Improvements in and relating to Cheese Vats.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 4th Mar., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 4th Dec., 1891-Accepted, 6th Feb., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Cheese Vats.
I, GEORGE PLANT EVANS of 36 High Street, Stone, Staffordshire, Agricultural
Implement Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My invention relates to improvements in the construction of vats employed in
the production of cheese and to means for raising or tilting one end of the vat in
order to facilitate the draining or emptying of same.
The cheese vats at present in use are formed where the sides and ends are joined
together with square corners. Now with vats according to my invention I propose
to form the corners round, that is to say the sides and ends will meet each other at
right angles and tangential to a quadrant of a circle, thus greatly facilitating the
cleaning etc., whilst the vat will present a much better appearance and serve as
a much better utensil than those having square corners.
The remaining feature of my said invention consists in providing means for
raising one end of the vat when emptying the contents. Vats according to my
invention are carried on four wheels, as at present, and these wheels are mounted
loosely on the ends of two axles. One of said axles is capable of being rotated and
is provided at each end with a fixed pinion gearing into a rack formed on or
adjacent to the wheel bracket. A worm wheel is keyed to the centre of the axle
which is rotated by a worm carried on one end of a spindle disposed at right angles
to the said rotatable axle and provided at the opposite end with a hand wheel.
Upon turning the hand wheel motion is conveyed by the spindle and worm to the
worm wheel which in turn causes the axle to rotate and the pinions mounted
thereon to raise the racks fixed in the wheel brackets thus elevating one end of the
vat to the required height where it remains until the hand wheel is again put
in motion.
Dated this 3rd day of March 1891.
JAMES
STEVENSON,
20, High Holborn, London, W.C., Agent for Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Cheese Vats.
I, GEORGE PLANT EVANS, of 36 High Street, Stone, Staffordshire, Agricultural
Implement Manufacturer, 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 improvements in the construction of vats employed in the
production of cheese, and to means for raising or tilting one end of the vat in order
to facilitate the draining or emptying of same.
In the drawing annexed, Figure 1 is an elevation, Figure 2 a plan, Figure 3 a
transverse section and Figure 4 an end sectional elevation of a cheese vat with my
improvements adapted thereto.
The cheese vats at present in use are formed where the sides and ends are joined
together with square corners. Now, with vats according to my invention,--which
consist of inner and outer casings A, B, with an intervening water space there-
between and inlets D and draw off cocks E,-I propose to form the corners round,
as at C, that is to say the sides and ends will meet each other at right angles and
tangential to a quadrant of a circle, thus greatly facilitating the cleaning etc.,

page_text: whilst the vat will present a much better appearance and serve as a better utensil
than those having square corners.
The remaining feature of my said invention consists in providing means for raising
one end of the vat when emptying the contents. Vats according to my invention
are carried on four wheels, as at present, mounted loosely on the ends of two axles.
One of said axles a is capable of being rotated and is provided at each end with a
fixed pinion gearing into a rack y formed on or adjacent to the wheel bracket. A
worm wheel e is keyed to the centre of the axle a and is rotated by a worm d carried
on one end of a spindle e disposed at right angles to the said rotatable shaft or
axle and provided at the opposite end with a hand wheel f. Upon turning the
hand wheel motion is conveyed by the spindle e and worm d to the worm wheel
which in turn causes the axle a to rotate and the pinions b, b, mounted thereon to
raise the racks, g, fixed in the wheel bracket this clevating one end of the vat to
the required height where it remains until the contents have been removed when
the hand wheel is again put in motion and the vat caused to assume its original
horizontal position.
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 improvements in cheese vats substantially as herein described.
2. In the construction of cheese vats the formation of round corners at the
junction of the edges and sides, and means as described for tilting the vat as and
when required all as herein set forth and shown.
Dated this 4th day of December 1891.
JAMES
STEVENSON,
20, High Holborn, London, W.C., Agent for Applicant.