MENTS IN OR APPLICABLE TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF APPARATUS FOR WORKING BUTTER AND DOUGH
Year: 1884

page_text: I, THOMAS BRADFORD, of High Holborn, in the County of Middlesex, Laundry
and Dairy Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of my Invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN OR APPLICABLE TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF APPARATUS FOR WORKING
BUTTER AND DOUGH" to be as follows:-
This Invention has reference to certain improvements in or applicable to the
construction of apparatus for working butter and dough. Special objects of the
improvements have been to devise such apparatus of a convenient, efficient,
compact, and portable arrangement specially suitable for small dairies and users.
The improved arrangement of apparatus comprises a tray which inclines both
longitudinally and transversely towards one corner, and is set on corner supporting
legs so that this corner is the lowest of the four corners.
This corner is formed
with an outlet which is closed by a removable plug, and under the opening a hook
or like provision is afforded for the support of a pail or other receptacle. The tray.
is made with a surrounding rim, and the legs supporting it are connected aud
braced together by stays upon which the roller or rollers hereinafter referred to
used for working the butter or dough when not in use can be placed, so as to be
out of the way but convenient for use, permitting of the tray being used for making
up the butter or dough or for analogous uses.
The roller used for working butter is preferably made with a fluted periphery
and is used in the rolling or working of the butter in the usual way, rolling it
forward along the side rims of the tray so as to work the butter into a fluted layer
expressing the butter milk whey and water towards the said lowest corner of the
tray whence they escape to the pail. The tray is thus kept free from the butter
milk, and every facility is afforded for perfectly cleansing the butter and also for
perfectly salting it in the easiest and most efficient manner. Each end of the roller
is made with a double grip, the outer parts of which are mounted loosely upon the
spindle of the roller, so that as aforesaid the roller can be used in the usual way
when these outer grips only are held for working the butter and expressing the
butter milk, but the inner grips are fixtures to or form part of the roller and are
formed with projecting parts forming a convenient hold for the thumb or thumb
and fore finger, and which permit of the roller when being moved backward (or

page_text: when being moved forward) being conveniently held and prevented from revolving
so that the butter can, with a sliding movement of the roller, be forced up or
collected into a lump for re-rolling, or for being properly salted.
The roller used for working dough does not require to be fluted and is preferably
made with a plain periphery, and it has mounted upon its spindle between the
loose grip at each end and the adjacent end of the roller an excentric grip or block
having facets at different distances from its centre, so that by placing any desired
facet upon the side rims of the tray, and sliding the roller along, any desired
thickness of dough or layer of butter may be made or rolled of an even thickness
throughout. This roller can also be used upon an ordinary paste-board or table,
but the use of such rollers either or both with the improved arrangement of tray
hereinbefore described or with its equivalent forms a compact convenient and
portable combination of great practical value.
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DAY, DAVIES & HUNT,
321, High Holborn, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: I, THOMAS BRADFORD, of High Holborn in the County of Middlesex, Laundry
and Dairy Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of my Invention for "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN OR APPLICABLE TO THE CONSTRUCTION OF APPARATUS FOR WORKING
BUTTER AND DOUGH," 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 certain improvements in or applicable to the
construction of apparatus for working butter and dough. Special objects of the
improvements have been to devise such apparatus of a convenient, efficient,
compact, and portable arrangement specially suitable for small dairies and users.
The general arrangement and improved formation of the apparatus is illustrated
on the accompanying drawings in perspective view in Fig; 1. Fig; 2, represents
a perspective view of a modified arrangement hereinafter referred to and Figs; 3,
and, 4. are side and end views thereof. Fige, 5. &, 6, respectively illustrate a side
elevation and sectional view through a-b of the butter working roller. Figs; 7,
and, 8, are sections thereof through, o-d, and e-f, and Figs; 9 and 10, respectively
illustrate a side elevation, and sectional view on an enlarged scale, through g-h, of
the dough working roller.
The improved arrangement of apparatus comprises a tray, 1, which inclines both
longitudinally and transversely towards one corner, 2, and is set on corner
supporting legs, 3, so that this corner is the lowest of the four corners. This
corner is formed with an outlet which is closed by a removable plug, 4, and under
the opening a hook or like provision, 5, is afforded for the support of a pail or
other receptacle, 6, The tray is made with a surrounding rim, 7, and the lega, 3,
supporting it are connected and braced together by stays, 8, upon which the roller
or rollers hereinafter referred to used for working the butter and dough when not
in use can be placed in the manner indicated in Fig; 1. so as to be out of the way
but convenient for use, permitting of the tray being used for making up the butter
or dough or for analogous uses.
Or the tray, 1, adapted and fitted as hereinbefore described may be used without
the corner supporting legs and may in lieu thereof be provided with under supports
or bearers, 9, which are so inclined and shaped in the manner illustrated in Figs; 2,
to, 4, as to give the tray the desired inclination in the manner already described,
and the tray may thus be used on any ordinary kitchen or dairy table or like
support and pressed against the edge thereof to give it the necessary rigidity.
The roller, 10, used for working butter is illustrated in Figs, 5, to, 8, and is
preferably made with a fluted periphery and is used in the rolling or working of
the butter in the usual way, rolling it forward along the side rims, 7, of the tray
so as to work the butter into a fluted layer expressing the butter milk, whey, and
water towards the said lowest corner, 2, of the tray, whence they escape to the
pail, 6, The tray is thus kept free from the butter milk, and every facility is
afforded for perfectly cleansing the butter and also for perfectly salting it in the
easiest and most efficient manner. Each end of the roller, 10, is made with a
double grip, the outer parts, 11, of which are mounted loosely upon the spindle, 12,
of the roller, and revolve freely thereon, so that as aforesaid when these outer grips
only are held the roller can be used in the usual way for working the butter and
expressing the butter milk, but the inner grips, 13, are fixedly secured to or form
part of the roller and are formed with projecting parts as shown forming a
convenient hold for the thumb or thumb and fore finger, and which permit of

