A KNEADING MACHINE
Year: 1858

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Charles Francis Quintin, of Cheltenham, in the
County of Gloucester, for the Invention of "A KNEADING MACHINE."
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Charles Francis Quintin,
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
23rd March 1858.
I, CHARLES FRANCIS QUINTIN, of Cheltenham, in the County of Gloucester,.
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "A KNEADING MACHINE,"
to be as follows:-
The object of my Invention is to avoid the uncleanly and injurious practice
of kneading or mixing paste, &c. intended for the purposes of food, by the
direct action of the hands or feet upon the materials. For this purpose I make
use of arms or beaters attached to and capable of being caused to revolve with
an axis or axes passing through or partially through a trough, or other suitable
receptacle for containing the ingredients required to be operated upon and
kneaded together.
In addition to arms or beaters carried round as described, it may also be
found advisable to make use of stationary arms or other projections which
shall assist in effecting the complete and rapid mixture and incorporation of

page_text: the materials. The axis or axes being driven round by manual or other
power cause the arms or beaters attached thereto to pass through the
materials contained in the trough or other receptacle, and thereby to knead
and incorporate them together.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Charles Francis Quintin, in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 23rd September 1858.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, CHARLES
FRANCIS QUINTIN, of Cheltenham, in the County of Gloucester, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most. Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-third day of March, 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 Charles Francis Quintin, Her special licence that I, the said Charles.
Francis Quintin, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others
as I, the said Charles Francis Quintin, 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 might make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom
of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an
Invention for "A KNEADING MACHINE," upon the condition (amongst others)
that I, the said Charles Francis Quintin, 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 Charles Francis Quintin, do hereby
declare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is
to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement :-
The object of my Invention is to avoid the uncleanly and injurious practice
of kneading or mixing paste, &c. intended for the purposes of food, by the
direct action of the hands or feet upon the materials. For this purpose I
make use of arms or beaters attached to and capable of being caused to
revolve with an axis or axes passing through or partially through a trough or

page_text: other suitable receptacle for containing the ingredients required to be operated
upon and kneaded together.
In addition to arms or beaters carried round as described, it may also be
found advisable to make use of stationary arms or other projections which
shall assist in effecting the complete and rapid mixture and incorporation of
the materials. The axis. or axes being driven around by manual or other
power cause the arms or beaters attached thereto to pass through the
materials contained in the trough or other receptacle, and thereby to knead
and incorporate them together.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Fig. 1 of the accompanying Sheet of Drawings represents a front elevation
of a machine constructed according to my said Invention; Fig. 2, an end
elevation; Fig. 3, a longitudinal section; Fig. 4, a transverse section; and
Fig. 5, a plan of the same. a represents a box or casing to which are
attached the bearings 6, supporting the axis or shaft c, having the arms or
beaters & formed with or attached thereto, and capable of being caused to
revolve by means of the wheel e keyed upon its end, and actuated by the
pinion f fixed upon a short axle g, which revolves in bearings h attached to the
box or casing a, and carries also a fly wheel i for the purpose of equalising the
motion of the machine. The fly wheel i is fitted with a handle j for the purpose
of giving motion to the machine by manual power; but it may, as before
explained, be driven by any other means as found convenient. The box or
casing a is fitted with a trough k (for containing the materials to be operated
upon), through which the beaters pass in their revolution, and which is con-
structed in the manner of a drawer, to slide in or out of the casing, as required
for the removal of the dough, &c. For the farther convenience of inspection,
and to afford increased facilities of access to the interior of the machine, the
cover of the box and the upper half m of the front side thereof are fitted
with hinges, thus allowing them to be readily opened as occasion requires.
The internal casing n, also readily removable, is provided for the purpose of
preventing the escape of dust from the interior of the machine during the
process of kneading; the sliding boards or panels o, similarly removable, being
in like manner provided for the purpose of protecting the bearings 6 from
contact with the materials under treatment.
The axis or shaft of the machine may be formed of wrought iron galvanized
to prevent oxidation (or of other suitable material), and their number varied
to suit the size of machine and other circumstances. In some cases also it
may be found advisable to give the shaft or axis, carrying the beaters, a

page_text: movement endwise in its bearings, in order thereby to more thoroughly mix
and incorporate the materials together. Two or more axes or shafts carrying
beaters, as described, may be employed in combination in the same trough,
and fixed arms or beaters may be used in conjunction with either one or more
beater axes, and the machine otherwise modified to suit circumstances without
departing from the general character of my Invention, with relation to which
I claim, the general combination of parts, constituting a kneading machine, as
described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Charles Francis Quintin, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Twentieth day of September, in the
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight.
year of
CHARLES FRANCIS (L.B.) QUINTIN.