AN IMPROVED MACHINE FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF SWEETMEATS OF PARTICULAR FORM
Year: 1881

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Samuel Pearce Wilding, of the Firm of Fell & Wilding,
of the City Patent Office, 23, Rood Lane, Fenchurch Strect, in the City of
London, Patent Agents, for an Invention of "AN IMPROVED MACHINE FOR
THE MANUFACTURE OF SWEETMEATS OF PARTICULAR FORM." A communi-
cation from abroad by Thiele and Holzhause, of Magdeburg, in the Empire
of Germany.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Samuel Pearce Wilding at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 6th May 1881.
SAMUEL PEARCE WILDING, of the Firm of Fell & Wilding, of the City Patent
Office, 23, Rood Lane, Fenchurch Street, in the City of London, Patent Agents.
"AN IMPROVED MACHINE FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF SWEETMEATS OF PARTICULAR
FORM." A communication from abroad by Thiele and Holzbause, of Magdeburg,
in the Empire of Germany.
The said Invention relates to the manufacture of sweetmeats of an elongated
spherical form, so that they shall be produced of a perfectly smooth and polished
surface without seam or ridge.
The apparatus by which this is effected is constructed as follows:-―The principal
parts of the machine consist of three rollers composed of wood or metal. In two
of these grooves are turned corresponding to the required outline of the sweetmeat,
and between each of the grooves is a circular disc steel knife which serve when
rotated to cut off the sweetmeat in suitable lengths.
Between and below these two above described rollers rotates a third roller, of
wood or metal of the same diameter as the others, and which has grooves in
corresponding positions to the knife edges of the other rollers. These three rollers
are carried in inovable sliding bearings, the two upper rollers being capable of
moving horizontally and the central or third roller can move vertically.
To effect the manufacture of the sweetmeats of elongated spheroidal form a
long cylindrical portion of confection sugar or suitable material is placed between
the three rollers, which as they rotate cut off the required lengths of sweetmeat
and at the same time compress and roll the pieces into the required elongated

page_text: spheroids. To effect this the knife edges must press into the grooves of the lower
roller, and the rollers should all rotate in the same direction. There must be also
a gradual pressing together of the rollers to effect a gradual cutting and rolling out
of the sweetmeat.
This necessary rotation in the same direction is effected by three cog-wheels, oné
on each axis of a roller, being geared together by intermediate carrying wheels;
each intermediate carrying wheel and its corresponding geared roller wheel are
connected to the central roller by a triangular system of links; these links admit
of a closing or opening movement of the three rollers towards or away from each
other, and yet ensure their permanence in gear.
This opening and closing movement is effected by the rise and fall of the central
roller, which may be operated by a weighted treadle, which in its normal position
raises the lowest roller and thus opens the three. The sugar rod may be then
inserted between the rollers, and they are then pressed together by the treadle.
The rollers grasp the sugar rod and rotate it, at the same time that they approach
each other and gradually cut off and form the separate sweetmeats. When entirely
separated and formed the central roller is allowed to rise by the action of the
balance weight bearing the formed sweetmeats, which may be then removed.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Samuel Pearce Wilding in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
5th November 1881.
SAMUEL PEARCE WILDING, of the Firm of Fell and Wilding, of the City Patent
Office, 23, Rood Lane, Fenchurch Street, in the City of London, Patent Agents.
"AN IMPROVED MACHINE FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF SWEETMEATS OF PARTICULAR
FORM." A communication from abroad by Thiele and Holzhause, of Magdeburg,
in the Empire of Germany.
The said Invention relates to the manufacture of sweetmeats of an elongated
sperical form, so that they shall be produced of a perfectly smooth and polished
surface without seam or ridge.
The apparatus by which this is effected is constructed as follows:-The principal
parts of the machine consist of three rollers, composed of wood or metal. In two
of these grooves are turned corresponding to the required outline of the sweetmeat,
and between each of the grooves is a circular disc steel knife, which serves when
rotated to cut off the sweetmeat in suitable lengths.
Between and below these two above described rollers rotates a third roller, of
wood or metal, of the same diameter as the others, and which has grooves in
corresponding positions to the knife edges of the other rollers. These three rollers
are carried in movable sliding bearings, the two upper rollers being capable of
moving horizontally, and the central or third roller can move vertically.
To effect the manufacture of the sweetmeats of elongated spheroidal form a long
cylindrical portion of confection, sugar, or .suitable material is placed between the
three rollers, which as they rotate cut off the required lengths of sweetmeat, and
at the same time compress and roll the pieces into the required elongated spheroids.
To effect this the knife edges must press into the grooves of the lower roller, and
the rollers should all rotate in the same direction. There must be also a gradual
pressing together of the rollers to effect a gradual cutting and rolling out of the
sweetmeat.
This necessary rotation in the same direction is effected by three cog wheels,
one on each axis of a roller geared together by intermediate carrying wheels
each intermediate carrying wheel and its corresponding geared roller wheel are
connected to the central roller by a triangular system of links. These links admit
of closing or opening movement of the three rollers towards or away from each
other, and yet ensure their permanence in gear.
;
This opening and closing movement is effected by the rise and fall of the central
roller which may be operated by a weighted treadle, which in its normal position
raises the lowest roller and thus opens the three.
The sugar rod may be then inserted between the rollers, and they are then
pressed together by the treadle. The rollers grasp the sugar rod and rotate it at
the same time that they approach each other, and gradually cut off and form the
separate sweetmeat. When entirely separated and formed the central roller is
allowed to rise by the action of the balance weight bearing the formed sweetmeats,
which may be then removed.
And in order that the said Invention may be the better understood the Drawings
hereunto annexed are now described, reference being had to the Figures and letters
marked thereon, that is to say :-
Fig. 1 is an outside and part sectional elevation of the machine; Fig. 2 is a
transverse section, and Fig. 3 is a plan of the machine; Fig. 4 is an external end
view, and Fig. 5 is a series of sections shown full size of the pressing rollers, and
examples of forms of sweetmeats which can be produced therein. Like letters refer
to similar parts in each of the views.
In two of the rollers A, A, in the machine are turned grooves or profiles similar
to the shape of sweet meat required. The rollers may be made of wood or metal,

