Improvements in Apparatus for Moulding or Forming Pats or Blocks of Butter or other like Plastic Material.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 19th Oct., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 19th July, 1893-Accepted, 19th Aug., 1893
Improvements in Apparatus for Moulding or Forming Pats or
Blocks of Butter or other like Plastic Material.
I WILLIAM HUCKS Junior of 22 Oval Road Camden Town in the County of
London Engineer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to apparatus for moulding discs pats or blocks of butter or
like plastic material of any desired size or thickness and of a circular or other
desired form.
The butter or other material to be moulded may be fed into a moulding tube
from a chamber one end of which may be provided with a conical or tapering end
shaped to fit the end of the moulding tube into which the butter or other material
may be forced from the said chamber by means of a plunger or piston actuated by
means of water air or other fluid pressure or other suitable means.
The moulding tube when charged with the material is placed in a position in the
machine for a plunger or piston to enter one end of the said moulding tube and
press on the butter or other substance contained therein so as to force the said
material from the opposite end of the tube. This plunger or piston may be
operated at intervals by a rack or equivalent means so as to force the butter
or other material to the required distance from the end of the moulding tube to
form the desired thickness of the pat or block at each intermittent motion of the
plunger means being provided for varying the extent of movement of the plunger as
required. Before the butter or other substance is projected from the moulding
tube a suitable stamp or die is caused to move forward and press on the end of the
butter or material in the tube so as to impress or stamp on the end surface of the
butter or other substance the design on the said stamp or die.
The material having been stamped the stamp or die recedes and the material is
then projected from the tube to the desired extent by the plunger or piston
hereinbefore referred to and is separated from the main body of the material by a
knife wire or equivalent cutting device caused to move at right angles to and close
to the end of the moulding tube and through the protruding butter or other
material. Each disc or pat thus severed is received onto a table or endless band by
which it is moved away from the end of the moulding tube so as to permit of the
stamp or die acting on the end surface of the butter or the like in the moulding
tube.
The cutter returns to its former position before the stamp or die comes into
operation.
To facilitate the separation of the pats or blocks from the material in the mould
tube it may be found desirable to raise the temperature of the knife wire or cutting
device. This may be effected by means of a lamp, suitably arranged, electricity or
otherwise.
The table or carrier on which the discs or pats fall with their stamped or
impressed surfaces downwards may receive a motion each time it receives a disc or
pat that will transfer the said disc or pat onto a tray or receiver with its stamped
or impressed surface uppermost the tray or receiver being automatically actuated so
as to come into position to receive each pat as it is discharged from the table or
carrier.
Each tray may be provided with raised edges higher than the maximum thickness

page_text: of discs or pats of material so that several trays may be placed one upon another
without crushing or injuring the stamped discs or pats upon the tray-bencath it.
Dated this 19th day of October 1892.
J. H. JOHNSON & Co.,
47, Lincoln's Inn Fields, London, Agents.
VATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Moulding or Forming Pats or
Blocks of Butter or other like Plastic Material.
I WILLIAM HUCKS Junior of 22 Oval Road, Camden Town in the County of
London Engineer do hereby declare the nature of my invention 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 apparatus for moulding pats or blocks of butter or
like plastic material of any desired size or thickness and of a circular or other
desired form.
The butter or other material (it is for the purposes of description presumed to
be butter) to be moulded may be fed into a moulding tube from a chamber one end
of which may be provided with a conical or tapering end or with a plate having a
passage therein shaped to correspond to the end of the moulding tube into which
the butter may be forced from the said chamber by means of a plunger or piston
actuated by manual power or by means of water air or other fluid pressure or by
other suitable means.
The moulding tube when charged with the butter is placed in a position in the
machine for a plunger or piston to enter one end of the said moulding tube and
cause the butter to be forced from the opposite end of the tube. This plunger or
pistou may be operated at intervals by a rack or equivalent means to such an
extent as to force the butter to the required distance from the end of the moulding
tube to form the desired thickness of the pat or block at each intermittent motion
of the plunger or piston and means may be provided for varying the extent of
movement of the plunger or piston according to the thickness of the pats or blocks
required.
