Apparatus for Moulding Sugar to the form of Sticks or Bars suitable for Cutting into Cubes.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Aug., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 5th May, 1891-Accepted, 6th June, 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Apparatus for Moulding Sugar to the form of Sticks or Bars suitable
for Cutting into Cubes.
I, LEOPOLD MAY of Ungarisch-Ostra Province of Moravia, Empire of
Austria, Sugar Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
This invention has reference to improvements in moulds or means for forming
sugar into sticks or blocks (hereinafter referred to as sticks).
According to this invention the mould comprises two or more superposed slotted
plates and removable partition walls, capable of being passed through the slots in
the superposed plates so as to form therewith a number of compartments, each
adapted to mould or form a stick of sugar which can be readily removed after
withdrawing the partition walls.
According to one construction all the plates excepting the uppermost one have
their opposite ends or sides turned upwards so that when superposed one above the
other they will be kept at such a distance apart as will correspond to the height or
thickness of the stick of sugar to be formed. The plates which are made of rigid
material not capable of being easily bent are each formed with a number of slots
so arranged that when the plates are superposed the slots in one plate will be in
line with those in the other plates so as to form vertical groups, each group being
capable of receiving a removable partition wall the arrangement being such that
when the partition walls are in place these walls with the plates, form a number of
spaces or compartments serving as moulds for forming sugar into sticks of a
desired height, width and length.
The plates with the partition walls can be inserted or placed into a suitable
filling vessel for filling the spaces or compartments with sugar. After forming the
sticks of sugar within the spaces or compartments and refining the said sticks
therein, the entire mould or apparatus together with the sugar within the spaces
thereof is removed from the filling vessel. The partition walls are afterwards
withdrawn either simultaneously or successively from the slotted plates by any
suitable device. The plates with the sticks of sugar thereon, can then be lifted the
one from the other and the sticks by reason of the spaces being increased by the
removal of the partition walls are ready to be removed.
According to a modification each plate is slotted at distances apart, corresponding
to the width of two sticks of sugar. Between each pair of slots is a small partition
wall rigidly fixed upon or made in one with the plate and of a height corresponding
to the thickness of the sticks of sugar to be produced.
With this arrangement the sticks of sugar formed between two plates and the
rigid and removable partition walls, will after the withdrawal of the removable
partition walls, be situated in pairs between the rigid partition walls. Each pair of
such sticks of sugar will be connected together at the ends by a narrow bar or strip
of sugar, whereas with the arrangement first herein described all the sticks of sugar
on cach plate will be so connected at the ends by narrow bars or strips of sugar.
If by means of suitable cutters all these bars or strips of sugar be cut off simul
taneously at both ends, and the plate be turned over, the sticks of sugar, without
being touched by hand, will drop off because, by the withdrawal of the removable
partition walls, ample room is provided for the sticks of sugar to move and fall
from their plates.
Dated this 6th day of August 1890.
L. MAY.
By L. W., per F. B.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Apparatus for Moulding Sugar to the form of Sticks or Bars suitable
for Cutting into Cubes.
I, LEOPOLD MAY in Ungarisch-Ostra, Province of Moravia, Empire of
Austria, Sugar 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 has reference to apparatus for moulding sugar to the form of
sticks or bars (thereinafter referred to as sticks) suitable for cutting into cubes.
According to this invention the mould apparatus comprises two or more
superposed slotted plates and removable partitions capable of being passed through
the slots in the superposed plates so as to form therewith a number of compart-
ments, each adapted to mould or form a stick of sugar which can be readily
removed after withdrawing the partition walls.
In the accompanying drawings
Fig. 1 is a plan of one of the said slotted plates.
Fig. 2. is a section of an arrangement of slotted plates and partitions combined
together.
Fig. 3. shows a removable partition.
Fig. 4. is an isometric view of the apparatus.
a a are the slotted plates, formed of any suitable material sufficiently rigid as
not to be easily bent when in use, and superposed one above the other, each resting
upon the sides of the plate immediately below the same at a distance corresponding
with the height of the sugar sticks to be formed. The plates are uniformly pro-
vided at regular intervals with slots b, the slots in each plate being in corresponding
positions so that when the plates are arranged above one another the corresponding
slots will be all in the same vertical plane, each set being capable of receiving a
removable partition c (Figs. 2, 3 and 4), a number of spaces or compartments
(hereinafter called compartments) being formed between the partitions and plates
of the proper height, width, and length for forming sugar into sticks.
The plates a with the partitions c can be placed in a suitable filling vessel, for
filling the compartments with sugar. After forming the sticks of sugar within the
compartments, and refining the said sticks therein, the whole apparatus formed by
the plates and partition walls, together with the sugar in the compartments, is
removed from the filling vessel. The partitions are afterwards withdrawn either
singly or simultaneously from their slots by a suitable device. Thus the plates a
with the sticks of sugar on them, can then be removed and the sticks, by reason
of the spaces being increased by the removal of the partitions, can be readily
removed.
This apparatus may be modified as shown in Fig. 5, which is an isometric view.
In this arrangement each plate a is slotted at a distance corresponding nearly to
the width of two sugar sticks. Between each pair of slots 6 is a vertical feather or
partition a rigidly fixed upon the plate a, these partitions a' being of a height
corresponding to the thickness of the sticks of sugar to be produced.
With this arrangement, the sticks of sugar formed between two plates a a, the
fixed partitions a and a removable partition c will after the withdrawal of the
partitions be situated in pairs between two fixed partitions a.. Each pair only of
such sticks of sugar will in this case be connected together at both ends at the
parts marked in the drawings, by a narrow bar or strip of sugar, whereas in the
arrangement shewn in Figs. I to 4 all the sticks of sugar on one plate a will be
connected at both ends by narrow bars or strips of sugar. If by means of suitable
cutters all these bars or strips of sugar at a are cut off, and the plate a is turned
over, the sticks of sugar, without being touched by the hand, will drop off, because
by the withdrawal of the partitions c ample room will be provided for the sticks of
sugar to move and fall from their plates a.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is
1. The improved apparatus for moulding sugar to the form of sticks or bars
comprising two or more superposed plates a each formed with slots b, and removable
partitions c, the whole arranged substantially as hereinbefore described with
reference to and shown in Figs. 1 to 4 inclusive of the drawings annexed, for the
purpose specified.
2. The modified form of apparatus shown in Fig. 5, wherein the slots in the
plates a are arranged at distances apart corresponding nearly to the width of two
sticks of sugar, the said plates being provided between the slots with rigid
partitions a' of a height corresponding to the thickness of the sticks of sugar to
be formed, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.
Dated this 5th day of May 1891.
LEOPOLD MAY.
By L. W., per F. B.