Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Conveying Bread, Doughs, or other Goods to or from Bakers' Ovens.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 4th June, 1896
Complete Specification Left, 5th Apr., 1897-Accepted, 8th May, 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Conveying Bread,
Doughs, or other Goods to or from Bakers' Ovens.
I, ROBERT KENNETH BALCARRAS, of 117 Queen Victoria Street, in the City of
London Engineer do hereby declare the nature of my said invention to be as
follows:-
The object of my invention is to effect improvements in or relating to apparatus for
conveying bread doughs, biscuits and analogous goods to or from baker's ovens.
According to my invention, I provide a frame, mounted upon a carriage, in which
rollers are fitted. Over and under the frame and rollers, a web of flexible material is
fitted so as to form a table with a travelling web, the web being caused to revolve by
means of suitable mechanical appliances and driving wheel.
The delivery end of the table is provided with a fine edged plate, outside the end
roller, to facilitate the delivery of the loaves on to the oven sole, the delivery end of
the table being preferably hinged to better effect this purpose.
When using the apparatus for drawplate ovens, 1 provide driving bands, cords or
chains to the apparatus in such a manner that when the bread is being delivered on to
the drawplate the latter is carried forward simultaneously with the web and caused to
enter or leave the oven.
The unbaked loaves, biscuits or the like are placed upon the web ready for delivery
to the oven. On turning the driving roller, the loaves are caused to descend the
incline, formed by the hinged portion of the table, and are delivered on to the
advancing drawplate upon which they are carried into the oven.
Dated 1th June 1906
GEO.
DOWNING,
& Quality Court, London, W.C., Agent.
Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Conveying Bread,
Doughs, or other Goods to or from Bakers' Ovens.
I, ROBERT KENNETH BALCARRAS of 117 Queen Victoria Street, in the City of
London, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in
and by the following statement:-
The object of my invention is to effect improvements in or relating to apparatus for
conveying bread doughs, biscuits and analogous goods to or from bakers' ovens.
According to my invention, I provide a frame, mounted upon a carriage, in which
rollers are fitted. Over and under the frame and rollers a web of flexible material is
fitted so as to form a table with a travelling web, the web being caused to revolve by
means of suitable mechanical appliances and driving wheel. The travelling web may

page_text: consist of woven wire netting, or. wooden or metal laths or battens linked or chained
together, or, revolving shutter material, or analogous contrivances.
The delivery end of the table is fitted with a chamfered edged plate outside the end
roller, to facilitate the delivery and return or withdrawal of the loaves to and from
the oven sole, the delivery end of the table being preferably hinged to better effect
this purpose.
When using the apparatus in connection with drawplate ovens, I fit driving bands,
cords, or chains to the apparatus in such a manner that, when the bread is being
delivered on to the drawplate, the latter is carried simultaneously with the web and
caused to enter or leave the oven.
The unbaked loaves, biscuits, or the like, are placed upon the web ready for
delivery to the oven. On turning the driving roller in the required direction, the
loaves are carried to and caused to descend the inclined surface formed by the hinged
or sloping portion forming the front end of the table, and are delivered on to the
advancing drawplate upon which they are carried into the oven. Means are provided
for rotating the roller, carrying the web independently of the driving mechanism of
the drawplate.
And in order that my said invention may be particularly described and ascertained,
reference is hereby made to the accompanying drawings, in which similar letters of
reference indicate corresponding parts.
Fig. 1. is a longitudinal sectional elevation of the apparatus, showing also the
drawplate and the mouth of the oven, and Fig. 2, is a perspective view, showing the
method of bringing the apparatus to the mouth of the oven, and its general
arrangement.
a is the drawplate, the driving roller for the web or cloth c, d d the supporting
rollers for the web, e the driving shaft for giving motion to the draw plate. f is a
chain, wire rope, or cord, which, passing over the snatch block g gives motion to the
draw plate inwards to the oven. The reverse motion of the drawplate is effected by
the same chain f. when slipped off the snatch block, for withdrawing the baked goods
from the oven. h is the chamfered plate, the edge of which rests upon the draw
plate, being free to rise and fall, thereby enabling the goods to be deposited on the
plate, and withdrawn therefrom, as required.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The improvements in or relating to apparatus for conveying bread doughs or
other goods to or from bakers' ovens, substantially as and for the purposes described.
2. In apparatus for the purposes aforesaid, the combination of a travelling material
mounted upon rollers d d; a chamfered plate hinged to the frame of the apparatus,
the web e being operated by the roller b, whereby bread, loaves, cakes, biscuits, tins,
or other goods, are carried to and delivered upon, or withdrawn from the drawplate a
the plate being operated by a chain f, or its equivalent, wound upon the roller e
severally operating substantially as hereinbefore described and illustrated by the
drawings.