Improvements in or relating to Sausage-filling Machines.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Feb., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 16th Nov., 1895-Accepted, 21st Dec., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Sausage-filling Machines.
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We, CHARLES HENRY PALETHORPE of Dudley Port in the County of
Stafford Sausage-Manufacturer and PALKTHORPES LIMITED of Dudley Port in
the County of Stafford, Sausage Manufacturers, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to he as follows:-
This invention has for its object the improvements hereinafter described in
sausage-filling machines and relates principally to that part of the machine known
as the filler.
Sausage-filling machines of ordinary construction consist of a long cylinder
fitted with a plunger to which a sliding motion is given by a rack and pinion, to
the fore end of the machine is fitted a long projecting conical shaped tube which
constitutes the "filler" tube upon which the skins. are placed previous to the meat
being pressed into them. The ment is placed in the cylinder and the plunger forces
it into the filler and hence into the skins..
In order to place the skins on the filler tube the machine remains at rest...the
process of placing the skins on the said filler tube takes a considerable time and
trouble.
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By our invention we make the said filler tube detachable from the filling
machine employing several of them for one-machine so. as to enable a like number
of operators to place the skins on the fillers which may be attached or detached to
the machine as required, this saving the operator of the machine the trouble of
placing the skins thereon.
In carrying our invention into effect we attach a screwed socket on to the fore
end of the machine, the projecting end of the said socket is provided with a plain
neck, furnished on the face thereof with two studs.
To the rear end of the tubular part-of the-filler tube we attach a conical shaped
boss, terminating into a collar which fits over the neck of the screwed socket
aforesaid, the two being connected togetlier by means of a bayonet joint formed by
a slot cut into the collar of the filler, to fit the studs on the neck of the screwed
socket, thus the filler may be connected to the neck in a very expéditious manner
add by using several fillers no time is lost in operating the machine-
We may in some cases make the neck of the socket conical, also: the collar of
the filler fit-each other and connects them together by cutting a curved or are slot
in the collar and providing the neck with a pin to engage in the said slot.
Or we may make the neck and collar with one or two quick screw threads
whereby they may be connected together.
We may also attach two-orthore filler tubes to-a-plate provided with a slide to
engage in a guide fixed in the forelend of the machine...
Our invention may be modified to any detail as may be necessary to carry the
same into effect.

page_text: Improvements in or relating to Sausage-mining machines.
We, CHARLES HENRY PALETHORPE and PALETHORPES LIMITED of Dudley
Port, in the County of Stafford, Sausage Manufacturers, 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 the improvements hereinafter described in
sausage-filling machines, and relating principally to that part of the machine
known as the "filler."
Sausage filling machines of ordinary construction consist of a long cylinder
fitted with a plunger to which a sliding motion is given by a rack and pinion, the
fore end of the machine is fitted with a long projecting conical shaped tube which
constitutes the filler tube upon which the skins are placed previous to the meat
being pressed unto them. The meat is placed in the cylinder and the plunger
forces it into the filler and hence into the skins.
In order to place the skins on the filler-tube the machines remains at rest; the
process of placing the skins on the said filler tube takes a considerable time and
trouble owing to the filler tube forming part of the machine.
By cur invention we make the said filler detachable from the filler machine
employing several of them for one machine so as to enable a like number of
operators to place the skins on the filler which may be attached or detached to the
machine as required, thus saving the operator of the machine the trouble of placing
the skins thereon.
In carrying our invention into effect we attach a screwed socket on to the fore
end of the machine the projecting end of the said socket is provided with a plain.
neck, furnished on the face thereof with two studs.
To the rear end of the tubular part of the filler tube, we attach a conical shaped
boss terminating into a collar which fits over the neck of the screwed socket afore-
said, the two being connected together by means of a "bayonet joint" formed by
a slot cut into the collar of the filler, to fit the studs on the neck of the screwed
socket, thus the filler may be connected to the neck in a very expeditious manner:
and by using several fillers, no time is lost in operating the machine.
We may in some cases connect the filler to the neck by cutting a curved or arc
slot or slots in the collar of the filler and providing the ueck with a pin or pins to
engage in the said slot or slots.
Or we may make the neck and collar with a few quick, screw threads whereby
they may be connected together.
We may also attach two or more filler tubes to a plate provided with a slide
to engage in a guide fixed on the fore end of the machine.
Our invention may be modified in any detail as may be necessary to carry the
same into effect.
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We will describe our invention by reference to the accompanying drawings the
letters of reference indicating similar parts throughout.
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Figure 1 is a side elevation and Figure 2 a front elevation of our improved
sausage-filler attached to an ordinary sausage machine.
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Figure 3 represents a side elevation, and Figure 6 an end elevation of a filler
detached from the machine.
Figure 4 represents a side elevation and Figure 5 a front elevation of a sausage
machine. with the filler detached.
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Figures 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12, represent modification of our invention.
The iron frame A supports the cylinder B, which is furuished with a plunger
operated by a rack and pinion for the purpose of giving a sliding motion thereto.

page_text: C, is a screwed boss to which is screwed the socket D by means of a lever and
the holes E.
The plain neck F of the socket is provided with two projecting studs H, H.
The conical tube 1 of the filler upon which the skins are threaded is connected
to the conical hox J which terminates into the collar K furnished with the two
bayonet-joints M, M, by which the said filler is attached to the studs H, H,
the Ings N. N. forming a grip for attaching or detaching the said filler.
When the filler and machine are in the relative position represented in Figure 1
and 2 the skins having been placed on the filler tube I and the meat placed in the
cylinder B, which is forced into the skins by the action of the plunger.
Several fillers are provided for one machine upon which the skins are threaded
by several operators, thus saving the operator of the machine the trouble of
threading skins thereon he having only to attach or detach the filler to the
machine.
Figure 7 represents a filler in which we use one or more arc slots M¹,
attaching the same to the studs H, H, of the neck F.
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Figure 8 represents a filler provided with screw threads for attaching the same
to the screwed neck Figure 9.
Figure 10, 11, and 12, represent side elevation, front elevation, and plan
respectively, two fillers attached to slide P which engage in the guides R, R, by
which the two tubes may be attached or detached to the machine.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. A sausage-filler provided with a bayonet-joint or joints M, M, or its equivalent
for attaching the same to a neck or socket of a sausage filling machine by means
of the stud or studs H, H, substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore
described and illustrated.
2. A sausage filler provided with screw threads by which the same may be
attached to a loose screwed neck or to a screwed boss of a sausage filling machine
substantially as and for the purpose hereiubefore described.
3. A sausage filler, or fillers provided with slides whereby the same may be
attached or detached to guides formed on the face of a sausage filling machine,
substantially as and for the purpose hereinbefore described and illustrated in.
Figures 8, 9, 10, 11, and 12 of the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 16th day of November 1895.
WILLIAM HENRY BARACLOUGH,
36, Temple Street, Birmingham, Agent for the Applicants.