Improvements in the Method of and Apparatus for Working Butter and Making it up into Rolls.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Jan., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 14th Oct., 1899-Accepted, 23rd Dec., 1899
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Method of and Apparatus for Working Butter
and Making it up into Rolls.
I, ARTHUR MARSDEN, of Picton, in the County of York, Machine Maker, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of my invention is to mechanically roll and work butter with quick-
ness and efficiency.
On a suitable scalding trough I attach end frames for carrying a series of
rollers, preferably three or four, these rollers are parallel to each other and are
equal distances apart, the bottom roller being below and between the two top
rollers; a fourth roller may be placed above, its shaft being carried in suitable
slots on each side. At one end the rollers have chain wheels, and a chain passing
round them connects them so that when the bottom roller is turned by its handle
they revolve all one way.
The top rollers can be adjusted as to their distances apart.
Between the two top rollers are side beaters carried by suitable pivotted spring
arms operated by grooved cams at each end preferably of the bottom roller.
There is also a top beater operating between the end beaters, this beater is
pivotted on a suitable bracket and is operated by a spring and winged tappet or
other suitable means so as to give the beater the necessary reciprocating motion.
The side beaters can be set or adjusted for any length of roll desired. To
facilitate the removal or changing of the rollers, the caps of the bearings are
readily removed by being secured in position by hinges and pins.
Or in place of the rollers and their frames being fixed to the trough, they may
be moveable thereon in grooves or slides and motion imparted to them by sliding
them backwards and forwards upon racks at each side, or their equivalent.
The action is as follows: the butter after being weighed in specified
quantities is placed in the space between the rollers and the beaters, the handle
turned and the whole of the rollers revolve in the same direction, at the same
time the beaters are at work and the butter is rolled and shaped exactly as
required, the ends being squared by the side beaters. In place of the aforesaid
top beater the fourth or top roller may be employed which automatically presses
the butter down against the rollers.
For working the butter both the top rollers are removed and a roller inserted
in the place of one of them with a gear wheel connected to a gear wheel on the
bottom roller, so that on operating the same the two rollers move in opposite
directions, and draw in and roll or work the butter forwards or backwards as
desired for expelling all impurities.
Dated this 13th day of January 1899.
JOHN E. WALSH,
Royal Exchange Chambers, Boar Lane, Leeds,
Patent Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: Improvements in the Method of and Apparatus for Working Butter
and Making it up into Rolls.
I, ARTHUR MARSDEN, of Picton, in the County of York, Machine Maker, 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:-
The object of my invention is to construct a machine or machines for mechani-
cally working and rolling butter with speed and efficiency.
DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS.
Fig. 1 is a front elevation of my improved machine as arranged for rolling
butter.
Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of Fig. 1.
Fig.
is a plan of the rolling mechanism shown in Figs. 1 and 2.
Fig. 4 is a partial sectional elevation of machine arranged for working butter.
Fig. 5 is a partial elevation (in cross-section) showing modified method of
operating side beaters.
Fig. 6 is a partial front elevation showing a modified arrangement of top
beater.
Fig. 7 shows (detached) a further modification of top beater.
In all the figures similar letters are employed to indicate similar parts.
On a suitable scalding trough A I attach end frames BB for carrying a series
of parallel rollers for working and rolling the butter. For rolling I employ three
roilers C, D, D), the bottom roller C being below and equidistant from the top
rollers 11.
At one end the rollers have chain wheels E, E, E, and a chain F passing round
them connects them so that when the bottom roller C is turned by its handle (
they evolve all one way. The said chain F is provided with a suitable tension
1oller
The top rollers D D may be adjusted as to their distance apart by any suit-
able means.
