10 machinery Tor the manufacture Conges, Confectionary, Medals, Biscuits, and other similar Articles.
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 13th May, 1887
Complete Left, 13th Feb., 1888
Complete Accepted, 23rd Mar., 1888
Improvements 10
machinery Tor the manufacture
Conges,
Confectionary, Medals, Biscuits, and other similar Articles.
I JOHN HOUNSELL of Crosby Works, Clement Street Birmingham in the County of
Warwick Engineer do hereby declare the nature of my said invention to be as follows:-
The object of my invention is improvements in machinery for the manufacture of
lozenges confectionary medals biscuits and other similar articles by which I am enabled
to dispense with the use of the intermittant or endless bands which is the present usual
mode of conveying the sugar or other paste to-the stamps or dies and I obtain greater
accuracy in the lettering and considerable economy in the space occupied by the machine
besides other advantages which will be apparent from the general description of the
machine which now follows
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My machine consists of a diagonal marble table or other slab upon which the paste
or other plastic material is laid. This is carried forward by two horizantal rollers
which are covered with india-rubber or other suitable material from whence it is delivered
into two brass rollers underneath which impart a smooth surface to the sheet of paste.
The sheet of paste is now somewhat turned in its direction by an angle piece or slant
guiding piece over another brass roller on to a steep inclined face of india-rubber when
a pivotted case of cutters is brought round and the lozenges or other articles are cut
and stamped or only cut as the case may be for some articles no letter stamping is
required. Immediately this is accomplished the cutters are withdrawn and turned
upon their pivot shaft on to the color band which is brought against the face of the
letters perparatory to stamping another set of lozenges as hereafter to be more fully
explained.
The rollers are hung in a diagonal or other suitable frame and the main shaft which
drives the machine is carried underneath the table as preferably a very convenient
position. From the main shaft two crank wheels are driven by a pinion gearing into
a wheel upon the main shaft. The upper crank wheel has a slot by which the stroke
of the pin may be adjusted to regulate the size of the lozenges or other articles. This
shaft passes through and carries at the other side an eccentric for giving motion through
its rods to the color roller and band. This adjustable crank by a suitable rod and
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page_text: ratchet gear operates intermittently a ratchet wheel hung upon the feeding or bottom
roller the shaft of which passes through to the other side where a set of pinions are
hung to give motion to the upper four rollers. The front rubber roller and also the
front brass roller are hung in an adjustable slide and are operated by a hand wheel at
the front so as to give the varying thicknesses to the sheet of paste. The lower
eccentric shaft also runs through so that a connecting rod may be carried to the cutter
sliding blocks upon which the cutter frame is hinged i.e. to the centre pin thereof. A
suitable roller is fixed to one or both ends upon the inner jaw or jaws and as the slide
blocks or reciprocated it passes round a curved pathway which has the effect of
turning the cutters upon their pivot in the jaws away from the rubber face over the
tray on to which the articles are dropped and also over the color band. A diagonal
plate is fixed between the band and rubber face upon which the articles are dropped
from the cutters whence they slide on to the trays in a line and as the trays are moved
forwards by endless bands with an intermittent motion the lozenges or other articles
are placed upon them in an orderly arranged manner. Over the case of cutters is a
bar which is attached thereto by pins having adjustable springs and to this bar is
attached rods each of which carries a piston i.e. inside each several cutter. The
springs have always the tendency to withdraw the pistons but they are allowed to
operate at the right moment by two friction rollers which work upon curved surfaces
on the back of the bar. 'The cutters operate through a perforated guard plate which
is fixed at the front of the rubber moulding face to prevent the paste sheet from
following the cutters as they are withdrawn therefrom. A sliding plate is also brought
down to clean the surface of the rubber moulding faco which is worked by a stud and
fixed lever from cutter jaw. An endless band is mounted on the rollers to receive the
scrap and to carry it back into a suitable box or case where it is remixed ready to
again place in a plastic state upon the diagonal slab aforesaid.
Still lower I mount endless bands for conveying the trays forward with an inter-
mittent motion from one end to the other i.e. the trays are put in upon the bands at
the back end empty and delivered full without any shaking or hand arranging at the
other end. The whole machine stands upon a frame and is self contained, the length
being regulated according to the particular purpose.
