Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Sept., 1886.
Complete Left, 17th June, 1887.
Complete Accepted, 19th July, 1887.
nature of this invention to be a
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This invention relates to the manufacture of lump-sugar and has the advantage
that by the ordinary processes employed in the manufacture of sugar loaves, but with
the aid of a special mould, sugar tablets are obtained the surfaces of which are
traversed by longitudinal and transverse grooves. These grooves enable the said
tablets to be broken into lumps by hand, without necessitating for this purpose the
employment of any sawing or breaking apparatus or tools; the size of the said lumps
corresponding to the distances between the grooves.
a square or
The mould which I use, and which may consist of sheet iron or any other metal, is
a receptacle of the general shape of a truncated pyramid having
rectangular section. It is strengthened at its upper edge by a band.
This general arrangement facilitates the removal of the tablets from the mould.
The said receptacle has a bottom of pyramidal shape, the apex of which is directed
downwardly and provided with an outlet serving for the discharge of sirup and for its
suction after the clarification by means of the exhaust apparatus used in sugar
refineries.
In the interior of the mould on two sides facing each other are arranged plates, the
thickness of which gradually diminishes from the top to the bottom. These plates
have for their object to give to the mould internally a regular prismatic shape.
These two plates are provided in the direction of their length with grooves which
receive the edges of movable partitions hereinafter described.
The space
obtained.
between these grooves determines the thickness of the tablets to be
At the bottom of the mould is a wire gauze or perforated plate, serving to carry the
series of partitions and also to allow the discharge of the excess of sugar.

page_text: The said partitions are of the size of the tablets to be obtained, and may consist of
sheet iron, tin-plate, zinc or any other metal, but must be flexible so as to ensure the
easy removal of the tablets from the mould. Each partition is made of two sheets
connected by folding or soldering. Each sheet and consequently each side of the
partition, has longitudinal and transverse ribs, which form small squares or small
rectangles having exactly the size of the sugar lumps to be produced. These ribs are
formed by pressure, and being neither jointed, soldered or rivetted, they ensure a very
regular division of the tablets. With this construction also the plates require very
little, if any, repairing.
At the upper end of this series of partitions can be placed another gauze or per-
forated plate supporting a second series of partitions and so on, until the mould is
completely filled; Sufficient space must be left above the top series of partitions to
facilitate the filling of the mould, its operation, and the clarification as in the case of
loaves.
The perforated plate below the top series of partitions has for its object like the
plate below the lowest series, to separate the excess of sugar.
The mould thus prepared is filled with boiled syrup like that serving for the
manufacture of loaves. After the cooling the tablets are treated exactly in the same
manner as loaves, with the exception of the operation of planing and dressing the
bottoms of the tablets, this being unnecessary because the perforated plate placed on
the top of the partitions serves, in the removal of the tablets from the inould, to
separate the excess of sugar.
After draining, the mould is placed upon the suction apparatus or the like in order
to remove the remaining syrup from the loaves.
The loosening or removal of the tablets from the mould is effected in the same
manner as the removal of loaves. The block in the mould is divided horizontally by
the perforated plates, and vertically by the partitions, thus producing as many tablets
as the mould contains partitions.
These tablets are placed upon screens of wood or wicker work and removed to the
drying stove where they remain for a few hours to dry.
The tablets thus prepared can be put in boxes or packets; Their surfaces are
divided by grooves corresponding to the ribs of the partitions of the mould, and in
order to separate the tablets into lumps only a slight force, such as the pressure of the
fingers, is required to break the tablets along the grooves, and there is no waste.
Very little manual labour is thus required and the employment of apparatus or
tools is unnecessary.
Sugar manufactured in this manner costs even less than that of ordinary loaf
sugar because the work is simplified and the time reduced by reason of the dressing
of the bottoms being dispensed with, and the drying being exceedingly rapid.
Only the improved moulds are required beyond the ordinary plant of a sugar
refinery.
The tablets can be easily and rapidly packed either in boxes or in packets.
The sugar dust, which is invariably formed with the ordinary broken sugar, even
after the packing, is not produced with my tablets.
These tablets can be made of a regular weight, and can thus be sold, not by weight,
but in tablets like certain other products.
The said tablets also present material advantages for army and naval purposes as
the rations can be more easily arranged so that the control is simplified, and the
packing and transport are less expensive than heretofore.
Dated this 17th day of Sentember 1886
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: I, THÉODORE CHARLES ANTOINE CARRÉ, of Nantes, France, 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 :-
This invention relates to the manufacture of lump-sugar and has the advantage that
by the ordinary processes employed in the manufacture of sugar loaves, but with the
aid of a special mould tablets are obtained the surfaces of which are traversed by
longitudinal and transverse grooves. These grooves enable the said tablets to be
broken into lumps by hand, without necessitating for this purpose the employment of
any sawing or breaking apparatus or tools; the size of the said lumps corresponding
to the distances between the
grooves.
In the accompanying drawing
Figure 1 is a vertical section of a mould having longitudinal and transverse
partitions arranged therein.
Figure 2 represents a vertical section of the mould at right angles to Figure 1.
Figure 3 is a plan view of the said mould.
As illustrated in the drawing, the mould A which I use, and which may consist of
sheet iron or any other suitable metal, is a receptacle of the general shape of a
truncated pyramid having a square or rectangular section. It is strengthened at its
upper edge by a band D.
This arrangement facilitates the removal of the tablets from the mould.
The said receptacle has a bottom B of pyramidal shape the apex of which is directed
downwardly and provided with an outlet C serving for the discharge of syrup and for
its suction after the clarification by means of the exhaust apparatus used in sugar
refineries.
In the interior of the mould on the two sides facing each other are arranged plates E,
the thickness of which gradually diminishes from the top to the bottom. These
plates have for their object to give to the mould internally a regular prismatic shape.
These two plates are provided in the direction of their length with grooves which
receive the edges of movable partitions F (Figure 3) which will be hereinafter
described.
The space between these grooves determines the thickness of the tablets to be
obtained.
At the bottom of the mould is a wire gauze or perforated plate G, serving to carry
the series of partitions F, and also to allow the discharge of the excess of sugar.

