US734939A - Wine-press. - Google Patents

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No. 734,939. PATENTED JULY 28, 1903. L. PBROTTI.

WINE PRESS.

APPLICATION FILED 0011.15, 1902.

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UNITED STATES Patented July 28, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

WINE-PRESS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters latent No. 734,939, dated July 28, 1903.

Application filed October 15, 1902. Serial No. 127,431. (No model.)

To aIZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I,Lo UIs PEROTTI, a subject of the King of Italy, residing at Newark, inthe county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented and produced certain new and useful Improvements in Wine-Presses; 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, reference being bad to the accompanying drawings, and to letters of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to that class of winepresses represented by the one shown in my prior patent, No. 705, 12 issued July 22, 1902; and the objects of the present invention are to secure improved means for manipulating .the pressing-screw, to facilitate the removal of solid residue from the pressing-frame after the juice has been expressed, to at the same time provide firm and stable means for supporting the base-plate against the pressure to which it is subjected, and to secure other advantages and results, some of which may be hereinafter referred to in connection with the description of the working parts.

The invention consists in the improved wine-press and in the arrangements and combinations of the parts of the same, all substantially as will be hereinafter set forth and finally embraced in the clausesof the claim.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, in which like letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several figures, Figure l is a ,side view of my improved wine-press. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section of the same on line 0:, Fig. 3; and Fig. 3 is a vertical central section on line y, Fig. 2.

In said drawings, 2 2 indicate upright side standards of the base-frame .of my press, said standards being mounted upon a horizontal wooden frame 3, having casters or wheels 4, by means of which the press can be moved about with facility. Between the upper ends of said standards 2 2 extends a rod or shaft 5, which lies diametrically beneath the heavy circular base-plate 6, said base-plate having ears 7, adapted to receive said rod 6 and enable the plate to tip from its normal horizontal plane in either direction upon the said rod 5. Said base-plate 6 is at its upper side, near its margin, grooved, as at 8, to receive the juice pressed out and having a spout 9, leading from the said groove. Above the central part of the base-plate and closely contiguous thereto is a pressing-frame or fruitcontainer of the construction shown in my prior patent above referred to. Said basket comprises two semicylindrical sections, both hinged at one edge to one of two uprights 10, which project upward from the standards 2 2. The other edges of the sections are adapted to be brought together and secured in any suitable manner, preferably by hasps 11, as shown in my prior patent. It is to be understood that the sections of the pressing-frame when swung open or apart from each other wholly clear the base-plate 6 and expose the same, as shown in Fig. 2, so that said baseplate can be freely tipped on the fulcrumal rod 5 as a support. Any suitable construction may be provided to hold the base-plate in tipped position; but I have shown in the drawings for this purpose a bracket 12 upon the post 13, extending centrally downward beneath the base-plate.

It will be understood thatthe base-plate 6 receives the entire pressure exerted by the machine in operation, and hence must be supported solidly when in horizontal position, and for this purpose I have provided swinging supports 14 15, one on either side of said fulorumal rod' 5, and which are next to be described. The support 14 at the side toward which it is least often desired to tip the baseplate comprises an iron frame of any suitably rigid construction hinged at oneend, as at 16, to one of the standards 2 2 and adapted at its other end to swingonto ledges or bearings 17 17 of the other standard. Projections 18 at the top ofv said support wedge beneath said plate 6 when the support .is swung into position, and a leg 18 may extend downward from said support and carry at its lower end a friction-wheel 19 to travel on the ground. The'other support 15 at the opposite side of the base-plate extends only half-way across from standard to standard, being hinged, as

at 201, to one standard 2 and having at'its'g 1 free end a. friction-wheel 20, running upon the ground, and the top of the support pro viding a bearing 21 to engage the base-plate midway between the standards and near the periphery of the base-plate. '10 manipulate said support 15, a lever 22 is pivoted upon the top of the standard to swing in horizontal plane and is slotted at one end, as at 23, to

receive a pin 24 at the top and near the free end of said support. The other end of the lever forms a handle 25 Within convenient reach of the operator, so that such support 15 can be swungopen and shut as the operator stands on the opposite side of the machine.