The fly wheel on the main shaft is so weighted as to assist the machine when the
maximum strain is upon it. The next shaft above which carries the fast crank pins
in the discs are also made on their peripheries as eccentrics having a raised pathway
a sudden shoulder by which a spring lever is operated and which carries a cross bar
and brush to clean the face of the type and to lift the color band up against them.
The sudden shoulder on the eccentric or cam removes the pressure suddenly immediately
the operation is sufficiently completed.

page_text: Improvements in Machinery for the Manufacture of Lozenges,
Confectionery, Medals, Biscuits, and other similar Articles.
1, JOHN HOUNSELL of Crosby Works Clement Street, Birmingham in the County
of Warwick Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention and in what
imanner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in
and by the following statement :-
The object of my invention is improvements in machinery for the manufacture of
lozenges confectionery medals biscuits and other similar articles by which I am enabled
to dispense with the use of the intermittent or endless bands which is the present usual
mode of conveying the sugar or other paste to the stamps or dies and I obtain greater
accuracy in the lettering and considerable economy in the space occupied by the
machine besides other advantages which will be apparent from the general description
of the machine which now follows: :-
My machine consists of a diagonal marble table or other slab upon which the paste
or other plastic material is laid. This is carried forward by two horizontal rollers
which are covered with india-rubber or other suitable material from whence it is
delivered into two brass rollers underneath which impart a smooth surface to the sheet
of paste. The sheet of paste is now somewhat turned in its direction by an angle piece
or slant guiding piece over another brass roller on to a steep inclined face of india-
rubber when a pivotted case of cutters is brought round and the lozenges or other
articles are cut and stamped or only cut as the case may be for some articles no letter
stamping is required. Immediately this is accomplished the cutters are withdrawn
and turned upon the pivot shaft on to the colour band which is brought against
the face of the letters preparatory to stamping another set of lozenges as hereafter to
be more fully explained.
The rollers are hung in a diagonal or other suitable frame and the main shaft which
drives the machine is carried underneath the table as preferably a very convenient
position. From the main shaft two crank wheels are driven by a pinion gearing into
a wheel upon the main shaft. The upper crank wheel has a slot by which the stroke
of the pin may be adjusted to regulate the size of the lozenges or other articles. This
shaft passes through and carries at the other side an eccentric for giving motion to its
rods through the colour roller and band. This adjustable crank by a suitable rod and
ratchet gear operates intermittently a ratchet wheel hung upon the feeding or bottom
roller the shaft of which passes through to the other side where a set of pinions are
hung to give motion to the upper four rollers. The front rubber roller and also
the front brass roller are hung in an adjustable slide and are operated by a hand wheel
at the front so as to give the varying thicknesses to the sheet of paste. The lower
eccentric shaft also runs through so that a connecting rod may be carried to the cutter
sliding blocks upon which the cutter frame is hinged i.e. to the centre pin thereof. A
suitable roller is fixed to one or both ends upon the inner jaw or jaws and as the slide

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blocks are reciprocated it passes round a curved pathway which has the effect of turning
the cutters upon their pivot on the jaws away from the rubber face over the tray on to
which the articles are dropped and also over the colour band. A diagonal plate is fixed
between the band and rubber face upon which the articles are dropped from the cutters
whence they slide on to the trays in a line and as the trays are moved forward by
endless bands with an intermittent motion, the lozenges or other articles are placed
upon them in an orderly arranged manner. Over the case of cutters is a bar which is
attached thereto by pins having adjustable springs and to this bar is attached rods each
of which carries a piston i.e..inside each. several cutter. The springs have always the
tendency to withdraw the pistons but they are allowed to operate at the right moment
by two friction roilers which work upon curved surfaces on the back of the bar. The
cutters operate through a perforated guard plate which is fixed at the front of the
rubber moulding face to prevent the paste sheet from following the cutters as they are
withdrawn therefrom. A sliding plate may also be brought down to clean the surface
of the rubber moulding face and which may be worked by a stud and fixed lever from
the cutter jaw. An endless band is mounted on the rollers to receive the scrap and
carry it back into a suitable box or case where it is remixed ready to again place in a
plastic state upon the diagonal slab aforesaid.