page_text: On this gauze or perforated plate G are placed the partitions F which are kept at a
distance from each other by side plates E E as above described.
These said partitions F are of the size of the tablets to be obtained, and may
consist of sheet iron, tin-plate, zinc or other metal, but must be flexible so as to ensure
the easy removal of the tablets from the mould. Each partition F is made of two
sheets connected by folding or soldering. Each sheet, and consequently each side of
the partition has longitudinal and transverse ribs K which form small squares or small
rectangles having exactly the size of the lumps of sugar to be produced. These ribs
are formed by pressure and being neither jointed, soldered or rivetted, they ensure a
very regular division of the tablets. With this construction also the plates require
very little, if any, repairing.
At the upper end of this series of partitions can be placed another gauze or
perforated plate G supporting a second series of partitions F and so on, until the
mould is completely filled. Sufficient space must be left above the top series of
partitions to facilitate the filling of the mould, its operation, and the clarification as in
the case of loaves.
The perforated plate above the top series of partitions has for its object, like the
plate below the lowest series, to separate the excess of sugar.
.
The mould thus prepared is filled with boiled syrup, like that serving for the
manufacture of loaves. After the cooling, the tablets are treated exactly in the same
manner as loaves with the exception of the operation of planing and dressing the
bottoms of the tablets, this being unnecessary because the perforated plate placed on the
top of the partitions serves, in the removal of the tablets from the mould, to separate
the excess of sugar.
After draining, the mould is placed upon the suction apparatus or the like in order
to remove the remaining syrup from the loaves.
The loosening or removal of the tablets from the mould is effected in the same
manner as the removal of loaves. The block in the mould is divided horizontally by
the perforated plate and vertically by the partitions thus producing as many tablets as
the mould contains partitions.
These tablets are placed upon screens of wood or wicker-work and removed to the
drying stove where they remain for a few hours to dry.
The tablets thus prepared can be put in boxes or packets. Their surfaces are
divided by grooves corresponding to the ribs of the partitions of the mould, and in
order to separate the tablets into lumps only a slight force such as the pressure of the
fingers is required to break the said tablets along the grooves thus avoiding the use of
special tools and preventing waste.
Very little manual labour is thus required and the employment of apparatus or
tools is unnecessary.
Sugar manufactured in this manner costs even less than that in ordinary loaves
because the work is simplified and the time reduced by reason of the dressing of the
bottoms being dispensed with and the drying being exceedingly rapid.
Only the improved moulds are required beyond the ordinary plant of a sugar
refinery.
The tablets can be easily and rapidly packed either in boxes or in packets.
The sugar dust, which is invariably formed with the ordinary broken sugar, even
after the packing is not produced with my tablets.
These tablets can be made of a regular weight and can thus be sold not by weight
but in tablets like certain other products.
The said tablets also present material advantages for army and navy purposes as the
rations can be more easily arranged so that the control is simplified, and the packing
and transport are less expensive than heretofore.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is
First. In the manufacture of sugar in tablets the formation of a series of grooves in
the surface of the same substantially as and for the purpose specified.

page_text: Second. The above described mould in which the sugar is treated as in ordinary
loaf moulds, and which comprises a box having the shape of a truncated pyramid and
carrying horizontal series of ribbed partitions the distance between which is equal to
the thickness of the tablets to be obtained, this distance between the said partitions
being regulated by means of grooved plates arranged upon the sides of the box and
having grooves into which the edges of the said partitions slide; pieces of wire gauze
or perforated plates being placed between the various series of partitions and above
and below the same, substantially as, and for the purpose, described.
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HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London,
Agents for the Applicant.