page_text: and the sharp edges between every two profiles may be formed by circular steel
knives a, a.
The third roller B, which may be of wood or metal, is provided with grooves b
in which the knives run.
These three rollers are carried in three sliding bearings C, C, D, of which the
two C; C, are capable of moving horizontally, and the third D is capable of working
vertically.
The sugar stick is placed upon the roller B between the two knife rollers A,
when these latter are wide apart, as shown in Fig. 3.
This open position is effected by the balance weight E on the fork lever F,
which lifting the rod G lifts also the lower roller B, and at the same time thrusts
the other two rollers A, A, apart.
This movement is effected by connecting links between the three rollers. The
rollers A, A, are connected directly to the middle roller B by links H, H, shown
by dotted lines in Fig. 2. These two links cause the rollers A, A, to separate and
open out as the roller B rises, and conversely when the roller B is drawn down
the rollers A are drawn together.
In order that the proper rotation of the rollers shall be maintained in all relative.
positions they are connected by links K, K, which carry an intermediate wheel L
at their apex.
The motion of the lower roller B is thus transmitted by the gearing M, L, N,
to each of the side rollers A and gearing contact is maintained in any position.
When the stick of sugar or other confection has been placed in the rollers the
treadle is depressed, the roller B is drawn down, and the rollers A are thus
drawn together, nipping the sugar stick.
As the knife edges of the rollers A cut their way into the sugar stick the two
rollers A close gradually together by the pressure on the treadle F until the knife.
edges touch each other. The individual sweetmeats thus severed from the stick
are made truly round and smooth by the action of the rotating rollers worked
conveniently by the handle O, and are delivered truly formed into a receptacle
below the machine.
And having now fully described and ascertained the nature and objects of the
said Invention communicated to me by my foreign correspondents, be it known
that what is desired to be claimed is,-
1st. In a sweetmeat machine the combination of three rollers of suitable profile
to produce sweetmeats of cylindrical and spherical form from the stick.
2nd. In a sweetmeat machine the combination of three links between the driving
and driven rollers respectively, and carrying an intermediate cog wheel by which
the revolution of the driven roller is maintained together with a considerable
variation of position.
3rd. The combination in a sweetmeat machine of three rollers, connecting links,
gearing and treadle, substantially as and for the purposes described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Samuel Pearce Wilding, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Fifth day of November, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and eighty one.
In the presence of
J. C. FELL,
23, Rood Lane, E.C.,
Patent Agent.
S. P. WILDING. (L.S.)