A Machine for Cutting Confections or Sweetmeats.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Oct., 1889
Complete Specification Loft, 31st May,
1000
Accepted, 13th Sept
1800
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A Machine for Cutting Confections or Sweetmeats.
GEORGE ROBERT BARROW 14 Charmbury Terrace East Twerton Bath, Somerset
Sugar Boiler, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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This machine is for cutting sticks into small pieces, with top & bottom cutters, top
cutter has two connecting rods to a crank above & is self-feeding by means of a ratchet
lever, (which is moved by a slot wheel next to a fly wheel on crank shaft) on spindle
below which works a second spindle at the after part of the machine with two endless
flat linked chains connected to a carrier to bring the sticks forward to the cutters.
The chains are worked by four wheels on spindles notched to bite them & when the
carrier is brought forward to cutters it throws itself out of gear & carrier is then pulled
back to receive a second feed. The catch is then placed in ratchet wheel ready for
action. The whole is put in motion by spur onto pinion cog wheels on crank shaft
turned by hand, or if required by steam.
The bottom frames consists of two cast iron brackets into which the spindles work
& bottom cutter is fixed & on the top of these is a wrought iron bed plate on which
the chains & carrier is worked & near the front end is two triangle cast iron brackets
on which the crank shaft, pinion slot, fly wheels, & spur wheel is fixed & likewise the
gear lever & slides for top cutter.
Dated this 2nd dove of Ontahan 1000
G. R BARROW.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
A Machine for Cutting Confections or Sweetmeats.
GEORGE ROBERT BARROW 14 Charmbury Terrace East Twerton Bath Somerset
Sugar Boiler 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 :-
This machine is for cutting sticks into small pieces with top & bottom cutters, a, b
top cutter a has two connecting rods c, c, to a crank d above & is self feeding by means
of a ratchet levere (which is moved by a slot wheel near to a fly wheel g on crank
shaft d) on spindle h below which works a second spindle i at the after part of the
machine, with two endless flat linked chains j connected to a carrier k to bring the
sticks / forward to the cutters a & b. The chains j, j. are worked by four wheels m, m,
m, m on spindles notched to bite them (see Fig. 4) & when the carrier k is brought
forward to cutters it throws itself out of gear.
This is effected in the following manner :-
Upon the one side of the carrier k is provided a catch point n, which as the said
carrier moves forward & gets to the end of its travels strikes or pushes the end 0, of the
lever
& in so doing moves the end g of the said lever (in the direction of the arrow)
underneath the side projection r, upon the side of the pawls which keeps it out of gear
with the ratchet wheel & so stops the further travelling of the carrier k. The pawl &
is kept in gear by the spring t which serves also to hold back the pawl when the latter
is lifted backwards until its point comes thereunder while the carrier etc. is being
brought back to starting point.
The carrier k is then pulled back to receive a second feed. The catch or pawls is
then placed in ratchet wheel u ready for action.
The whole is put in motion by spur
turned by hand or if required by steam.
onto pinion cog wheel w on crank shaft d
The bottom frames consists of two cast T iron brackets into which the spindles h. i
Price 6d27

page_text: work & bottom cutter b is fixed & on the top of these is a wrought iron bed
plate on which the chains jj & carrier k is worked and near the front end is two
triangular cast iron brackets y, y, on which the crank shaft pinion, slot, fly wheel &
spur wheel is fixed & likewise the gear lever & slides for top cutter.
There is a regulater z placed in the front at the bottom of the slide which closes at
the same time that the carrier & brings forward the sticks & then opens before the
cut comes on to let the cut pieces drop free. This is worked by means of a small
lever a¹ and connecting rod 6 onto the same pin in the slot wheelf that works the
ratchet.
There is also a check board c¹ placed on the top of the sticks to prevent them from
snapping when the cut comes on.
Fig. 1, is a side elevation.
Fig. 2, a front end view.
Fig. 3, a plan &
Fig. 4, a part sectional elevation on line A. B. of this my improved machine.
Fig. 5, is an elevation & plan view of ratchet pawl.
Fig. 6, is a plan view shewing the pawl arrested from action by means of the trip
lever.
Fig. 7 shews the trip lever out of action which leaves the pawi free to act upon the
ratchet feed wheel.
Having now particularly described & ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion & in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what 1
claim is.
1. It is superior to any other machine ever attempted for the class of work it is
intended for as this class of work has never paid for manufacturing alone by hand,
but by the aid of my invention it will pay equal to any other class of work done by
machinery.
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2. It is portable & works by hand & can be made a fixture to work by steam power
to suit the conveinance of the purchaser.
3. It will cut four thousand pieces per minute & for labour saving it is equal to
eighteen persons.
I therefore claim it superior to any other ever attempted.
Dated this 30th day of May 1890.
G. R. BARROW.