Middletown transcript., 1910-01-29
CANDY RY TEE ToH

As is well known, says Horace @. Baker
writing on ''CaBdy- Making on q Large
Scale" in The american Exporter, Ille
chief constituents OF candy are glucose,
or corn sirup, and the ordiuary refined
white sugar. The glucose is installed at
che bottom OF the factory in large tanks,
from which it is pumped 10 big rsceiv-
ing tank 81 she top Of she factory. Closs
beside it is another large talk, into which
the barrels OF white sugar are empEied
and ars reduced TO what is known as
Simple sirup by means Of water. Frln
shese tan1s pipes lead to all she mixing
kettles iu the factory.
On she top fooF OF the building aFe
situated many Of she mixing kettles.
These kettles, which are nsed for the
making of gumwoFk, maEslimsllows,
cFeamwork, etc, are hemispherical steam.
jacketed copper containers, with set Of
paddles ON the inside revolving at she
rate oil about so timss q minute. Into
this ths materials are drawn from she
pipes just above the kettles, and the heat
is turned on, allowing the materials 20
cook. The kettles have . capacity of
about 1000 pounds each, aud battery of
six or seven OF them saH be attended to
by three men. When sufficiently cooked
gate in she bottom of the kettle 10 open.
ed and She hot mass allowed to hoW
down pipe TO vat in she top OF she
machine for snolding the candy, Into q
rectangular frame is massed together q
quantity of unbleached cornstarcll. TLis
is compressed into a fairly solid mase,
and on top of il is placed board with
number Of dies.
These dies are made Of plaster oil paris
and are formed Ia the shape of the candy
to be made. There are from 80 to 40
patterns to mold. When the patterns
are sufficiently impressed into the corn
starch the mold starts forward an endless
chain into the filling machine. Tbess
molds are fed into the machine contiDu-
ously. Leading from the vat are a mum
ber of small pipes, each terminating in
an automatic cutoff. The small gates ut
the bottom OF the pipes allow sufficient
OF the fluid candy TO drip into the molds
to fill them, when il is automatically
shut off and another mold replaces the
filed ones. After drying sufficiently
the candy is taken to q machine, which
shakes out tie mold, leaving the corn.
starch and the candy in q heap. Over
this is passed a blast of air, which re.
moves the cornstsrch, which allows the
candy TO drop down into an inclined
trough like receptacle, the bottom of
which is series OF brushes.
In the manufacture OF chocolale-Cov.
cred candies the most interesting process
is that Of coating tbs candies. Fluid
chocolate is placed in large vat under
the dipping machine. In this vat there
is . rocking device which keeps she fluid
chocolate moving continuously. At the
back of she machins are q number of
wire screens. each mesh Of which lie large
enough TO hold one candy, il being held
in position by the wire under the mesh,
being bent down 80 form s-slight depree.
sion. Into these depressions the candies
are sprinkled by hand and the screen
placed in the machine. The machine
receives the screen, drops it into the vat,
where il is agisated sufficiently 70 give
the candy the desired coat of chocolate,
after which il automatically rises and 10
thrown ouE to the front of the machine,
where il 10 inverted by she operator on
q sheet OF oil paper. When il is laid on
the paper il is slightly agitsted by the
machinery and she chocolates dFOp Out,
she screen returning TO the back of the
machine.