Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Coating Fondants and the like with Plastic or Semi-liquid Material.
Year: 1897

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Coating Fondants and
the like with Plastic or Semi-liquid Material.
I, DANIEL MOREY HOLMES, of 17, Craven Park, Willesden, in the County of
Middlesex, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
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This invention relates to apparatus for coating fondants and the like with
plastic or semi-liquid material such as "icing" or sugar in a creamy condition
hereinafter referred to as cream. In one construction of machine according
to this invention a feed roller which with a beater rotates in a water-jacketted
tank into which cream is delivered, carries up on its surface a film of cream;
above the tank a table is provided (which may be movable endwise if desired
automatically or by hand) on to which the roller delivers the film before referred
to. Above the table is a rotary ribbed or feathered roller, the ribs being so
arranged as to provide peripheral channels lying upon the roller in the direction
of its axis. The row of fondants to be coated is delivered into these channels
and carried round within suitable guides on to the film of cream on the table
by the rotary motion of the roller. In addition to this rotary motion the roller
has a motion of translation and is caused to traverse the length of the table, so
that the blades or vanes upon it, which closely approach the layer of cream, roll
the fondants over and over in it so that they become coated. It is preferred
that motion in a direction opposite to that which the roller would have if it
rotated by contact with the "cream," should be imparted to it, say by gearing,
the speed of its translation being related to that of its rotation in such degree
as to ensure that the fondants shall be well rolled in and coated by the cream.
On one end of the table a series of bars is provided on to which the coated fon-
dants are propelled; at the proper time these bars are caused by cam gear or
other mechanism to withdraw into openings or sheaths which they closely fit,
in order to deprive the fondants of support; thus the fondants which are sticky
and ordinarily difficult to handle are caused without trouble to drop upon a
travelling apron conveniently situated, which receives and automatically removes
them.
Dated this 4th day of Ostalo 1007
DANIEL M. HOLMES,
17, Craven Park, Willisden, London.
Boult & Wade,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: Improvements in or relating to Apparatus for Coating Fondants and
the like with Plastic or Semi-liquid Material.
I, DANIEL MOREY HOLMES, formerly of 17, Craven Park, Willesden, in the
County of Middlesex, now of Metropolitan Machine Works, 34, 36, and 38, Watts
Street, New York, United States of America, Engineer, 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:-
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This invention relates to apparatus for coating fondants and the like with
plastic or semi-liquid material such as 'icing" or sugar in a creamy condition
hereinafter referred to as « cream." In one construction of machine according
to this invention a feed roller which with a beater rotates in a water-jacketted
tank into which the cream is delivered, carries upon its surface a film of cream;
above the tank a table is provided (which may be movable endwise if desired
automatically or by hand) on to which the roller delivers the film before referred
to. Above the table is a rotary ribbed or feathered roller, the ribs being so
arranged as to provide peripheral channels lying upon the roller in the direction
of its axis. The row of fondants to be coated is delivered into these channels
and carried round within suitable guides on to the film of cream on the table
by the rotary motion of the roller. In addition to this rotary motion the roller
has a motion of translation and is caused to traverse the length of the table, so
that the blades or vanes upon it which closely approach the layer of cream, roll
the fondants over and over in it so that they become coated. It is preferred
that motion in a direction opposite to that which the roller would have if it
rotated by contact with the "table," should be imparted to it, say by gearing,
the speed of its translation being related to that of its rotation in such degree
as to ensure that the fondants shall be well rolled in and coated by the cream.
On one end of the table a series of bars or fingers is provided on to which the coated
fondants are propelled; at the proper time these bars are caused by cam gear or
other mechanism to withdraw into openings or sheaths which they closely fit,
in order to deprive the fondants of support; thus the fondants which are sticky
and ordinarily difficult to handle are caused without trouble to drop upon a
travelling apron conveniently situated, which receives and automatically removes
them.
In the accompanying drawings,
Figure 1 is a side elevation of one construction of apparatus according to this
invention part being broken away for the sake of clearness.
Figure 2 is a plan of the same.
Like letters indicate like parts throughout the drawings.
A is a tank provided with a jacket A¹ in which water or other heating or
cooling medium may be caused to circulate; pipes A2 are fitted to the tank A
for the entrance and exit of the water. Cream is delivered into the tank A its
temperature being regulated by the water circulating in the jacket A¹. It is
stirred and beaten by a beater which comprises a shaft B carrying blades B
which are arranged helically upon it. The shaft B is driven by means of a
pulley B³.
Side by side with the beater B B₁ is a feed roller C carried upon a shaft C¹
and driven by a pulley C. The feed roller C rotates in the direction indicated

