Improvements in Machines for Bashing and Notching Dough.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Apr., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 21st Dec., 1894-Accepted, 26th Jan.,
1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Machines for Bashing and Notching Dough.
I, WILLIAM REYNOLDS, of 313, Heath Street, Winson Green, in the City
of Birmingham, Baker and Corn Dealer, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:-
This invention consists of the hereindescribed improvements in machines for
bashing and notching dough when moulded and made up ready for baking into
loaves.
In carrying out my invention I provide a combined bashing and notching tool
which consists of an inverted dome shaped punch or plunger for bashing or forming
the central indentation in a portion of moulded dough made up into a loaf, the said
punch or plunger having short radiating knives around it corresponding with the
notches which the loaf is required to have. This combined bashing and notching
tool is carried by a vertical slide or spindle suitably guided by a stand or frame
carried on a table upon which the portion of dough to be operated upon is placed.
The said slide or spindle which carries the combined bashing and notching tool as
aforesaid is connected by side rods or by other means to a treadle underneath the table
so that by means of this treadle the slide or spindle with its combined bashing and
notching tool can be caused to descend and ascend. I provide on the table and
underneath the combined bashing and notching tool an automatic guide for the
portion of moulded dough which guide is made of curved or angular form and is so
arranged on the table that when the portion of dough from the mould is placed on
the table ready to be operated upon, the said guide or stop will ensure the dough
being in its exact position underneath the combined notching and bashing tool. In
order to cause the said stop or guide to automatically move horizontally on one
side when the bashing and notching tool descends and the dough is thereby caused
to spread out, the said guide is hy springs and gut ropes or chains passing over
guide pulleys or by links or levers or other means, connected to the said vertical
slide or to the side bars of the same so that when the slide with the bashing and
notching tool is caused to descend, the motion of the same will be transmitted
through the springs and guts or chains or other connections to the sliding guide and
the latter will thereby be caused to recede slightly; and when the slide with the
bashing and notching tool rises then the guide is by a spring caused to move
forward again to its normal position ready to locate the next lump of dough under
the combined bashing and notching tool. A suitable adjustable stop prevents the
said sliding guide moving too far towards the centre of the combined bashing and
notching tool.
The machine above described operates as follows:-The portion of moulded
dough is placed on the table against the sliding guide and if the latter has been
properly set the dough will now be immediately under the centre of the combined
bashing and notching tool which by means of the treadle is now caused to descend
upon the dough thereby bashing and notching the same, the sliding guide mean-
while being caused to automatically move away as above described so as to allow
for the lateral spreading of the dough caused by the pressure of the bashing and
notching tool. When the bashing and notching tool ascends the bashed and
notched dough is removed from the table ready for the next.

page_text: It will be seen that by my invention portions of moulded dough for forming
loaves of any size can be bashed and notched uniformly and very quickly.
Dated this 16th day of April 1894.
I, WILLIAM REYNOLDS, of 313, Heath Street, Winson Green, in the City
of Birmingham, Baker and Corn Dealer, 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 consists of the hereindescribed improvements in machines for
bashing and notching dough when moulded and made up ready for baking into
loaves.
I will describe my invention by referring to the accompanying drawings on
which
Fig. 1 is a sectional side elevation of a dough bashing and notching machine
constructed according to this invention; Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the same;
Fig. 3 is a sectional plan of the same;
Fig. 4 shews one of the knives of the bashing and notching tool separately on an
enlarged scale ;
Fig. 5 is an inverted plan of the notching and bashing tool and
_ Fig. 6 illustrates a slightly modified arrangement of my invention.
of
In carrying out my invention I provide a combined bashing and notching tool
which consists of an inverted dome shaped punch or plunger A preferably made of
wood for bashing or forming the central indentation in a portion of moulded dough
made up into a loaf the said punch or plunger A having short radiating knives B
fixed around it corresponding with the notches which the loaf is required to have.
In the particular tool shewn upon my drawing there are ten of these notching
knives B one of which is shewn separately by Fig. 4 by which it will be seen to
consist of a curved cutting blade & the upper part 6 which points towards the
basher A being provided with a shank & adapted to pass as shewn by Fig. 1 through
the disc like plate a' to which the punch A is also fixed each of these shanks
the knives having a nut upon its upper end for fixing the knives to the plate a' the
shoulder of the knives bearing against the plate a' underneath. By first removing
the nuts the notching knives B can readily be removed for sharpening or when
the machine is required to work without them. The plate a' has a central boss a³
by which the combined bashing and notching tool is fixed to the vertical slide or
spindle C which is free to move up and down in the bearings d' d² of the stand or
frame D which is fixed on the tope of the table E upon which the dough to be
operated upon is placed. The slide C is by its cross head e' connected to the side
rods to the treadle G underneath the table top e so that by means of this
treadle the slide or spindle C with its combined bashing and notching tool can be
caused to descend and ascend. The treadle G is by preference constructed as
shewn with a pin and roller g g at each side adapted to move up and down the
vertical guides e fixed on the table legs so as the better to prevent any undue strain
on the side rods ff. The coiled or other spring ¹ connected to the treadle G and
to the upper part of the table E more than counterbalances the weight of the
moving parts so as to cause the upward movement after the treadle has been
depressed.
I provide on the table top e and underneath the combined bashing and notching

