Improvements in or relating to Butter Workers.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 25th Oct., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 31st July, 1895-Accepted, 12th Oct., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Butter Workers.
I, FREDERICK THEODORE GADE, of Caterham, in the County of Surrey,
Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention has reference to a construction of butter worker in which the
table upon which the butter is treated is so formed and mounted that an oscillating
or rocking motion can be imparting to it for the purpose of discharging buttermilk
and water separated from the butter treated thereon into suitably arranged
channels.
In one arrangement of my butter worker, the table or tray, of rectangular form
in plan, is mounted to rock upon trunnions or centres upon a frame or support.
The table is formed on its upper surface near its sides with longitudinal grooves
or gutters from which extend holes or passages through which buttermilk or water
is discharged into grooves or channels arranged below them in the frame or support
upon which the table or tray is mounted to rock. Or the grooves or gutters in
the upper surface of the table may be dispensed with, the discharge holes or
passages; near the sides of the table, being used alone.
The table in each case may be flat or arched on its upper side, and be rocked by
various means.
In another construction of butter worker according to this invention, the table
and its frame with channels or gutters are combined so that they can be rocked
together as one piece. This may conveniently. be done by mounting the frame
upon rockers or providing it with lower convex supporting surfaces. In this case
the frame may be provided with pivoted brackets carrying wheels or rollers that
can be brought into position to firmly support the frame and attached parts when it
is not desired to rock the same.
I, FREDERICK THEODORE GADE, of Caterham, in the County of Surrey,
Gentleman, do hereby déclaré 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 has reference to a construction of butter' worker'in which the
table upon which the butter is treated is so formed 'and mounted 'that an oscillating
or rocking motion can be imparted to it for the purpose of discharging buttermilk
and water separated from the butter treated thereon into suitably arranged
channels

page_text: In the accompanying drawings,
Fig. 1 is a perspective view showing a butter-worker constructed according to
this invention.
Fig. 2 is n side view, partly in longitudinal section, and Fig. 3 an end view,
showing part of a slightly modified construction of butter-worker.
Fig. 4 is a plan and Fig. 5 a cross section of the table alone.
1 is the butter-maker table provided at each end with a bracket or extension 2
by means of which and a bolt 3, it is pivoted to the frame 4 so that it can be
oscillated or rocked from side to side, conveniently by hand for which purpose it
may be provided with handles 5. To facilitate the rocking motion and prevent
undue shock at the end of each to and fro movement, a spring 6 of curved form, as
seen in side view, may advantageously be fixed upon the frame 4 between the same
and the underside of the table 1 at each side thereof as shown in Figs. 2 and 3.
The two springs also serve to hold the table in the mid-position shown when not
being rocked. The table, which is mounted so as to be slightly inclined from end
to end, is formed on its upper surface, at or near its sides, with longitudinal grooves
or gutters 7 from each of which, at its lower end, extends a hole 8 (Fig. 4) through
which, butter-milk and water is discharged, during the working of butter on the
table, into a channel or trough 9 arranged below it, and thence into a receptacle 10
(Fig. 1) through an opening in the bottom of the channel or trough. Or the
grooves or gutters 7 may be dispensed with, the discharge holes 8 at the lower end
of the table being used alone.
The table 1 may be flat on its upper side, as shown in full lines in Fig. 5, or
rounded or inclined from its middle portion to each side, as shown in dotted lines in
that figure.
The extent of oscillation of the table may be limited by providing the frame 4
at one end with a plate 11 formed with an arc-shaped slot 11* that is concentric
with the axis of the adjacent pivot bolt 3 and through which extends a screw 12
fixed to the adjoining bracket 2, as shown in Figs. 6 & 7, which are respectively an
end view and a side elevation partly in section. By providing the screw with a
nut 12, the bracket 2 can be secured to the plate 11 so as to fix the table at any
required angle to the horizontal, or in its mid-position, as may be required.
Fig. 8 is an end elevation showing another construction of butter-worker
according to this invention in which the table 1 with discharge holes, and the
frame 4, are combined so that they can be rocked together as one piece. This may
conveniently be done by mounting the said frame upon rockers 4*, or providing it
with lower convex supporting surfaces. In this case the frame may be provided
at each end with pivoted arms or brackets 13 carrying wheels 14 that can, by
turning the said arms or brackets about their pivots, be brought into position to
rest upon the floor, so as to firmly support the frame and attached parts in a
fixed position when it is not desired to rock the same. The pair of rollers 14 at
each side of the frame may be replaced by a roller or bar extending along the
side of the machine.
A butter-worker constructed with a rocking or oscillating table as described,
is provided with a butter working roller 15 that may be of any suitable kiud, and
which is mounted in a carriage 16 adapted to be reciprocated over the table l
whilst the same is being rocked, the roller 15 serving to form transverse channels
in the butter through which the butter-milk and water separated therefrom can
readily flow to that side of the table that is, for the time being, lowest, and thence
away through the corresponding discharge hole 8.
As will be obvious, instead of mounting the table so that it can be rocked from
side to side, it may be mounted so that it can be rocked from end to end. In this
case, the butter working roller 15 is preferably formed with circular ridges or
projections to form longitudinal furrows in the butter to facilitate the escape
therefrom of the butter-milk and water to the ends of the table and thence to the
discharge holes therein.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven--
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is :-
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1. A butter-worker having a table so mounted and arranged that an oscillating
or rocking motion can be imparted to it for the purpose of readily draining away
butter-milk and water separated from butter being worked thereon, substantially
as herein described.
2. A butter-worker comprising a frame, and a table that is pivoted to the
said frame so that it can be rocked or oscillated from side to side or end to
end and is formed with discharge holes or passages through which butter-milk
and water draining off from the butter under treatment, can readily escape,
substantially as herein described.
3. Butter-workers constructed, arranged and operating substantially as herein-.
before described with reference to the several examples illustrated in the drawings
annexed.
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W. Lloyd Wise,
FREDK. T. GADE.
46, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant..