Improvements in Fritter Machines.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 29th Oct., 1897-Accepted, 18th Dec., 1897
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Fritter Machines.
I, WERD WORTH TURNBULL, of 130 West Fifth Avenue, Colombus, in the County
f Franklin, and State of Ohio, United States of America, Confectioner, do hereby
leclare 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
tatement:
My present invention consists of improvements upon machines for manufacturing
what are popularly known as pop corn fritters."
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The object of my invention is to improve the construction of such machines.
In the annexed drawings illustrating embodiments of my improvements
Fig. 1 is a front elevation, parts being broken out to show details of
construction;
Fig. 2 is a top plan view also broken out at parts to show details of
construction;
Fig. 3 is an edge elevation of the revolving table and a fraction of the supporting
standard;
Fig. 4 illustrates sectional and bottom plan views of a cup or opening in the revolving
table and its hinged bottom.
Fig. 5 shows a modified form of "batch" heater, a, designates a horizontally-
arranged circular revolving table, and a¹, a supporting standard therefor. The table
is provided with a series of openings a² around its outer edge. b, is a supporting
On the shaft b¹, is a compressing wheel 63, with
head having a shaft b¹ therein.
projections 6. Extending through the standard a¹, is a shaft c, having pulley c5,
e is a "star" ejector wheel arranged in a support near the
with a conveyor belt. e.
opposite side of the revolving table.
The shaft c may be rotated by suitable gearing and a hand power crank wheel, but
it is unimportant so far as the invention is concerned what means are employed for
driving the parts.
The cups or opening a², in the table a furnished with bottom at, hinged as indicated
at as, to the wall of the cup, and arranged horizontally in the supporting standard
a¹, at the under side of the revolving table is a metallic ring aª set preferably on its
edge so as to lie in the path of all the cups.
This ring is placed so as to support or hold the hinged bottoms a horizontally up
against openings except at the place where a spoke of the ejector "star" wheel el acts
on the fritter, at which point the ring is broken to permit the pushing of the fritter
ont, the conveyor belt e, as indicated in Fig. 3.
In order to promote the rapid and convenient manufacture of the fritters, I employ
in conjunction with the fritter molding and compressing mechanism, means for
heating and keeping warm the plastic mass of fritter material.
The mixer or primary heater which is shown on the floor at the right hand part
of Fig. 1 consists of a boiler-like shell g, adapted to contain water, and has a recess
at its upper side to receive a movable vessel g¹, to contain the fritter material in
The water in the shell is heated by
which it is to be thoroughly mixed and heated.
a burner g², at the underside of the shell.
At the center of the table a, is' a platform h, upon which is supported a receptacle i

page_text: Iso consisting of a hollow shell to receive and keep warm the batch of mixed and
heated fritter material. The receptacle i, has a door to close an opening through
which the fritter material is taken by hand as fast as desired to fill the openings or
cups a², in the revolving table a. The table or support h, for the receptacle i, is
preferably of such size and form as to fit exactly in the bottom of the receptacle i,
its upper side receiving the lower edge of the outer wall of the shell and its outer
edge fitting against the flared bottom of the receptacle. This table is most
conveniently supported on the upper end of a stud j, in the standard a¹, about which
stud the table a, revolves. The receptacle i, is kept warm by means of steam
conveyed through a pipe k, from the batch or primary heater to the shell of the
receptacle on the machine.
Instead of employing steam or hot water for the heater on the table, I may employ
gasoline or oil and generate a dry heat The construction for this purpose is
illustrated in Fig. 5. The vessel 1, for the fritter material is surrounded by a confined
hot air space and to protect the bottom of the vessel from the external heat of the
flame (and hence possible scorching of the contents) a shield or fender is provided.
The burner may be supplied with fuel from a tank 12, on the device. In this case the
bottom of the heater may also be constructed to fit upon the platform or table h, in
the same manner as the steam-heated batch-holder.
The plastic pop corn fritter material is taken from the heater and put by hand
into the openings or pockets a². The revolving table carries the material to the com-
pressor wheel where it is compressed and thence to the star wheel which ejects the
fritter onto the conveyor belt. With the aid of a helper to prepare the pop corn for
the heater on the table, the operation of the machine may be made continuous.
Where the dry heat apparatus illustrated in Fig. 5 is used, the single apparatus
will serve both as a receptacle for the preliminary mixing of the pop corn and syrup
as well as for keeping the material warm after the apparatus has been placed in
position on the machine.
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. In a fritter machine, a revolving table provided with cups or openings having
movable bottoms, substantially as described.
2. In a fritter machine, a supporting standard, a table inovable on said standard
and having cups or openings with hinged bottoms, a fritter ejector and a ring or
bearing adapted to hold said bottons closed until they reach the ejector, substantially
as described.
3. In combination with a pop corn fritter machine, having a movable table sub-
stantially as described, and a heater for the fritter material with means for supporting
the same fixedly with respect to the table, substantially as set forth.
4. In combination with a pop corn fritter machine having a movable table, a heater for
the fritter material with means for supporting the same fixedly with respect to the table,
and a primary heater and mixer independent of the table with means for supplying
heat from the primary heater to the heater on the table, substantially as shown and
described.
Dated this 20th daw of (ind 1005
BOULT & WADE,
Agents for the Applicant.