Improvements in Candy Moulds.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Sept., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 14th Sept., 1889-Accepted, 26th Oct., 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Candy Moulds.
A communication from abroad by PHILIP T. DODGE, of Washington D.C., United
States of America, Attorney.
I, WILLIAM PHILLIPS THOMPSON, F.C.S., M.I.M.E., of the Agency for Foreign
Patent Solicitors, 6, Lord Street, Liverpool and 6, Bank Street, Manchester both
in the County of Lancaster and 323, High Holborn in the County of Middlesex,
Civil Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to a hand-mould intended more particularly for use in the
moulding of cream or fondant.
The object of the invention is to provide a light and simple mould which may be
readily manipulated on a table and from which the contents may be speedily
removed without mutilation or injury.
To this end it consists in a series of unconnected strips or bars formed of india-
rubber and adapted to be laid side by side with complementary cavities or indentations
in their proximate faces to form the mould-cells, each bar being stiffened by a
longitudinal rod or plate of metal applied thereto to prevent it from bending out of
form when in use.
The mould-bars formed of vulcanized india-rubber or analogous material, are of
straight form with vertical side faces, and are each provided in their vertical faces
with a series of cavities or indentations. The bars are adapted to fit closely
together when side by side, and the cavities are so formed and located that those in the
face of each bar will register with the face of the adjacent bar, whereby divisible
mould-cells are formed in and between the bars.
The cells are intended for the production of fondant or the cream-filling of
chocolate drops, and are therefore of the custo:nary conoidal form; but it is
obvious that they may be made of any other approved form. Each bar is stiffened
longitudinally by means of a rod, extended therethrough from end to end. These
rods may be of round form embedded in the body of the bars, or they may bo
in the form of flat plates, and seated either in the top or bottom of the bars, the
only essential requirement being that they shall be of such stiffness or rigidity as
to prevent the mould-bars or sections from being readily bent out of a straight
form.
The formation of the mould of india-rubber is advantageous, for the reasons that
the material is non-absorbent and that the stock will cleave readily therefrom, or,
in other words, is free from tendency to adhere thereto. In consequence of this
fact, the casting will fall readily from the cells as the bars are separated from each
other. It is thus practicable to discharge the contents of the moulds without
special care or exertion on the part of the attendant, and to produce the finished
candies in the exact form of the mould-cells.
It is obvious that the form of the mould-cells may be varied at will, the only
requirement being that they shall be in the contiguous faces of the bars, so that when
the latter are separated the castings will be set free.
Dated this 6th day of Santambor 1880
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool, Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Candy Moulds.
A communication from abroad by PHILIP T. DODGE, of Washington D.C., United
States of America, Attorney.
I, WILLIAM PHILLIPS THOMPSON F.C.S., M.I.M.E., of the Agency for Foreign
Patent Solicitors, 6, Lord Street, Liverpool and 6, Bank Street, Manchester, both
in the County of Lancaster and 323, High Holborn, in the County of Middlesex,
Civil Engineer, 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 invention relates to a hand mould intended more particularly for use in
the moulding of cream or fondant.
The object of the invention is to provide a light and simple mould which may be
readily manipulated on a table, and from which the contents may be speedily removed
without mutilation or injury.
To this end, it consists in a series of unconnected strips or bars formed of india-
rubber and adapted to be laid side by side with complementary cavities or
indentations in their proximate faces to form the mould cells, each bar being
stiffened by a longitudinal rod or plate of metal applied thereto to prevent it from
hending out of form when in use.
In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents two of these bars arranged
in operative relation to each other. Figure 2 is a cross-section on the line x x
Figure 1.
Referring to the drawings, A A represent the mould bars, formed of vulcanized
india-rubber or analogous material. These bars are of straight form with vertical
side faces, and are each provided in their vertical faces with a series of cavities or
indentations, a. The bars are adapted to fit closely together when side by side,
and the cavities are so formed and located that those in the face of each bar will
register with the face of the adjacent bar, as shown in the drawings, whereby
divisible mould cells are formed in and between the bars.
The cells shown in the drawings are intended for the production of fondant or
the cream-filling of chocolate drops, and are therefore of the customary conoidal
form; but it is obvious that they may be made of any other approved form. Each
bar is stiffened longitudinally by means of a rod b, extended therethrough from
end to end. These rods may be of round form embedded in the body of the bars, as
shown in cross-section in Figure 2; or they may be in the form of flat plates and
seated either in the top or bottom of the bars, as shown by dotted lines in Figure 2,
the only essential requirement being that they shall be of such stiffness or rigidity as
to prevent the mould bars or sections from being readily bent out of a straight
form.
The formation of the mould of india-rubber is advantageous, for the reasons
that the material is non-absorbent and that the stock will cleave readily therefrom,
or, in other words, is free from tendency to adhere thereto. In consequence of this
fact, the casting will fall readily from the cells as the bars are separated from
each other. It is thus practicable to discharge the contents of the moulds without
special care or exertion on the part of the attendant, and to produce the finished
candies in the exact form of the mould cells.
It is obvious that the form of the mould cells may be varied at will, the only
requirement being that. they shall be in the contiguous faces of the bars, so that
when the latter are separated the castings will be set free.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to me
by my foreign correspondent, I declare that what I claim is :-
1. The candy mould consisting of the series of independent rubber bars provided

page_text: with complementary cells, and each provided with a stiffening rod or strip to prevent
flexion.
2. A section for a candy mould consisting of a rubber bar provided with
suitable mould cells or cavities, and with a stiffening strip or rod applied
permanently thereto.
Dated this 12th day of Santember 1889
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Agents for the Applicant.