Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Mar., 1887
Complete Left, 14th Dec., 1887
Complete Accepted, 20th Jan., 1888
1, JAMES LUKE COLLIER, of 80, Gray's Inn Road, in the county of Middlesex,
Confectioners and Bakers' Machinist, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
This invention consists in an improved machine for splitting almonds and the like
for confectionery and other purposes.
The improved machine is constructed of two inclined standards, between which are
two rubber rollers; the top roller resting upon the bottom roller and the two are
geared by spur wheels, the top roller being kept in position by suitable bushes or caps
in front of the rollers. In the centre is a fixed knife held in position by screws.
suitable inclined plate or table is fitted to the back of the machine for better convenience
in feeding the almonds.
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In working my improved machine the almonds are fed on the plate and slide down
to the rollers through which they are drawn and forced against the knife, which
operation has the effect of splitting them through the centre.
G. F. REDFERN,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London,
Agent for the Applicant.

page_text: An Improved Machine for Splitting Almonds and the like.
I, JAMES LUKE COLLIER, of 80, Gray's Inn Road, in the County of Middlesex,
Confectioners' and Bakers' Machinist, 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:-
My invention relates to an improved machine for splitting almonds and the like for
confectionary and other purposes.
The improved machine comprises two inclined standards, between which are two
rubber rollers, resting one upon the other; the two being geared together by spur
wheels and the top roller kept in position by suitable bushes or caps. In the centre is
a fixed knife held in position by screws. A suitable inclined plate or table is fitted to
the back of the machine for better convenience in feeding the almonds.
To enable my invention to be fully understood I will describe the same with reference
to the accompanying drawing in which
Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved machine, and
Figure 2 a vertical section of the same.
a, a are the inclined standards, and b, b₁ are the two india rubber or other yielding
rollers mounted on the shafts c, c¹ and carried in the slots d, d formed in the said
standards; e, e are the caps for retaining the upper roller in position.
ffare wheels by which the two rollers are geared together and
communicating motion to the machine. is a knife or cutter which is secured to the
is
� a handle for
standards a, a and arranged with its edge in close proximity to the point of contact
between the two rollers, as shown in figure 2.
i is the inclined table down which the almonds or the like slide to the rollers.
The operation of my improved machine is as follows, that is to say,-The almonds
are fed on to the plate i, and slide down to the rollers between which they are drawn
and forced against the knife h, which operation has the effect of splitting them, the
india rubber of the said rollers yielding sufficiently to allow the almonds or the like
to pass without being crushed.
Although I have described my improved machine for splitting almonds, it is to be
understood that it is equally applicable for other similar purposes, for instance for
cutting the white skin from the inside of orange peel for marmalade.
my
said
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
1. In a machine for splitting almonds and for similar purposes, the combination of

page_text: two rollers covered with india rubber or other suitable yielding material and a knife or
cutter arranged in proximity to the point of contact between the said rollers, so that as
almonds or the like are drawn between the said rollers they will be forced into contact
with the said knife, substantially as described.
2. The improved machine constructed substantially as described with reference to
the accompanying drawing and operating as, and for the purposes, setforth.
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G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London,
Agents for the Applicant.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London,
Agents for the Applicant.