page_text: the roller when being moved backward (or when being moved forward) being
conveniently held and prevented from revolving so that with a sliding movement
of the roller the butter can be forced up or collected into a lump for re-rolling, or
for being properly salted.
The roller, 14, used for working dough does not require to bo fluted and is
preferably made with a plain cylindrical periphery, and the roller may be mounted
either fast or loose upon its spindle, 12, in the former case it has between the loose
grip (11) at each end and the adjacent end of the roller an excentric grip or
block, 13, having facets, i, j, k, l, at different distances from its centre, as best seen
in Fig; 10, so that by placing any desired facet upon the side rims, 7, of the tray,
and sliding the roller along, any desired thickness of dough or layer of butter may
be made or rolled of an even thickness throughout, but in the latter case, that is,
when the roller is mounted loose upon its spindle, each grip, 11, may be made fast
and together with its adjacent excentric grip or block, 13. This roller can also be
used upon an ordinary paste-board or table, and is then made of a less diameter as
shown in full lines in Figure: 9, but the use of such rollers either or both with the
improved arrangement of tray herein before described or with its equivalent, forms
a compact convenient and portable combination of great practical value.
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 what
I claim is
1. The improved construction and general arrangement of apparatus for working
butter and dough, consisting of the tray formed and adapted in the manner
herein before described, when combined and used with either or both of the rollers
herein before described.
2. The construction of the butter working roller with a double grip at each
handle the one of which grips is loosely mounted and when held permits of the
roller being freely revolved and rolled along, and the other of which grips is secured
to the roller or is otherwise equivalently adapted so that when held it permits of
the roller being moved to and fro along the tray, without revolving, substantially
as and for the purposes herein before described.
3. The construction of the dough working roller provided with a double grip as
aforesaid, or with a singlo grip, with an excentrically mounted grip or block at
cach handle so that the surface of the roller may be placed and kept for the time
being at any one of certain different distances from the tray substantially as and
for the purposes herein before described.
Dated this 17th day of January 1885
DAY, DAVIES & HUNT,
321, High Holborn, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.