AN IMPROVEMENT IN OR CONNECTED WITH PLAIN FACED PASTE ROLLING MILLS
Year: 1884

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We WILLIAM PICKERING and" EDWARD JOHN THEODORE DIGBY both of
25 Helmet Row, St Lukes, Middlesex, Chocolate and Cocoa Manufacturers do
hereby declare the nature of our said invention for "AN IMPROVEMENT IN OR
CONNECTED WITH PLAIN FACED PASTE ROLLING MILLS" to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to so arrange a plate or plates in conjunction with
side lips to the issuing roll of a plain faced paste rolling mill, that the pasto on
leaving said roll shall pile itself up into a shape or pattern corresponding to that of
rough wood bark or of Virgin or other cork in which condition the paste may be
dried or otherwise treated according to the use for which such paste is intended.
By this our invention the paste is left in a natural compounded condition and is
not liable to deterioration by exposure or changes of temperature as the paste is
when in a compressed or moulded state.
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For the purpose of our invention we fit a lip or lips to the front, or near thereto,
of the issuing roller of a plain faced paste rolling mill with the lower portion or
portions curved to lead the paste on to a plate or plates set at an incline to the
horizontal axis of the issuing roller so that the paste shall as each successive part
issues fall or slide on to the plate or plates and shall there, by the retarding action
of said plate or plates due to the angle at which it or they is or are arranged or
set, cause the paste to pile itself into a mass having an irregular, crinkled uppor
surface identical, or nearly identical with the rough or outside surface of the bark
of trees or of Virgin or other cork.
In connection with the plate or plates, knives may be arranged either on said
plate or on a separate plate to divide the paste into sections or separate pieces
before falling on to the plate and removed.
H. GARDNER,
160, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the Applicants.

page_text: An Improvement in or Connected with Plain Faced Paste
Rolling Mills.
We WILLIAM PICKERING and EDWARD JOHN THEODORE DIGBY both of
25 Helmet Row, St Lukes, Middlesex Chocolate and Cocoa Manufacturers, do
hereby declare the nature of our invention for "AN IMPROVEMENT IN OR CON-
NECTED WITH PLAIN FACED PASTE ROLLING MILLS" and in what manner the same
is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement :—
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The object of this invention is to so arrange a plate or plates, with or without
side lips, to the issuing roll of a plain faced paste rolling mill that the paste on
leaving said roll shall pile itself up into a shape or pattern corresponding to that of
rough wood bark or of virgin or other cork in which condition the paste may be
dried or otherwise treated according to the use for which such paste is intended.
By this our invention the paste is left in a natural compounded condition.
For the purpose of our invention we fit a plate having a lip or lips (or not) to
the end of the machine or near thereto abutting against the issuing roller of a
plain faced paste rolling mill with the lower portion or portions curved to lead the
paste on to a plate or plates set at an incline to the horizontal axis of the issuing
roller so that the paste shall as each successive part issues fall or slide on to the
plate or plates and shall there, by the retarding action of said plate or plates due
to the angle at which it or they is or are arranged or set, cause the paste to pile
itself into a mass having an irregular crinkled upper surface identical or nearly
identical with the rough or outside surface of the bark of trees or of virgin or
other cork.
In connection with the plate or plates knives may be arranged either on said
plate or on a separate plate to divide the paste into sections or separate pieces
before moving on to the plate or tray for removal.
Our invention will be well understood by reference to the annexed drawings in
which at Figure 1 we show the end or delivery roller A of a plain faced paste
rolling mill such as we show in elevation at Figure 2 and in plan at Figure 3.
B is a plate set at an angle on the side frames C of the machine on which it is
adjustable by screws D to suit the delivery of the paste coming from the roller A
this being more or less determined by the consistency of the paste in order to
obtain the necessary thickness and irregular crinkled upper surface imitating the
bark of a tree or the rough surface of virgin cork.
The plate B may be plain or provided with knives or dividers E such as those
shown and may be flat on the upper surface or curved to induce a sliding action to
the paste as it accumulates upon the plate B the knives E soparating the paste into
cakes or slabs of any desired width previous to removal which we effect by means
of the plate or tray F shown at Figure 4 this having notches corresponding to the
knives E so that it may be pushed up the plate B and be held by an attendant at
the desired angle as shown at Figure 2 or it may be lodged on the bars G of the
screws D for the paste to accumulate and pile itself upon said tray F.

page_text: The tray F has a ledge H against which the paste abuts so that as it continues
to leave the roller A and is pushed down the plate B it accumulates and piles itself
against the ledge into square or rectangular cakes two of which I. J, are shown in
Figure 4. The tray F may have dividing knives thereon.
The plain faced paste rolling mill is of the construction shown at Figures 2 and 3,
the paste in bulk being fed from the hopper K into between the pair of rollers L, M,
to which the paste clings by its own adhesiveness and becomes pressed into
extremely thin film by the contact of the rollers the surface of which rub against
each other and produce warmth by frictional rolling contact as to bring the paste
to fluidness. The roller M runs at a slightly slower speed than the roller L by the
arrangement of the gear N and as the paste is carried round by the roller M in the
direction of the arrow, the clean roller A which has been scraped by the plate B
licks the paste from M and feeds it to the plate B.
The plate B may be much shorter than that shown in Figure 1 and act as a lip
to the roller to scrape the paste off said roller the tray or plate F being then
arranged closer to the roller, we however prefer the broad faced plate B in order to
allow of the paste to accumulate upon it while the attendant carries his charged
tray F away from the machine.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is
The application or employment of a plate B set at an angle to the axis of the
delivery roller A of a plain faced paste rolling mill in conjunction with a receiving
plate or tray F to cause the paste to accumulate and be piled to produce an irregular
crinkled upper surface resembling rough Tree Bark or Virgin Cork as herein before
described.