Form Pie or Tart Shells, Biscuits and the like.
Year: 1885

page_text: Form Pie or Tart Shells, Biscuits, and the like.
I ROBERT MORTON of Belhaven Terrace Wishaw of Lanarkshire Tinsmith do
hereby declare the nature of my invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR
MOULDING OR SHAPING DOUGH TO FORM PIE OR TART SHELLS, BISCUITS AND THE
LIKE to be as follows:-
The object of my invention is to provide simple and efficient apparatus for
moulding or shaping dough into the form of shells or crusts for pies or tarts or into
capped biscuits.
My improved apparatus comprises a standard upon which are fitted two over-
hanging arms each of which carries a rod or shaft arranged so that it may be
reciprocated by a rack and pinion. On the one rod or shaft is fitted a shaping die
and on the other is fitted a cutting die. On the standard or pedestal and under
the overhanging arms is jointed a swivelling bracket fitted with a shaping mould
which may be swivelled to a position vertically under the shaping die or under the
cutting die. The shaping mould is made of the shape of the pie shell to be
produced and it is fitted loosely in an opening in the swivelling bracket. The
bottom of the mould is in the form of a loose piston provided with a spindle
passing through a guide below so that each pie shell when formed may be pushed
up out of the mould by pressing up the spindle. In forming a pie shell or crust
a piece of dough is placed within the mould and the bracket with the mould is
swivelled under the shaping die which is brought down by turning the pinion
gearing with the rack on the vertical rod or shaft. The shaping die is thereby
brought down with some pressure into the mould whereby the dough is shaped to
the form of the pie shell. The mould bracket is then swivelled to a mid position
between the overhanging arms which carry the shaping and cutting dies and while
in this position the meat or fruit is put into the shell and the pie cover is
made by a separate machine or by hand is laid over the pipe. The mould bracket
is then swivelled under the cutting die which may be in the form of the frustrum
of a cone and this die being brought down partially within the pie shell cuts off

page_text: the edge of the shell or cover by bearing upon the edge of the pie or tart mould.
The cutting die is then raised the scrap dough is removed and the piston within
the mould is raised by an arm acted on by a foot tread or by hand and the finished
pie or tart or other article is removed. The pie shell mould and the shaping die
are both kept hot in order that they may be readily freed from the dough. For
this purpose a bunsen burner or other gas burner is fitted under the shaping mould,
a swivelling or flexible gas pipe being provided to supply gas; and a bunsen burner
is fitted within the shaping die with jets burning downwards to heat the bottom
and sides of the die. Around the shaping mould in the bracket an annular
space is formed so that the heat may be directly applied to the sides and bottom of
the mould and the mould may be heated more rapidly.

page_text: Improvements in Apparatus for Moulding or Shaping Dough to
Form Pie or Tart Shells, Biscuits, and the like.
I ROBERT MORTON of Bellhaven Terrace, Wishaw, Lanarkshire, Tinsmith 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:
The object of my invention is to provide simple and efficient apparatus for
moulding or shaping dough into the form of shells or crusts for pies or tarts or
for shaping cup biscuits and the like.
The improved apparatus constituting my invention is illustrated by the accom-
panying drawings in which figures 1, 2 and 3 are respectively a sectional side
elevation, end elevation and plan of one modification and figures 4 and 5, a vertical
section and plan of another modification.
As represented in figures 1, 2 and 3 the improved apparatus comprises a
standard A, which may conveniently be secured upon a table as shown, and upon
which are fitted two overhanging arms B, B', each of which carries a rod or
shaft C, C provided with rack teeth so that it may be reciprocated by a pinion D, D'
operated by a weighted hand lever E which is keyed on the pinion spindle. On the
one rod or shaft C is fitted a shaping die F and on the other C' is fitted a cutting
die F; while on the standard or pedestal A and under the overhanging arms B, B'
is jointed a swivelling bracket G fitted with a shaping mould H which may be
swivelled to a position vertically under the shaping die F or under the cutting die F¹.
The shaping mould H is made to correspond in contour to the shape of the pie
shell to be produced and it is fitted loosely in an opening formed in the swivelling
bracket G. The bottom of the mould H is in the form of a loose piston h provided
with a spindle h¹ passing through a guide h² formed under the mould, and each
pie shell when formed is pushed upwards out of the mould by the piston h upon
the spindle h¹ being pressed up by a hand lever h³ the handle of which also serves
as means for swivelling the bracket G to each of its several positions.
In forming a pie shell or crust by means of the improved apparatus a piece
of dough is placed within the mould H and the bracket G with the mould is
swivelled under the shaping die F, which is brought down by turning the pinion D
gearing with the rack on the vertical rod or shaft C. The shaping die is by
this means pressed down into the mould and presses out or shapes the dough into
the required form to serve as a pie shell. The bracket G is then swivelled to a
position intermediate between the overhanging arms. B, B¹ which carry the
shaping and cutting dies, and while in this position, as represented in figure 3, the
meat or fruit is put into the shell, and the pie cover, which is made by a separate
machine or by hand, is laid over the pie. The bracket G is thereafter swung round
until it comes under the cutting die. F', which is or may be made in the form of
the frustrum of a cone, and this die being brought down till it comes in contact
with the pie shell cuts off the edge of the shell or cover by bearing upon the
bevelled or rounded upper edge of the pie or tart mould H. The cutting die F¹ is
then raised the scrap dough removed and the piston h within the mould pressed up

page_text: by the hand lever or arm h³ or by a foot tread and the finished pie removed for
the cooking operation. The pie shell mould H and the die or plunger F are
both kept hot in order that they may be readily freed from the dough. For this
purpose a "bunsen " or other gas burner I is fitted under the shaping mould and
" bunsen " or
is provided with a swivelling or flexible gas supply pipe, and a
similar burner is fitted within the die F the jets being arranged to play downwards
to heat the bottom and sides of the die. Around each shaping mould in the
bracket an annular space is formed so that the heat may be directly applied to the
sides and bottom of the mould and the mould may be heated more rapidly: My
improvements relating to the formation of the moulds may also be applied to the
usual forin of pie shaping machine provided with a circular table as shown in
figures 4 and 5 a series of the improved moulds H being fitted in orifices around
the table G which is supported and is free to turn upon a central standard A to
bring any of the series of moulds under the overhanging arms B, B' which are
carried at the upper end of the standard. In this machine the bottom of each
mould is raised after the pie shell is formed and finished, by means of "an
incline K which presses up the 'spindle h¹ as it comes in contact with it on turning
the table. A spring catch L carried on a bracket L is provided to retain the
table G in position with two of the moulds under the dies, the catch being dis-
engaged by hand when the table is to be turned. The several corresponding parts
of the apparatus which are similar in formation and action to those of the machine
first described are represented by the same reference letters.
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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 combination of parts constituting the improved apparatus for moulding
or shaping dough into pie or tart shells or crusts, biscuits and the like, substantially
as herein described with reference to figures 1, 2 and 3 of the drawings annexed.
2. In apparatus for moulding or shaping dough into pie or tart shells or crusts,
biscuits and the like, the moulds H provided with pistons or plungers adapted to
raise or eject the shells when moulded substantially as herein described with
reference to the drawings annexed.
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