Improvements in Machines for Dividing Dough and other Plastic Substances.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 31st Mar., 1891-Accepted, 2nd May, 1891
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Machines for Dividing Dough and other Plastic
Substances.
I, FRIEDRICH HERMANN LUDWIG STELLING, of 2 Brazennose Street, Man-
chester, in the County of Lancaster, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention, which has been communicated to me from abroad by Louis Henkel,
of Giebichenstein, near Halle, Germany, Engineer, 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 improvements in machines for dividing dough and other
plastic substances and the improvements consist chiefly in so constructing and
arranging the machine that the dough or other plastic substance can be placed upon
a smooth movable table and by it pressed against and divided by a dividing plate
locked in position between the table and a movable cover.
And in order that the invention may be fully understood and readily carried
into effect I will describe the accompanying two sheets of drawings reference
being had to the figures and letters marked thereon.
Figure 1 is a vertical section of the improved machine when open. Fig. 2 is a
similar view the machine being closed. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on the plane
of the line A B, Fig. 1 and Fig. 4 a plan of the top of the machine. Fig. 5 is a
front view of the machine. Fig. 6 a vertical section on the plane of the line C D,
Fig. 7. Fig. 7 is a plan of the knife or dividing plate. Figs. 8-10 are detail views
of the locking arrangement for the dividing plate and Figs. 11 and 12 are detail
views of the cover spring.
In these views the various parts of the machine are lettered as follows:-The
pillars a are fixed in the base plate band carry the receptacle or body e in which is
fitted the movable presser table d.
The receptacle or body c can be closed by the cover e which is hinged at f and
between the cover e and the presser table d'is placed the knife or dividing plate g
which is hinged independently at h.
g
The knife or dividing plate is composed of a number of thin blades or cutting
pieces all preferably cast together in one piece, and on the exterior of the dividing
plate 9 are formed the snugs or projections g' (Figs. 5, 8, 9 and 10). These
snugs gare forced (when the cover is pressed down and closed) down upon
inclines formed upon a sliding locking bolt or spring catch i in such a manner that
the pressure brought against the inclined planes pushes back the bolt i sufficiently
to allow the openings in such bolt to engage the snugs gl and so lock the dividing
plate 9 in position on the body c; consequently the cover e can be opened without
disturbing the dividing plate g until the locking bolt i is drawn back andthe snugs g¹
released when the dividing plate g being liberated it is raised upon its hinge / by a
spring and rod k into the position shown in Fig. 1.
The cover e when closed is locked by a spring catch and when unlocked is
raised upon its hinge f by a spring m into the position shown in Fig. 1. The end
of the spring m engages the catch piece n (see Figs. 11 and 12) connected to the
hook e' on the cover e.
The presser table d is actuated by means of the lever o fixed on the shaft P and
the lever also fixed on the same shaft, the lever q engaging the spindle, which is
fixed to the underside of the presser table d.
As shown in Figure 1 the dough or other plastic substances to be divided is placed
upon the presser table d whilst the receptacle or body e is open. The cover e is
then closed bringing with it in its downward movement the dividing plate 9 which
plate when the parts are in the position shown in Fig. 2 is locked automatically by

page_text: the locking bolt or catch i and therefore cannot rise again when the cover e is
opened until it is released as hereinbefore described.
S
While the cover e is closed the presser table with the dough or other substance s
upon it is raised by actuating the lever o and the dough is evenly distributed by
the pressure. The cover e is then opened and by operating the lever o the presser
table d is further raised and the dough s pressed through the dividing plate which
has already equally divided it by the preliminary pressure above described. After
the presser table d has been brought to its highest point and the division of the
dough has been fully carried out, then the locking bolt is pushed back and the
dividing plate liberated and raised upon its hinge h by the spring thus leaving
the doughs ready divided and conveniently placed for removal on the top of the
presser table d.
As the surface of the presser table is perfectly smooth and there are no slots or
grooves for the knives or blades of the dividing plate g it is obvious that there is no
filling up and choking of such openings as is the case in ordinary machines and
further the blades of the dividing plates can be easily kept clean.
The machine as above described is easy to handle and being extremely simple and
strong in its construction it is not at all liable to get out of order.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is :-
In a machine for dividing dough and other plastic substances-
1. The combination with a movable presser table and a movable cover, of a
dividing plate interposed between said table and cover, means for locking the
dividing plate in position while the cover is raised and the divided dough is being
pressed through the dividing plate and means such as a spring for raising it, when
liberated, above the divided dough substantially as and for the purposes herein
set forth.
2. The general construction combination and arrangement of parts substantially
as and for the purposes described and as shown on the drawings annexed.
Dated this 28th day of March 1891.
H. B. BARLOW,
17, St. Ann's Square, Manchester, Agent for Applicant.