US382678A

US382678A - Confectioners mold

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Publication number: US382678A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1888-05-15
Anticipated expiration: 1905-05-15

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' IGONIPEGT'IONERS MOLD.

No. 382,678. Patented M ay' l 5, 1888, r

PATENT ()FFICE.

. SAMUEL n. BALL, OF DAYTON, OHIO.

CONFECTIONERQS MOLD.

spncrrroa'rron forming part of Letters Patent No. 382,678, dated May 15, 1888.

Application filed May 20, 1887. Serial No. 238,887. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SAMUEL E. BALL, of Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Confectioners Molds, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to molds for the casting of cream or fondant into drops of various-sizes and shapes.

- The aim of theinventionis to provide asectional mold which may be rapidly and conveniently manipulated on an ordinary confectioners slab ortable without the necessity of using a frame or other means for holding the sections in operative position. Heretofore molds used by confectioners have generally been made of starch in the form of large solid plates, each with numerous cells orindentations in its top surface, because the metallic molds have been of such construction that the drops would adhere to them when cast, or that an objectionable amount of time was'required in adjusting the molds for use and in opening them to deliver their contents. Toavoid these difficulties I provide a mold consisting of complementary notched metal plates or bars ararated. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the bars brought together in operative position. Fig. 3 is a plan view of several bars, showing the different formsin which they may bemade.

My mold consists simply of aseries of complementary bars, A and B, having flat upper and lower surfaces, and each having in one or in both edges notches or indentations having a marginal form or contour corresponding to that of the required drops. It is to be observed that my bars or plates are made of considerable width and of solid metal for the express purpose of giving them such weight that they will remain firmly in the position in which they may be assembled on the slab or table.

In this regard a clear distinction is to be obing-frame as members of a mold.

When the bars constructed on my plan are broughttogether sideby side,the small molds or cells 0 and C will exist between then1,each cell being closed at the bottom by the slab or table on which the bars are placed, but left open at the top for the reception of the substance'to be molded.

If preferred, each cell may be made solely in the edge of one bar, or formed by complementary or opposing indentations in the contiguous surfaces of two bars, bot-h constructions being shown in the drawings. or indentation is in every'case to be of such forni'that its contents may be removed laterally therefrom. I

In making use of my mold the bars are placed The cell on the slab side by side, the cells filled, and,

after the solidification of the material, the bars separated, when the drops will at once cleave therefrom. The bars are immediately reassembled and used as before.

It will be perceived that owing to the weight of the bars, by which they are retained in position without the use of frames orlocking devices, I am enabled to operate them with much greater rapidity than could otherwise be done.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim is-- A confectioners mold consisting of a series v of heavy disconnected bars or plates with wide flat upper and lower faces and indented edges, said bars constructed,as described,of a weight and size by which they are adapted to remain in operative position by gravity'on the moldtable and without the employment of connecting devices.

In testimony whereof I hereunto set my-hand,

this 2d day of May, 1887, in thepresence of two attesting witnesses.

SAMUEL E. BALL. Witnesses:

FRED W. GEBHART, GEO. R. YOUNG.