IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF LOZENGES AND LIKE ARTICLES OF CONFECTIONERY
Year: 1881

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to James Luke Collier, of Rochdale, in the County of
Lancaster, for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR
APPARATUS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF LOZENGES AND LIKE ARTICLES OF
CONFECTIONERY,"
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said James Luke Collier at tho
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 3rd October 1881.
JAMES LUKE COLLIER, of Rochdale, in the County of Lancaster. "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF LOZENGES
AND LIKE ARTICLES OF CONFECTIONERY."
This Invention relates to improvements in machinery or apparatus for pining or
rolling, stamping and cutting lozenges and like articles of confectionery.
In carrying out my Invention the lozenge paste is placed on a receiving tablo
and is then passed between two metal rollers, round each of which a woollen web
is carried, and cach web in its course is also carried round a small roller and is
dusted with sugar or farina from suitably placed boxes or receivers. The paste
then passes through a second pair of highly finished rollers, which reduce the pasto
to the required thickness; it then passes onto an endless web, which carries it
over a steel plate, through which slots are cut. At each revolution of the driving
shaft of the machine a row of stamps or letters actuated by a cam on the driving
shaft rises and falls with a quick motion, and passing through the said slots
presses the paste against a block and an impression of the stamps or letters is thus
left upon the underside of the paste; at each stroke of the stamps a self-acting
brush passes over their face and a clean face to the stamps, which is absolutely
necessary, is thus insured; the stamps or letters are set exactly to their required
positions by thumb screws; on leaving the stamps or punches the pasto is carried
over round holes in the hereinbefore described steel plate, through which holes
passes a row of cutters, which rise and fall simultaneously with and with a similar
motion to the stamps or letters; the cutters strike against a similar block to that
herein before described and cut the lozenges out of the sheet of pasto; the lozenges
then fall through the bottom of the cutters onto a travelling web, which carries
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page_text: them to a certain point where they again fall onto boards fed from the back of the
machine and carried forward under the lozenges by another endless web.
The block against which the cutters strike is provided with a handle and catch,
whereby it may be turned up and cleaned; both the herein before described blocks
are so arranged that they may be raised or lowered to suit the stamps and
cutters.
I provide two sets of cutters for each shape of lozenge, so that while one set is
being used the other may be cleaned; after working for a certain time the
machine, which is worked by a friction conc, is stopped, the cutters are slid out,
the clean set is slid into the groove provided for that purpose, and the machine is
set in notion again.
The webs are worked by an endless chain passing over chain wheels on the ends
of the web-roller shafts driven from the shaft of a ratchet wheel on the back of the
machino. This ratchet wheel is worked by a connecting rod driven by a crank pin
attached to a small fly wheel.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said James Luke Collier in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
3rd April 1882.
JAMES LUKE COLLIER, of Rochdale, in the County of Lancaster.
" IMPROVE-
MENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF LOZENGES
AND LIKE ARTICLES OF CONFECTIONERY."
This Invention relates to improvements in machinery or apparatus for pining or
rolling, stamping and cutting lozenges and like articles of confectionery.
In carrying out my Invention the lozenge paste is placed on a receiving table
and is then passed between two metal rollers, round each of which a woollen web
is carried, and each web in its course is also carried round a small roller and is
dusted with sugar or farina from suitably placed boxes or receivers.
The paste then passes through a second pair of highly finished rollers, which
reduce the paste to the required thickness; it then passes onto an endless web,
which carries it under a row of stamps which are worked by excentrics on a shaft
driven by gearing from the driving shaft; the stamps rise and fall at every
revolution of the driving shaft; the stamps in their downward motion imprint the
sheet of paste with the desired design or letters upon the top side; the stamps are
set to their exact position by thumbscrews. On leaving the stamps the paste is
carried over round holes in a steel plate, through which holes passes a row of
cutters actuated by cains which rise and fall simultaneously with the stamps or
letters; the cutters strike against a block and cut the lozenges out of the sheet of
paste; the lozenges then fall through the bottom of the cutters onto boards fed
from the back of the machine and carried forward under the lozenges by un

