US694093A - Machine for making candles. - Google Patents

Description

No. 694,093. Patented Feb. 25, |902.

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MACHINE FOR MAKNG CANDLES.

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UNITED v STATES PATENT QEEICE.

VILLIAM HARPER DAY, OF HOUNSLOV, ENGLAND.

MACHINE FOR MAKING( CANDLES.

SPECEXGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 694,093, dated February 25, 1902.

Application tiled July 1,2, 1900. Serial No. 23,373. (No model.)

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM HARPER DAY,

a subject of the Queen of Great Britain, and

a resident of Hounslow, in the county of Mid- 5 dleseX, England, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Machines for the Manufacture of Candles, (for which I have applied for a patent in Great Britain, No. 1,770, dated January 27, 1900,) of which the xo following is a full, clear, and exact specifica- 'tion thereof. A

This invention consists of improvements in or relating to candle-making machines, the object being to enable candles to be readily removed after being passed out of the mold and providing the mold with greater conductivity without unnecessarily reducing the strength and also a means of cleaning the outside of said molds.

For purposes of illustration I will now refer to the annexed drawings, in which- Figure l is a sectional side elevation showing my invention applied to a candle-making machine; Fig. 2, a plan view of machine with lifter removed; Fig. 3, a sectional view, to enlarged scale, of mold; Fig. 4, a view, to enlarged scale, of my lifter or clamp, a section being taken through line X Y, Fig. 5; Fig. 5, a plan view of Fig. 4.

The lifter is formed in two parts ct and b. Upon the candles entering` the holes c in part a, first passing through holes CZ in part b, the latter is moved out of alinement with part a by means of the handle e, thus gripping the 3 5 candles. The lifter carrying the candles may then be removed from the machine. The alinement of parts a and b is insured bya catchf, engaging in notch g, h being a handle for operating same when desired.

The molds 11 are formed of any suitable material and may be incased in a sheath or coil of wireji, which may be either embedded with the substance of the mold or Wound upon the outside thereof, copper Wire being employed on account of its good conductivity to prevent the molds from bursting, 7c being a casing of any suitable material. This mold is employed in any convenient form of machine in which plungers or pistons are employed for forcing 5o the candle from the mold. The cleaning is effected by causing the plate j, having suitable sliding surfaces, to travel or engage upon batch are being molded, and so on.

the outside of the molds c', thus removing the undesired substance deposited by the water introduced into the jacket or chambery'l for the purpose of Vcooling the molds, and which in many cases contains a surplusof foreign matter. The bearing-surfaces upon this plate may be of any convenient substance or construction, and the up-and-down movement of the cleaning-plate may be eiected by attaching it to the plate 7c, carrying the hollow pistons k2, said plate 7c being raised and lowered by the xed pinion m, engaging on rack n,

yter is then admitted to the chambery" to cool the candles. When set, they are forced from the molds by the pistons k2, which are operated by the rack n and pinion m, as aforo described, and enter the holes in lifterand are held therein, as shown in Fig. l, by moving the lower portion b. The Wicks lare then taut and centrally placed in the molds. The molds are again filled, and when the next batch are cooled the wicks are cut at points 3 and the lifter removed With the first batch of candles, which would be wasters, as the wicks would not be central. The second batch is then removed from the' molds and are received and held by the lifter whilethe next It will be seen that the cleaning-platej is operated each time the molds are emptied.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Pat-V ent is- Y In oandle-making machines, the combination of a mold consisting of a suitable material in which a sheath or coil or winding of wire is embedded or wound upon the outer surface, a sliding plate or cleaner adapted tov remove the undesired substance from lthe eXterior of the mold, a lifter o-rclamp consisting of a block having apertures therein to grip Ioo the candles as they are removed from the mold which is effected by moving a sliding plate having similar apertures to the block aforesaid so that the apertures in eaeh are 5 out of axial alinenient, a looking; device for the purpose of maintaining the sliding plate in the desired position.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto set my hand this 2d day of April, 1900.

WILLIAM HARPER DAY.

Vitnesses:

BENJAMIN CLARK, WILLIAM JOHN WEEKS.

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