US1094027A - Churn. - Google Patents

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J. M. SIMMONS.

GHURN.

APPLIGATION FILED sE1 T19. 1912.

Patented 11111121.1911

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JAMES M. SIMMONS, OF FOLLANSBEE, WEST VIRGINIA.

CHURN.

Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed September 19, 1912.

Patented Apr. 21, 1914. Serial No. 721,242.

To all cli/0m t may concern Be it known that l, JAMES M. SIMMONS, a citizen of the' United States, residing at Follansbee, in the county of Brooke, State of West Virginia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Churns; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to churns and more particularly to that class known as vibrating churns.

An object of this invention is to provide a churn comprising a body member, a support for said body member, a vibrating churn dasher and means mounted in the support for vibrating the dasher.

nother object is to so provide a. churn of this character, the support of which serves to support the churn and the operating mechanism connected with the dasher mounted in the churn body and in the upper horizontal hinged portion of the support.

Another object is to generally improve and simplify the construction and operation of churns of this type and increase the eiiiciency thereof.

With these and other objects in View, this invention resides in the novel features of construction, formations, arrangements of parts to be hereinafter more fully described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a front elevational View of the complete device. Fig. 2 is top plan view thereof. Fig. 8 is a horizontal section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1. Fig. 1 is a vertical sectional view on the line 4-4 of Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a side elevation of a portion of the device with the hinged upper member in open position. Fig. 6 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view on line 6-6 of Fig. 1.

Referring more specically to the drawing in which similar characters of reference designate corresponding parts throughout, 10 indicates the base having the seat l1 formed therein for the-lower portion of the churn body 12. The base 10 is preferably square and has parallel standards 13 proj ecting upwardly from the rear corners thereof and connected at their upper ends by the cross member 14 to which the arms of combinations and v the Tishaped top member 15 are hinged, along one edge, as shown at 16, the main portion of the member projecting forwardly when the top is in closed position and provided withv bearing openings for the upper end of the churn shaft and the operating shaft, as will be later vmore fully stated.

The operating shaft 17 has its lower end journaled in the base 10 along the front edge thereof and lmidway the length of said frame, while its upper end is reduced and journaled in the forward end of the forwardly directed portion of the T-shaped top member l5, when said member is in its closed position. The operating arms 18 project at right angles from the sides of the operating shaft 17 and by swinging said arms in opposite directions, the shaft 17 will be properly rotated to vibrate the dasher shaft 19, as will be presently clearly apparent. The operating rope 20 has its opposite end secured to the outer end of the operating arm 18 and is wrapped around the shaft 19, as clearly shown on the drawing. One end of the rope is securely fastened to one arm 18 while the opposite end passes beneath the securing staple 21, upon one extended end of which is secured the set screw for tightening the staple in the opposite arm 18 and thus securely holding this end of the rope. By means of this fastening, the rope may be readily adjusted, for proper operation of the device. j Projecting radially from the shaft 19, at its lower end are the dasher arms 23 carrying the dasher blades 24 upon their outer ends. l The shaft 19 extends centrally through ythe churn body cover 25 as will be clearly seen by referring to the drawing.

From the foregoing it will be apparent that I have provided a churn and operating mechanism which will be of extremely sim ple construction and operation and highly efficient and effectivein use.

The T-shaped top 15 may tened in closed position hook4 26 secured to one of the arms of said member and adapted for engagement in the staple 27 carried by the base, as will be clearly apparent.

he frame work is supported and braced by diagonally extending bracing strips 28 having their lower ends secured to the forward Ycorners of thebase 10 while their upper ends are secured near the upper ends be securely fasby means of the oi the standards 13, it being understood that the bracing strips Q8 are positioned upon opposite sides of the frame work.

It will be evident that minor changes in the details of construction may be made Within the scope of the appended claim Wit-hout departing from the spirit of the invention.

What I claim is:

In a churning machine, a bed plate, a churn body seated thereon, a pair of standards rising Jfrom the rear corners of said bed, a churn dasher in said body, an upright shaft removably journaled in said bed, a T-shaped top member having its ar`ms hinged to said standards and having openings removably receiving and journaling said dasher rod and said pivot shaft, a hori- Zontally disposed lever iXed centrally to said shaft, a horizontally disposed rope Wrapped about said dasher rod and having the terminals secured to the ends of said leverJ a hooked rod pivoted on said top member, and a keeper on said bed engaging said hooked rod and holding said top member in operative position, disengagement of said rod from said keeper permitting of said top member being rocked up to facilitate removal of said shaft and said dasher and said body from said base.

In testimony whereof, I aiiix my signature, in presence of two Witnesses.

JAMES M. SIMMONS. Witnesses FRANK L. JOHNSTON, CHARLES L. HERBERT.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington. D. C.

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