foraminous plate whereby Isolid and juicysubstances nia-y be acted upon for their separation and delivery independently of each vother to the compart- Aments, and presser means disposed Within the cylinder adjacent to said/Crusher roller to force the material against the Crusherv roller. v 1

` In testimony whereof, I atlix' my signa ture, in presence of two Witnesses. y

v f JOHN-WILLIAMS.

' Y Witnesses: V

EDWARD GRAY,

JAMES L. Guai'.

'1. The combination with communicati-ng

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