page_text: endless web. The scrap is carried forward and falls into a box provided for the
purpose. The block against which the cutters striko is provided with a handlo
and catch, whereby it may be turned up and cleaned.
The webs are worked by an endless chain passing over chain wheels on the ends
of the web-roller shafts driven from the shaft of a ratchet wheel on the front of the
machine. This ratchet wheel is worked by a connecting rod driven by a crank pin
attached to a small fly wheel.
In order to make my Invention better understood I will proceed to describe the
samo by reference to the accompanying Drawing, in which Figure 1 is a front
clevation of my improved machine; Figure 2, a plan with the receiving table
removed; Figure 3, a vertical section on the line A, B, Figure 2; Figures 4 and 5,
detached details of the cutting arrangement. Similar letters in all the Figures
represent similar parts.
A is the receiving table, consisting of a polished motal plate, along each sido of
which are guides B to regulate the width of the pasto; C, C, are the metal rollers,
round which the woollen web or cloth D or other suitable material passes, the said
wob or cloth also passing round small rollers E, E; these latter rollers can bo
adjusted by means of the set screws F, F, to suit tho required tension of tho
cloth D; G, G, are the dusting boxes on the top sides of these cloths D; H, H, are
the highly finished brass rollers for reducing the paste to the required thickness;
the two sets of rollers C, C, and H, H, may be regulated by the regulating
screws I, I; I provide a small lever Fs working on the stud G³; one end of this
lever bears against the underside of the shaft of the top roller H and the other
end is provided with a weight H; tho object of this arrangement is to always
keep the top roller H bearing against the upper side of the step; J is the endless
web passing round the roller K on the ratchet wheel shaft L; this wob passes, as
shewn in Figure 1, along the top of the machine and round the small roller M;
N is a screw for tightening the web J by means of a small roller placed under tho
web and resting upon the steps P; Q is the stamping apparatus; the letters are
fixed upon the underside of the block R and set to their required positions by
means of the small set screws S. The block R receives a rising and falling motion
at each revolution of the excentrics T driven by the cog wheel U on the driving
shaft V, and the stamps in their downward movement imprint the desired design
or letters on the top side of the sheet of paste as it is brought forward by the
endless web J. The dead plate under the stamps is so arranged that it can be
raised or lowered to suit the stamps by the screws 0%; W is the steel plate, shewn
in detached view at Figure 5, in which is the series of holes ✗; this plate can be
raised or lowered to suit the thickness of the paste by means of screws at each
corner; Y are the cutters which pass through the said holes at every upward
stroke of the cams Z; the cutters are held in the frame A'; B' is the block,
against the polished face of which the faces of the cutters Y strike and cut tho
lozenges out of the sheet of paste; the block B' is allowed to yield slightly to the
pressure of the cutters by means of the spring C'; the block B' is kept in position
by the four small rods D₁ and supported by nuts on the top side of the block E';
the block E is arranged to swivel, so that the face of the block B¹ can be
turned up to be cleaned; the block E' is kept firmly in its place by means of a
stud or bolt F (Figures 2 and 3); the lever G serves to draw the stud or bolt F¹
from the holes in which it is securely held, and also as a handle by which to turn
up the block B¹.
The lozenges having been cut, as herein before described, fall through the bottoms
of the cutters Y onto the travelling boards I', fed from the back of the machine,
and carried forward under the lozenges by the endless bands J' passing round the
pullies K' at each end of the machine; L' is a table supporting the travelling
bands J. The scrap is carried forward by the endless web M' passing over the
roller N' and small roller O' and falls into the box P'; Q' is a screw for tightening
the web M' by means of the small rollor R' resting in steps S'; T is the endless
chain operating the web rollers K' and N' by passing over the chain wheels U'

page_text: and V' on the web roller shafts and driven from the end of the shaft L of the
ratchet wheel W' at the front of the machine. The said ratchet wheel W' is
operated by the catch B' and the connecting rod X' driven by the crank pin Y¹
on the small fly wheel Z' worked from the friction pulley A². The ratchet
wheel W¹ drives the two sets of rollers H, H, and C, C, by means of the three
toothed wheels C²; these rollers are connected at the back of the machine, the
bottom roller H driving the bottom roller C; the top and bottom rollers of
each set are connected by deep toothed wheels to allow them to remain in gear,
whilst at the various distances they may be set apart when allowing for varying
thicknesses of paste.
I provide two sets of cutters for each shape of lozenge, so that while one set is
being used the other may be cleaned; after working for a certain time the
machine which is worked by the friction cone D is stopped, the cutters are slid
out, the clean set is slid into the groovo provided for that purpose, and the machine
is set in motion again; E' is a lever for throwing the friction cone D³ in and out
of gear.
Having now fully described and ascertained the nature of my said Invention,
and the best means I am acquainted with for carrying the same into effect, I would
have it. understood that what I claim and intend to be protected by the herein in
part recited Letters Patent is,
Firstly. The improved machine for manufacturing-lozenges-and-like-articles of
-confectionery, arranged and operating substantially in the manner_hereinbefore_
described-and-represented in the accompanying Drawing.
Secondly. In a machine for manufacturing lozenges and like articles of con-
fectionery, the combination of the cutters, cutting block, and table upon which the
boards travel, as and for the purposes described.
: In witness whereof, I, the said James Luke Collier, have hereto set my
hand and seal, this First day of April, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and eighty two.
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