An Improved Machine for Compressing Juice and other Confections of a Plastio or Pasty Nature.
Year: 1885

page_text: An Improved Machine for Compressing Juice and other
Confections of a Plastio or Pasty Nature.
I WILLIAM BRIERLEY of The Borough Brass Works, Hill Street Rochdale in
the County of Lancaster Brassfounder do hereby declare the nature of my said
invention as stated in above title to be as follows:-
My invention has for its object the application of hydraulic or water power to
such machines used by confectioners and known as "juice presses," which are used
for the purpose of compressing or operating upon confections being a composition
of a plastic nature and forcing the same through molds or. dies of any desired
form; heretofore it has been the custom to operate upon the composition by the
aid of a screw, being generally operated by manual labour, and which; in many.
cases is known to be a very laborious duty, and under certain conditions. is
detrimental to the form of the material, by the adoption of my arrangement these
are obviated the work being greatly facilitated and this without the necessity for
the employment of skilled labour.
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My invention consists of mounting upon a suitable frame two cylinders, one at
each end thereof; and opposite to each other, the one cylinder being an hydraulic
cylinder and is provided with a ram, one extremity of the ram is caused to enter
into the opposite cylinder which, for convenience of description I term the
receiving cylinder" being the cylinder or vessel wherein the plastic substance
or composition is placed, a motion is imparted to the ram by the aid of water
forced behind the same which is lifted from a well or reservoir in the framing of
the machine by a suitable valve or valves, the plastic confection is thus compressed
or forced through suitable apertures or dies provided in the "receiving cylinder "
which gives form or shape to the material being cut off in lengths as is well
understood.
When the whole of the plastic confection is passed through the dies the ram is.
automatically caused to recede or pass out of the receiving cylinder, being effected
by the engagement of a stud on the ram with a suitable sliding bar its other
extremity engaging with a weighted lever attached to the spindle of. a discharge
valve, the office of which is to open a thoroughfare for the passage of water behind
the ram in the hydraulic cylinder, the ram is also suitably acted upon by a weight.
thus acts as an auxiliary in discharging the water from the hydraulic cylinder, thus
to aid in the withdrawal of the ram from the receiving cylinder.
JOHN H. BUTTERWORTH,.
For the Applicant.

page_text: An Improved Machine for Compressing Juice and other
Confections of a Plastic or Pasty Nature.
I WILLIAM BRIERLEY of the Borough Brass Works Hill Street Rochdale in the
County of Lancaster Brass Founder do hereby declare the nature of my invention
as stated in above title 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 machines known as "juice presses" and used by
confectioners for the purpose of configurating confections of a pasty or plastic
nature the chief feature of my arrangement consists in applying hydraulic or
water power, as a means for the configuration of the material above referred to,
the details of which I will now proceed to describe and illustrate.
In order that my invention may be clearly understood I have reference to the
accompanying sheet of drawings, in which Fig. 1. is a side elevation and figures 2
and 3 are end elevation and plan thereof respectively.
Upon a convenient framing A at each extremity thereof, I mount two hollow
cylinders B and C, the one (B) being an hydraulic or water cylinder, the other (C)
I term for the purposes of description a receiving cylinder, and adapted to receive
the confection to be operated upon, the cylinder C is provided with a hood C¹
wherein the die C" is situated the use of which I will hereafter refer to, the
cylinder B is provided with a ram D, its one extremity is so formed as to engage
with the interior surface of the cylinder C, conveniently above the frame A at the
part where the cylinder B is situated, I employ a shaft E. supported by convenient
standards X. X and provided with a number of cranks preferably two F. F¹, as
illustrated in the drawings, the said cranks are connected to plungers or rams G G
by means of connecting links G. G₁ which plungers pass through their respective
glands H. H¹ and enter into a chamber or tank I provided for the reception of
water.
Modus operandi est as follows
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When the receiving cylinder C is supplied with confection to be compressed, a
rotary motion is imparted to the shaft E by means of a driving band placed on the
pulley J, consequently imparting motion to the plungers G. G the action of which
raises or lifts water from the tank I through the valves Z. Z¹ into the pump
barrels Z Z³, performing the functions of ordinary lift and force pumps which are
well known, from thence the water is discharged through tubes or passages K. K¹
as indicated by arrows see fig. 3; thence through a tube or passage L which
terminates in the interior of the cylinder B, obviously accordingly as the quantity
of water forced into the cylinder B behind the ram D increases, the ram must
consequently have a motion in the direction of the cylinder C and to enter therein,
thus the confection is caused to be pressed towards the extremity O¹ of the
cylinder C, thence through a die or plate C" which has apertures provided (which
may be of various forms) therein, so as to allow the confection to pass out from
the cylinder, the passage of the material through these apertures gives the desired
form or configuration to the material, when the material has been expelled from
the cylinder C, or when the ram D has completed its stroke, the said ram is caused

page_text: to automatically to pass out of the cylinder C, which is effected by means of a
weight V, and in consequence of the engagement of a pin or pivot M on the ram D,
with a sliding bar N, at the part N¹, upon such occurrence. the bar N is actuated,
and caused to slide in a forward direction in which event the hooked shaped
projection O. is caused to engage with the weighted lever P, on the extremity of
the valve spindle R. and to cause it to partly rotate on its own axis.
The functions of the valve spindle R when thus actuated by the sliding bar N,
are to open a thoroughfare S leading to the tank I, and to afford a communication
between the thoroughfares K. K¹, also at the same time to afford a communication
between the thoroughfare S and the passage L, consequently the interior of the
tank I at such period is open to the thoroughfares K. K' and the interior of the
cylinder B, therefore as the water is raised from the tank I during such period in
which the thoroughfare S remains open,-it will be delivered into the tank and will
evidently cease to impel the piston or ram D under such conditions, again, the
water contained in the cylinder B will be allowed to pass out therefrom into the
delivery tube L at the part L, thence through the thoroughfare S into the tank I,
I employ a weight V attached to any convenient part of the ram D, for the purpose
of withdrawing the said ram from the interior of the cylinder C, and for the
purpose of ensuring and causing the ram to expel the water from the cylinder B.
When the cylinder C is required to be supplied with material, the cylinder is
caused to partly rotate on its axis W so as to place it in an upright position for
Buch purpose, and when supplied it is secured and held in position as shewn in the
drawings, by a securing band or guard Y, then the machine is ready for use.
I would have it to be understood that I do not bind myself to the exact details
or dispositions of parts as indicated in the drawings hereunto annexed, as this my
invention may be deviated from and differently disposed in detail without in the
least departing from the principle of my said invention.
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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 machine for compressing confections of a plastic nature the use and
application of hydraulic or water power for operating upon pasty or plastic
confections substantially as and for the purposes herein fully set forth and described
in the annexed drawings.
2. In a machine for compressing confections of a plastic nature the cylinders B
and C, the ram D, the rams G G the valves Z. Z', the barrels Z³ ³ and the
tank I, the shaft E and cranks F and F¹, the weight V. the frame A. substantially
as and for the purposes herein fully set forth and described in the annexed
drawings.
JOHN H. BUTTERWORTH,
Agent to Applicant.