Between the two top rollers DD are side beaters HH; these may each be
operated from the driving shaft by means of bevel wheels J, K and connecting
rod L (as shown in Figs. 1 and 3), or by means of the pivotted spring arm M
operated by the grooved eam N on the chain wheel E (as shown in Fig. 5). A top
beater Poperates between the side beaters H II, this beater being loosely hinged
at one end on the bend R of the rod S, and secured at the other end by a spring
bolt 12 so as to be easily detachable. The said beater P is operated at each
end by a spring rod S and winged tappet or cam T so as to give the beater the
necessary vertical reciprocating motion. The top beater I may be put out of
gear with the cams TT when not required by means of the slotted rods U at
each side of the machine, which rods are operated from the hand lever V by means
of the forked lever W. Or if desired the top beater P' may be pivotted to the
bracket at the end of the trough A (see Fig. 6): in this case it is operated by
the spring D and the cam B₁ mounted on a shaft carried by brackets (.
In lieu of the top beater P, a beating roller (see Fig. 7) may be employed,
such roller being mounted on a cranked shatt F1 driven by a pinion (from a
large spur wheel on the main shaft. The shatt F may be in two parts con-
nected by a clutch 11; the beating roller E' is then put out of gear by means of a
suitable lever connected to a collar J
The side beaters HH may be set or adjusted so as to produce any desired

page_text: length of roll. To facilitate the removal or changing of the rollers, the caps
of the bearing frames BB may be hinged on the pins h'; or one bearing frame
may be hinged, the rollers DD being attached at the other (driven) end by studs
in the sleeves or sockets DD, these sleeves revolving with the chain wheels EE.
A fixed socket 2 is also provided to receive one end of the fluted roller N¹.
Suitable tables L', sliding in grooves M' in the trough A, are provided at each
end of the machine.
The action is as follows:-The butter after being weighed in specified
quantities is placed in the space between the rollers and the beaters; the handle
is then turned and the whole of the rollers revolve in the same direction. At
the same time the beaters are in operation, and the butter is rolled and shaped
exactly as required, the ends being squared by the side beaters.
For working the butter the top rollers DD, the side beaters HH, and
the top beater P (or E) are removed (see Fig. 4), and the fluted
roller is inserted. This roller is geared to the spur wheel " (see Fig. 3), so
that on the handle G being turned the rollers and N revolve in opposite
directions. The butter can thus be drawn backwards and forwards between
the said rollers, expelling all impurities and making it ready for the rolling
process.
In lieu of the rollers and their bearing frames being fixed to the trough A as
shown, they may if desired be made moveable in grooves thereon, motion being
imparted to them by sliding them backwards and forwards upon racks at each
side of the trough.
Also in lieu of using three parallel rollers for rolling the butter, the bottom
roller may be dispensed with and a fixed bar or guide piece substituted.
A spring or weighted pressure bar or roller may also be used in lieu of the
reciprocating top beater, and the side beaters may be replaced by fixed blocks.
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. In a butter machine the employment of parallel revolving rollers for making
up the butter into rolls.
2. In a machine for rolling butter the employment of three parallel rollers
revolving in the same direction at suitable distances apart, either with or without
suitably operated top and side beaters, substantially as shown and described.
3. In a machine for working butter so as to extract all impurities, the combina-
tion, with a scalding trough having adjustable tables, of a plain roller and a
fluted roller revolving in opposite directions, substantially as shown and described.
4. In a machine for working and rolling butter, the combination with a suit-
able scalding trough of side roller-bearing frames in which the rolling and the
working rollers are interchangeable, substantially as and for the purposes shown
and described.
5. In a machine for rolling butter, the methods of and means for operating the
top beaters, substantially as shown and described.
6. In a machine for rolling butter, the methods of and means for operating
the side beaters, substantially as shown and described.
Dated this 13th day of October 1899.
JOHN E. WALSH,
Royal Exchange Chambers, Boar Lane, Leeds,
Patent Agent for the Applicant.
JOHN E. WALSH,
Royal Exchange Chambers, Boar Lane, Leeds,
Patent Agent for the Applicant.