Improvements in Tables of Biscuit-making Machines.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Feb., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 13th Nov.. 1895-Accepted, 14th Dec., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Tables of Biscuit-making Machines.
We JOHN VICARS the Elder, THOMAS VICARS, and JOHN VICARS, the
Younger, all of 56 Seel Street Liverpool in the County of Lancaster, Engineers,
lo hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The invention relates to tables on which a sheet of dough is divided into
biscuit blanks by means of cutters or dies, and the object is to so construct such
tables that they shall be readily adjustable as to distance from the cutters or
dies, and that the said cutters or dies shall act equally over the surface of the
said tables.
A biscuit cutting table under our invention consists of a base plate capable of
receiving rectilinear to and fro motion by means of screw and nut or equivalent
gear, and a top connected to the base plate by a ball and socket or equivalent joint.
The base plate is connected to the frame of the machine by the gear for giving
rectilinear motion to the said base plate. Springs are used if desired to give
resilience to the table.
Under one modification the base plate is suspended from the frame of the
machine by means of four bolts having screwed ends passing freely through
openings in the corners of the said base-plate. Pinion nuts are screwed on the
said bolts beneath the base plate and gear into a wheel or wheels on the said base
plate capable of being actuated by a worm and hand wheel or equivalent device so
as to impart motion to the pinion nuts and thus raise or lower the said base plate.
The top of the base plate is made with a central spherical recess in which fits a
central spherical boss on the table top.
Dated the 12th day of February 1895.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Tables of Biscuit-making Machines.
We JOHN VICARS the Elder, THOMAS VICARS, and JOHN VICARS the
Younger all of 56 Seel Street, Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster, Engineers,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention und in what manner the same is to
be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:
The invention relates to tables on which a sheet of dough is divided into
biscuit blanks by means of cutters or dies, and the object is to so construct such
tables that they shall be readily adjustable as to distance from the cutters or
dies, and that the said cutters or dies shall act equally over the surface of the
said tables.
A biscuit-cutting table under our invention consists of a base plate capable of
receiving rectilinear to and fro motion by means of screw and nut or equivalent
gear and a top connected to the base plate by a ball and socket or equivalent joint.
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page_text: The base plate is connected to the frame of the machine by the gear for giving
restilinear motion to the said base plate. Springs are used if desired to give
resilience to the table.
Under one modification, the base plate is suspended from the frame of the
machine by means of four bolts having screwed ends passing freely through
openings in the corners of the said base plate. Pinion nuts are screwed on the
said bolts beneath the base plate and gear into a wheel or wheels on the said base
plate capable of being actuated by a worm and hand wheel or equivalent device so
as to impart motion to the pinion nuts and thus raise or lower the said base plate.
The top of the base plate is made with a central spherical recess in which fits a
central spherical boss on the table top.
resilience to the table.
Under one modification, the base plate is suspended from the frame of the
machine by means of four bolts having screwed ends passing freely through
openings in the corners of the said base plate. Pinion nuts are screwed on the
said bolts beneath the base plate and gear into a wheel or wheels on the said base
plate capable of being actuated by a worm and hand wheel or equivalent device so
as to impart motion to the pinion nuts and thus raise or lower the said base plate.
The top of the base plate is made with a central spherical recess in which fits a
central spherical boss on the table top.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Fig. 1 is an end view, Fig. 2 a longitudinal section, and Fig. 3 a plan of our
improvements.
a is a base plate. 6 side frames of biscuit-making machine. c bolts passing
through the side-frames 6 and base plate a. The heads of the bolts fit into
recesses in the side frames and bear directly thereon as at c¹ or rest on springs d so
as to give resilience to the table. e nuts screwed on the lower ends of the bolts c
against which the base plate a rests. The said nuts e are made with skew teeth
and are all geared with the worm wheel ƒ by means of the intermediate wheels g.
The wheels and 9 are carried by studs h secured to the base plate a. i worm in
gear with the wheel f, and secured to a shaft j. The shaft is provided with a
j
hand wheel k and is carried in bearings secured to the base plate a... The-base
plate a is formed above with a spherically shaped recess 'minto which fits a
spherically shaped protuberance n beneath the table o.
It will be evident that when the hand-wheel k is turned, motion is given to the
nuts e and the base plate a and table o are caused to rise or fall so as to be
adjustable as to height, whilst the spherical bearing between the table and
the base plate allows of the surface of the table being adjusted to any required
plane.
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 :-
First. The combination of a base plate capable of having to and fro motion
imparted to it with a cutting-table for the purpose set forth.
Second. The combination of a base plate a carrying bolts
gear-table o, and joint m, n, or its equivalent for the purpose set forth.
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Third. The improvements in table connections of biscuit-making machines
substantially as and for the purpose set forth.
Dated the 12th day of November 1895.
J.
JOHNSUN,
˚4 Clayton Square, Liverpool, Agent.