Improvements in or appertaining to Vats or other Receptacles, such as are Used for Cheese Making or the like.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Mar., 1896-Accepted, 16th May, 1896
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or appertaining to Vats or other Receptacles, such
as are Used for Cheese Making or the like.
I, WILLIAM HENRY SMITH, of Whitchurch, in the County of Salop, Ironfounder!
and Engineer, 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 :-
This invention has for its object a tilting device designed more particularly for
raising the ends of cheese vats for the purpose of emptying the same of their contents
or of the contents contained in the intervening water space between the inside and
outside casings.
The invention will be understood from the following description, reference being
had to the accompanying drawings, in which-
Figures 1 and 2 are front elevations of cheese vats employed in the production
of cheese, Figure 1 showing the vat tilted at one end to facilitate the draining or
emptying of the same, and Figure 2 showing the vat not so tilted;
Figure 3 a sectional end elevation; and
Figure 4 a general view of a smaller scale.
Referring to these figures, I mount the vat A on wheels, the front ones or those
nearest the taps being arranged in the ordinary way, that is, with the central
axis B passing through a bracket or hanger suspended from the framework of the
vat, but the hind axle C, I crank preferably on the outside of the wheels at D,
and pass the crank pin through the bracket or hanger E, and attach a lever F to
the end of it. The bracket or hanger E in this case is provided with a toothed
quadrant G. The wheels are mounted loosely on the axle C.
The mode of action is as follows:-
To raise or tilt the end of the vat, the lever F is pulled over from left to right,
turning around the central axis of the crank and pulling over with it the crank
portion of the axle, which, as before stated, passes through the bracket fixed to the
framework of the vat. The result is that the vat can be tilted with little trouble
so as to cause the whey etcetera to escape more freely through the cocks. The
spring actuated pawl H pivoted to the lever F engages the teeth of the quadrant G
aforesaid and holds the vat tilted at the required inclination. It will be evident that
the maximum height to which the vat is tilted by this device will be amount of
crank given to the axle. The vat when at work can be set perfectly level by pushing
the lever over into the other direction.
It must be understood that the invention is not limited to the exact details herein
set forth, a feature of the idea being the forming of those portions of one of the
axles which are received by the brackets or hangers, cranked at a suitable radius
from the centre on which the wheels are loosely mounted, whereby by turning the
cranks, one end of the vat or other vehicle is tilted as required. Thus for example
the cranks could be located between the wheels instead of outside. In the drawings
the invention is shown applied to a vat consisting of inner and outer casings I and J,
with an intervening water space between, also with an inlet K and draw off cocks L.
Of course I do not confine my invention to this special construction of vat, as it
may be used for other purposes.

page_text: 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 vats such as are used for cheese making or the like, the arrangement for
raising or tilting one end of the vat, which consists in forming cranks or their
equivalent at or near each end of one of the axles, passing the crank pins or their
equivalent through the brackets or hangers in which the axle is mounted, and attaching
a lever or handle to the ends of said crank pins, in combination with means for
holding the vat tilted at the required angle, substantially as described.
2. In vats or other receptacles, carried on wheels and having brackets or hangers
in which the bearings of the axles are mounted, forming those portions of one of
the axles which are received by the brackets or hangers aforesaid, cranked at a
suitable radius from the centre on which the wheels are loosely mounted, whereby
by turning the cranks, one end of the receptacle will be raised or lowered as
required.
3. The general combined construction and arrangement of parts forming my
improved tilting device substantially as set forth.
Dated this 23rd day of March 1896.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of Liverpool, Manchester, Birmingham, and London, Patent Agents.