AN IMPROVED CHURN.

Poverty Bay Standard, Volume I, Issue 63, 11 February 1884, Page 3

AN IMPROVED CHURN.

“ A churn has been patented by Mr. Henry Hays, of Bridgeport, California. The creambox is cylindrical, and has its inner surface serrated or grooved longitudinally, as shown in the sectional drawing, and at one end is provided with a projecting pintle fitting in an aperture in a standard secured to a base. The other end of the cylinder is furnished with an aperture that can be closed by a flanged cover. The pintle at this end is threaded, and, passing through the cover, is secured to a cross-piece resting against the inner surface of the head, from which two clips project in opposite direction, and under the clips the cross-piece passes, as shown in the small engraving. The cover is pressed against the surface by the winged nut of the pintle, a packing strip first having been inserted between the head and cover. The threaded end of the pintle is adapted to be screwed into the end of a shaft which is journaled in a standard, and is provided with a pulley when power is to be applied, and with a crank for hand work. A supporting frame, having its upper edges recessed so that the cream box fits against them, rests upon the base. After the pintle has been screwed into position, a latch arm on the standard drops into an annular groove on the shaft, thus preventing further longitudinal movement. When the cream box has been filled, the supporting frame is moved on one side, when it is lowered and freed from the box, as it is provided on its bottom with bevelled tenons sliding in longitudinal grooves in the top of -the base. A washing-machine can be constructed according to the same principle.— Sydney Mail.