Improvements in or relating to Confectionery Coating Machines.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 23th Dec., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 27th Oct., 1896-Accepted, 28th Nov., 1396
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Confectionery Coating Machines.
I, JOHN REEVE VAN DERVEER, of No. 34 Watts Street, New York City, U.S.A.,
Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to provide means and mechanism, or an attachment
to a device for coating confectionery, whereby the completed goods shall have the
appearance and surface of hand dipped or coated confectionery.
The invention consists essentially in a tank for holding the coating material; a
confectionery holding and dipping device, arranged to reciprocate vertically, and a
holder or holders for a small quantity of the coating material arranged to apply
a thin stream of said material to the surface of each confection as it passes from the
coating mechanism, leaving a well defined ridge on each piece.
When constructed and arranged as above indicated, a very simple machine is the
result, and the operation of dipping in the coating material, applying the ridge and
delivering the coated drops to any suitable receiver may be rapidly and accurately
performed.
Dated this 28th day of December 1895.
HERBERT HADDAN & Co.,
Agents to Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Confectionery Coating Machines.
I, JOHN REEVE VAN DERVEER, of 34 Watts Street, New York City, N.Y.,
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 :-
My invention relates especially to machinery employed for coating confectionery
with chocolate, and for kindred purposes, and has for its object the provision of
means and mechanism whereby each drop or confection will be automatically
provided with a raised ridge or marking, such as appears in hand made goods.
To attain the desired end, my invention consists essentially in the combination
with drop dipping mechanism, of means for automatically applying a superposed
ridge or marking of the coating material to each drop; and my invention involves
certain novel and useful combinations or arrangements of parts, and peculiarities of
construction and operation, all of which will be hereinafter first fully described, and
then pointed out in the claims.
In the accompanying drawings,
Fig. 1 is a front elevation of my appliance, the coating tank being shown in
vertical section.
Fig. 2 is a plan view of the coating mechanism.
Fig. 3 is a vertical sectional view at line x-x of Fig. 1 ; and
Fig. 4 is an enlarged view of the parts shown above the coating tank in
Fig. 3.
Šimilar numerals of reference, wherever they occur, indicate corresponding parts
in all the figures.

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1 is the inner wall of the coating tank, and 2 the outer wall, a hot water space, 3,-
being left between said walls. Passing through this tank are shafts 4, bearing gear
wheels 5 upon their outer extremities, by which rotary motion is imparted to
stirrers 6, fixed upon the shafts 4 within the coating material tank; the object of
this arrangement being to keep the coating material thoroughly mixed, and at a
uniform temperature throughout.
7 are supports being connected by a cross piece 8. 9 is a vertically reciprocatable
bar, extending between the uprights 7, and arranged to play in slots 10 therein.
Reciprocating motion is imparted to this bar 9, and the parts carried by it, through
the medium of the pitmans 11, connected to suitable operating mechanism.
Connected to the bar 9, and held in place by catch pieces 12, are vertical pieces 13,
carrying rods 14, having plates 15 at bottom, connected together by cross-bars 16
and 17, whereon rests the fixed drop support 18, composed of wires, rods, or open-
work. 19 is a cross-bar pivoted in extensions 20 from the plates 15, said bar bearing
the tiltable portion 21 of the drop support. Pivoted at 22 to this portion 21, are
arms, 23, which in turn are pivoted to the plates 15 at 24. The arms 23, are curved
downward at 25, as particularly shown in Fig. 4. 26 are bars fixed to the rods 14,
a short distance above the arms 23, the lower faces of said bars conforming in
curvature to the upper faces of the arms 23. 27 is a bar extending between the
bars 26 at each side of the dipping mechanism, and bearing drop centering
projecting 28. The bar 27 rests upon the arms 23, and is perforated at each end for
the reception of projections 29, upon the feeding bars, 30 which are connected to a
suitable reciprocating device.
31 and 32 are rods connecting the pieces 13 together and bearing vertical bars 33,
provided with eyes, 34, wherein play vertical rods 35, connected together at the top by
a cross-bar 36, and at the bottom by a drop holding device 37. This entire holding
mechanism is normally held in position shown in the drawing by the stop 38, as
particularly illustrated in Fig. 3. 39 is a flexible brushing strip depending from the
bars 33.
Fixed to the front rods 14, is a cross-bar 40 bearing vertically adjustable coating
material carriers 41 as made in the shape of inverted cones, but the shape may he
varied at pleasure in accordance with the requirements of the work to be done,,
without departing from the spirit of my invention.
The operation of my device is as follows: The tank being filled with coating
material, such for instance as chocolate, this material is kept at the desired consistency
by hot water within the space 3. The drops to be coated are placed in the feeding
device 28, and through the medium of the bars 30, pushed beneath the holding
device, 37, and then the feeding device returns to its initial position. The dipping
mechanism now begins to descend, being drawn downward by the pitmans, 11,
releasing the stop 38, permitting the holding device to descend upon the drops,
holding them against displacement when immersed in the coating material. As the
dipping mechanism descends, it is disengaged from the bars 30, and is carried
downward until the drops and the carriers 41 are covered, when the return stroke
takes place, lifting the dipping device until the parts assume the position shown in
Figs. 3 and 4; the drop holding device is lifted from the drops and the surplus
coating material drains from them, and they are slowly moved forward by the action
of the bars 30. The surplus coating material is at this time dropping from the
carriers 41, dripping back into the tank, between the fixed and tilting portions of
the drop support, this preventing accumulation and hardening of said material
thereon. As the feeding device moves forward, the tilting portion 21, is lowered by
the depression of the bars 23, forming a continuous delivering support from the
dipping mechanism, and as the drops pass beneath the carriers 41, a superposed
ridge or marking of the coating material is received from them by each drop. By
raising and lowering the carriers 41, the width and character of the marking may
be changed at pleasure, and by using carriers of different conformation the style of
this marking may be infinitely varied.

page_text: 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. In a machine of the character herein specified, the combination with drop
dipping mechanism, of means for automatically applying a ridge or marking of the
coating material to each drop, substantially as shown and described.
2. In a machine of the character herein specified, a vertically reciprocatable drop.
support, means for automatically moving the drops from said support after dipping,
and for marking the surface of each drop by a deposit of the coating material, the
whole combined and arranged to operate substantially as shown and described.
3. In a machine of the character herein specified, the combination with a vertically
reciprocatable drop dipping support, of a series of coating material carriers, located
above the drop support, substantially as shown and described.
4. In a machine of the character herein specified, the combination with a vertically
reciprocatable drop dipping support, having a fixed horizontal portion, and tiltable
portion at the front of the fixed portion, and a series of coating material carriers.
located above the point of meeting of the said two parts, substantially as shown
and described.
5. In a machine of the character herein specified, the combination with a vertically
reciprocatable drop dipping support, of a series of adjustable coating material
carriers located above said support; means for holding the drops in place upon the
support, moving them over and off of the support, and a brushing device located
in front of the drop holder, substantially as shown and described.
6. In a machine of the character herein specified, a series of coating material
carriers and distributors located above the drop dipping support, and carried by said
support, substantially as shown and described.
7. In a machine of the character herein specified, means for automatically marking
the drops by the application of superposed coating material, substantially as shown
and described.
Dadh: 07th dow of Ontabox 1806
HERBERT HADDAN & Co.,
18 Buckingham Street, Strand, London, W.C., Agents to the Applicant..