US1272892A - Confectionery machinery. - Google Patents

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P. J. BAUR.

CONFECTIONERY MACHINERY- APPLICATION FILED NOV. I5, 1911.

1 ,272,892. Patented July 16, 1918.

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CONFECTIONERY MACHINERY.

APPLICATION HLED NOV. 15. 1917.

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PHILLIP J. BAUR, OF PHILADELPHIA, EENNSYLVANIA.

conrncrxonnny MACHINERY.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Pat-ease July re, 1918.

Application filed November 15, 1917. Serial No. 202,186.

To all whom it mayconeem:

Be it known that I, PHILLIP J BAUR, a Citizen of the United States of America, residing at 2335 Sedgley Ave, Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Confectionery .Machinery, of which the following is a specification. I

This invention relates to confectionery,

machinery and in its more intense aspect to l amachine or apparatus particularly adapted for use in cutting cake.

Oneof the objects of the present invention is tov rovide a simple and ractical a paratus o the above, general aracter e-' signed to cut 'cake or the like without breaking the same. A further object is to provide a reliable and efficiently operatin machine of the above character which wil pensive to manufacture, install and. operto provide a cuttin machine of the above general character with means for keeping the instrumentalities clean. v

Other objects will be in part obvious from the annexed drawings and in partindicated in connection therewith by the following analysis of this invention. This invention accordlngly conslsts 1n the features of construction, comblnatlon of parts and in the. unique relations of the members and in the relative proportioning and disposition thereof; all as more com 85 pletely outlined herein.

To enable others skilled in the art so fully to comprehend the underlying features thereof that they may embody the same by the numerous modifications in structure and relation contemplated by this invention, drawings depicting a preferred form have been -annexed as a part of this disclosure,

and in such drawings, like characters of reference denote coresponding parts throughout all the views, of 'which:

Figure 1 is'an end elevational' view of such parts of the machine as are necessary to fully understand the present invention; Fi sligh%ly reduced scale.

Referring now to" the drawings in detail,

5 denotes a framework or table of general rectangular shape having mounted in its lower part a motor 6 adapted to be controlled by a switch mechanism 7 housed in a suitable casing 8. This motor-is adapted be inex- 2 is a side elevational view on a" and scour them. The corks to drive, through a belt 10, a wheel 11 on a shaft 12 which in turn is connected by means of belt 13 with a main pulley 14 on a main driving shaft 15. This drivin shaft is provided at each end with re atively large wheels or pulleys 16 and 17 about which gasses cuttin instrumentalities or band lades 18 an 20 respectively. 'These endless band blades pass over pulleys 21 and 22 mounted upon suitable stub axles or shafts in bearings 23 on the upper part of the frame. Lubricating devices 24 are positioned as indicated.

These shafts or rather the bearings 23 therefor are trunnioned at 25 in brackets strumentalities.

The shaft 15 is provided at one end with a sprocket meshing with a sprocket chain 31 passing over a second sprocket 32 upon a shaft 33. This shaft 33 is provided with a beveled gear 34 at its end adapted to mesh with a second beveled gear 35 on a transverse shaft 36. This shaft carries two relatively large rollers 37 about which pass two endless belts 38, the opposite ends of'which belts pass over pulleys 40 mounted in bearings 41 which may move longitudinally by means of adjusting wheel 42, thereby to vary the tension of these belt conveyers. It. will be noted by reference to Fig. 1, that the band saws 18 and 20 pass between these endless belt conveyers 35.

. At the opposite side or rear of the ma-- chine are two pairs of disks 43 mounted upon a shaft 44 having cork inserts, as shown in Fig. 2, whereby as they revolve relative to the band blades they will clean and polish the same. Both pairs or sets of these disks are driven by means of an endless belt 45- driven from a pulley wheel 46 on the main shaft 15. One part of the belt passes over guide pulley 47, thence over pulley48 to the opposite set back over guide pulleys 50 and 51 to the driving pulley 46. v

The disks 43 dip into a tank 49 containing water and revolvein a direction opposite to the motion of the blades thereby to clear wear well and efiiciently and may be easily replaced.

are cheap, they" here to the band blades after passing the cleaners 43.

It is believed that the construction is clear from the above and the operation thereof is substantially as follows: The cakes which are iii-relatively large squares are placed upon the belt c'onveyers 38 at one end and carried past one band blade which cuts the cake through the middle. An opera-tor stands opposite the center of the table and as thecakes reach that point they are turned by hand at right angles and as they continue their movement are out again by the second hand blade. They are removed at the end of the conveyer either by hand or automatically as desired. The adjustments in tension may be made 'as necessary and the speed of the machine controlled by the sin le operator.

rom the above, it will be seen that the present invention tical cutting machme, particularly ada ted for operation upon the cake, although it is, of course, to be understoodthat other materials may be operated u on thereby.

. that others can by app Without further ana ysis, the foregoing will so fully reveal the g edge readily adapt it for various applica tions without omitting certain features that,

rovides a simple, prac- 'the cutter having 1st of this invention ylng current lmowl-- from the standpoint of the prior art, fairly constitute essential characteristics of the generic or specific aspects of this invention, and therefore such adaptations should and are intended to be comprehended within the meamng and range of equivalency of the pulleys, and means for tilting the. same about a line transverse to the axis of said pulley and at one side thereof.

2. In an apparatus of the character described, in combination, a frame, an 'endless cutter, and means for cleaning sa1d cutter after the cutting operation including a pair of disks disposed at opposite sides of In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in the presence of two witnesses. I

. 'PHIL J. BAUB.

Witnesses:

' G. A. BRowN,

'ANNA M. MIL ER.

cork inserts adapted to clean the same as it passes therebetween.

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