AN IMPROVED MACHINE TO BE USED IN 35
Year: 1880

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Luke Collier (the younger), of Rochdale, in the County
of Lancaster, for an Invention of "AN IMPROVED MACHINE TO BE USED IN
35
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Luke Collier at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 14th May 1880.
LUKE COLLIER (the younger), of Rochdale, in the County of Lancaster.
"AN IMPROVED MACHINE TO BE USED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF QUEEN DROPS'
AND OTHER SIMILAR CONFECTIONERY.'
"
This Invention relates to the manufacture of " queen drops" and such other
kind of confectionery as are made by dropping paste from the mouth of a
tube.
The machine consiste principally of a box or trough for containing the paste,
which is supported on a suitable frame and is open at the top. This box is
perforated at the bottom with any convenient number of holes, and is fitted also
with a loose plate beneath, also perforated to correspond, each perforation being
provided with a conical tin (or other metal) tube or dropper. Above the box is a
screw fitted with a hand wheel, and having at its lower end a wooden block or
presser fitting in the inside of the box above the paste, so that by turning the hand
wheel the presser will force the paste out through the tubes or droppers.
Beneath the box is a table capable of rising and falling and fitted with a hand
lever, by means of which it can be raised and lowered at will. Onto this tablo are
fixed (by nails or otherwise) several sheets of paper, one above the other, so as to
form a thick pad.
The table being pressed up to the underside of the tubes or droppers the box is
filled with paste, and the presser is screwed down, which will force the paste into
the tubes or droppers.
The table is now lowered slightly, and the presser being screwed down further
will force a small quantity of paste out of the end of each tube or dropper onto the
top paper on the table.
The table is now moved up and down slightly, which will have the effect of
breaking off a small quantity or drop of paste from each tube or dropper, and the
table being then lowered the top paper (which will be covered with drops) is
removed, and the same operation repeated on the successive layers of paper until
the paste box is emptied.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Luke Collier in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 13th November
1880.
LUKE COLLIER, the younger, of Rochdale, in the County of Lancaster.
"AN IMPROVED MACHINE TO BE USED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF QUEEN DROPS'
AND OTHER SIMILAR CONFECTIONERY."
This Invention relates to the manufacture of " queen drops" and such other
kind of confectionery as are made by dropping paste from the mouth of a
tube.
Such being the nature and object of my said Invention, I will now proceed to
describe in detail the manner in which the same is to be or may be performed or
carried into practical effect, and in order that the same may be clearly understood
I have annexed hereunto a Sheet of Drawings illustrative thereof, and have
marked the same with Figures and letters of reference corresponding with those
in the following explanation thereof :-
Fig. 1 in the annexed Drawings is a front elevation, and Fig. 2 a transverse
section of my improved machine.
It consists principally of a box or trough a, a, for containing the paste, which is
supported on a suitable frame b, b, and open at the top. This box a, a, is fitted
with a loose plate c, c, beneath, perforated with any suitable number of holes, each
perforation being provided with a conical tin (or other metal) tube or dropper d, d.
Above the box is a screw e, e, fitted with a hand wheel f, f, the boss of which is
screwed internally, and having at its lower end a block or presser g, g, fitting in
the inside of the box above the paste, so that by turning the hand wheel ff, the
presser g, g, will force the paste out through the tubes or droppers d, d.
Beneath the box a, a, is a table h, h, capable of rising and falling, and fitted
with a hand lever i, i, by means of which it can be raised and lowered at will.
Onto this table are fixed (by nails or otherwise) several sheets of paper k; k, one
above the other, so as to form a thick pad.
The table h, h, being pressed up to the underside of the tubes or droppers d, d,
the box a, a, is filled with paste and the presser g, g, is screwed down, which will
force the paste into the tubes or droppers d, d.
The table h, h, is now lowered slightly, and the presser g, g, being screwed
down further will force a small quantity of paste out of the end of each tube or
dropper d, d, onto the top paper on the table h, h.
The table is now moved up and down slightly, which will have the effect of
breaking off a small quantity or drop of paste from each tube or dropper d, d, and
the table h, h, being then lowered the top paper (which will be covered with drops)
is removed, and the same operation repeated on the successive layers of paper until
the paste box is emptied.
In some cases the paper is dispensed with and thin sheet metal trays are
substituted therefor. L, L, are two sliding rods (one on each side) which can be
drawn out, as shown in Fig. 2, so as to serve as a support for trays when desired,
and can be pushed in so as to be out of the way when not required.
Having now described the nature and object of my said Invention, together with
the manner in which the same is to be or may be performed or carried into
practical effect, I wish it to be understood that I claim as my Invention the
improved machine for the manufacture of "queen drops" and other similar

page_text: confectionery, as above described and illustrated by the Drawings annexed, or any
mere modification or imitation thereof constructed and operating in substantially
the same or a similar manner.
In witness whereof, I, the said Luke Collier, the younger, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Tenth day of November, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and eighty.
LUKE COLLIER, YONGER. (L.S.)