Improvements in Whisking or Beating Machines.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 25th Apr., 1899
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Improvements in Whisking or Beating Machines.
I, JOSEPH STOREY, of Valley Parade, Manningham, Bradford, in the County
of York, Baker and Confectioner, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in whisking or beating machines for
confectioner's use and the like.
For this purpose I employ two perdant whisking arms working in a removable
bowl made with a semi-circular or approximately semi-circular bottom. The
whisking arms are mounted upon two cranks formed or fixed diametrically opposite
each other on the ends of a crank shaft mounted in bearings formed in a swing
box or bracket. The whisking arms are continued a suitable distance above
the crank pins and their upper ends are connected by links to fixed studs con-
nected to the box bracket or other suitable part. The operating ends of the
whisking arms may be made of wire bent to form effective whisking arms that
will pass each other and just clear the bottom of the bowl. The crank shaft is
driven from a driving shaft by means of toothed wheels, or by a chain and
sprocket wheels, which are preferably enclosed within the said box bracket.
A winch handle or its equivalent is provided for turning the driving shaft.
The said box bracket is supported on a suitable standard or standards fixed
upon a bed piece having a seat or holder for the bowl. Provision is made for
raising the whisking arms sufficiently to allow the bowl to be moved. For this
purpose the box bracket may be made to swing on the centre of the driving shaft
or at any other suitable point so as to raise the whisking arms clear of the bowl.
In any case the arrangement is such that the ends of the arms lie over and drain
into the bowl. A projection or its equivalent may be formed on the said bracket
to engage the rim of the bowl and hold it whilst the whisking arms are in opera-
tion. And a suitable device may be attached for locking the box bracket in
position.
Dated this 24th day of April 1899.
I, JOSEPH STOREY, of Valley Parade, Manningham, Bradford, in the County
of York, Baker and Confectioner, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
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page_text: and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement:-
This invention relates to improvements in whisking or beating machines for
confectioner's use and the like.
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For this purpose I employ two pendant whisking arms working in a removable
bowl made with a semi-circular or approximately semi-circular bottom. The
whisking arms are mounted upon two cranks formed or fixed diametrically opposite
each other on the ends of a' crank shaft mounted in bearings formed in a swing
box or bracket. The whisking arms are continued a suitable distance above
the crank pins and their upper ends are connected by links to fixed studs con-
nected to the box bracket or other suitable part. The operating ends of the
whisking arms may be made of wire bent to form effective whisking arms that
will pass each other and just clear the bottom of the bowl. The crank shaft is
driven from a driving shaft by means of toothed wheels, or by a chain and
sprocket wheels, which are preferably enclosed within the said box bracket.
A winch handle or its equivalent is provided for. turning the driving shaft.
The said box bracket is supported on a suitable standard or standards fixed
upon a bed piece having a seat or holder for the bowl. Provision is made for
raising the whisking arms sufficiently to allow the bowl to be moved. For this
nurpose the box bracket may be made to swing on the centre of the driving shaft
or at any other suitable point so as to raise the whisking arms clear of the bowl.
In any case the arrangement is such that the ends of the arms lie over and drain
into the bowl.
To fully describe my invention reference is made to the accompanying sheet
of drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar figures of
reference indicate corresponding parts in each of the views.
Figure 1, is a side elevation of a machine made in accordance with my invention,
The side of the bowl is shown broken away to show the whisking arms in full.
Figure 2, is a front view of the machine with a diametrical section of the bowl.
Figure 3, is a similar view to Figure 1 but in this view the whisking arms are
raised to allow the bowl to be removed.
The base plate 2 is made with a recess 3 to fit the bottom 4 of the bowl
and the sides 5 of the recess are made to overhang and by engaging the bead 7
round 4 retain the bowl in position.
Standards 8 and 9 are fixed to the rear end of the base plate 2. The swing box
or bracket 12 is pivoted between these standards upon the driving shaft 13 mounted
in bearings 14, 14 formed in the standards. The shaft 13 is provided with a
winch handle 16 for driving it and carries a spur wheel 17 enclosed within the
swing box 12. This spur wheel engages a pinion 18 on the shaft 19 mounted in
bearings formed in the said swing box. A portion of the side of the box 12 is
shown broken away in Figure 3 to show the wheels 17 and 18. Crank arms 20
are fixed diametrically opposite to each other upon the externally projecting ends
of the shaft 19. These crank arms have crank pins 22 upon each of which one of
the whisking arms 23 is mounted. The arms 23 extend up and their upper ends 24
are connected by the bridle rods 25 to studs 26 fixed on the top of the standards 8
and 9. The lower ends 28 of the whisking arms are preferably made of stout wire
bent to the form clearly shown in Figure 2 or other suitable form.
When the shaft 13 is turned the crank shaft 19 is rotated by the connecting
wheels 17 and 18 thus actuating the whisking arms and as the upper ends of the
latter are practically restrained from lateral movement by the bridle rods the lower
ends move one over the other in an approximately elliptical path. The path
traversed by the bottom of the whisking arms is represented by the broken lines 29
Figure 1. It is obvious that vertical guides may be used, instead of the bridle
rods 25, for laterally restraining the upper ends 24 of the whisking arms.
To lock the swing box in either the position shown in Figure 1 or that shown in
Figure 3 a sliding pin 30 is mounted in a hole made through the standard 8 and
two holes are made in the side of the swing box in such a position that one or the

page_text: other of the holes can be engaged by the inner end of the pin when the swing
box is moved to either of its extreme positions For convenient manipulation the
outer end of the pin 30 may be secured to a spring 33 attached by its end 34 to
the standard 8, and a curved finger piece 35 is formed on its other end.
A projection 40 is preferably pivoted to the swing box 12 to engage the inner
edge of the bowl and help to retain it in position. The movement of the projec-
tion 40 is limited by the lug 42 formed on the side of the swing box. An adjust-
able block 50 may be fixed between the standards 8 and 9 for the back of the
bowl to bear against.
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
1 claim is:-
1. A whisking or beating machine having two whisking arms actuated by
diametrically opposite cranks and having upward extensions the lateral movement
of the ends of which is confined by bridle links or their equivalent, substantially
as herein shown and described.
2. A whisking or beating machine having two whisking arms actuated by diametri-
cally opposite cranks upon a crank shaft mounted in a swing box pivoted concentric
with a driving shaft, the said whisking arms having upward extensions the move-
ment of the upper ends of which is laterally confined by bridle links or their
equivalent, substantially as herein shown and described and for the purpose
specified.
3. A whisking or beating machine constructed, arranged and operating, sub-
stantially as herein shown and described.
Dated this 23rd day of January 1900.
DRACUP & NOWELL,
Patent Agents, Bradford.