Before the butter is projected from the moulding tube a stamp or die may be
caused to move forward and press on the end of the butter in the tube or be
brought into position for the butter to enter the die so as to impress or stamp on
the end surface of the butter the design on the said stamp or die.
The butter having received an impression from the stamp or die the said stamp
or die is caused to recede and the butter having by the plunger or piston herein before
referred to been projected from the tube to the desired extent is separated from
the main body of the butter in the tube by a knife wire or equivalent cutting
device which is caused to move at right angles to, and close to the end of, the
moulding tube and through the protruding butter. Each pat or block thus severed
is received on a table or carrier by which it is moved away from the end of the
moulding tube, so as to permit of the stamp or die again coming into position to
stamp as before the fresh surface of the butter exposed the cutter returning to its
former position before the stamp or die comes into operation.
To facilitate the separation of the pats or blocks from the butter in the moulding
tube it may be found desirable to raise the temperature of the knife wire or cutting
device which may be effected by means of electricity or by a lamp or otherwise.
The table, or carrier, on to which the pats or blocks fall with their stamped or
impressed surfaces downwards, may receive a motion each time it receives a pat or
block that will transfer the said pat or block onto a removable tray or receiver the
removable tray or receiver and the table or carrier being actuated so that the pats
or blocks are received in proper order by the said tray or receiver.

page_text: The pats or blocks of butter may be deposited directly from the table or receiver
onto a dish or receptacle with their stamped surfaces uppermost.
And in order that my said invention may be fully understood I will more
particularly describe the same and for that purpose shall refer to the several
figures on the annexed sheets of drawings the same letters of reference indicating
corresponding parts in all the figures. 1 do not however confiné myself to the
details of construction described and illustrated as it will be evident that
considerable variations may be made therein without departing from the nature
of my invention.
Figure 1 represents in side elevation an apparatus constructed according to iny
invention for moulding pats or blocks of butter or like plastic material which
however I will as aforesaid presume to be butter.
Figure 2 is a plan corresponding to Fig. 1.
Figure 3 an end elevation.
Fig. 4 is an elevation partly in section of one of the moulding tubes detached,
together with a die for impressing the butter with a design.
Fig. 5 is a sectional elevation of a moulding tube and die for stamping or
moulding designs in relief on the butter and Fig 6 is an end view of the tube.
Figs. 7 and 8 are respectively a side elevation and a plan of a modified
arrangement of moulding apparatus and
Fig. 8 is a modification of the mechanism for operating the tray which receives
the pats as they are separated from the moulding tube.
Fig. 9 is a longitudinal sectional elevation of a device for charging the moulding
tubes with butter and Fig. 10 is a transverse section of the same.
Referring to Figs. 1, 2 and 3-1 is a moulding tube which may be corrugated
longitudinally or grooved in the interior to produce on the periphery of the pats
or blocks of butter an ornamental appearance or the inside of the tube may be
plain and circular or of any other desired form according to the shape of the pats
or blocks to be moulded. This tube is charged with butter which may be effected
by any suitable means (preferably by means of the apparatus illustrated in Figs. 9
and 10 and hereinafter described) and is then placed in position in the moulding
In this
machine and is retained in position therein by any suitable means.
arrangement the tube is provided with studs or projections 2 which enter
slots 2* in the frame 3.
Fitted to slide in the tube 1 is a piston or plunger 4 the rod 5 of which is carried
in guides 6 and is provided with rack teeth 7 with which a pawl 8 engages to inter-
mittently depress the piston 4 so as to force the amount of butter required for each
pat or block from the lower end of the moulding tube 1. The pawl 8 is operated
by a lever 9 mounted on a fulcrum pin or bolt 10 in brackets 11 on the frame of
the machine. The said brackets 11 and also the lever 9 may be provided with
holes arranged at different distances from the pawl 8 so that the position of the
fulcrum pin or bolt 10 may be altered as required and the stroke of the piston be
thereby varied to cause it to project more or less of the butter from the moulding
tube according to the thickness of the pats or blocks which it is desired that the
machine shall produce.
