Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Mar., 1899
Complete Specification Left, 20th Oct., 1899-Accepted, 13th Jan., 1900

page_text: casing but may preferably be arranged outside the same. The machine is
here illustrated in only one of the many forms in which the principle of the
invention may be carried out. The inventor reserves to himself the right of
modifying the arrangement, for instance, the number of ventilators and exhaust
pipes, the roller brushes and grates, and to change the details and construction 5
in any desired manner.
Dated thin 10th doof Moun 1900
5.
JOHANN PAEHLKE,
By his Agent,
Franz Dickman
Machine for Removing or Dusting off Powder adhering to
Sweetmeats,
I, JOHANN PAEHLKE, Berlin, Elizabethstrasse, 60, Germany, Inventor, 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:-
Candies, pralines and similar articles of confectionery are manufactured by
placing the soft pasty mass in moulds, which have previously been dusted in
with the finest wheat flour. This flour or powder adheres to the formed pieces
of sweatmeat and has to be removed before the articles can be placed for sale.
The object of the present invention is an apparatus for the ready removal
of this flour from the articles of confectionery, without injury to the health of
the workman. The dusted off flour is collected and may be may use of again.
The dusting and brushing off of the confections heretofore was effected by means
of hand brushes and by bellows. This operation however, besides being too
expensive, as it takes a relatively long time and causes the loss of the flour
endangers the health of the workpeople and leaves the articles still partly covered
with the flour.
In order to make my invention more readily understood I have illustrated it
on two sheets of drawings, furnished with the Provisional Specification.
Fig. 1 represents a vertical, longitudinal section of the apparatus and
Fig. 2 is a plan view of same.
Between the rotary, circular brushes La grating B and ventilator nozzles m¹
and m and an exhaust fan and pipe are provided for shaking and dusting off
the flour and for sucking it up for further use.
After the grating has been filled with the articles to be treated, it is intro-
duced into the casing A through the opening Z and is placed upon the carriage F
running on rails D¹ and Ds. The opening Z is then closed. The driving chain W
is connected with the carriage by means of the pin or sliding bolt X of the
chain W and imparts a to and fro motion to the carriage by sliding in the
slot-hole y of the carriage F. The circular brushes L being adjustably journalled
in their respective beds H are given a rotary motion by the chain and serve
to thoroughly brush off the sweetmeats placed upon the grating B. Air blasts,
projected out of the nozzles m' and m² by the operation of the ventilator or
fan l, accellerate and finish the cleaning process. The brushed off flour is then
sucked into the fan g, out of the casing A and is carried by the pipe g into
the compartment r, where it is allowed to settle. It can then be removed from
this compartment and made use of again. The apparatus may be driven by
machine power by means of the pulley 8 or by hand by means of the orank Zi.

page_text: The rotary motion of the fly wheel axle is transmitted to the fans 7 and 9,
to the driving chain W and to the circular brushes L by driving chains
By giving the rotary brushes a motion in the direction indicated by the
arrows (Fig. 1) the articles under treatment are prevented from being brushed
off the grating.
In the accompanying drawings the driving gear is shown enclosed in the
casing A, but it is obvious, that it could be arranged outside of the casing,
without in any way leaving the province of the invention.
The apparatus is shown and described in only one particular form, but I want
it to be particularly understood, that I reserve myself the right to alter the
arrangement of parts, for instance the number of brushes, fans and grates, as
the spirit of the invention thereby is in no way violated.
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:-
1: In an apparatus for brushing and dusting off confections in combination,
rotary, circular brushes arranged below and above a grating having a to and
fro motion, air blast pipes the nozzles of which are arranged below the said
grating and a suction pipe or pipes opening into a casing, including the said
parts, substantially as and for the purpose specified.
2: In an apparatus for brushing and dusting off confections in combination,
the rotary, circular brushes L, the grating A, the carriage F, sliding to and fro
on rails D, the driving chain w, the pin c, the ventilator nozzles m³, m³ and
a casing A, including the said parts, the exhaust fan g, the pipe q leading
into the compartment r and means for actuating the various movable parts, the
parts being constructed, arranged and working substantially as shown and
described.
Dated this 15th day of October 1800
FRANZ DICKMANN,
Agent for the Applicant.