An Improved Sweet Mould.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 15th July, 1891
···Complete Specification Left, 19th Apr., 1892-Accepted, 21st May, 1892,
PROVISIONAL SPECIFI TION.
An Improved Sweet Mould.
I, SAMUEL EDWIN BALL, of Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, U.S.A.
Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:
This invention relates to an improved mould for making sweets, candies, and the
like; and the object of the invention is to provide a mould of this class which will
be more durable, will mould the sweets more evenly, and is more cleanly in use
than those moulds at present employed. Moreover, by this invention the sweets
are more readily withdrawn from the mould after they are set.
Moulds of this class have heretofore been made of metal and also of rubber, but
it has been found that the said moulds, as heretofore constructed; have certain
disadvantages which are entirely overcome by the invention hereinafter described.
By this my invention 1 construct a mould which consists of a sheet or slab of
india-rubber which is of any convenient size and preferably from three-quarters of
an inch to one inch thick. In the upper surface of this sheet of rubber are
ornamental indentations or recesses which are arranged in rows a suitable distance
apart. On the rear of the rubber slab are suitable grooves which run at right
angles to each other across the slab, and are 'arranged in such manner that their
greatest depth comes between the rows of depressions on the upper face of the
rubber slab. These grooves facilitate the rubber slab being bent for the purpose
of removing the sweets as liereinafter described.
The mauner of using my improved mould is as follows: The moulds of rubber
having been placed preferably in shallow tins, or the like, containing water, (which
tends to keep the moulds cool,) the sweets in liquid form, are poured into the
ornamental depressions in the surface of the mould and allowed to remain until
cool. When the sweets are set the rubber mould is removed from the water and
bent backwardly by hand, which distorts and increases the size of the ornamental
depressions on the surface of the mould, and permits the sweets to be readily
removed.
D
h of July 1801
W. H. MUNNS,
Agent for Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Sweet Mould.
I, SAMUEL EDWIN BALL, of Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, U.S.A.
Gentleman, 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 my invention relates to an improved sweet mould, and the object of the
invention is to provide such a mould which enables the sweets when moulded to be
readily removed therefrom.
Hitherto moulds of this class have been made of metal and rubber, the former
being made in sections capable of being readily detached to remove the sweets, and
the latter being made with incisions enabling the mould to be stretched and
divided to remove the sweets. This form of mould is, however, objectionable,..
inasmuch as the sweets when in a liquid state enter the incisions and prevent them
from completely closing, and a ridge is thereby formed around the sweet which is
thereby disfioured.

page_text: Now by this my invention a mould is provided which permits of the ready
removal of the sweets, and which moreover is cleanly and durable.
I now proceed to describe my said invention, reference being had to the
accompanying drawings and to the figures and letters of reference marked thereon;
like letters referring to like parts throughout.
Figure 1 is a section through my improved sweet-mould:
Fig. 2 is a plan thereof with part broken away.
Fig. 3 is a plan of the underside of the mould, partly broken away.
Fig. 4 illustrates the method of bending the mould to remove the sweets.
In the drawings A represents a thick sheet of rubber or other suitable flexible
material, having depressions B in its upper surface, and grooves C intermediate of
the said depressions B, on its under side. The.depressions B may be of any desired
shape, plain or ornamental, as shown at B.
When in use, the sweets in a liquid state are poured into the depressions B and
allowed to cool. When the sweets are set the mould is bent into. the form
illustrated in Fig. 4, which bending elongates, stretches and enlarges the
depressions B, which allows the sweets to fall out, as will be understood.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what 'I
claim is :
A rubber or flexible sweet mould consisting of a thick flat sheet of rubber or
other flexible and suitable material having depressions B.in its upper surface, and
plain or ornamental grooves C formed intermediate of the depressions B on the
under side of the flat sheet of metal, substantially as and for the purposes herein-
before set forth.
Dated this 15th day of A1005.