An Improved Apparatus for the Drying of Macaroni in the Neapolitan Manner.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 25th Oct., 1895-Accepted, 14th Dec., 1895
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Apparatus for the Drying of Macaroni in the
Neapolitan Manner.
I GIOVANNI FALCHI of 23 Aldgate in the City of London Manufacturer of
Italian Commodities do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement :-
My invention relates to an improved apparatus for drying macaroni, and has for
its object to effect this more expeditiously than hitherto, in order to prevent
fermentation and the formation of mould as obtains in the methods hitherto
employed.
Referring to the accompanying drawings
Fig. 1 is a perspective view of the lower frame, while Fig. 2 is a like view
of the upper frame, forming together substantially, the apparatus constituting my
invention.
Fig. 3 is a cross sectional view of the entire apparatus as it would appear when
in use.
For the purposes of my invention I construct of wood or other material a
preferably rectangular frame C, (Fig. 1) which I call the lower frame, in a
suitable part in each end of which are recesses a, and from end to end of C are
tightly stretched any number of wires A, and across these at right angles, and
connected to the sides of C, are stretched a suitable and preferably like number of
wires A', interwoven with the wires A, both sets of wires being placed at such a
distance below the upper surface of C, that a slab or slabs of absorbent cardboard
such as H¹ may be laid upon the said wires and be flush or thereabouts with the
upper surface of C.
Of like material but, preferably slightly less in width, I construct a similar
frame E, (Fig. 2) the under surface of which at each end has connected thereto
cross pieces F, these being so formed as to provide extensions or feet 6 and 6', the
former capable of being seated in the recesses a in the frame C, the said frame E
having wires G and G, arranged in like manner to that of the wires A and A¹.
The frame E is provided with a detachable bar or hanger B, and across this the
lengths of macaroni to be dried are first placed, when, by standing the frame E up
edgewise, the said bar or hanger would be laid upon the upper edge of same with
the ends of the lengths of macaroni at either side thereof and while in this position
a slab or slabs of absorbent card board H would be placed between those ends of
the macaroni next that intended to be the upper face of E, and the wires G
and G¹.
A like slab or slabs of absorbent cardboard H' being then placed upon the
wires A and A¹ of the frame C, the two frames would be brought together with the
feet of E, in the recesses a of C, both frames being then laid down flatwise, when
one half
the length of the strips of macaroni J would lie across between the two
frames C and E resting upon the cardboard or boards H', while the other half of
the length of J would lie across the upper surface of the frame E, resting upon the
cardboard or boards H, as shewn at Fig. 3. The bar or hanger B would then be
withdrawn, and the macaroni be left in this position to dry, which may be hastened
by the application of a suitable degree of heat derived from any convenient source,
during which the major portion of the moisture in the macaroni J, would be

page_text: absorbed by the cardboard or boards H and H', and by this means the macaroni
would be quickly dried and in a condition for removal.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is
1st. In an improved apparatus for drying macaroni during its manufacture, the
combination of a pair of frames such as C, E, each provided with interwoven wires
such as A and A, and a slab or slabs of cardboard such as H and H' substantially
as herein described and shewn.
2nd. In combination with the said frames and their accessories as set forth in the
preceding claim, the manner of placing the lengths of macaroni J first upon the bar
or hanger B, and subsequently upon the frame E, and partly between this and the
frame C, substantially as herein described and shewn more particularly by
Fig. 3.
Dated this 25th day of October 1805
GEO. THOS. HYDE,
1 Broad Street Buildings, London, E.C., Agent for the Applicant.