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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
WILLIAM HIOWEL DAY, OF MORGAN, TEXAS.
CHURN.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 435,113, dated August 26, 1890.
Application filed March 22, 1890. Serial No. 344,905, (No model)To all wlzho it may concern:
Be it known that I, WILLIAM IHOWEL DAY, a
citizen of the United States, residing at Mor
gan, in the county of Bosque and State of
5 Texas, have invented anew and useful Churn,
of which the following is a specification.
The invention relates to improvements in
working-body churns.
The object of the present invention is to
o0 provide a churn of simple and inexpensive
construction adapted to convert the cream
rapidly and economically into butter at the
expense of but a small amount of labor.
The invention consists in the construction
I5 and novel combination and arrangement of
parts, hereinafter fully described, illustrated
in the accompanying drawings, and pointed
out in the claim hereto appended.
In the drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective
20 view of a churn constructed in accordance
with this invention. Fig. 2 is a central ver-
tical transverse sectional view. Fig. 3 is a.
vertical longitudinal sectional view. Fig. 4
is a detail view of the dasher.
25 Referring to the accompanying drawings,
1 designates the body'of the churn, which is
provided with a curved bottom 2 and rounded
ends 3, and which is designed to be placed
upon the floor or ground and be rocked or vi-
30 brated to throw the cream up the curved side
and have the rounded ends 3 direct the same
toward the center. The body of the churn
consists of the bottom 2, which is curved and
approximately semicircular, and which has
35 rounded ends 3, that are slightly curved upon
it to form the top at the ends of the churn and
the sides 4, which are secured to the bottom
2, and the horizontal top portion that connects
the curved ends of the bottom and that may,
40 if desired, be constructed integral with the
strip, forming the curved bottom and rounded
ends; but the said strip is preferably con-
structed of sections suitably secured together.
The churn is designed to be rocked or vibrated
45 to convert the cream into butter, and is pro-
vided upon its bottom with wires 6, that are
curved and conform to the configuration of the
bottom and are designedtoactasrockers topre-
vent the bottom of the churn coming in contact
go with the supporting-surface and being worn
or otherwise injured, and the said wire strips
have their ends slightly coiled to act as stopsto limit the vibratory motion of the churn-
body, and by being coiled they are capable of
a slight spring, which prevents injury to the 55
churn-body should they receive a sudden
blow, The churn-body is provided at each
end with a handle 8, that enables the body to
bereadilygrasped and operated. The churn-
body is divided by partitions 9 and 10, that 6o
are similar in shape to the sides 4, and are ar-
ranged a short distance from the sides to pro-
videwater-compartments, which have an inlet-
opening 12, and which enable the cream to be
warmed and maintained at any desired tem- 65
perature to facilitate churning, and the two
compartments communicate at the bottom of
the churn by a space formed by a transversely-
arranged partition 13, which is bentlongitudi-
nally at an angle and has its apex extend- 70
lung across the body of the churn to, form a
support for a dasher 14, that has its sides pro-
vided with grooves 15 to engage ribs 16, that
are formed by plates oppositely secured to
the inner faces of the partitions 9 and 10. 75
The dasher 14 consists of a series of blades
or bars, that are preferably formed integral
with the top portion 16*. The cream, after
passing up the curved sides of the bottom, is
directed in a vortex by the curved ends 3 and 80o
then falls to the bottom of the churn, and is
directed by the inclined sides of the trans-
verse partition 13 against the sharp edges of
the dasher-blades and forced through the nar-
row spaces between them to the other side of 85
the churn, where the operation is repeated.
By this means the cream is rapidly converted
into butter.
The horizontal top portion of the churn-
body is provided with a rectangular opening 90
to provide an entrance for the cream, and the
opening has a vertical flange 17, in which fits
a cover 18, and the churn-body is provided at
one end with an outlet-opening 19 to enable the
liquid remainingin after churningto be read- 95
ily drawn from the churn, and the water-
compartments are also provided with an
egress-opening to permit the warm water to be
quickly removed after churning.
What I claim is- ioo
A churn-body having a curved bottom and
rounded ends and consisting of the bottom,
the sides 4, the partitions 9 and 10, similar to
the sides and arranged adjacent to the latter
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Day, William Howel. Churn., patent, August 26, 1890; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth172459/m1/2/?rotate=90: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.