IMPROVE- MENTS IN CHURNS, ALBO IN APPARATUS POR WHIPPING OR BEATING EGGS AND PROBARKING
Year: 1869

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Solomon Myers, of New Bond Street, in the
County of Middlesex, Gentleman, for the Invention of "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN CHURNS, ALBO IN APPARATUS POR WHIPPING OR BEATING EGGS
AND PROBARKING O
Sealed the 3rd August 1869, and dated the 19th February 1869.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Solomon Myers at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
19th February 1869.
I, SOLOMON MYERS, of New Bond Street, in the County of Mid-
dlesex; Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention-
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN CHURNS, ALSO IN APPARATUS FOR WHIPPING OR BEATING
EGGS AND PERFORMING OTHER SIMILAR OPERATIONS," to be as follows:-
My Invention relates to an apparatus applicable as a churn for
producing butter; also as an apparatus for whipping' eggs, and for
other similar purposes.

page_text: In a cylindrical or otherwise shaped vessel containing the cream, egg
yolks, or other matter to be treated is an axis or shaft free to revolve
when turned by hand or otherwise, and communicating motion to a fan,
wheel, or screw, or a contrivance consisting of blades, vanes, or plates
placed in any desirable position with respect to the shaft or axis; for
instance, in one arrangement this wheel or fan may consist of inter-
rupted portions of discs or plates, which if completed, or the planes of
which, would intersect each other at right angles or other angle. Two
of the vanes may be in a line with the shaft, and two at right angles
thereto, or they may be at various angles to the shaft and to each
other; they may be straight or curved, plane or helical; they may
form portions, segments, or sections of a screw; also they may be
perforated or not. Rotary motion on being communicated to this
shaft or axis transmits such motion to the blades, vanes, or plates
mounted in the vessel, and the necessary action is thereby produced
on the cream or other substance in the vessel. Bevel gear wheels
are sometimes employed for communicating motion from the shaft to
the fan, wheel, screw blades, or vanes, whereby great speed is obtained.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Solomon Myers in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 19th August 1869.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, SOLOMON
MYERS, of New Bond Street, in the County of Middlesex, Gentleman,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Nineteenth day of February, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, in the
thirty-second year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and suc-
cessors, give and grant unto me, the said Solomon Myers, Her special
licence, that I, the said Solomon. Myers, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, or such others as I, the said Solomon Myers, my executors,
administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and no
others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during the term
therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and
"

page_text: vend within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the
Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
CHURNS, ALSO IN APPARATUS FOR WHIPPING OR BEATING EGGS AND PERFORMING
OTHER SIMILAR OPERATIONS," upon the condition (amongst others) that I,
the said Solomon Myers, my executors or administrators, by an instru-
ment in writing, under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals,
should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said
Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed, and
cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office with six
calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said
Letters Patent..
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Solomon Myers, do hereby declare'
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is
to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement thereof, reference being had to the accom-
panying Drawings, and to the letters and figures marked thereon,
that is to say:-
My Invention relates to an apparatus applicable as a churn for
producing butter; also as an apparatus for whipping or beating eggs,
and for other similar purposes.
In a cylindrical or otherwise shaped vessel containing the cream,
egg yolks, or other matter to be treated is an axis or shaft free to
revolve when turned by hand or otherwise, and communicating motion
to a fan, wheel, or screw; or a contrivance consisting of blades,, vanes,
or plates placed in any desirable position with respect to the shaft;
for instance, in one arrangement this wheel or fan may consist of
segments, sections, or interrupted portions of discs or circular plates,
which if completed (or the planes of which) would intersect each other
at right angles or other angle. Two of the vanes may lie in a line
with, that is to say, longitudinally of, the shaft, and two may be at right
angles thereto, or they may be at various angles to the shaft and to
each other; they may be straight or curved, plane or helical, and they
may form portions, segments, or sections of a screw; also they may
be perforated or not. Rotary motion on being; communicated to this
shaft or axis transmits such motion to the blades, vanes, or plates
mounted in the vessel, and. the necessary action is thereby produced
on the cream or other substance, to be treated in the vessel.. Bevel

page_text: gear wheels are sometimes employed for communicating motion from
the shaft to a boss or bosses on which is or are mounted the fan, wheel;
blades, vanes, or screw, whereby great speed is obtained.
Having described the nature of the Invention, I proceed, with reference
to the accompanying Drawings, to explain in what manner it may be
carried into practical effect.
Figure 1 is a vertical section of a churn to which my improvements
are applied; Figure 2 is an elevation of the axis and vanes on a larger.
scale shewing the vanes in a different position of rotation.
A is a cylindrical vessel; B is an axis, which passes through the
vessel A at the lower part thereof, and is supported at each end in
bearings 6 therein. One end of the axis protrudes through the side
of the vessel A, and is furnished outside the vessel with a handle C by
which rotary motion is communicated to the axis B. D, D*, are metal
plates, blades, or vanes mounted on the axis B; these vanes are four
in number, as shewn in the Figure, but the number may be varied.
Each vane consists of a flat plate so placed that its vertical plane is
set somewhat obliquely or at an angle to the axis. Each vane consists
of a quadrant of a circular plate. The two vanes D, D, are on a
boss d attached to the axis B, and the other two vanes D*, D*, are
on a boss d*, also attached to the axis B. The plane of the plates D
is transverse to the plane of the plates D*; so that if the plates D, D,
and the plates D*, D*, formed portions of complete circular plates.
the hypothetical circular plates of which D, D, are quadrants would
intersect the hypothetical circular plates of which D*, D*, are
quadrants.
Although I have only described the Invention (with respect to the
Drawings) as applied to a churn it may be applied in exactly similar
manner to an egg beater and to other apparatus for performing other
operations similar to churning and egg beating. ff, are arms which
strengthen the vanes D, D*, and which may be cast on the bosses d, d*.
Having now described the nature of the said Invention, and in what
manner the same may be performed, I declare that I claim in respect.
of my improvements in churns, and in apparatus for whipping or
beating eggs and performing. other similar operations, the employ-.
ment of an axis carrying plates, vanes, or blades arranged and acting.

page_text: in a cylindrical or othewise shaped vessel, substantially in
above described for the purposes set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said Solomon Myers, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Twelfth day of August, in the year One
thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine.
Witness,
E. DE PASS,
08, Fleet Street,
London.
S. MYERS. (L.S.)