Apparatus for Pressing, Moulding, or Shaping Butter or Margarine, and Impressing Designs, Names, or Letters thereon.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Apr., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 17th Feb., 1890-Accepted, 22nd Mar.,
1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Apparatus for Pressing, Moulding, or Shaping Butter or Margarine,
and Impressing Designs, Names, or Letters thereon.
I, HUGH MOPHAIL, of 51 & 52 Capel Street, in the City of Dublin Ireland, Agent,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The machine consists of sole-plate or base, and may be either circular, square,
oblong, or other shape. A box frame of any such shape in two parts which opens
and closes horizontally above the sole-plate on hinge arrangement attached to an
upright from the sole-plate at hinge side, or corner, of box frame. The upright from
the sole-plate has attached thereto a perpendicular motion arrangement with block,
and is wrought with a lever handle which presses the butter or margarine between
the box frame parts in their closed position. The lever with its attachments are
lifted back to the raised position by a spring.
The butter or margarine is placed in the machine between the box frame parts
upon a plate or block with handle thereto. This plate or block fits into a cavity in
the sole-plate, which has an outlet for the handle, and over which the box frame parts
opens and closes. The butter or margarine is put into, and removed from, the
machine upon the handled plate or block.
The box frame parts may have designs cut on them inside, or blocks with designs
thereon may be attached to their inside, and such designs, with designs upon the
handled plate or block on sole-plate, and designs on the block attached to the lever
perpendicular motion arrangement, impresses the designs on all sides of the particular
shape of the butter or margarine when the lever is pressed down. The box frame
parts are opened to remove the butter or margarine.
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With different dimensions of blocks to fit inside the box frame parts,.any desired
shape, or weight of butter or margarine, or any substance of like consistency, may
be pressed, and any impress made thereon.
Dated this 17th da of Anni 1990-
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Apparatus for Pressing, Moulding, or Shaping Butter or Margarine,
and Impressing Designs, Names, or Letters thereon.
I, HUGH MCPHAIL of 51 and 52 Capel Street, in the City of Dublin, Ireland,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement :-
My invention relates to apparatus for pressing and moulding or shaping butter or
the like and comprises various improvements hereinafter set forth.
In the accompanying drawing I have shown how my said invention may be
conveniently and advantageously carried into practice.
Figure 1 is a front elevation.
Figure 2 is a vertical central section partly in side elevation and
Figure 3 is a horizontal section on the line x, x Figures 1 and 2 illustrating one
form or modification of my improved apparatus.
Figures 4 and 5 are plans showing details of construction.
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Figures 6 and 7 are similar views to Figures 4 and 5, showing a slight modification
hereinafter described.
Like letters indicate corresponding parts throughout the drawing.
A is a bed plate or base plate which is provided with a recess or well A' intended

page_text: to receive a plate B having a handle B' as more clearly shown in Figures 4 and 5.
C is a hollow column or tube firmly secured at its lower extremity to the said bed
plate or base plate A by means of screw threads C or otherwise. D is a plunger
arranged to move freely in the said hollow column or tube C. The plunger D is
provided with an extension or bracket D' either formed in one therewith or firmly
attached thereto. The extension D' projects through a slit or slot C² in the hollow
column or tube Cand is adapted to move freely therein. E E' are screw-threaded
plugs by means of which the upper and lower extremities of the hollow column or
tube C are closed. F is a spiral spring which tends to maintain the plunger D
normally in its highest position or at the top of its stroke. G is a box or mould
formed in two parts, each of which is hinged at G₁ to the hollow column or
tube C. His a pressing or printing block which may be provided with a design
or printed matter of any suitable description upon its underside. The block H is
firmly secured to the lower or one extremity of a rod or stem H', the other or upper
extremity of which is attached to the extension D' on the plunger D by means of
screw-threads H2 or otherwise. I is a bent lever provided upon one extremity with
a fork I, and pivoted at 12 to lugs C³ provided upon the hollow column or tube ():
The other extremity of the bent lever I is provided with a handle I³ for convenience
of operating the said lever. J is a forked link or connecting rod coupled at one
extremity to a fork or to an eye provided upon the rod or stem H' which is extended
through the extension or bracket D' for that purpose, or to a fork or eye provided
upon the said bracket, and at the other to the bent lever 1. It will be seen that by
drawing or moving downwards the said bent lever I the plunger D and the pressing
or printing block H will also be caused to descend, the latter being of such dimensions
as to be an easy fit in the box or mould G. K is a catch or fastener for securing
together the two halves or parts of the said box or mould during the moulding and
printing operation.
