IMPROVEMENTS IN CHEESE PRESSES
Year: 1885

page_text: 1, JOHN GRAY of Stranraer in the County of Wigtown, Ironmonger, do hereby
declare the nature of the said invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN CHEESE PRESSES
to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in cheese presses and the improvements
consist in effecting the pressure on the cheese through a strong spiral spring
instead of through levers as in the presses at present in use.
The spring is contained between the crusher or pressure plate and a cup or
socket acted upon by a screw so as to compress or release the spring and, to show
what pressure
bearing on the cheese, a bolt or indicator, graded as required; is so
arranged as to move up and down according to the varying pressure on the spring.
The advantages accruing from this Invention are that space is economized and a
constant and perfectly level pressure is given to the checse which pressure by
consulting the indicator can be at once ascertained or determined.
GEO. M. CRUIKSHANK, Fel. Inst. P.A.,
135, Buchanan Street, Glasgow,
Agent.
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I, JOHN GRAY of Stranraer in the County of Wigtown, Ironmonger, 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 improvements in cheese presses and the improvements
consist in effecting the pressure on the cheese through a strong spiral spring
instead of through levers as in such presses as heretofore ordinarily made.
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page_text: As illustrated in elevation at fig. 1, and in enlarged detailed vertical section wo
fig. 2, of the annexed drawings the spring a, is preferably contained within a recess
or socket partly made in the upper surface of the crusher or movable pressure
plate b, and partly within a cup c, acted on by a screw d, so as to compress or
release the spring. The screw passes through a nut contained within a recess
made to receive it in the headstock f, the nut being kept in position in the recess
by a cover f¹, bolted or otherwise secured to the headstock and the screw is turned
by the band lever g, which passes horizontally through a hole made near the lower
part of the spindle. As seen at fig. 2, the cup or socket c, is maintained on the
lower part of the spindle d, by collars or ruffs, and the cup c, and crusher or
movable pressure plate b, are attached together by bolts h, the lower ends of which
are fixed in lugs or flanges i, made in the crusher whilst their upper ends pass
loosely through holes in lugs or flanges made in the cup. Each of the bolts is
preferably contained within a length of tube and to show or indicate what pressure
is bearing through the plate or crusher b, on the cheese, one of the said tubes is
graded as seen at fig. 2, so as to constitute an indicator, the pressure being
ascertained by reading the indication immediately above that lug in the socket or
cup c, through which the indicating bolt passes.
Instead of the spring being contained as herein before described and shown, the
screwed spindle d, may be connected direct to the crusher or pressure plate b, and
the spring situated within a chamber formed in or secured to the headstock f, of
the press, the spring being in that case compressed by a collar or cup placed above
it and connected to the screw the said collar or cup having an indicating finger or
pointer projecting through a slot in the front of the chamber .containing the
screw,
The advantages accruing from this invention are that space is economised and a
constant and perfectly level pressure is given to the cheese which pressure, by
consulting the indicator, can be at once ascertained or determined.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the. nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that wha
I claim is
First. The cheese press arranged and constructed substantially as hereinbefor
described with reference to the drawings annexed.
Second. In a chesse press the employment of a spiral spring a, situated betwee
the movable crusher or presser b and socket c, or within a chamber in or connected
to the headstock of the press as and for the purpose set forth.
Third. In a cheese press the combination of a spiral spring with apparatus t
indicate the pressure exerted substantially as described.
Antahan 1885