The uprights 10 of the frame of the machine carry at their top a cross-piece 26, through which runs the press-screw 27, carrying at its lower end a head 28, lever 29, and ratchet or clutch means 30, all as shown in my prior patent above referred to and not needing further description here. Above said cross-piece 26 I prefer to place upon the pressing-screw 27 ahorizontally-disposed gear-wheel 31, resting upon a boss 311 on the cross-piece 26 and being keyed to said screw to rotate therewith, but permitting said screw to move freely longitudinally through the gear-wheel. A pinion 32 on the end of a shaft 321, having bearings in an auxiliary bracket 33, bolted to the crosspiece 26, drives said gear-wheel 31, the other end of the said shaft being connected by bevel-gears 34 35 to an upright shaft 36, whose lower end finds bearing in a laterally-extending bracket 37, bolted to the side of one of the uprights 10. Bevel-gears 38 39 again connect the lower end of said shaft 36 to a driving-shaft 40, mounted in said bracket 37 and carrying at its outer end a hand-wheel 41. Said hand-wheel therefore enables the pressing-screw 27 to be run very rapidly up or down until approximately in position, when the lever 29 may be used, as in my prior patent, to obtain pressure. In addition to the hand-wheel 41 loose pulleys 42 43, with a middle fixed pulley 44, may be stationed on the said driving-shaft to receive oppositelyrunning belts (not shown) and enable the work to be done by power, any suitable shifting means 45 being employed.

The shaft 321 is preferably between the pinion 32 and the bevel-gear 34 divided transversely into sections 53 54, having their adjacent ends provided with clutch members 46 v of any usual construction adapted to engage each other and cause the sections to rotate as a single shaft or to be slid one away from the other to permit independent rotation. In order to more conveniently operate the clutch, its sliding member 46 is connected to the upper end of a lever 47, pivoted, as at 48, upon the cross-piece 26 of the press and having its lower end provided with a handle 49 convenient to the operator as he stands within reach of the lever 22, before described. Just above the handle 49 the lever is provided with a transverse slot 50 to receive a stud 51 upon the upright'lO and having a nut 52, by

which the said lever can be set or locked in any desired position, either open or closed.

Having thus described the invention, what I'claim as new is 1. In a Wine-press, the combination with opposite standards 2, 2, of a horizontal bar or rod 5, supported thereby, a base-plate diametrically pivoted on said bar or rod, upright extensions 10, 10, of said standards, a pressing-frame comprising sections hinged to said uprights, a cross-piece between said uprights above the pressing-frame, and a pressingscrew mounted therein.

2. In a wine-press, the combination of a wheeled frame or carriage having opposite standards 2, 2, a horizontal bar or rod 5, extending from one standard to the other, a normally horizontal base-plate diametrically pivoted on said bar or rod, upright extensions 10, 10, of said standards, a pressing-frame comprising sections independently hinged to one of said uprights and adapted to open outward away from the base-plate and to close together over the same, a cross-piece between said uprights above the pressing-frame, and a pressing-screw mounted therein.

3. In a wine-press, the combination with a frame provided with opposite uprights and a bar or rod extending horizontally between said uprights, of a tipping base-plate diametrically pivoted on said bar or rod, and an independent pressing-frame comprising sections each hinged to one of said uprights.

4. In a wine-press, the combination with a frame and normally horizontal base-plate diametrically pivoted and being free to tip toward either side, of independent supports for the opposite edges of said base-plate, each hinged to said frame and adapted to swing out from thereunder.

5. In a wine-press, the combination with a frame and a normally horizontal base-plate diametrically pivoted therein and being free to tip in either direction, of independent supports each comprising a vertical framework hinged at one end to the press-frame and adapted at the other end to swing under, and out from under, the baseplate.

6. In a wine-press, the combination of a frame provided with standards 2, 2, a bar or rod 5, extending between said standards, a base-plate diametrically pivoted on said bar or rod and adapted to tip in either direction, a pressing-frame above said base-plate,contiguous thereto, and comprising separable sections hinged to the press-frame, and removable means for holding said base-plate in horizontal position.

7. In a wine-press, the combination with upright standards 2, 2, and a normally horizontal base-plate mounted therebetween to tip toward one side, of a support for said base-plate comprising a vertical frame hinged at one end to one of said standards and adapted at the other end to enter beneath the baseplate, and a hand-lever fulcrumed on said standard and having at one end a slot-andat one end to the sliding clutch member and pin connection with said support, whereby forming at the other end ahandle, and means the latter is operated. for clamping said lever in any position within I 5 8. In a wine-press, the combination with a the limits of its swing. 5 frame, a fruit-receptacle, and a pressing- In testimony that I claim the foregoing I screw, of a large gear-wheel mounted on said have hereunto set my hand this 16th .day of screw to rotate therewith and slip longitudi- September, 1902. nally, a shaft and a drivinggear thereon meshing with said large gear wheel, said 10 shaft being in sections provided at their ad- Witnesses:

jacent ends with clutch members, a lever ful- M. V. DOYLE, crumed on said frame and being connected 0. B. PITNEY.

LOUIS PEROTTIf

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