The lever 9 is connected by a rod 12 and pin 12 to an eccentric 13 fixed on, or
formed in one with, a spindle or shaft 14 carried in a long bearing 15 on the frame 3
and provided with a handle 16 by means of which the spindle and the eccentric
may be rotated and impart through the connections bereinafter described motion
to the various parts of the machine at the proper times. Before the butter is pro-
jected from the moulding tube by the descent of the piston 4 a die or stamp 17
bearing any required design is caused to come into contact with and impress the
end of the butter contained in the tube 1. This die or stamp is carried on a rod 18
sliding in guides 19 in the frame of the machine. The rod 18 is connected by
links 20 to an arm 21 on a rock shaft 22 on which shaft is another arm 23 con-
nected by a link or rod 24, to an arm 25 on another rock shaft 26. To an arm 28
on the rock shaft 26 is connected by a rod 27 the strap 13* of the eccentric 13 so

page_text: that when the eccentric is rotated the necessary motions will be transmitted to the
stamp or die 17 through the rock shafts 26 and 22 and the connections hereinbefore
described. Motion is also transmitted from the rock shaft 26 to the cutting device
by which the protruding butter is severed from the body of butter contained in the
moulding tube. The cutting device consists of a wire 29 carried in a frame 30
pivotted at 31. to blocks 32 fitted to slide in guides 33 pivotted at 34 to the frame 3
of the machine. The frame 30 is connected to an arm 35 on a rock shaft 36 another
arm 37 on the said rock shaft being connected by a rod 38 to an arm 39 on the
rock shaft 26 herein before referred to so that when the shaft is operated by the
eccentric 13 the cutter will be caused to move forward and sever the protruding
portion of the butter and then retire before the stamp or die comes into position
to stamp the next portion of the butter. To prevent the severed pat or block of
butter from being carried back by the wire after it has been separated a lip 38*, on
a piece 39* fitted to slide on a rod 40 and connected by links 41 to arms 42 on the
rock shaft 26, is brought into such position that when the wire has severed the pat
the said wire passes over and in contact with the top of the lip 38* ensuring the
detachment of the pat or block so that it falls onto the carrier..
After the protruding portion of butter has been severed by the cutter from the
mass contained in the tube, the said cutter is caused to return to its normal position
past the end of the moulding tube and in order to prevent the cutter from scraping
the end of the tube in its rearward movement the ends of the guides 33 furthest
from their fulcrum 34 descend so as to allow the cutter to clear the end of the
moulding tube 1. This lowering of the guides 33 (as shewn in the drawings) is
effected by connecting the forward end of one of the said guides to the rod of an
eccentric 43 fast on a rock shaft 44 an arm 45 on this rock shaft being connected
by a rod 46 to an arm 47 on another rock shaft 48 which receives a rocking move-
ment from the eccentric. 13, the strap 13* of the eccentric being connected by a
rod 49 to an arm 50 on the rock shaft 48.
Each pat or block of butter as it is severed is received onto a carrier which is
brought into position to receive it and then moved away so as to permit of the
stamp or die rising to act on the end surface of the butter in the moulding tube.
This carrier consists of strips 52 (see Fig. 2) attached to transverse brackets 53
carried on rods 54 fitted to slide in holes in transverse guide bars 55 attached to
the frame 3. One of the brackets 53 is connected by a rod 56 to an arm 57 on the
rock shaft 26 so that when this rock shaft is rocked in its bearings a longitudinal
motion is given to the carrier 52. The removable tray 58 consists of longitudinal
strips connected together at one end by a handle at 59; their opposite ends being
disconnected.
