Improvements in Apparatus for the Production of Round, Oval, and other Shaped Bodies from Plastic Material.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Aug., 1898-Accepted, 3rd Dec. 1898
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for the Production of Round, Oval, and
other Shaped Bodies from Plastic Material.
I, GUSTAV STOFF, of 21, Biesenthalerstrasse, Berlin, N., in the Empire of
Germany, Machine Manufacturer, 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 apparatus intended to serve for the production of
round oval and other shaped bodies from plastic material, such as marzipan,
chocolate, caramel, clay, pharmaceutical preparations for preparing pills or other
suitable substance.
The improved apparatus is represented in the accompanying drawing, in which
Figures 1 and 2 are cross sectional views of the said apparatus while
Figure 3 is an edevation of the same.
By means of the crank K in co-operation with the toothed wheels A, B and C,
the two rollers W and W2 are rotated in the same direction. As, however, the
toothed wheel B possesses but 15 teeth, whilst the toothed wheel C has 20 teeth,
the roller W rotates more rapidly, in proportion, than the roller W. The
roller W is toothed, whereas the roller W is smooth. If now a circular strip
or bar of dough is placed between the two rotating rollers, the said dough is
at first rotated in an inverse direction and is subsequently, owing to the action of
the teeth and to the higher rate of rotary speed of the roller W, drawn through
between the two rollers, during which operation the strip or bar of dough is divided
into pieces and formed according to the shape given to the rollers. In order that
the pieces, to be formed, may be altered in thickness, if desired, the roller Wis
arranged in displaceable bearings, capable of being adjusted by set screws.
Moreover the shape or profile given to the roller W is slightly more recessed than
that given to the roller W, so that, even if the rollers should be slightly separated,
the formed pieces of dough will nevertheless be completely cut off. The formed
pieces then drop upon the guide L and pass to the conveyer belt G, whence they
can be taken off.
If instead of the shaped or profiled rollers, unshaped cylindrical rollers are
inserted into the machine, the latter will be suitable for rolling out strips or bars
of dough to a certain thickness.
If a machine, fitted with unshaped or unprofiled rollers be arranged above
a machine fitted with shaped or profiled rollers, portions of dough may be inserted
into the upper machine, which portions then are rolled out to the required thick-
ness and subsequently descend into the lower machine, wherein the pieces of dough
are ready-rolled to shape.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is
1. An apparatus for forming ball and egg-shaped pieces or the like from

page_text: doughy or plastic material for instance from march-pan, chocolate caramel, clay
or pharmaceutical products for preparing pills, having the characteristic feature,
that two rollers (W1, W2) adapted to turn in one and the same direction but at
different rates of speed, turn the strip or bar of dough T. to be formed, and that
the roller W, rotating at the higher rate of speed causes the strip or bar of dough
to pass through the rollers and to be thus formed or shaped.
Dated this 12th day of August 1808
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.