page_text: tool A B the automatic guide I for the portion of moulded dough which guide is as
shewn made of curved shape (or it may be made of angular form) and is so
arranged on the table that when the portion of dough from the mould is
placed on the table ready to be operated upon, the said guide or stop I will
ensure the dough being in its exact position underneath the combined notching and
bashing tool. In order to facilitate the placing of the dough as nearly in its exact
position as possible there is a wooden or other disc or circular block fixed on the
table top e immediately under the combined bashing and notching tool and
concentric therewith. In order to cause the guide or stop I to automatically move
horizontally on one side when the bashing and notching tool descends and the dough
is thereby caused to spread out the guide I is by the springs and gut ropes or
chains passing over the guide pulleys at each side of the machine
connected to the crosspiece m' which is fixed to the vertical side bars f₁f so that
when the slide C with the bashing and notching tool is caused to descend the motion
of the same and of the side bars will be transmitted through the said springs k¹²
and guts kk or chains (or other connections that may be used) to the sliding
guide I and the latter will thereby be caused to recede slightly; and when the
slide C and side bars f¹ and bashing and notching tool rise then the guide !
is, by the spring n' acting upon the back rod n' which is fixed to the guide I, caused
to move forward again to its normal position shewn by Figs. 1 and 3 ready to
locate the next lump of dough under the combined bashing and notching tool. The
adjustable set screw o' passing through the collar o³ on the tube o³ and also through
a slot in the back bar n in the guide I forms an adjustable stop to prevent the
sliding guide I moving too far towards the centre of the combined bashing and
notching tool.
The machine above described operates as follows:-The portion of moulded
dough is placed on the table against the sliding guide I and if the latter has been
properly set the dough will now be immediately under the centre of the combined
bashing and notching tool which by means of the treadle G is now caused to
descend upon the dough thereby bashing and notching the same the sliding guide I
baving been caused to automatically move away as above described so as to allow
for the lateral spreading of the dough caused by the pressure of the bashing and
notching tool. When the bashing and notching tool ascends the bashed and notched
dough is removed from the table ready for the next. It will be seen that by my
invention portions of moulded dough for forming loaves of any size can be bashed
and notched uniformly and very quickly.
It will be evident that instead of the slide C carrying my improved bashing aud
notching tool being arranged to be operated by the treadle G I may arrange the
said slide and bashing and notching tool to receive its up and down motion from a
revolving shaft as shewn for instance by Fig. 6 where the up and down movement
of the slide C and bashing and notching tool is obtained from the revolving shaft P
through the medium of the crank pin q' and connecting rod q³ the lower end of
which is jointed on to a pin q³ fixed on to the slide C. The moving parts will have
to be counterbalanced by any convenient means as by the spring ¹ connecting the
bashing and notching tool to the upper part of the frame D.
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 for bashing and notching dough the employment of the combined
bashing and notching tool constructed arranged and operating substantially as set
forth.
2. In a machine for bashing and notching dough the employment of the combined
bashing and notching tool carried by a vertical spindle guided for vertical move-
ment and provided with a treadle and connections for operating the same,
substantially as set forth.
3. In a machine for bashing and notching dough the combination, with the

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bashing and notching tool having an up and down vertical movement, of the guide I
shaped to locate the dough under the bashing and notching tool and arranged to
move away to allow of the spreading of the dough when the said tool descends and
to move back into position when the said tool ascends, substantially as described.
4. In a dough bashing and notching machine the construction of the com-
bined bashing and notching tool consisting of the central inverted dome-shaped
punch or plunger A and the removable notching knives B arranged radially around
the same, said punch or plunger A and knives B being carried by the disc like
plate a, all substantially as hereinbefore set forth and shewn.
5. In a machine for bashing and notching dough the employment of the combined
bashing and notching tool carried by a vertical spindle and receiving up and down
movement from a revolving shaft substantially as hereinbefore described and shewn:
by Fig. 6 of the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 20th day of December 1894.
CHARLES BOSWORTH KETLEY,
Agent for the Applicant.