IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY, OR APPARATUS FOR DIVIDING BUTTER AND FOR IMPRINTING DESIGNS THEREON
Year: 1884

page_text: I, THOMAS STEVENS of 6, Maryleport Street, City of Bristol, Provision Merchant,
do hereby declare the nature of said invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY,
OR APPARATUS FOR DIVIDING BUTTER AND FOR IMPRINTING DESIGNS THEREON," to
be as follows:-
According to this invention, the butter, fed from a hopper into a tank containing
water, is received between two discs having a block or table partially intervening
between them.
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The discs are arranged to rotate towards each other in the said tank, and, as
they rotate, the butter is forced into moulds or recesses sunk in the peripheries
of the discs.
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The bottoms of the moulds, which may be designed to hold a given weight of
butter, are furnished on the inside with any desired design or pattern which it is
intended to imprint upon the butter. Into the bottoms, which are movable, are
screwed or otherwise secured spindles, one spindle to each mould. The inner ends of
the spindles impinge upon the peripheries of fixed cams placed concentrically with
the respective discs aforesaid. In the rotation of the discs the inner ends of the
spindles are made to pass over the end of a tongue formed on each cam, and, by the
pressure thus exerted upon the bottoms of the moulds, previously filled with butter,
the contents of the moulds are ejected in turn into the water contained in the tank,
mechanically divided into quantities of equal bulk and having the desired design
or pattern imprinted on each. The butter is also freed from surplus salt.
Around the spindles are coiled springs by the action of which the bottoms of the
moulds are caused, after discharge of the butter, to resume their normal position.
Dated this 23rd day of February 1884
W. LLOYD WISE,
Per F. J. Brougham,
Applicant's Agent.

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I, THOMAS STEVENS, of 6, Mary-le-port Street, City of Bristol, Provision Merchant,
do hereby declare the nature of my said invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR DIVIDING BUTTER AND FOR IMPRINTING DESIGNS
THEREON," and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement and the drawings
therein referred to :-
According to my said invention, the butter, fed from a hopper into a tank
containing water, 'is received between two discs having a block or table partially
intervening between them. The discs are arranged to be rotated towards each
other in the said tank and, as they rotate, the butter is thereby forced into moulds
or recesses sunk in the peripheries of the discs.
The bottoms of the moulds, which may be designed to hold a given weight of
butter, are engraved or otherwise furnished with any desired design or pattern'
which it is intended to imprint upon the butter. Into the underside of the moulds,
which are movable, are screwed or otherwise secured spindles, one spindle to each
mould. The inner ends of the spindles impinge upon the peripheries of fixed cams
placed concentrically with the respective discs aforesaid. As the discs rotate the
inner ends of the spindles are caused to pass round the end of a tongue formed on
each cam and, by the pressure thus exerted on the moulds, previously charged with
butter, the contents of the moulds are ejected in turn into the water contained in
the tank. Thus the butter is mechanically divided, into quantities of equal bulk
and having the desired design or pattern imprinted on each. The butter is also
thus freed from surplus salt.
Around, the spindles are coiled springs, by the action of which the bottoms of the
moulds, are caused, after discharge of the butter, to resume their normal position.
And in order that my said invention may be properly understood I now proceed
to describe the same, with reference to the accompanying sheet. of illustrative
drawings, and, the figures and letters, marked thereon.
Fig 1 on the, accompanying, sheet, of drawings represents, a part, elevation and
part, longitudinal section of a machine, for, dividing and Iprinting butter constructed.
in accordance with my said invention Fig. 2.is a plan of the machine, and Fig.3
represents a transverse section: .
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The butter, fed from the hopper, A into the tank B containing water, is received
between the two, discs C, C₁ between, which is the table, or, block D. At one side
the discs) are provided with toothed, racks c, cl bolted, or otherwise secured to the
discs and gearing with each, other. With the rack.c.of the dise C gears the, pinion e
keyed on thie, shaft fi caused to, rotate, by turning the handle g. Upon the same
shaft fis, the pinion sh gearing, with the toothed wheel i gearing in turn with the
toothed wheel k. Upon the shafts andikare secured the grooved or fluted dises m
by which, as they rotate, the butter is fed downwards to the discs C C in which
are the moulds n into which the butter is forced as the discs C Crotate. The
movable bottoms or cups .of the moulds are furnished on the inside with any
desired design or. pattern which it is intended to imprint upon the butter. The
moulds may be designed to hold a given weight of butter.-Into the undersides of
the cups are screwed or otherwise secured the spindles o the inner ends of which
bear against the peripheries of the fixed cams E E' of the discs C. C', it being
understood that the disc C' is fitted similarly to the disc C. The fixed cams E, E'
are placed upon the axes F, F' concentrically with the discs C. C. As the discs C. C¹

page_text: rotate the inner ends of the spindles o are caused to pass round the tongues S. S₁ of
the fixed cams E, E¹ and thereby the cups are forced outwards to discharge their
contents in turn into the water contained in the tank B. The butter is thus
mechanically divided into quantities of equal bulk and having the desired design or
pattern imprinted or impressed on each separate division. The butter is also freed
from surplus salt.
By means of the springs u coiled around the spindles o each movable bottom or
cup of the moulds is restored to its normal position in the moulds after the
spindles have passed round the tongues of the fixed cams E, E¹.
The discs C, C and cups are preferably made of box wood or other analogous
,substance, but they may be made of other material if desired.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and the manner in which the same is to be performed, I declare that
what I claim is,—
The arrangement and construction of the Machinery or Apparatus for dividing
and imprinting designs upon butter, composed of the discs C, C¹ preferably placed
in a tank containing water, which discs are capable of being rotated by suitable
gearing, and are provided with the moulds n and cups , operated by means of the
spindles o and springs u, the spindles passing in turn round the tongues S. S¹ of the
fixed cams E, E¹, all substantially as described and shown on the accompanying sheet
of drawings.
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W. LLOYD WISE,
Per F. J. Brougham,
Applicant's Agent.