In some instances I provide blocks having designs or printed matter thereon
adapted to be secured to the interior walls of the box or mould G and upon the
upper surface of the plate B, or the said designs or printed matter may be formed
direct upon the said box or mould G and upon the plate B. When the said designs
or printed matter are upon separate blocks, pieces, or surfaces suitable means may
be provided for permitting of their being easily attached to and detached from the
box or mould or from the plate, so that the said designs or printed matter may be
varied when desired, moreover the said blocks pieces, or surfaces may be of different
dimensions thus providing for pressing, moulding, or shaping pieces of butter or
other suitable material of various weights and dimensions without necessitating the
changing of the said box or mould. In some instances 1 also provide removable
printing surfaces adapted to be secured upon the pressing or printing block H, or
the latter may be so formed as to be readily interchangeable.
Figures 6 and 7 illustrate a slight modification wherein the bed or base plate A is
formed in the shape of a parallelogram. In this instance the well A¹ in the said bed
or base plate A, the box or mould G the pressing or printing block H and the
plate B are formed of corresponding shapes, and the said box or mould G is hinged
or jointed at one of its corners so as to enable the said mould to be opened (when
the butter or other material is pressed, moulded or shaped) without injuring the
impression and the said butter or other material to be easily removed therefrom.
The operation is as follows, that to say-The butter or other material intended
to be pressed, moulded, or shaped is placed in the box or mould G. The bent lever I
is then moved downwards by means of the handle 13 so as to cause the descent of the
plunger D the spiral spring F being compressed during this movement.
The
pressing or printing block H being secured to the extension or bracket D¹ upon
the said plunger D also descends and compresses the butter or other material in
the box or mould G. When the said butter or other material is sufficiently
compressed in the said box or mould to cause it to assume the desired shape, and
to receive the impression of the designs or printed matter upon the pressing or
printing block and in the box or mould G, and upon the plate B, (when provided

page_text: upon the latter) the bent lever or handle I is released, and the plunger D rises under
the reaction of the spring F carrying with it the said bent lever I and the pressing
or printing block H. The catch or fastener K is then released and the box or mould
opened (as shown by the dotted lines Figure 3) and the moulded or shaped piece of
butter or other material is then removed upon the plate B.
When designs or printed matter are provided upon the interior walls of the box or
mould G and upon the plate B the shaped or moulded piece of butter or other
material will have impressions thereof printed upon all its sides.
It is obvious moreover that I can somewhat further modify the construction of my
improved apparatus without however departing in any way from the nature of my
said invention. For instance the well or recess in the bed plate or base plate and the
box or mould may be formed of any other suitable shape, and the descent of the
pressing or printing block may be operated without the bent lever or handle
herein before described, a knob, handle or other suitable means being provided upon
the extension or bracket supporting the said pressing or printing block, for that
purpose.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
First. An apparatus for pressing moulding or shaping butter or other suitable
material consisting essentially of a bed or base plate having a suitable well or recess
adapted to receive a plate, a box or mould formed in two parts or halves and a
pressing or printing block, for the purposes above specified.
Second. In an apparatus for pressing moulding or shaping butter or other suitable
material the employment of removable or interchangeable shaping, moulding, or
printing surfaces, substantially as described.
Third. The improved apparatus constructed substantially as described with reference
to either of the forms or modifications illustrated in the accompanying drawings, for
the purposes above specified.
HUGH MOPHAIL.
Haseltine, Lake & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, Agents for the Applicant.