US1162811A - Candy-making machine. - Google Patents

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R'. J. SAVAGE & C. E. SCHULTZ.

CANDY MAKING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB. s. 191s.

Patented Dec. 7, .1915.

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R. J. SAVAGE & C. E. SCHULTZ.

CANDY MAKING MACHINE. APPLICATION'FILED FEB. s. 1915.

9 lgl l l Patented Dec. 7,",'1915 "RICHARD LSAVAG AN CHARLES E. SCHULTZ, 0F CHICAGO, ILLIN'DIS.

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Application led February 1915. serial No. 6,416.

To all 'whom t may concern.'

Be it known that we, RICHARD nl'. SAVAGE and CHARLES E. ScHUL'rz, both citizens of the United States,

of which the following is a specification.

rlhe primary to provide certain improvements upon the candy-making machine shown and described in our prior United States patent, dated October 8, 1912, No. 1,040,427, reissued December 1, 1914 as No. 13,836. lin the machine described and shown in our aforesaid prior patent, the vertical shaft which carries the dasher by which the `stirring of the contents of the kettle is effected must 'be lifted out and tackle or pulley arrangement or some similar apparatus. In View of the fact that these machines, in actual practice, are usually at least eight feet in height and require a clearance of three or four feet for lifting the dasher shaft out of the kettle, it has been dicult to use these machines in rooms where the ceilings are low, and it is the primary object of this invention to provide a machine which, although possessing all of the salient features of our aforesaid former` machine, can also be employed in rooms with low ceilings or under other circumstances where economy of space is a necessity. 4

In the drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation of the machine; Fig. 2 isa view at right angles to Fig. 1 looking toward the left in said figure; Fig. 3 is a view at right anglesto Fig. 1 looking toward the right in said figure; and Fig. 4 is a' View looking downwardly from above.

The base 1 is adapted to rest upon the floor, and to said base the post-or column2 is suitably bolted. An arm 4,' provided with a perforated head 5 receives the rotating shaft?, which shaft bears the miter ear 16 at its upper end. Gear 16 meshes with and is driven by a corresponding gear `15 on one end ofthe shaft 11. The kettle 23 is supported by a suitable yoke or Wishbone 25 to which the handles 24 are secured. rThe rotating shaft 7 carries the dasher 43 at its lower end, which said dasher is of a shape conforming generallyto the shape of the kettle .23 and is adapted to stir and agitata the contents of the kettle. The furnace 38 is adapted to burn any suitable fuel and all 4Specification of Letters Patent.

:50, inclusive, residing at Chicago, 111i` nois, have invented certain new and useful 'Improvements in Candy-Making Machines,

object of this invention is'l of the kettle by means of a block Patented Dec. t, 1215.

other parts shown in the drawings and designated therein by reference numerals l to are identical in function with the correspondingly numbered parts of our said lprior patent, andthe construction and operation'of said parts is fully described in said patent. 1n said and arms 8 and 4 are integrally united to-l gether, andthe arm 4 is immovable with respect to the column or post 2. r1`he salient feature of prior patent, the post-2- this invention, however, residesv in the fact that the bottom part of the-post 2, which engages the door, is permanent and fixed in position, whereas the upper part of the post or column, being that partwith which the arms 4 and 8 are connected, is pivoted to the base or bottom of the post, and in this manner the parts at thev top of Fig. 1 are permitted to swing from full line position to dotted line position, as shown in said figure. The joint 51 separates the fixed part of the. ost 2 from the movable part, which movab e part, for convenience, is designated 52 in the drawings. An ear 53 is pivoted at 54 to the corresponding ear 55,

the ear 53 being integrally united with the movable part of the column, and the ear 55 with the immovable part thereof. Secured to the movable part 52 isthe platform or shelf 56 upon which `the motor 14 is adapted l to rest, the rrevolution of the motor being translated into rotation of the` shaft? by is accomplished simultaneously as the kettle 23 is elevated. As explained in our said prior patent, removal of the candy Vfrom the fire is often necessary, and it is often desirable to permit the candy to cook until the very instant that it begins to boil, then to stop the cooking and to lift the kettle and its contents awa from the heat. In the machine depicte in our said prior patent, this desired end is accomplished by mechanism which simultaneously elevates the kettle and the dasher shaft, but as previously explained herein,'such a machinerequires a block and tackle or pulley arrangement for elevating the dasher shaft clear of the kettle. ln this invention, by rocking the parts from full line position to dotted line posithe, ioor than they are when the machine 1s.

tion, the dasher and associated parts 'are carried clear of the kettle and' yet at the same .time are not very much higher above in`operation. n f v In order to permit the movement of the dasher and associated parts the lever 57 is provided, being journaled in earsl 58, which are formed upon the fixed part or column 2. A crank-arm 59 is connected to said lever, and the pitman 60 extends from the end of the crank arm 59 to the shelf 56, being connectedfto said shelf 56 by the pin 61 which I passes through the ears 62 and through the upper end 'of the p-itman 60. Said ears 62 l are formed integral with the shelf 56 or otherwise firmly and permanently united thereto. At its lower end, `the pitman 60 isv 'connected by a pin 63 to the crank' arm .59.

