Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for the Manufacture of Confections, Sweets, or the like.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 11th May, 1892
Complete Specification Left, 11th Feb., 1893-Accepted, 11th May, 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for the Manufacture of
Confections, Sweets, or the like.
I, EDWIN EDWARDS of No. 16 York Street London Road Leicester in the
County of Leicester Manufacturing Confectioner, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention to be as follows:-
This invention refers to improvements in or relating to apparatus for the
manufacture of confections, sweets or the like that is to say; to facilitate the
spherical formation of balls, spheres or pills made from bars of sugar or other such
substances or compounds by the employment of a series of adjustable cutter bars
or steel saws arranged in a sliding frame, and also adjustable shaper bars arranged
in a juxta position in a base frame so that any size, or more than one size of ball
can be made at one time in one apparatus instead of having to employ a number of
machines provided with stationary cutters as is now the case.
To carry my invention into effect I construct a suitable base frame either of
wood or metal and upon the sides thereof are rims or projections upon the outer
side of which fit similar rims or projections on the under side of the sliding frame
whereby such frame can be moved backwards and forwards at the will of the
operator.
Upon the front and back of the base frame are grooves or recesses, made of
metal by preference and facing each other, into any of these at the width desired
are placed the wedge shaped ends of the shaper bars fitting exactly in the
correspondingly shaped grooves or recesses, when the whole of the base frame has
been filled with the shaper bars which are of an especial shape having a concavity
on both sides longitudinally and teeth or serrations on their upper narrow edge as
usual. The said bars are locked securely by a locking bar secured at both ends by
The bars of sugar or other such compound or substance are then laid
across the serrated edges of the shaper bars and the sliding cutter frame placed
over them when by working the same backwards and forwards the balls or spheres
are produced, and are cleared out of the apparatus by raising or tilting it from
set screws.
the front.
The sliding cutter frame is made similarly to the base frame inasmuch that the
cutter bars or saws fit in corresponding grooves or recesses in the front and back
bars, and are secured in a like manner by locking bars having a pad of felt, india-
rubber or other suitable material placed between them so that the said bars will
yield a little, such locking bars carry at their sides latches fastening on pins in cutter
frame, which keeps the bar firm and from springing in the centre.
Hand grips are provided to the sliding frame to move it or if necessary it can be
moved backwards and forwards by eccentric rods, or a rack motion imparted to the
sliding frame if desired. The shaper bars and the grooves to hold them are made
of brass, but may be of other metal or suitable composition if desired.
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W. B. MAXFIELD,
Applicant's Agent.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for the Manufacture of
Confections, Sweets, or the like.
I, EDWIN EDWARDS of No. 16 York Street London Road Leicester in the
County of Leicester Manufacturing Confectioner do hereby declare the nature of
this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :-
This invention refers to improvements in or relating to apparatus for the manu-
facture of confections, sweets or the like that is to say; to facilitate the spherical
formation of balls, spheres or pills made from bars of sugar or other such substances
or compounds by the employment of a series of adjustable cutter bars or steel saws
arranged in a sliding frame, in conjunction with adjustable shaper bars arranged in
a juxta position in a base frame so that any size, or more than one size of ball, cau
be made at one time in one apparatus instead of having to employ a number of
machines provided with stationary cutters as is now the case.
That my invention may be well understood I have annexed a sheet of drawings
in which
Figure 1. represents the top or sliding portion of the frame showing the
arrangement of the cutter bars, and method of securing same.
Figure 2. is a front view of same.
Figure 3. represents the locking bar employed in both portions of the apparatus.
Figure 4. is a side view of the cutter bars.
Figure 5. a sectional view of the end of the cutter bars.
Figure 6. represents an upper view of the lower frame or base of the apparatus
showing the method of securing the shaper bars.
Figure 7. is a front view of the same.
Figure 8. is a side view of the shaper bar, and
Figure 9. an end sectional view of same.
Similar letters of reference refer to like parts in all the figures.
To carry this invention into effect I construct a suitable base frame A either of
wood, or metal having upon the sides thereof rims or projections a¹, upon the out
sides of which fit, similar rims or projections a³, on the under side of the sliding
frame B, whereby such frame can be moved backwards and forwards at the will of
the operator by aid of the handles B¹. Upon the front and back of the frames A
and B are grooves or recesses C in the metal strip c' set facing each other, into
any of these at the width required are placed the wedge shaped ends of the shaper
bars D the cutter bars G, fitting exactly in the correspondingly shaped grooves or
recesses C, when the base frame A has been filled with the movable shaper bars D
which are especially shaped having a concavity on both sides longitudinally (see
Figure 9) and teeth or serrations E on their upper edge as usual.
By this invention the said bars are placed in one of the grooves C, and are
locked and held secure by the bars F by tightening the set screws f, or their
equivalents.
The frame B' which is capable of sliding upon the lower frame A is provided
with the same arrangements for holding and securing the bars, except that strips of
padding are employed (see Figure 2) secured to the underside of the bars, such
padding being made of india-rubber, felt or the like. At intervals across the
frame Bare bars G₁; the grooves therein corresponding to those in the side bars c;
to receive the feet G' (Figure 4,) of the bars G to keep them from springing in the
centre. The locking bars F in the upper frame B are provided with latches H
fitting on pins H₁ so that they do not spring. The grooved bars C, and shaper
bars D are preferably made of brass, but can be made of any suitable material.
The upper frame sliding upon the bottom one and having fixed bars, for making
spheres is well known and the operation of placing the bars of sugar upon the teeth

page_text: of the bars in the bottom frame, then placing the top frame over them and by
working the top frame backwards and forwards the saws in the top frame cut
through the bars, and the pieces are rolled and shaped against the angular sides of
the shaper bars in the bottom frame, but as before stated in these apparatus only
one size of sphere or ball can be made in one apparatus. But by my invention
of having the cutter and shaper bars movable in grooves and locked in their
desired positions as hereinbefore described more than one size at one time, or the
frames can be altered to make any sized ball or sphere that may be desired.
A hand apparatus is illustrated in the drawings but any well known mechanism
for causing a backward and forward motion may be employed without departing
from my invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. In apparatus used in the manufacture of confections, sweets, or the like the
combination with a sliding frame and base frame of a series of movable cutter and
shaper bars arranged substantially as described.
2. In apparatus for the manufacture of balls or spheres the employment of saws
or cutter bars mounted on wedge shaped supports, in combination with shaper bars,
secured by locking bars in the manner and for the purpose substantially as described
and set forth.
Dated this 0th Jove of Wohnung 1802
W. B. MAXFIELD,
Patent Agent,
Of 19, Bowling Green Street, Leicester, Applicant's Agent.