Improvements in and Applicable to Machinery or Apparatus for Cutting and Panning Biscuits
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 1st Sept., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 1st June, 1891-Accepted, 11th July, 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and Applicable to Machinery or Apparatus for
Cutting and Panning Biscuits.
We JOHN VICARS, THOMAS VICARS and JOHN VICARS, all of No. 56 Seel
Street Liverpool in the County of Lancaster Engineers do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The invention relates to machinery or apparatus in which sheets of dough are
cut into biscuits which are carried by endless bands to trays or pans on which they
arc deposited and the main objects are to prevent breakage in certain parts and to
maintain the endless bands in serviceable condition.
The invention consists First in providing a resilient knife edge or tongue around
which the endless band-which deposits the biscuits on the trays or pans-passes,
so that the said knife edge or tongue may give way to any obstruction.
Second in providing resilient guides or carriers for the trays or pans to prevent
sudden stoppage in case of obstruction.
Third in providing automatically acting scrapers to remove any adhering dough
or biscuits from the endless band on its return after having delivered the biscuits to
the trays or pans.
Fourth in providing steam or equivalent heating appliances for drying the endless
band during its travel.
Dated the Thirtieth day of August 1890.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and Applicable to Machinery or Apparatus for
Cutting and Panning Biscuits.
We JOHN VICARS, THOMAS VICARS, and JOHN VICARS, all of No. 56 Scel
Street, Liverpool in the County of Lancaster, Engineers, 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 :-
The invention relates to machinery or apparatus in which sheets of dough are
cut into biscuits which are carried by endless bands to trays or pans on which they
are deposited and the main objects are to prevent breakage in certain parts and to
maintain the endless bands in serviceable condition.
The invention consists First in providing a resilient knife edge or tongue around
which the endless band-which deposits the biscuits on the trays or pans-passes so
that the said knife edge or tongue may give way to any obstruction.
Second in providing resilient guides or carriers for the trays or pans to prevent
sudden stoppage in case of obstruction.
Third in providing automatically acting scrapers to remove any adhering dough
or biscuits from the endless band on its return after having delivered the biscuits to
the trays or pans.
Fourth, in providing steam or equivalent heating appliances for drying the endless
band during its travel.

page_text: DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Fig. 1 is a longitudinal view, and Fig. 2, a cross section of sufficient of a biscuit
cutting and panning apparatus to illustrate the first and second parts of our inven-
tion. is the framework of a machine having any usual or suitable arrangement
of parts for cutting biscuits and for giving motion to a band for delivering the cut
biscuits to the pans, and to chains for carrying the pans or trays, 2, is the endless
band which delivers the ent biscuits to the pais. 3 is the usual delivery knife edge
or tongue around which the said endless band passes, instead however of such tongue
being a fixture it is attached to a shaft pivoted to the frame 1 at 4. 5 are arms
attached to the said shaft. 6, are springs secured to the arms 5 and to eyebolts 7.
The eyebolts pass through brackets H. and are adjusted in position by nuts 9.
10 are upper guides, and 11, are lower guides between which the edges of the pans
or trays pass, the upper guides are held down against stops by springs 12, and the
guide 11 are held up at the required height by springs 13, controlled by stop
pieces 14. So long as everything is working smoothly the pans or trays will freely
pass between the guides 10 and 11, and beneath the delivery tongue 3, but if
any tray gets out of position, or an obstruction takes place, the guides and tongue
will give way and allow the pan to pass without injury being done.
Fig. 3 is an elevation of apparatus under the third part of our invention for
scraping dough from the biscuit delivery band 2. on its return passage from the
tongue 3. To any convenient rotating shaft excentrics 15 are secured one at each
side of the machine, 16, arms fitting around the excentrics each freely passing as
to the lower ends through holes in busses 17. The said bosses 17 are pivoted to
the frame 1, so as to be free to oscillate, the upper ends of the arms carry
brackets 18, adjusted as to position by means of mit 19, scrapers 20 are attached
to the said brackets and pass across the machine from one side to the other. The
scrapers and band move in the direction shown by the dotted line and arrows, and
the time of contact between the scrapers and the band is so adjusted, that the band
is at rest and biscuits are being cut whilst the scrapers act.
Fig. 4. is an elevation of drying apparatus under the fourth part of our invention.
21 is a metallic box located in any convenient part of the machine so that the
band 2 can pass in contact with it on its return from delivering biscuits over
the tongue 3. 22 are pipes through which steam, hot air or other suitable fluid is
caused to circulate through the box.
It will be evident that many modifications of the various applianees under our
invention may be made without departing therefrom.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
First. In machinery or apparatus for cutting and panning biscuits, a resilient
knife-edge or tongue for the purpose set forth.
Second. In machinery or apparatus for cutting and panning biscuits, resilient
guides or carriers for the purpose set forth.
Third. In machinery or apparatus for cutting and panning biscuits, automatically
ncting scrapers for the purpose set forth.
Fourth. In machinery or apparatus for cutting and panning biscuits, henting
appliances for the purpose set forth.
Dateil the 29th day of May 1891.
Per pro J. T. KING,
J. Jolinson,
Agent.