When the lever 57 is rocked in a clockwise direction, the movements of the crank arm and pitman 69 in an obvious manner translate the rocking of the lever 57 into movement Yof all of the parts which are carried upon the pivotal connection 54.v

The Wishbone or yoke compiises two arms suitably connected together to form a base 6.6, which base is perforated so as to receive theiixed guides or rods 67 upon which guides theA baseis adapted to rise and fall. Av link 68 is pivoted at 69 tothe base 66,

and is also pivotedat 70l tothe rocking table" 56; hence, as the table 56 and associated 'l .parts aremoved from full line position. to i dotted line position under the action of the i lever 57, the link 58 causes the Wishbone 25 and the kettle 23 to move yvertically toward or away from the fire, and in this manner the single operation of rocking the lever 57 simultaneously elevates the kettle and causes the 'dasher 43 and all of the other parts "which are in connection with the rocking 'table 56 to lbelifted away from the kettle. The, rotation of the dasher shaft 7.- andv dasher 43 is not stopped because the 'parts are moved to the dotted' lineposition, Fig.

1, butthedasher and *dasher shaft may con- .iing means being pivotally;. r nounted, and

means for causing said supporting means to rock upon the pivotal support provided therefor.

2. A candy-making machine comprising a kettle,'a heater, a slidabl -mounted yoke adapted to support the ettle above the vheater, a dasher-lshaft projecting into the kettle, means for supporting said shaft, said supporting meansrhemg pivotally mounted,

"means for causing said su port to rock upon the-pivot provided there or, and means to elevate the kettle support, the two means last-mentioned being adapted to be, operated from a single source of power.

3; A candy-making machine comprising a kettle, a dasher shaft projecting thereinto, a

heater, a slidably-mounted yoke adapted to support the kettle above the heater, means within which said dasher shaft is adapted to revolve, and means for causing said shaftholding means to travel in the arc of a circle and out of the way of said kettle.

4. A candy-making machine comprising a kettle, a dasher shaft projecting thereinto, a heater, a column adapted to be fixed permanently in position, a yoke adapted to support the kettle above the heater and slidablymounted u on said column, means for holding said asher shaft within which said j' shaft is ada ted to revolve, said shaft-holdingA means eing pivotally mounted upon v said column, and means for causlng said shaft-holding means to rock upon the pivot provided therefor, there being a connection between the kettle-supporting yoke and said shaft-holding means whereby actuation of the one produces actuation of the other.

5. A cand -making machine comprising a` kettle, a das er shaft projecting thereinto, a

heater, a column adapted to be fixed permanently in position, a yoke adapted to support the kettle above the heater and slidabl 'mounted upon said column, a dasher sha t projecting into the kettle, anarm within which said shaft is journaled, said arm being in ,pivotal relation with said' fixed column, a motor in ixed relation-with said arm', means Vintermediate said motor and said shaft ada ted to cause said motorl to drive said sha a lever, and means intermediate said lever and said pivoted arm whereby the rocking of said lever-causes :rocking of said arm.

' 6. AA candy-making machine complrising a kettle, a dasher shaft projecting t ereinto, a heater,'a column adapted to be fixed permanently in position, a yoke adapted to support the kettle above the heater and slidably mounted upon said column, a dasher shaft' projecting into the kettle, an arm within which said shaft is journaled, said arm being in pivotal relation with said fixed column, a motor in fixed relation with said arm, 'means intermediate said motor and said shaft ada ted to vcause said motor to drive said sha a lever, and means inter.- mediatesaid lever and said yoke adapted to translate the rocking of said-lever into vertical reciprocationof said yoke. l

7. A candy-making machine comprising a kettle, a dasher shaft projecting ther-cinto, a4

port the kettle above the heater and slidably 13,0

meaaii mounted upon said column, a dasher shaft projecting into the kettle, an arm Within which said shaft is journaled, said arm being in pivotal relation with said fixed column, a motor in fixed relation with said arm,

means intermediate said motor andsaid shaft adapted to cause said motor to drive said shaft, a lever, and means intermediate said lever and said arm adapted to translate the rocking of said lever into rocking 0f said arm, and other means intermediate said arm and said yoke adaptedlto translate the rocking of said lever and of said arm into vertical reciprocation of said yoke.

in testimony whereof We have hereunto affixed our names in the presence of two witnesses.

RCHARD J. SAVAGE. CHARLES E. SCHULTZ. Witnesses:

RoBT. KLoTz, Jos. MAIER.

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