An Improved Cheese Maker.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 27th July, 1892
Complete Specification Left, 24th Sept., 1892-Accepted, 29th Oct., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Cheese Maker.
I JOSEPH GORNALL, Farmer, and Technical Teacher of Cheese Making of
Claylands Cabus, Garstang, in the County of Lancaster, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Cheese has hitherto been made in oval wooden tubs open at the top, or square
tinned ones, and the method adopted in draining off the whey or moisture (which
my invention relates especially to) has been as follow.
When the whey which is the liquid portion of the milk becomes seperated from
the curd which is the solid portion-the whey is pressed up to one end of the
receptacle by a perforated partition, then a weighted rack is placed on the top for
the purpose of pressing the curd down so that the whey might flow off the top of
the curd and through the perforated partition. This process requires a large
amount of time, labour, and attention before the curd is dry enough to be lifted out
of the tub.
My invention consists of a semicircle receptacle as the outside portion of my
machine in which is placed a horizontal cylinder made to revolve upon centre pins
at each end bearing upon the centre of each end of the outer receptacle. This
cylinder is made of tin or any other. suitable material, the lid of which is perforated
and forms about one third of the circumference of the cylinder, the other two
thirds being solid. Into this revolving portion of the machine is placed the milk
(which can be either warmed or cooled by placing hot or cold water in the outer
portion) and after coagulation has taken place and the curd cut up the cylinder is
turned so that the perforated lid is at the bottom through which the whey or liquid
portion escape into the outer portion of the machine from which it flows through
a tap at the bottom, leaving all the curds well drained in the inside receptacle.
30th dor of Tuly 1802
JOSEPH GORNALL.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Cheese Maker.
I JOSEPH GORNALL Farmer, and Technical Teacher of Cheese Making of
Claylands, Cabus, Garstang in the County of Lancaster 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 :—
Cheese has hitherto been made in oval wooden tubs open at the top, or square
tinued ones, and the method adopted in draining off the whey or moisture (which
my invention relates especially to) has been as follows.
When the whey which is the liquid portion of the milk becomes seperated from
the curd which is the solid portion-the curd is pressed up to one end of the
receptacle by a perforated partition, then a weighted rack is placed on the top for
the purpose of pressing the curd down so that the whey might flow off the top of
the curd and through the perforated partition.
This process requires a large amount of time, labour, and attention before the
curd is dry enough to be lifted out of the tub.
My invention consists of a semicircle receptacle as the outside portion of my
machine in which is placed a horizontal cylinder made to revolve upon centre pins
at each end bearing upon the centre of each end of the outer receptacle. This
cylinder is made of tin or any other suitable material, the lid of which is perforated

page_text: and forms about one-fourth of the circumference, the other three-fourths being
solid, into this cylinder or revolving portion of the machine is placed the milk
which can be either warmed or cooled by placing hot or cold water in the outer
portion, and after coagulation has taken place and the curd cut up the cylinder is
turned so that the perforated lid is at the bottom through which the whey, or liquid
portion escapes into the outer portion of the machine from which it flows through
a tap at the bottom leaving all the curds well drained in the inside or revolving
cylender.
In order that my invention may be more fully understood, I will proceed to
describe the accompanying drawings which illustrate the same as shown on
Fig. 1, 2, & 3.
Fig. 1 is a longitudinal section through the machine; A being the inner cylinder
for containing the milk. B the outer casing; C, C the centre pins bearing on the
centre of the outer receptacle; D the tap for emptying the whey.
Fig. 2 is a cross section of the machine. E being the flat portion of the inner
receptacle, forming a perforated hinged lid, and also shows the section of the inner
casing A, and the semi-circle outer casing B.
Fig. 3 is a plan which shows the perforated hinged lid E on the top side of the
inner receptacle.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim
1st. As novel is, the general construction and method of employing the machine
as described by my drawings and Specification.
2nd. I claim especially as my invention the revolving inner cylinder for the
purpose of draining the whey from the curd.
Dated this 21st day of September 1892.
JOSEPH GORNALL.