The strips of the carrier 52 are situated between the strips of the tray 58. The
said tray 58 receives an up and down motion whereby the pats or blocks of butter
are lifted from the carrier 52 and deposited thereonto at a distance equal to the
diameter of one pat further from the moulding tube at each intermittent motion
until the removable tray is charged with the pats or blocks of butter.
The up and down motions of the tray are transmitted from the rock shaft 48
which is actuated from the eccentric 13 by the rod 49 as hereinbefore described the
said rock shaft having an arm 60 thereon connected by a link 61 to a rod 62
depending from a bar 63 upon which the tray 58 is supported by transverse
brackets 64.
The bar 63 is guided in its up and down motions by the rod 62 passing through
a guide bar 65 and the transverse brackets 64 sliding in holes in the transverse
guide bars 55. At the moment when the carrier 52 is in position under the end of
the moulding tube and has just received a severed pat the surface of the tray 58 in
its downward movement reaches a point just below the level of the carrier 52. The
said carrier then commences to move forward from under the end of the moulding
tube 1 bringing with it the severed pat of butter. At the completion of this
forward stroke of the carrier 52 the surface of the tray 58 has reached in its upward
movement to a point just above the level of the carrier 52 lifting the pat of butter

page_text: from off the said carrier allowing the carrier 52 to return to beneath the end of the
moulding tube 1 in readiness to receive the next pat of butter.
A pat severed from the end of the moulding tube 1 drops onto the carrier 52
and at the same time the tray 58 descends and reaches a point below the level of
the carrier 52 as hereinbefore described and leaves the previously severed pat on
the carrier 52 which moves from under the end of the moulding tube 1 bringing
with it the two pats. At the end of this forward stroke the two pats are lifted
by the tray 58 ns hereinbefore described to permit of the carrier 52 returning and
receiving another pat of butter and subsequently bringing the three pats forward
and the rising and falling action of the tray 58 continuing the pats advance step
by step until the tray 58 is charged with the desired quantity or with as many as it
is constructed to hold.
The tray 58 may be removed from the machine and the pats of butter be
discharged therefrom with their stamped sides uppermost onto a dish or other
receptacle. When the whole of the butter is expelled from the moulding tube .it
(the moulding tube) is removed from the machine and refilled or replaced by a
tube charged with butter. I prefer to use a piston or plunger 4 detached from the
rod 5 so that when the whole of the butter is removed from the moulding tube
the rod 5 may be withdrawn leaving the plunger 4 in the tube which tube may then
be removed from the machine and recharged with butter and then replaced in
the machine with the end containing the plunger uppermost for the rod 5 to
act upon.
The moulding tube 1 is supported in the frame by studs or trunnions 2. as
hereinbefore described which studs are arranged at equal distances from the ends
of the tube so that the said tube may be placed in position with either end
uppermost.
This arrangement obviates the necessity for withdrawing the piston or plunger 4
from the tube after the butter has been expelled therefrom and prevents any butter
which may remain on the inner surface of the tube from being carried by the
plunger to outside the tube.
When designs in relief are required to be stamped on the pats of butter it is
necessary in order to release the die or stamp without disfiguring or destroying the
design on the butter to provide means whereby the air may be allowed to enter
the die or stamp rapidly and in order to effect this I connect the die proper 17
(see Fig. 5) to a plate or holder 17 by two screws or pins 18* arranged on
diametrically opposite sides of the die; on these pins lugs attached to the die 17
are free to slide. The head of one of these screws or pins projects to a greater
distance above the plate 17* than does that of the other pin or screw so that when
the plate 17* is moved in a direction away from the tube the shorter of the two
screws or pins in the said plate 17* will come into contact with one of the lugs
attached to the die and cause the said die to tilt to some extent sideways so as to
allow of the free entrance of air to it as it is being withdrawn from the butter.