Still lower I mount endless bands for conveying the trays forward with an inter-
mittent motion from one end to the other i.e. the trays are put in upon the bands at
the back end empty and delivered full without any shaking or hand arranging at the
other end. The whole machine stands upon a frame and is self-contained, the length
being regulated according to the particular purpose.
The fly wheel on the main shaft is so weighted as to assist the machine when the
maximum strain is upon it. The next shaft above which carries the fast crank pins
in the discs are also made in their peripheries as eccentrics having a raised pathway a
sudden shoulder by which a spring lever is operated and which carries a cross bar and
'brush to clean the face of the type and to lift the colour band up against them. The
sudden shoulder on the eccentric or cam removes the pressure suddenly immediately
the operation is sufficiently completed.
In order that my invention may be clearly understood and more easily carried into
practice I have appended hereunto three large sheets of drawings upon which is
illustrated one of my machines for cutting and stamping lozenges and other similar
articles.
Figure 1 is an elevation of the fly wheel side of the machine the fly wheel being
indicated by the dotted line W.
Figure 2 is an elevation of the driving side of the machine the pulleys being indicated
by the dotted line V.
Figure 3 is a longitudinal section through the centre of the machine.
Figure 4 is an enlarged broken off section showing the operation of the band for
coloring the type.
Figure 5 is a similar section showing the operation of stamping and cutting.
Figure 6 is an elevation of the cutters which shows about half of them.
The machine consists of the diagonal marble table or other slab A¹ upon which the
paste or other plastic material B is laid. This is carried forward by two-horizontal
rollers C and C which are covered with india-rubber or other suitable material from
whence it is delivered into the two brass rollers D and D¹ underneath which impart a
smooth surface to the sheet of paste. The sheet of paste B is now somewhat turned
in its direction by an angle piece or slant guiding face 61 over the metal roller E on
to a steep inclined face of india-rubber e¹ which is moved forward by the said roller E
around the plate when the pivotted case of cutters F is brought round and the
lozenges or other articles are cut and stamped as shewn in Figure 5 or only cut as the
case may be for in some articles no letter stamping is required. Immediately this is
accomplished the case of cutters F are withdrawn and turned upon their pivot shaft
on to the colour band G which is brought against the face of the letters preparatory
to stamping another set of lozenges as shewn by Figure 4 and hereafter more fully
'explained.

page_text: The rollers C, C, D, D¹, and E are hung in the diagonal frame A and the main
shaft Z which drives tho machine is carried underneath the table as preferably a very
convenient position. From the main shaft the two crank wheels X and Y are driven
by the pinion gearing into the wheel ¹ upon the main shaft Z and the wheel y³ upon
the shaft Y. The upper crank wheel Y has a slot y¹ by which the stroke of the pin y
may be adjusted to regulate the size of the lozenges or other articles. This shaft Ý
passes through and carries at the other side the eccentric or crank y for giving motion
through the rod y to the color roller g¹ and band G. The adjustable crank Y by the
rod S and ratchet gear
s operates intermittently the ratchet wheels which is hung
upon the feeding or bottom roller Ẹ the shaft of which passes through to the other
side where the pinions e³ and e' are hung to give motion to the pair of rollers D and D'
by their pinions d2 and d and to the pair of rollers C and C¹ by the double pinion C
and the pinions 04 and C. The front rubber roller C and also the front brass
roller D are hung in the adjustable slide d and are operated by the hand wheel dat
the front so as to give the varying thicknesses to the sheet of paste, B, and the brass
roller D has a separate adjustable screw de for nicer adjustment. The lower eccentric
shaft X also runs through so that the connecting rods a and may be carried to the
cutter sliding blocks f³ and f* upon which the cutter frame F is hinged that is, to
the centre pin f' and f' thereof.
