IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF BREAD
Year: 1858

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Miller, of Upper George Street, Edgewaro
Road, in the County of Middlesex, Confectioner and Baker, for the
¢
Invention of IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF
BREAD." A communication.
Sealed the 2nd August 1858, and dated the 6th February 1858.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Miller at the Office
of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 6th February
1.858.
I, JOHN MILLER, of. Upper George Street, Edgeware Road, in the County
of Middlesex, Confectioner and Baker, do hereby declare the nature of the
said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF
BREAD," (a communication,) to be as follows:-
The means commonly employed for shaping the dough of which loaf bread
is made has been either to work the dough by hand into the shape for a loaf
or to place the dough in tins of the desired shape, both of which operations
are tedious.
Now the object and intention of this Invention is to expedite and simplify.
this operation, which I propose to effect by the use of a machine provided
with travelling cloths or aprons. On one of these cloths the dough is placed,
and passes between rollers placed at such a distance asunder as to form the
depth of the loaf, and in this state the dough passes on to the second travel-

page_text: ling cloth, where it is operated upon by a cutting tool or instrument which
cuts the dough out the desired shape and size for a loaf, such cutting
movement being simultaneous with the feeding of the dough thereto.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said John Miller in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 6th
August 1858..
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN
MILLER, of Upper George Street, Edgeware Road, in the County of Middle-
sex, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen. Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Sixth day of February, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight, in the twenty-first year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said John Miller, Her special licence that I, the said John Miller, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I; the said John
Miller, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree
with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during the
term therein expressed, should and lawfully inight make, use, exercise, and
vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel
Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR
THE MANUFACTURE OF BREAD," (a communication) upon the condition (amongst
others) that I, the said John Miller, my executors or administrators, by an
instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals,
should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention,
and in what manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same to
be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and
immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said John Miller, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained-in and by the following
statement thereof, that is to say:-
The means commonly employed for shaping the dough of which loaf bread
is made has been either to work the dough by hand into the shape for a loaf
or to place the dough in tins of the desired shape, both of which operations
are tedious.
Now the object and intention of this Invention is to expedite and simplify
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page_text: this operation, which I propose to effect by the use of a machine provided
with travelling cloths or aprons. On one of these cloths the dough is placed,
and passes between rollers placed at such a distance asunder as to form the
depth of the loaf, and in this state the dough passes on to the second travel-
ling cloth, when it is operated upon by a cutting tool or instrument, which
cuts the dough out the desired shape and size for a loaf, such cutting
movement being simultaneous with the feeding of the dough thereto.
In order to explain my said Invention as completely as possible, I now
proceed to describe the best means I am acquainted with for carrying the
same into practical effect, reference being had to the illustrative Sheet of
Drawing hereunto annexed, and to the numeral figures and letters of reference
marked thereon respectively, as follows:-
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING.
Figure 1 is a side elevation, Figure 2 a plan view, and Figure 3 a section
through the frame, showing the front of the cutter. Similar letters of re-
ference are placed upon and denote corresponding parts in so far as such
parts appear or can be seen at each of such said figures respectively. A, A,
is the framing of the machine; B, an inclined board, on which is placed the
dough for supplying the same to the rollers C and C; between which it is
passed on motion being given to the machine by means of the driving wheel
D keyed on to the driving shaft E of the machine. From the aforesaid
rollers C and C* the dough is delivered on to the travelling cloth or apron F,
by which it is carried under the cutter G, and there stamped out to the
desired form in rapid succession ready for removal to the oven. Motion is
communicated from the driving shaft to the cutter by the connecting rod H,
which is attached by the crank J to the shaft K. On this shaft K is placed
the cranks L and M, which impart an alternate stamping motion to the
cutter for the purpose of shaping the dough. The travelling cloth receives
alternate motion from the roller N, round which it passes, the said roller
revolving by means of the ratchet wheel O and the pall P, which are acted
upon by the rods Q and R, connected by the crank S to the driving shaft of
the machine. T is a roller over which the travelling cloth passes, and U, U,
are screws for regulating the same; W is a toothed wheel keyed on the
roller C, to which it imparts motion; and Y, Z, are pinions to convey the
same to the roller C*; a, a, are thumbscrews for the purpose of regulating
the distance between the rollers. Figure 3 is a front view of the cutter G,
working over guide rods b, b, secured to the frame A of the machine. When

page_text: the dough has arrived under the plate c, the said cutter is brought down on
the same by the rods d, d, as shewn in the Drawing.
Having now fully described and set forth the nature and object of my said
Invention of "Improvements in Machinery for the Manufacture of Bread,"
together with the best means I am acquainted with for carrying the same into
practical effect, I would remark, in conclusion, that what I claim as my
Invention is the general combination of the parts herein described and
exhibited by the accompanying Sheet of Drawings for the purpose herein set
forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Miller, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Sixth day of August, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight.
Witness,
ALEX. PRINCE, Patent Agent,
4, Trafalgar Square, Charing Cross.
JOHN MILLER.
(L.S.)