US339495A - taylor - Google Patents

Description

(No Model.) L L TAYLOR- GHURN.

No. 339,495. Patented Apr. 6, 1886.

@L7/eww Invenlr NITED STATES JAMES L. TAYLOR, OF HAMILTON,

PATENT `einen.,

ASSIGNOB OF ONE-HALF TO ROBERT ONTARIO, CANADA.

CHURN.

PECFEGATON forming part o1' Letters Patent No. 339.495, dated April 6, 1886.

Application filed July Q0, i985. Serial No. 171083.

(No model .i

Patented in Cana la July 18, 1F84, No. 19,843.

To @ZZ whom it may concern.:

Be it known that I, JAMES LlonLnN TAY Lon, of Hamilton, in the county of Wentworth, in the 'Province of Ontario, Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Cliurns; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same.

The invention relates to improvements in that class known as oseiliating ohurns," and which will be simple in construction, durable, convenient to remove from the stand when not in use, easy to clean, and remove butt-er, the., and have such an easy movement in the operation of churning that a child can operate it with comparative ease.

Heretot'ore a churn has been constructed in which the tub or body was mounted or hung zo in a stirrup pivoted to the frame and provided with a pendulum to assist in the oscillation of said tub or body, but this I do not claim, my invention consisting, essentially, in

the combination,with a churn-body having a 2 5 notch and provided with bearing-plates upon its sides, of trunuion-plates having ribs projecting from their inner faces, a cross-bar, and a 'frame having bearings, all substantially as hereinafter described.

By reference to the drawings, forn'iing part of this specification, it willbe seen that Figure l represents a side elevation of my churn. Fig. 2. is an end elevation; Fig. 3, aside elevation ol' the body onlydetached from the frame.

Figli is a section ofthe body through the line m .fo of Fig. 5. Fig. 5 is a longitudinal section of the body of the churn. Fig. G isa perspective view ot' one of the trunnion-plates. Fig. 7 is an inside elevation of one of the 4o trunnion-bearings.

A is the body of the churn, constructed in one whole compartment with a flat bottom, divided in the center by a cream-breaker, B, into two cream-apartments, G C. The said cream-breaker B is cut from a solid piece ol' wood, having a number of vertical openings cut in it to allow the cream to pass through. Vertical grooves are cut in the sides of the body of the churn in the center, and the 5o breaker isinserted therein and held stationary during the operation of churning. At the saine time it can be easily withdrawn from the grooves for cleaning, airing, die.

D is a cover for the opening at the top of the churn.

E is an outlet for the buttermilk, provided with an ordinary stopper.

F F are metal plates of the form shown clearly at Fig. 3, and are secured to the outside central portion of the churn. Theinside portions of the said plates are (ishaped, and are so constructed as to rest upon correspondingly-shaped trunnion-plates G, affixed to a swinging weighted cross-bar, H, to which a pendent weight, I, is attached in the center, the Whole forming aswinging frame, journaled by the trunnion ends of the plates G into snitably-constructed metal bearings, J, affixed at the top ot' a stationary frame, K K, which carries and supports tbe whole. Y

`L L are square notches cut in theside pieces of thebody of the churn, into which the crossbar H enters when the body is placed thereon for the operation of churning, and it will be observed that the trunnion-plates G are provided in their inside face with a raised project-ion or ribs, o c, project-ing frein the inner face of the trunnion-plates. These ribs are formed near to and parallel with each edge of said plate, as shown in Fig. 6, and near the top of the latter they converge to a point, forming a (X-shaped ridge on the trunnion-plate, upon which rests the correspondingly-shaped inner portion of the metal bearing-plates F, which are attached to the body A of the churn. These two devices-viz., the notches receiving the weighted cross-bar H and the above-mentioned device-secure the body A firmly to the swinging frame, which is composed of the trunnion-platesG G, crossbar H, and weight I.

M M are cross-braces connecting the legs of the stationary frame.

To enable others skilled in the art to construct the said churn, the dimensions of the body may be about twelve by thirtyfou'r inches over the top. The stand orstationary frame consists of four pieces one and onefourth by one and one-fourth inch, held together by two cross-pieces let into the uprights. The tops of the said uprights areinserted into the metal castings, secured with a screw in each piece, the said castings serving a tWofold use-viz., acting as a box or bearing for the trunnions to work in, also to hold firm the upper ends of the frame or stand K K. The weight is attached to crossbar H, which connects the trunnion-plates, and may be a combination of wood and iron, or all iron, if desired. The cream-breaker is cut from a solid piece of wood having open vertical slots cut in it. A handle Will be affixed to one end of the body to assist in operating the churn.

The operation of my churn is so simple as to require very little additional description. Vhen the cream is placed in the churn through the opening in the top and the cover closed, the churn is set oscillating onits trunnion-bearings, and for this purpose there may, it' desired, be a handle affixed at one end of the churn. As one end of the body rises the cream is dashed through. the crea1n-breaker into the opposite end, and when that end is elevated the cream is dashed back again through the breaker, and so on until the operation of churning is completed,which usually is accomplished in from four to twenty minutes, according to the temperature.

Having thus described my churn and its advantages what Iclaim as my invention is- JAMES L. TAYLOR.

In presence of- ALBERT MUNRO,l WM. BRUCE.

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