Rollers Hare fixed at each side of the machine to one end of the cutter frame
support f and working in slots and as the slide blocks f³ and f' are reciprocated the
rollers H pass round the curved pathways h¹ which has the effect of turning the cutter
frame F and cutter upon the pivots fi away from the rubber face e¹ which is the
position shewn at Figure 5 over the tray T on to which the articles are dropped and
also over the colour band G which is the position shewn by Figure 4. The diagonal
plate U is fixed between the.band G and rubber face e¹ upon which the articles ¹ are
dropped from the cutters whence they slide on to the trays in a line and as the trays
are moved forward by the endless bands with an intermittent motion the lozenges or
Over the case
other articles b¹ are placed upon them in an orderly arranged manner.
of cutters F is a bar K which is attached thereto by several pins k having the adjustable
springs and to this bar K is attached the rods each of which carries a piston k
i.e. inside each several cutter. The springs k¹ have always the tendency to withdraw
the pistons but the pistons are operated at the right moment by two or more friction
rollers which work upon the curved surfaces on the back of the bar K. The
cutters operate through the perforated guard plate J which is fixed at the front of the.
rubber cutting face e¹ to prevent the paste sheet B from following the cutters få as
they are withdrawn therefrom.
An endless band M is mounted on the rollers m¹ and m² to receive the scrap B² and
carry it back into a suitable box or case m³ where it is remixed ready to again place
in a plastic state upon the diagonal slab A¹.
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Still lower the endless bands t¹ are mounted for conveying the trays forward with
an intermittent motion from one end to the other i.e. the trays are put in upon the
bands at the back or O end empty and delivered full without any shaking or hand
arranging at the other or P end. The whole machine stands upon the frame N, N¹
and N2, and is self contained the length being regulated according to the particular
purpose.
The fly wheel. W on the main shaft Z is so weighted as to assist the machine when
the maximum strain is upon it. The shaft X above which carries the fast crank
pins in the discs X are also inade on their peripheries as eccentrics having a raised
pathway a sudden shoulder x by which the spring is operated which carries the
cross bar and brush g³ to clean the face of the type and to lift the colour band G
up against them. The sudden shoulder on the eccentric or cam removes the pressure
suddenly immediately the operation is sufficiently completed.
Dust troughs Q and R are fixed against the india rubber rollers C and C¹ to carry
powder to prevent the paste adhering to them.
An additional band of leather connects the pulleys 2 with the pulleys to which cause
the bands t¹ to revolve. The pully t² receives its motion from a toothed wheel upon

page_text: the shaft of the roller E from which the motion is transferred to the pinion by means
of the three intermediate pinions to, to and t..
The plate e for the rubber to work upon on which the articles are cut and stamped
can be adjusted to allow of any wear in the cutters as the plate is secured at each end
to the small slide which is acted upon by a screw adjustment.
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The colour is placed in the colour box gand the flow is regulated upon the colour
roller g by the wood strip g which is secured to the box by the nut 9 and adjusted
by the nut g. The colour band G is revolved by means of the ratchet and ratchet
wheel g which also revolves the colour roller by means of the pinions 9.
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The scrap band M receives its motion from the roller m which has at its end the
pinion m gearing into the spur m' which receives its motion from the small shaft upon
which are pullies t² as before described.
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
First The improvements in machinery for the manufacture of lozenges
confectionery medals biscuits and other similar articles in which a diagonal plate or
table is used for feeding the material through rollers into a sheet which is afterwards
stamped out into various forms and delivered in order substantially as herein set
forth.
Second-In machinery for the manufacture of lozenges, confectionery, medals
biscuits and other similar articles the particular mode of cutting out stamping the
pieces and color printing the same inside the cutters simultaneously by means of the
pivotted case of cutters operated upon the curved surface so as to produce and deliver
substantially as herein set forth.
Third In machinery for the manufacture of lozenges confectionery medals
biscuits and other similar articles the particular mode of construction by which the
articles are stamped against the inclined plate e² and the scrap automatically delivered
by the endless band back under the machine while the articles themselves are orderly
arranged upon the travelling trays substantially as herein set forth.
Fourth In machinery for the manufacture of lozenges confectionery medals
biscuits and other similar articles the mode of applying the colour to the type and the
brush for cleaning face of plungers and type substantially as herein set forth and
shewn upon the drawings.
Fifth-The improvements in machinery for the manufacture of lozenges
confectionery medals biscuits and other similar articles by which I dispense with the
old intermittent or endless bands for feeding the material thus effecting economy in
space and general effectiveness substantially as herein set forth and illustrated upon
the drawings.
GEORGE BARKER,
77, Colmore Row, Birmingham,
Agent for Applicant.