US1091022A - Candy-making machine. - Google Patents

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P. H. SGHLUETER. CANDY MAKING MACHINE. APPLICATION FILED FEB. 5, 1913.

1 ,09 1 ,022. Patented Mar. 24, 1914.

I PETER H. SCHLUETER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

CAN DY-MAKIN G MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 24, 1914.

Application filed February 5, 1913. Serial No. 746,292.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known. that I, PETER H. SICIILUETER, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Candy-Making Machines, of which the following isa specification, and which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, forming a part thereof.

The invention relates to apparatus for cooking and mixing such material as candy and the like and particularly to such apparatus in which the cooking is effected by a gas furnace. The object of the invention is to provide apparatus in which the parts shall be readily accessible for cleaning and wherein the heating furnace may be quickly moved out of effective position, as when it is desired to discontinue or interrupt the cooking operation. I

In the accompanying drawings-Figure 1 shows apparatus of the form provided by the invention in side elevation. Fig.2 is a detail perspective view showing a form of winding drum which may be employed upon the apparatus, and Figs. 3 and 4 are detail sectional views taken on the lines 3-3 and 4-4, respectively, of Fig. 1.

The parts of the apparatus are preferably associated upon a suitable standard, as 10. The kettle for containing the material to be treatedis shown at.11 and the furnace is indicated at 12. Each of these parts is carried by a suitable arm, as 13, 14, which projects horizontally outward from the standard, 10. The arm, 13, for supporting the kettle, 11, comprises a clamping head, 15, for yoke, 16, forreceiving the kettle.

The arm, 14, is so constructed as to render the Furnace 12, vertically movable, as for lowering the furnace when it is desired to discontinue the application of head to the kettle. As shown, the inner end portion, as 17, of the'arm 14, is apertured to run upon the standard 10, and carries a. gear, 18, for engaging a rack, 19, mounted on the standard. 'The gear, 18 is inclosed within a suitable pocket, 20, formed in the part, 17, of the arm, 14, and is fixed upon a shaft, 21, which is journaled in the side walls of the pocket, 20. Preferably the shaft 21 extends beyond the corresponding side wall of the pocket, 20, at one end and has an op surrounding the standard, 10, and a crating crank, 22, applied thereto. A pawl, 23, pivoted upon the part 17 of the arm, 14, adJacent the gear, 18, cooperates with the gea r to support the arm, 14, in adjusted position.

Preferably the rack, 19, is so constructed as to permit of the arm, 14, being moved to different angular positions about the standard, 10, without the gear, 18, becoming disengaged from the rack. As shown, the rack, 19, is loosely held against the side of the standard, 10, ders 24 and 25 formed thereon. Movement of the arm,14, about the standard accordingly serves to cause the rack, 19, to move with it whereby the rack 19 and gear 18 are maintained in operative engagement at all tlmes. I

As the kettle, 11, may be of irregular shape commonly found in hand made kettles of the sort employed for cooking candy, provision is made for adjustably moving the furnace, 12 upon the arm, 14, to center it below the lowest part of the kettle. As shown, the outer end of the arm, 14, is provided with a vertical aperture, 26, and the under side of the furnace, 12, is provided with a depending stud, 27, aperture, 26, of the arm, but of less size than the said aperture. A plurality of adjustlng screws, 28, extend horizontally into the aperture, 26, through the adjacent part of the arm, 14, at different angles. Preferably three of the adjusting screws, 28, are employed and these are symmetrically positioned about the axis of the aperture, 26. By turning the screws, 28, in differing amounts, the stud, 27, may be adjustably positioned within the aperture, 26, for accurately locatingthe furnace 12, beneath the kettle, 11.

A vertically disposed stirrer shaft, 29, is preferably employed for entering the kettle, 11, and stirring its contents. As shown, this shaft is slidingly journaled at in a laterally projecting part, 31, of the standard 10. Av beveled gear splined upon the shaft 29 above the part, 31, and resting upon the ournaled bearing, 30, serves for turning thev shaft. The splined connection of the beveled and extends between shoulfor entering the gear, 32, with the shaft 29, permits the shaft to be raised out of the kettle 11, as when the parts are to be cleaned, or the kettle removed. A winding drum, 33, is provided for raising the shaft 29. As shown, this winding drum is rotatably mounted upon a.

fixed stud, 34, which projects outwardly from the standard, 10. A hand crank, 35, applied to the outer end of the drum, 33, serves for turning the same. A ratchet, 36, is formed about the inner end portion of the drum 33, "and a pawl 37, pivotally mount-- 40, mounted upon a side of the standard,