page_text: by the arrow a in Figure 1 and feeds the cream, which clings to its surface, on
to a table D supported on the sides of the tank A and capable of endwise adjust-
ment by means of screws D' and hand wheels D³.
Above the table a roller E operates; it is provided with longitudinal ribs E
which form channels E2 into which the fondants are fed. The roller E is
mounted upon a shaft E³ carried in bearings E which are free to slide in
guides E5 upon the table D; it is driven by a pulley E in the direction indicated
by the arrow b in Figure 1. The roller E is moved along the table D in the
guides E. This is accomplished by means of levers F pivotted on a shaft Fi
and having links 3 pivotted upon a shaft F3 which joins the ends of the levers F.
The other ends of the links are connected to the shaft E³ upon which the
roller E is mounted. The roller E is caused to reciprocate by the action of a
cam G which operates upon a friction roller G' on one of the levers F. The return
of lever is caused by the action of a spring H.
A shield E is provided in order that the fondants may not drop out of the
channels E until the proper time.
A series of fingers L work in a casing L' and are reciprocated at the end of
each outward movement of the roller E by means of arms L³ which travel back-
ward and forward with the roller E and which act against springs Lt. When ex-
tended the fingers L form an extension of the table D on to which the fondants
are moved by the action of the roller E as hereinafter described.
M is travelling band by means of which the coated fondants are carried
away. It is operated by a roller M' carried upon a shaft M2 to which power is
supplied through a pulley M. Another pulley M upon the shaft M2 drives
the pulley C upon the feed-roller shaft C by means of a belt N.
The beater BB is driven by a belt N from a pulley C upon the shaft C¹,
and the roller E is driven from a pulley M5 on the shaft M2 by means of
pulleys F, F, F, and E and belts N2, N3 and N. The cam G is also operated
from the shaft M2 by means of pulley Ms and G2 and a belt N³.
The operation of the apparatus is as follows;-
As the roller E revolves the fondants are dropped from the channels E2 on
to the table D which is covered with cream from the feed roller C. The roller E
now begins to travel in the guides E in the direction indicated by the arrow c
in Figure 1 rotating as it. goes and the ribs E' move the fondants along by a
succession of "kicks" rolling them over and causing them to be coated with
cream. This is continued until the fondants are placed upon the fingers L
which are now in their extended position. The roller E now returns under the
action of the spring H and the fingers L are withdrawn into their casing L
thus causing the fondants to drop down on to the travelling band M which
carries them away. More fondants are placed in the channel 2 and the process
is repeated.
The table D may if desired be arranged to move automatically to regulate or
stop the supply of cream to the table D. In this a device similar to that used
to cause the reciprocation of the fingers L may be used.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is:-
1. Coating fondants by rolling them along a table supplied with a layer of cream
or the like substantially as described.
2. In apparatus for coating fondants the employment of a roller to which is
imparted a movement of translation and of rotation to roll the fondants along
a table substantially as described.
3. In apparatus for coating fondants the combination with a table such as ])
and a roller which rolls the fondants of a series of fingers arranged and operating
substantially as described.

page_text: 4. In apparatus for coating fondants a roller such as E arranged and operating
substantially as described or illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
5. The complete apparatus for coating fondants substantially as described
or illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 4th lov of Iul., 1900