The edge 19 of the die or stamp when in position to receive the butter from the
moulding tube enters an annular recess 20* in the end of the said moulding tube
which admits of the capacity of the die or stamp being varied. Across the end of
the moulding tube are provided bars 21* which cause the butter to issue in a
divided condition from the tube into the die or stamp 17 and provide for the escape
of air from the die or stamp when being charged with butter.
In the modified arrangement of apparatus illustrated by Figures 7 and 8 the
moulding tube I is supported in brackets 2× on the frame 3 and the piston 4 is
shewn as being attached to the rod 5. The lever 9 carrying the pawl 8 by which
the piston 4 is depressed and also the brackets 11 which carry the lever are pro-
vided with several holes in either of which may be placed the fulcrum bolt or
pin 10 on which the lever 9 rocks to regulate the stroke of the piston and cause
more or less of the butter to be projected from the tube 1 according to the
thickness of the pats or blocks which the machine is required to produce.

page_text: The lever 9 is operated by the eccentric 13 on the driving shaft 14 the strap of
the eccentric being connected to the lever 9 by the rod 12.
The die or stamp 17 for producing a design on the pats or blocks of butter is
operated by an eccentric 13" the strap of which is connected by a rod 13b to a
rocking frame 13° mounted on studs 13 in the main frame 3. The eccentric 13
is set on the shaft 14 in position with reference to the eccentric 13 as to cause the
die or stamp 17 to advance and impress the butter in the moulding tube 1 and then
to retire before the butter is protruded by the piston 4 from the moulding tube.
When the butter is made to protrude to the required distance from the tube the
cutting wire 29 is caused to advance and sever the protruding butter from the mass
contained in the tube the cutting wire in this arrangement being carried in a
frame 30 pivotted to arms 32 mounted on studs 32° in the main frame 3.
forward end of the frame 30 is provided with journals or trunnions 30 mounted
eccentrically in the bosses of levers 30 wbich are free to turn in blocks 30° fitted
to slide in slots 30 in the main frame.
The
The to and fro movements of the frame carrying the cutting wire is effected by
means of an eccentric 23" on the shaft 14 the strap of this eccentric being connected
to one of the arms 32 which carry the frame 30 the eccentric being timed so as to
cause the cutting wire to move forward as the die or stamp 17 is receding and the
butter is being protruded by the piston 4 from the moulding tube. The cutting
wire in its forward movement passes through the protruding butter close to the
end of the moulding tube just as the piston 4 has completed its downward move-
ment. The pat or block of butter thus severed from the mass is received on a tray
or platform 38 which is brought into position to receive it and then moved away
to admit of the cutter returning to its normal position and the stamp 17 rising to
stamp the end of the butter in the moulding tube. To prevent the cutting wire
when making its rearward or return movement from scraping the end of the
moulding tube the levers 30° at the completion of each forward movement of the
cutting wire come into contact with studs 37" which cause the bosses of the said
levers to turn so as to lower the wire clear of the moulding tube other studs or
projections 37 being provided against which the levers 30° come into contact at
the completion of each rearward movement of the cutting wire whereby the bosses
of the levers are turned in the blocks 30° so as to raise the cutting wire into position
to sever the protruding butter close to the end of the moulding tube at its next
forward movement. The tray or platform 38* derives its motion from the
eccentric 13* the said tray being hinged at 39* to a rocking arm 40" connected by
an arın 41ª and link 42" to an arm 43" projecting from the frame 44" which carries
the die, or stamp 17. The tray 38 which consists of strips or fingers is maintained
in an approximately horizontal position by a radius rod 45° connected at one end to
an arm 46ª on the tray 38% and at its opposite end 47* to the main frame of the
machine. The pats or blocks of butter while being severed from the mass are
prevented from being carried forward by the cutting wire by a lip 38* provided on
the tray or platform 38 in contact with the top of which lip the cutting wire
passes; thereby ensuring the detachment from the wire of the pat or block so that
it will fall onto the tray. So soon as the tray receives a pat or block of butter it
is caused to descend and in its descent deposit the pat or block onto a carrier 52
which comes into position at the proper moment to receive it the said carrier being
similar in construction to that described with reference to Figs. 1, 2 and 3. When
the tray 38 descends the strips of the carrier 52 pass between the strips of the said
tray and remove the pat or block of butter therefrom. The carrier with the pat
or block of butter thereon then receives a longitudinal rearward movement the
longitudinal movements of the carrier being derived from the eccentric 23* in the
following manner. The atrips of the carrier 52 are attached to transverse bars 53
the ends of which pass through slots 53° in the frame of the machine one of the
said transverse bars 53. engaging in a slot 48 in one end of a rod or bar 49 the
opposite end of which bar is connected to a lever 50 centred at 51* to the main

page_text: frame 3. Between the centre 51" and the end of the lever 50° to which the rod or
bar 49 is attached is connected one end of a rod 52" the opposite end of which rod
is attached to the rod 23 of the eccentric 23 by which means the to and fro sliding
movements are given to the carrier at the required periods to receive the pats of
butter from the tray 38, as the said tray descends, and then carry it rearward
before the tray rises to receive another pat.
