Improvements in Apparatus for Moulding, Printing, and Cutting Butter.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Aug., 1898
Complete Specification Left. 3rd May, 1899-Accepted, 17th June, 1899
Date of Application, o
Complete Specification Left, 3rd May. 1899-Accepted, 17th June, 1899
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Moulding, Printing, and Cutting
Butter.
I, WALLACE FAIRWEATHER, C.E., of 62, Saint Vincent Street, in the City of
Glasgow, Chartered Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
(as communicated to me by Abraham Morley, Engineer, Bowker's Park, near
Queenstown, Cape Colony) to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improved apparatus designed for moulding butter and
for printing or impressing it and cutting it into lengths of suitable weight for the
market.
The improved apparatus comprises an open ended moulding box of cylindrical
rectangular or other form secured upon a horizontal bed plate or stand and fur-
nished with an overhead hopper through which the butter is fed into the mould
box.
Within the mould box a plunger is fitted to reciprocate and eject the butter in
a continuous length of the shape of the mould through the open end where it is
or may be delivered on to an endless travelling band or carrier and cut into short
lengths and at the same time printed. The plunger is reciprocated by means
of a crank shaft and connecting rod, and a second crank on the same shaft is
connected by a rod to a lever on a rock shaft carried by standards which form
guides wherein the cutters are reciprocated vertically by a second lever on the
rock shaft. The cutters consist of two or more knives carried by a framing on
which they are adjustable to provide for separating them more or less so that the
lengths of butter cut off by them may be varied and two or more lengths may
be cut at each descent of the cutters. Between the knives is fitted a printing
block carried by the cutter frame and adjustable vertically. The endless band
or carrier is fitted upon rollers connected by link chains and driven by toothed
wheel or other gearing or by a band and belt pulleys on one of the rollers and on
the crank shaft.
At the end of the butter carrier a box or like receptacle is provided for the
reception of any small pieces of butter left on the carrier in cutting.
Dated this 2nd day of August 1898.
WALLACE FAIRWEATHER.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Moulding, Printing, and Cutting
Butter.
I, WALLACE FAIRWEATHER, C.E., of 62, Saint Vincent Street, in the City of
Glasgow, Chartered Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
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page_text: and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement:
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This invention relates to improved apparatus designed for moulding butter and
for printing or impressing it and cutting it into lengths of suitable weight for the
market.
As illustrated by the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 being a vertical longi-
tudinal section and Figure 2 a plan with the hopper removed the improved appara-
tus comprises an open ended moulding box A of cylindrical, rectangular or other
form secured to a framing B upon a horizontal bed plate or stand B and furnished
with an overhead hopper C through which the butter is fed into the mould box A.
Within the mould box A a plunger D) is fitted to reciprocate and eject the
butter in a continuous length of the shape of the mould through the open end
where it is or may delivered on to an endless travelling band or carrier U and
cut into short lengths and at the same time printed. The plunger D) is recipro-
cated by means of a crank shaft F and connecting rod G, and a second crank on
the same shaft is connected by a rod to a lever on a rock shaft carried by standards
which form guides wherein the cutters are reciprocated vertically by a second
lever on the rock shaft, or, as shown, a toothed quadrant H having a pin H' pro-
jecting from it, is secured on the crank shaft F, said pin acting, once in every
revolution of the crank shaft, upon a double ended lever I connected by a rod J
to a double ended rocking lever K engaging the cutting frame M. The cutters
consist of two or more knives or wires N carried on a horizontal rod secured
to the frame M on which rod they are adjustable to provide for separating them
more or less so that the lengths of butter cut off by them may be varied and two
or more lengths may be cut at each descent of the cutters. Between the knives
or wires N is fitted a printing block P carried by the horizontal bar and adjust-
able vertically by means of the screws Q and nuts R. The endless band or
carrier U is fitted upon rollers S connected by link or sprocket chains T to which
are connected the wooden slats U of which the band is preferably composed, one
of the rollers $ being driven by wheel or other gearing or by a band V and helt
pulleys W, WI, on one of the rollers S and on the crank shaft F, respectively,
the other roller being carried in adjustable hearings X on the framing B.
At the end of the butter carrier a box or like receptacle may be provided for
the reception of any small pieces of butter left on the carrier in cutting.
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:-
The improved apparatus for moulding, printing and cutting butter, the parts
of which are constructed, combined and arranged to operate substantially as
described.
Dated this 2nd day of Mo 1800
WALLACE FAIRWEATHER.