IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR MOULDING VERMICELLI AND OTHER PASTE
Year: 1857

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henry Gilbee, of No. 4, South Street, Finsbury,
London, and 39, Rue do l'Echiquier, Paris, in the Empire of France, for
the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR MOULDING VERMICELLI
AND OTHER PASTE."-A communication.
'Scaled the 29th October 1857, and dated the 29th June 1857.
'PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Henry Gilbeo at the
Office of tho Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
29th June 1857.
I, HENRY GILBEE, of No. 4, South Street, Finsbury, London, and 39, Ruo
do l'Echiquier, Paris, in the Empire of France, do hereby declare the naturo
of the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR MOULDING VERMICELLI
AND OTHER PASTE," to be as follows, that is to say :-
The improved machine for moulding vermicelli, maccaroni, and other pasto
consists of an outer cylinder furnished with a hopper, in which the materials
to be moulded are placed. Another cylinder revolving by means of suitablo
wheel gearing is fitted excentrically in the interior of the outer cylinder, and
is furnished with one or more pistons or slides. As the inner driving cylinder
revolves it causes the pistons or slides to receive a sliding as well as a rotatory
motion, and by this combined action forces the paste through a suitable mould,
. to give it a cylindrical or other shape. This machine may be worked by hand
or other motive power.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Henry Gilbee in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
23rd December 1857.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, HENRY
GILDEE, of No. 4, South Street, Finsbury, London, and 39, Rue de l'Echi-
quier, Paris, in the Empire of France, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-ninth day of June, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven, in the twenty-first year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said Henry Gilbec, Her special license that I, the said Henry Gilbec, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Henry
Gilbee, my exccutors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree
with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during tho
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 of "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR
MOULDING VERMICELLI AND OTHER PASTE," communicated to me by a foreigner
residing abroad, upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Henry
Gilbec, 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 bo 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 Henry Gilbee, do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
Specification, reference being bad to the accompanying Sheet of Drawings,
and to the figures and letters marked thereon, that is to say :-
This Invention relates to an improved machine, in which the vermicelli,
macaroni, or other paste is passed through a suitable mould by means of a
revolving cylinder, in combination with slides or pressers to give them a
cylindrical or other form.
The improved machine for moulding consists of an external cylinder pro-
'vided with a hopper, in which the paste to be moulded is placed. Another
cylinder made to revolve, by means of suitable wheel gearing, is fitted excen-
tically in the interior of the outer cylinder, and is furnished with one or more

page_text: As the fuller driving cymder revolves it causes the piston or
slides to receive a sliding as well as a rotatory motion; and by this combined
action forces the paste through a perforated mould to give it a cylindrical
shape. This machine may be worked by hand, or other motive power.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING.
Figure 1 of the accompanying Drawing represents a front view of the im-
proved machine for moulding paste; Figure 2 is a vertical section of the
same; Figure 3, a side view in section; Figure 4, a plan of the internal
cylinder; Figures 5 and 6, front view and plan of one of the slides or pressers.
The same letters refer to the same parts in the Drawing.
A, Figures 1 and 3, external cylinder, in which are made two openings U, U',
diametrically opposite to each other. The opening U is furnished with a
hopper D, into which the paste to be moulded is placed, which then becomes
submitted to the action of the slides or pressers C, C', working in the right-
angled slots or grooves X formed in the internal cylinder B, and shewn moro
clearly in Figures 4, 5, and 6. The cylinder B rotates on its axlo V, in bearings
made in the covers M, M', of the external cylinder A, in which its excentric
position causes it nearly to touch the external cylinder. The object of this
arrangement is, that as the cylinder B rotates in the direction of the arrow
it causes the slides or pressers c, c', to force the paste from the hopper D along
the
space
T, T', between the two cylinders into the opening U', and through
the mould II, perforated with holes to give it the required form. The covers
M, M', are secured together by nuts and bolts G, G, and each cover is formed
with two legs K, K, upon which the machine rests; F, catch; E is a pressing
screw to prevent the paste introduced into the space T, T", getting between
the two cylinders at the part where they are in contact. By turning the
winch handle Q in the direction of the arrow, Figure 1, the pinion R sets
the train of wheels P, O, N, in motion, and thus causes the internal cylinder
B to rotate slowly and mould the paste.
Ilaving now described the nature of the Invention, and the manner of
performing the same, I observe, in conclusion, that I do not confine myself to
the precise construction of the machine as herein set forth, reserving to myself
the right of modifying the same. What I claim is,-
First, the employment of an internal excentrically placed cylinder B and
the slides C in combination with a suitable mould for the construction of a
machine for manufacturing vermicelli, macaroni, and other articles of a similar
form, as herein described and shewn in Figures 2, 3, 4, 5, and 6 of the
accompanying Drawing.

page_text: Secondly, the general arrangement and construction of a machine for
'manufacturing macaroni, vermicelli, and other articles of a similar form,
as herein-before described, and referred to in the various Figures of the
Drawing.
In witness whereof, I, the said Henry Gilbee, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Twenty-first day of December, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven.
H. GILBEE. (L.S.)