Improvements in Butter Working and Salting Apparatus.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 21st Apr., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 19th Jan., 1899-Accepted, 25th Feb., 1899
PROVISIONAL DI MUITIVATION,
Improvements in Butter Working and Salting Apparatus.
I, JOHN FLYNN, Junior, of 35, South Terrace, in the City and County of Cork,
Butter Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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This invention relates to butter workers having rotary conical tables and rotary
conical rollers, and it consists in the use of two or more shaped projections one fixed
at or about the centre of the apparatus and adapted to deflect the butter on the
table from the centre towards the periphery and at the same time invert it or turn
it over and the other fixed at or about the periphery of the apparatus and adapted
to deflect the butter on the table from the periphery towards the centre and at the
same time invert it, or turn it over, the said shaped projections being located at
convenient positions in front of the rollers.
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The shaped projections are so mounted as to be capable of vertical and angular
adjustment with respect to the table so that their position can be varied according
to the nature of the butter being worked.
By the use of these devices the washing, and salting, of the butter is materially
facilitated.
ROBERT E. PHILLIPS, Assoc.M.Inst.C.E., M.I.Mech. E.,
Consulting Engineer & Patent Agent,
70, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.
Improvements in Butter Working and Salting Apparatus.
I, JOHN FLYNN, Junior, of 35, South Terrace, in the City and County of Cork,
Butter Merchant, 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:-
This invention relates to butter workers having rotary conical tables and rotary,
conical rollers, and it consists in the use of two or more shaped projections or
ploughs carried by the frame of the machine, the one adapted to deflect or gather
up the butter from the centre of the table towards the neriphery at the same time
inverting it or turning it over, and the other to deflect or gather up the butter
from the periphery of the table towards the centre at the same time inverting it
or turning it over.

page_text: In the accompanying drawing which illustrates this invention ;-
Figure 1 Sheet No. 1 is a view in elevation-partly in section-of a butter
working table fitted with my invention.
Figure 2 Sheet No. 1 is a broken view in plan thereof.
Figures 3 and 4 Sheet No. 2 are views in elevation and plan respectively of one
of the ploughs.
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Figures 5 and 6 Sheet No. 2 are views in transverse section on lines v, v,
and w, w, Figure 3.
Figures 7 and 8 Sheet No. 2 are views in elevation and plan respectively of the
other plough, and
Figures 9, 10 and 11 Sheet No. 2 are views in transverse section on lines x, x,
y, y, and z, z, Figure 7.
Throughout the views similar parts are marked with like letters of reference.
The machine which is of the usual construction consists, of a suitable frame A
in which is a vertical axle B running in suitable bearings, of a rotating conical
table C mounted on the said axle and driven by means of suitable gearing through
pulleys D which receive motion from any convenient source of power, and of a
pair of conical fluted rollers E, E, carried by suitable axles e¹, e¹, mounted in
bearings carried by the frame A and driven by gearing as shown.
The ploughs F and G which constitute my invention are mounted in suitable
positions between the rollers E, E. The plough F is mounted on a spring arm fl
hinged or otherwise fixed to the frame A as shown by Figure 2 the elasticity of
the spring being adapted to keep the said plough against the rim c¹ of the table.
The plough F is shaped as shown by Figures 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11 so that it acts
both to force the butter towards the centre of the table and also to invert it.
The plough G is carried by an arm gl hinged or otherwise fixed to the upper
portion of the frame A preferably in such a manner as to provide for its vertical
adjustment. The plough G is shaped as shown by Figures 3, 4, 5, and 6, so that
it not only acts to gather up the butter but also to invert it or turn it over before
it reaches the next roller.
Although the arms fl and g¹ are shown in the drawing fixed to the frame by
bolts I prefer to hinge them thereto so that the ploughs can readily be lifted clear
of the table for cleansing purposes, any suitable clip or other device being employed
to lock the hinges when the ploughs are in operation.
By the use of these ploughs the working, washing and salting of butter is
materially facilitated and a considerable amount of hand labour saved.
To prevent the butter gathering at the edges of the rollers the usual guides H as
shown in dotted lines in Figure may be employed.
Although I have described my invention as applied to a machine having two
rollers it is applicable to machines having any number of rollers the number of
projections or ploughs being preferably equal to the number of rollers.
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:
(1) The combination with a butter working machine consisting of a rotating
conical table and of rotary conical rollers, of projections or ploughs located between
the rollers and adapted to operate as herein specified.
(2) A butter working machine consisting of a rotating cone-shaped table over
or in contact with which revolve cone-shaped rollers, of mechanism for imparting
motion to the said table and rollers, and of projections or ploughs carried by the
frame of the machine and adapted to gather up and invert the butter after it is
spread by the rollers, as and for the purpose set forth.
(3) A butter working machine consisting of a rotating cone-shaped table over
or in contact with which revolve cone-shaped rollers, of mechanism for imparting
motion to the said table and rollers, of a projection or plough such as F carried
by an elastic or spring arm fixed to the frame of the machine, and of a projection

page_text: or plough such as G carried by a rigid arm adjustably mounted on the frame of
the machine so that its vertical position can be varied, as and for the purpose
set forth.
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ROBERT E. PHILLIPS, Assoc.M.Inst.C.E., M.I.Mech.E.,
Chartered Patent Agent,
70, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.