Improvements in and relating to Culinary Presses.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Jan., 1890-Accepted, 29th Mar., 1890
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Culinary Presses.
I, EDWIN BALTZLEY, residing at Number 2548 Callowhill Street, in the City and
County of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania, one of the United States of America,
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 relates to a culinary press; and has for its object to contrive a
simple and efficient machine for the purpose aforesaid.
The improvement consists of the peculiar construction and combination of the parts
which will hereinafter be more fully described and claimed.
Referring to the accompanying Drawings:
Figure 1, is a perspective view; parts being broken away, of a machine embodying
my invention;
Figure 2, is a front view of the fastening ring;
Figure 3, is a detail view of the foraminous plate ;
Figure 4, is a detail section of the foraminous plate on the line, Y-Y, of Figure 3,
showing a flaring spout by dotted lines and a straight spout by full lines, and-
Figure 5, is a perspective view of the feeder.
The frame, A, provided with suitable means (not shown) for securing it to a
support, has the compression chamber, B, formed in its front side and the hopper, C,
located in its rear side. The hopper flares and has communication with the
chamber, B, through an opening, b, in the rear wall of the said chamber.
The perforated discharge plate, F, is held to the frame by suitable means, as the
locking studs, f, which engage with the cams, f¹, on the back of the discharge plate,
and is held from accidental displacement by suitable means as the set screw, f³, which
passes through one of the studs, f, and bears on one of the cams, f¹.
In case the discharge plate is made of light material it will be strengthened by the
cross braces, F1; but I prefer to make the discharge plate and means for securing it
in place separate so that discharge plates having different size and character of holes
can be locked in place by the same clamp or locking ring.
For this purpose the ring, F; having the cams, fr, is provided, and the cross
braces, F, are preferably integral with it.
For a press the discharge plate will be provided with an opening, F³, for the
discharge of pits, seeds and other portions of the fruit not capable of passing through
the openings in the said discharge plate, and which will be called tailings. A
spout, F³, will be provided to carry off the tailings, and will be larger than the
opening, F2, to prevent its clogging. This spout may be of any desired length. The
juice will be caught by the guard, G, provided at the lower portion of the compression
chamber.
The shaft, H, journaled in the frame concentric with the compression chamber, B,
is provided at one end with the crank, H¹, and at its other end with the feed blades I,
which are approximately of uniform thickness and set at an angle to their plane of
motion.
In operation it will be seen that when used as a fruit press, the fruit is carried from
the hopper to the discharge plate by the feed blades, and the juice forced therethrough
by the compressing force of the said feed blades; the holes in the discharge plate
being too small for the exit of the pulp, skins, seeds, &c., they are carried to the large
pulp or seed discharge opening, F, and are forced through it and carried by the
spout, F³, to one side to a vessel different from that which receives the juice.

page_text: 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―
:
First In a culinary press, the combination with the frame having a compression
compartment and the feeder arranged in the said compartment, of the perforated
discharge plate having a large opening, F2, for the exit of pulp and seeds, substantially
as described.
Second: In a culinary press, the combination with the frame having the com-
pression compartment, B, and the feeder, of the perforated discharge plate held
to the frame and the locking ring having the cross braces, substantially as described.
Third: In a culinary press, the combination, of the perforated discharge plate
having a seed and pulp discharge opening, F2, of the discharge spout, F³, of larger
area in cross section than the opening, F, substantially as described.
:
Fourth In a culinary press, the combination, of the frame having the compression
compartment, B, the hopper, C, the locking studs, f, and the spout or guard, G, the
feeder, the perforated discharge plate having the pulp and seed discharge opening, F2,
the discharge spout or guard, F³, the locking ring having cross braces and cams, f¹,
and the screw, f, substantially as described.
Dated the 7th 1.
JENSEN & SON,
77, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Patent Agents.