The pats of butter are transferred from the receiver 52 onto the removable
tray 58 to which rising and falling motions are given at the required periods to
receive the pats in the manner described with reference to Figs. 1, 2 and 3, the
rising and falling motions being imparted to the tray from the eccentric 23 in the
following manner. The tray 58 is carried on a frame 64 the strips of the receiver
being situated between the strips of the tray. The frame 64 is connected to
toggle levers 64" one end of which is attached to the frame 64 and the other end to
the main frame 3 at 65. The toggle levers are connected by a bar or rod 66
to which is attached one arm of a bell crank lever 67" the other arm of the said bell
crank lever being connected by a bar 68 to the strap of the eccentric 23. The
connection of the bar 68" with the eccentric strap is so situated that the frame
carrying the tray will be caused to rise just after the receiver 52 has completed its
rearward movement and remove the pats of butter therefrom. The tray 58
remains elevated while the receiver is moving forward to receive another pat from
the tray 38 and then caused to descend and deposit the pats onto the receiver, a
step by step motion being thus imparted to the pats of butter whereby they are
arranged one in advance of the other on the tray 58 until the said tray is charged
with the required number of pats.
In the modified arrangement illustrated by Fig. 84 of the drawings the tray 38"
is operated so that each pat of butter deposited thereon, instead of being transferred
onto the receiver 52 as hereinbefore described is delivered direct from the tray 38.
onto a dish or other receptacle with its stamped or ornamented face, or the face
which was in contact with the tray, uppermost. To effect this the tray is con-
nected at 39* to a lever or arm 40" centred at 40° to the framing 3 of the machine,
the said tray being also connected at 46" to another arm or lever 45* centred
at 45b.
At about mid-way between the centre 40° and the end 39" of the lever 40* the ⚫
rod 13 of the eccentric 13* is attached so that when the eccentric is at full stroke
in one direction as shewn by full lines in Fig. 8 the tray is in position beneath the
moulding tube 1 to receive a pat of butter.
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By
When the eccentric commences its movement from this position the levers 40*
and 45° are caused to move in the direction of the arrow thereby causing the tray
to first incline downwards and then to move from beneath the moulding tube.
the time the eccentric has made about one third of a revolution the lever 45° will
have made about one half of a rotation on its centre 45 thereby raising the tray
into a vertical or nearly vertical position after which while the eccentric is com-
pleting one half revolution or to full stroke the tray is turned on the centre 46
into a horizontal or nearly horizontal position and upside down as shewn by dotted
lines thereby delivering the pat of butter upside down onto a dish or other
-receptacle placed in position to receive it. As the eccentric is completing its
revolution into the position shewn by full lines the tray will move in the reverse
direction into position beneath the moulding tube 1 to receive another pat of
butter.
