Gautres or waiers.
Year: 1886

page_text: Gautres or waiers.
I GEORGE FREDERICK REDFERN, of the General Patent Office, No. 4 South
Street, Finsbury, in the county of Middlesex Patent Agent do hereby declare the
nature of this invention (a communication from abroad by E. Lafond of Brussels
in the Kingdom of Belgium) to be as follows:-
This invention has for object the rapid manufacture of gaufres or wafers of
tubular or cylindrical form and the invention consists in the construction of
improved irons or moulds for this purpose.
În carrying out the invention the irons are formed in two parts one part serving
as a matrix and the other part as a mould or stamp; the matrix is made of two
superposed metal pieces hinged at one side in such a manner, that the matrix can
be opened to be supplied with paste or batter and to receive the mould or stamp.
This mould or stamp is formed of a series of parallel rods arranged horizontally.
The rods are fitted into a flat case or box in which they are subjected to a rapid
rotary motion imparted to them by a series of small gear wheels keyed upon the
ends of the said rods. One rod (either the first or the last) is longer than the
others so as to project beyond the gear wheel carried thereby and is terminated by
a square spindle for receiving a key actuated by a crank handle, so that by rotating
the latter, the long rod will be caused to revolve and to impart a rotary motion
to its gear wheel, which motion will be communicated by the latter to the wheel
carried by the adjacent rod, this wheel in its turn causing all the other wheels and
therefor the whole series of rods to revolve. The case or box carrying the
extremities of the series of rods forming the mould is provided with a handle by
which to hold the same.
When it is required to make gaufres or wafers by means of this apparatus the
matrix is opened thereby forming two jaws which are both provided internally
with as many semi-circular grooves or recesses as there are rods in the mould. The
paste or batter is then placed or poured upon the lower jaw of the said matrix.
and the mould is subsequently placed therein so that each rod enters one of the
grooves; the mould is then closed and fixed to the part or jaw in which it has

page_text: just been placed by means of a button or other suitable fastening arranged upon
the outer edge of the said jaw; the position of the apparatus is then reversed
so that the jaw in which the mould is placed shall be uppermost.
The latter jaw which forms at the time one piece with the said mould will
be raised when the handle of the same is pushed in an upward direction and the
jaw hitherto remaining free is placed in position to receive the paste or batter
which is then placed or poured therein; the two jaws are then shut so as to
completely enclose the rods which will be surrounded with paste. The irons are
now placed on the fire and while the paste is baking, the attendant turns the
crank handle and key actuating the operating rod of the mould which imparts
a rapid rotary motion to all the other rods. The matrix being then opened, the
mould is withdrawn and the gaufres or wafers are ready for use.
In order that the mould shall be at once properly placed in position in the
matrix, it is provided with a central guide rod the free end of which fits into a
notch or opening formed at the bottom of the matrix.

page_text: An Improved Mould for Making Articles of Pastry known as
Gaufres or Wafers.
I GEORGE FREDERICK REDFERN, of the General Patent Office, No. 4 South
Street, Finsbury, in the County of Middlesex, Patent Agent, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention (a communication from abroad by E. Lafond of Brussels
in the Kingdom of Belgium) and in what manner the same is to be performed to
be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
This invention has for object the rapid manufacture of gaufres or wafers of
tubular or cylindrical or polygonal form and the invention consists in the con-
struction of improved irons or moulds for this purpose.
In carrying out the invention the irons are formed in two parts one part serving
as a matrix and the other part as a mould or stamp.
In order to enable the invention to be fully understood I will describe the same
by reference to the accompanying drawings in which figure 1 represents a plan
of the part which serves as the matrix of a mould, constructed according to this
invention, for making articles of pastry known as gaufres or wafers; figure 2 is a
side elevation and figure 3 an end view of one of the halves of the said matrix ;
figure 4 is a sectional plan of the part which serves as the mould or stamp ;
figure 5 is a side elevation, and figure 6 an end view of the same. Similar letters
in all the figures represent similar parts.
The matrix (figure 1) is made of two superposed metal pieces hinged at one
side in such a manner, that the matrix can be opened to be supplied with paste or
batter, and to receive the mould or stamp.
This mould or stamp or male portion (figure 4) is formed of a series of parallel
rods arranged horizontally. The rods are fitted into a flat case or box c, in which
they are subjected to a rapid rotary motion imparted to them by a series of small
gear wheels a, keyed upon the ends of the said rods. One rod (either the first or
the last) is longer than the others so as to project beyond the gear wheel carried
thereby and is terminated by a square spindle D for receiving a key actuated by a
crank handle, so that by rotating the latter, the long rod will be caused to revolve
and to impart a rotary motion to its gear wheel, which motion will be communi-
cated by the latter, to the wheel carried by the adjacent rod, this wheel in its turn
causing all the other wheels, and therefore the whole series of rods, to revolve.
The case or box carrying the ends of the series of rods forming the mould is
provided with a handle by which to hold the same.
When it is required to make gaufres or wafers by means of this apparatus the
matrix (figure 1) is opened, thereby forming two jaws which are both provided
internally with as many semi-circular grooves or recesses B as there are rods in the
mould. The paste or batter is then placed or poured upon the lower jaw (figures 2
and 3) of the said matrix, and the mould (figures 4, 5, and 6) is subsequently
placed on the said jaw, so that each rod A occupies one of the grooves B, thereof;
the other half or jaw of the matrix is then brought down so that when this
has been done the rods A are completely surrounded: as however they are of a

page_text: diameter slightly less than that of the holes or tubes formed by the two jaws when
brought together there will be a space between the said rods and tubes which will
be filled by the paste or batter.
The irons are now placed on the fire, and, while the paste is baking, the
attendant turns the crank handle and key D actuating the operating rod A¹ of the
mould which imparts a rapid rotary motion to all the other rods A, by which
operation the gaufres or wafers are made to assume an even or regular shape. The
matrix being then opened, the mould is withdrawn and a number of cylindrical
gaufres or wafers will be presented corresponding to the number of rods or tubes
in the apparatus.
In order that the mould shall be at once properly placed in position in the
matrix, it is provided with a central guide rod, the free end of which fits into a
notch or opening formed at the bottom of the matrix.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
1. The general arrangement of cylindrical or polygonal mould for making gaufres
or wafers, the male portions of which mould are constructed to rotate, in com-
bination with gearing for operating the same substantially as set forth.
2. The improved mould for making articles of pastry known as gaufres or wafers
herein before described and represented in the accompanying drawing.