10, the guide pulley 39 being located adja-- cent the drum 33, and the guide pulley 40 being located adjacent the outer end of the part, 31, whereby it is substantially in line Yea with the axis of the kettle, 11. A hook, 41, applied to the free end of the cable 38, serves for connecting the cable with the shaft 29 when the shaft is to be raised. As shown, a collar, 42, is fixed upon the shaft, 29, adjacent its lower end. This collar has a plurality of apertures, 43, extending therethrough, any one of which may serve for re ceiving the hook, 41. Preferably the apertures, 43, are arranged about the shaft, 29, whereby one of these apertures will be in position for rec'eivingthe hook, 41, irrespective of the angular position occupied by the shaft, 29, when it is brought to rest.

Any convenient means may be employed for turning the, beveled gear, 32, to rotate the shaft, 29. As shown, a motor, 44, is employed for this purpose. The motor, 44, is mounted upon a shelf, 45, which projects rearwardly from the standard, 10, adjacent its higher end. Preferably themotor, 44, serves also to drive a fan, 46, for supplying blast to the furnace, 12. As shown, the fan is fixed against the under side of the shelf, 45, and is operatively connected to the motor, 44, by a driving belt, 47 A blast pipe 48, leads from thefan 46, to furnace 12. Most desirably this blast pipe has a flexible section 49 to permit movement of the furnace, 12, incident to its adjustment upon the arm,

14, and to the raising and lowering and swinging of the arm.

A pair of counter shafts, 50, and 51, serve for transmitting power from the motor, 44, to the'beveled gear, 32. The counter shaft, 51, is journaled in horizontal osition in upright brackets 52 and 53, whic rise from the upper part of the standard, 10, and the arm, 31. This counter shaft is equipped at one end with a beveled gear, 54, which meshes with thebeveled gear, 32. A spur car, 55, is loosely mounted on the counter shaft 51, adjacent its lower end and a clutch, 56, of usual construction and controlled by ,a hand lever, 57 serves for operatively connecting the spur gear, 55, with the counter shaft, whenever. it is desired that the stirrer shaft, 29, should be operated'by the motor.

The counter shaft,'56, extends through and 1s journaled in the bracket, 53. This counter shaft is equipped with gears, 58, and.

59, upon its opposite ends. The gear 58 meshes with the gear 55, the gear 59 meshes with a gear '60, mounted upon the spindle of the motor, 44.

The combination of a kettle and heater with a dasher extending into the kettle and means acting to separate the kettle and heater without interrupting the action of the dasher is not claimed broadly herein for the reason that such broad claims arereserved for a separate application. Claims for the combination of a gas furnace and kettle with a blower supplying the gas furnace, a .dasher for the kettle and unitary means for driving the blower and dasher and for the combination of parts whereby the furnace is laterally adjusted upon its supporting arm for centering it beneath the kettle, are likewise reserved for a separate application. V

I claim as my. invention- 1. In a candy making machine, in combination, a standard, a kettle supporting arm and a furnace supporting arm mounted on said standard at different levels, one of said arms being both angularly and vertically movable, and elevating means acting on said movable arm independent of its angular position.

2. In a candy making machine, in combination, a standard, a kettle supporting arm and a furnace supporting arm mounted on said standard at difi'erent levels, the furnace supporting arm being both vertically and angularly movable, and elevating means acting on the furnace supporting arm independent of its angular position.

3. In a candy making machine, in combination, a standard, a kettle supporting an mounted thereon, a furnace supporting arm slidingly mounted on the standard below the kettle supporting arm, and crank operated means for raising and lowering the furnace supporting arm.

4. In a candy making machine, in combination, a standard having an upwardly facing stop shoulder, an angularly movable furnace supporting arm running on the standard above said shoulder, a gear rack resting on the said shoulder and extending upwardly therefrom through the arm whereby the rack is shifted upon the angular movement of the arm, crank and gear mechanism mounted in the said arm for engagement with said rack, and a kettle supported by the standard above the furnace supporting arm,

5. In a candy making. machine, in combination, a standard having an upwardly facing stop shoulder, a kettle supporting arm .and a furnace supporting arm carried by said standard at different levels, one of said arms being angularly movable and. running mechanism mounted in the angularly movon the standard above the said stop shoulable arm for engagement with said rack.

der a gear rack resting on the stop shoulder and extending upwardly therefrom I PETER SOHLUETER' 5 through the angularly movable arm 'where- Witnesses:

by the rack is shifted upon the angular WILLIAM G. Knssmn,

movement of said arm, and crank and gear EDWrN L'. READ.

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