Patent GB-190413812-A (GB)
Title: Improvements in Apparatus for Making, Stamping and Cutting Lozenges
Inventor: TRENOR JOHN
Filed: 1904-06-18
Granted: 1905-06-17
Abstract: 13,812. Trenor, J., and Duckworth, C. June 18. Moulding confectionery. -Relates to lozengemaking machines wherein the lozenges are stamped with a name, cut to required size from a sheet of paste of the desired thickness and delivered, and " scrap " removed in a continuous manner. Dust or farina boxes a, Fig. 4, made of sheet metal, are fitted to each of the pinning-rollers c, each box being fitted with a lip b of rubber &c. with pads of felt fitting tightly to the rollers c by means of springs &c. Above the lip b is a long narrow brush d held in clips adjusted to bear on the uppermost portion of the roller c so as to ensure an equal distribution of the farina &c., used to prevent the paste from sticking to the rollers. The sheet of paste after leaving the rollers is received on an endless web e, from which it is transferred by means of the guide-plate h to the feeding-web f, which conveys it to the stamps and cutters. A stamp bar i, Fig. 5, mounted on a shaft j and describing a half-revolution in rising and falling, carries the stamp plate m carrying the stamps k, these being secured by screws n. The plate m is secured to the stamp bar i by screws and nuts q and can be adjusted by means of screws o. Fig. 12 shows the cushion bar, consisting of a cradle r, carrying two large and two small rollers s, s<Î>, and a flat bar or plate t of polished metal, over all of which is an endless web u of rubber &c., this web moving at the same rate as the feeding- web f. The two larger rollers s can be separated further by means of a screw v, at either end of the cradle, working through a movable block W, attached to which are arms working on pins or studs and provided with bearings at their ends for carrying the rollers. The brackets carrying the cutter-bar consist of three pieces, two pieces z, z<Î>, Fig. 14, forming the bracket proper, the third piece 1 being a plate working on the outside of the frame of the machine and above the lower piece z<x>, which holds it in position, by two projecting fingers 2. The cutters are hollow and can be set to any desired length of cut by means of screws 3, working through a lug on the bracket z<x> and bearing on the lower edges of the piece z ; spiral springs 4 serve to hold the bracket in position. Motion is given to the bracket by means of a grooved cam 5 working on to a pin and bowl 6 on the lower part z<x> of the bracket. Hinged to the cutter bracket is the lozenge-delivery plate 7, provided with slotted lugs 8, which work over pillars 9 and engage with cross-pieces 10, as the cutters y are raised, causing the plate to tilt and assume a horizontal position in readiness to receive the lozenges. As the cutters y fall, the plate falls into a slanting position, allowing the lozenges to slide on to the receiving-web 12. The pillars 9 are mounted on a rail 11 fixed behind the cutters and capable of adjustment. The scrap-delivery plate 13 is perforated to allow of the passage of the cutters y and is fastened to brackets 14 on the end of a roller 15, which is pivoted into plates 16 working in horizontal slides 17, by means of which it receives a backward and forward motion by means of a cam 18 and cranked levers 19. When in the backward position, the perforations in the plate 13 correspond with the cutters y, and, as the latter retire, the plate moves forwards, bowls 21 set in the edge of the plate coming into contact with guide-brackets 22 which depress the plate and cause the scrap to be delivered on to a plate 24, from which it slides into a box &c. As the plate 13 returns, it is restored to a horizontal position by springs &c. The small plate 20 at the back of the roller 15 is for the purpose of carrying a portion of the sheet of paste into position over the cutters.