Improvements in the Manufacture of Butter.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 30th July, 1891
Complete Specification Left, 30th Apr., 1892-Accepted, 4th June, 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Butter.
I EDWARD MAURICE GREENWAY, of Greenway Luppitt, in the County of
Devon, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
This invention for improvements in the manufacture of butter has for its object
to reduce the time usually taken in producing butter from the milk and sending it
to market.
Heretofore it has been usual in dairy districts for farmers to make the butter
from the cream and send the butter to large towns or to send their separator
cream to wholesale dealers in large towns who then made the cream into butter.
In either case a considerable time was lost in making up the butter before being
ready for sale. Now my invention consists in collecting the separator cream at
the different railway stations of a dairy district and in providing means whereby
the said cream can be made into butter during transit thus saving the time
usually lost in making the butter.
The train which conveys the cream is provided with the necessary apparatus
for making the butter. A railway van suitable for this purpose is constructed
with a double casing so that if desired cold air may be circulated round it or
the space may be filled with a suitable non-conductor to keep the interior cool.
The van is fitted with churns either arranged to be driven by any surplus power
from the locomotive or by a small donkey engine, and with a hot and cold water
supply and the other necessary appliances used in the manufacture of butter.
desired several vans may be connected together to form one long continuous
chamber as in the ordinary post-office sorting vans, and the cans containing the
cream may be provided with wheels so that they can be readily moved about.
The van may be provided with rails to still further facilitate the movements of
the cans.
Dated this 30th day of July 1891
If
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
40, Chancery Lane, London, Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Manufacture of Butter.
I, EDWARD MAURICE GREENWAY, of Greenway Luppitt, in the County of
Devon, Gentleman, 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 for improvements in the manufacture of butter has for its object
to reduce the time usually taken in producing butter from milk and sending it to
market.
Hitherto it has been usual in dairy districts for farmers to make the butter from
the milk and send the butter to large towns or to send their separator cream to
wholesale dealers in large towns who then made the cream into butter. In either
case a considerable time was lost in making up the butter before being ready for
sale. Now this invention consists in collecting the separator cream at the different
railway stations or other centres of a dairy district and in providing means whereby
the said cream can be made into butter during transit, thus saving the time usually
lost in making the butter.

page_text: The train which conveys the cream is provided with the necessary apparatus for
making the butter. A railway van suitable for the purpose is constructed with a
double casing so that if desired cold air may be circulated between them or the
space may be filled with a suitable non-conductor to keep the interior cool. The
van is provided with churns either arranged to be driven by any surplus power
from the locomotive or by a small donkey engine, and with a hot and cold water
supply and the other necessary appliances used in the manufacture of butter. If
desired several vans may be connected together to form a long continuous
chamber as in the ordinary post-office sorting vans-and the cans containing the
cream may be provided with wheels so that they can be readily moved about.
The van may be provided with rails to still further facilitate the movements of
the cans.
In the accompanying sheet of illustrative drawings:
Fig. 1. is a longitudinal section of a railway van suitable for manufacturing
butter from separator cream during transit, and Fig. 2. is a sectional plan of the
same.
The van a is constructed with a double casing so as to leave a space for the
circulation of air, or the space may be packed with a suitable non-conducting
material such as slag wool. A shaft runs longitudinally of the van and is
arranged to be driven by a small engine d on the engine tender e and supplied with
steam from the locomotive boiler. The van is provided with a cistern f for hot
water and a cistern g for cold water; also with churns and butter workers i.
The churns and washers are driven from the shaft e by straps running on the
pulleys or by other suitable gearing. Hinged flaps or tables m are also provided
and are held up by the chains n or by hinged brackets. Rails o are arranged
longitudinally of the van along one side and the cream cans and other receptacles
are provided with wheels corresponding to the rails.
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 construction and arrangement of a railway or other van suitable for the
manufacture of butter from separator cream during transit, substantially as
described.
(2). The improvements in the manufacture of butter substantially as described
with reference to the drawings.
Dated this Thirtieth day of April 1892.
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
40, Chancery Lane, London, Agents.