The moulding tubes may be charged with butter in any convenient way I prefer
however to employ for the purpose the apparatus illustrated by Figs. 9 and 10
consisting of a box or chamber 70 to contain the butter to be moulded which
chamber is shewn in the drawing of rectangular form but which may be of any
other suitable form. This box or chamber is provided with an opening 71 closed
by a lid or cover 72 by which opening the butter is placed in the chamber. The
forward end of this chamber may be provided with a plate having a, passage there-
through corresponding in diameter to the inner, diameter of the moulding tube ori
:

page_text: as shewn it may be provided with a comical delivery nozzle 73 the outer end of
which corresponds in shape and size to the inner circumference of the moulding
tubes.
Fitted to slide in the chamber 70 is a piston or plunger 74 the rod 75 of which
is provided with ratchet teeth with which engages a pawl 76 carried on a lever 77
centred to the base 78 of the apparatus. By moving the lever to and fro on its
fulcrum the plunger 74 is propelled forward in the chamber 70 and forces the butter
through the nozzle 73 into the tube 1 placed in position in front of the nozzle on
brackets or supports 79. The lid 72 of the chamber may be retained in its closed
position by any suitable means so as to resist the pressure exerted on the butter
by the plunger 74. In the drawing I have shewn it secured by a bar 80 hinged to
a lug or lugs 81 on one side of the box and secured by a pin or bolt 82 passing
through holes in lugs 83 and through the end of the lever at the opposite side of
the box the said lever carrying an excentric 84 by which pressure is exerted on
the lid to force it onto its seat.
If desired the stamp or die may be wetted after the formation of every pat for
instance by lowering it into water at each stroke or by any other suitable means.
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 is
1. In apparatus for making pats of butter or like plastic material the combination
of a cylinder or tube for containing the butter or the like and a plunger or device
capable of being operated intermittently a regulated distance to protrude a portion
of the butter or the like in accordance with the thickness of pat desired and a
cutting device for separating the portion so protruded all operating substantially
as hereinbefore described.
2. In apparatus for making pats or blocks of butter or like plastic material the
combination of a cylinder or tube for containing the butter or the like, a stamp
brought against the end of the butter contained in the cylinder or tube and a
plunger or device operated intermittently to protrude a portion of the butter or
the like a regulated distance in accordance with the thickness of pat or block desired
and a cutting device for separating the protruded portion all operating substantially
as hereinbefore described.
3. In apparatus for making pats of butter or the like the combination of a
cylinder or tube for containing the butter or the like and a plunger or device
operated as described to protrude a portion of the butter or the like against a
surface or into a die or stamp and a device for separating the portion so protruded
all operating substantially as hereinbefore described.
4. In apparatus for making pats of butter or the like a carrier for the pats and
means for operating the carrier so as to cause it to come into position to receive
the pats as they are separated from the moulding tube and transfer them in
progressive order onto a removeable tray substantially as herein before described.
5. In apparatus for making pats of butter or the like the combination with means
for moulding and separating pats of butter or the like to the required size and a
tray or table to receive the pats as they are formed of means for imparting to the
tray or table motions that will cause the pats of butter to be delivered onto a dish
or receptacle in reverse position to that they occupied on the tray or table
substantially as herein before described and illustrated by Figure 8 of the
accompanying drawings.
6. The combination with mechanism for moulding pats of butter or the like of
means for filling cylinders or tubes with butter or the like to be made into pats
substantially as herein before described and illustrated in Figures 9 and 10 of the
accompanying drawings.
7. The combination and arrangement of parts constituting apparatus for moulding
pats or blocks of butter or the like substantially as hereinbefore described and
illustrated in Figures 1, 2 and 3 of the accompanying drawings.

page_text: 8. The combination and arrangement of parts constituting apparatus for moulding
pats or blocks of butter or the like substantially as hereinbefore described and
illustrated in Figures 7 and 8 of the accompanying drawings.
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3 TL 1802
WILLIAM HUCKS, JNR.