US644931A

US644931A - Lozenge-making machine.

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Publication number: US644931A
Authority: US
Inventors: Frank H Marker
Original assignee: PAN CONFECTION Co
Current assignee: PAN CONFECTION Co
Priority date: 1899-06-26
Filing date: 1899-06-26
Publication date: 1900-03-06
Anticipated expiration: 1917-03-06

Description

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LOZENGE MAKING MACHINE.

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F. H. MARKER. LUZENGE MAKING MACHINE.

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LOZENGE-VIAKING MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N0.-644,931, dated March 6, 1900.

Application filed June 26, 1899. Serial No. 721,807. (No model.)

T all whom zit may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK I-I. MARKER, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Chicago, county of Cook, State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lozenge-Making Machines, of which the following is a specification.

Myinvention relates to lozengemakin g machines, and has for its object the construction of a machine which will receive the so-called dough, roll it out to a required. thickness, make required prints on the dough at regular points, cut the lozenges from the printed dough, and finally deliver the printed and cut lozenges upon trays.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side elevation. Fig. 2 is a plan. Fig. 3 is an enlarged longitudinal section showing the construction of the main parts of the machine; and Figs. 4 to 8 are enlarged details, to be referred to in the description.

In the said drawings, is a framework for supporting the operating mechanism. At a suitable point on the frame l0 is a drive-shaft 11, which communica-tes power to the crankshaft 12 by gears 13.

Located at the front and upper part of the machine are two

rollers

14 and 15, 4which carry a heavy receiving-belt 16. y Located farther to the rear are two other rollers 17 and 18, which carry a heavy inclined belt 19. Between the rollers 15 an d 17 is another roller 20, and over this is a roller 21. The

rollers

14 and 18 are adjustable in horizontal and in clined directions, respectively, for the purpose of tightening` the belts 16 and 19, and the roller 21 is adjustable in a vertical direction. (See Figs. 1, G, and 7.) The

rollers

15, 17, 20, and 21 are connected together by a train of gearing 22,- which causesthem to turn in the directions illustrated by the arrows in Fig. 3. On the shaft that carries the central roller 2O is a ratchet-wheel 23, and pi voted on the same shaft is an arm 24, that carries a pawl 25 for engaging this ratchet-wheel. On

the end of the shaft 12 is a crank 26, from which a pitman 27 connects to the arm 24 to move it. The connection between the pitman 27 and the arm 24 is by means of an adjustable block 28 for varying the stroke of the arm 24, and consequently the distance the rollers are moved per revolution of the shaft 12. At or near the center of the shaft 12 is a second crank 29, from which a pitman 30 connects to a rock-arm 8l, secured to the rockshaft 32. The other end of the rock-arm 31 is provided with a rod 33, which connects to another rock-arm 34 on the shaft 35. Between the rod 33 and rock-arm 34 is another adjustable block 36 for varying the stroke of the rock-arm 34. The upper end of the roekarm 34 bran ches out into two arms 37,in which are held a series of removable lozenge-cutters 38. The relationship of the connections from crank 29 to each other is such that the lozenge cutters are moved from the position shown in the drawings to contact with the belt 19 at a pointa little above the idle roller 18. rJ'he lozenge-cutters 38 are not held directly by the arms 37 ,but by a crossbridge 39, which is provided with a rearwardly-projecting shelf 40. On the inclined part of the frame 10', near the belt 19, are two standards 41, between which is supported a polygonal ink-pad 42. Below the inkpad 42 is a printing-frame 43,[0 the ends of which are secured the gear-segments 44, that slide up and down in the standards 41. On each standard 41 is a section of a rack 45, adapted to engage the segments 44, so as to turn them, and consequently the printing-frame 43, a half-revolw tion while ascending or descending. (See Figs. 1,4, and 5.) Pivoted near each end of the printing-frame 43 are two rods 46, which extend downward and Aconnect to two rockarms 47, secured near the ends of the rockshaft 32. The action of these parts is that the motion of the rock-shaft 32 is communicated to the printing-frame, so as to reciprocate it between the ink-pad 42 and the belt 19. By securing rubber type to the printing frame any desired printing can be put upon anything carried on the belt 19.

At the rear of the frame 10 is an extension 50, which may reach out any required distance and be supported from the floor in any convenient manner. ,On the extension 50 are brackets 5l and 52. In the brackets 5l are pivoted the adjustable rods 53, between the lower ends of which is suspended one end of an inclined table 54. The other end of the IOO table 54 rests on a roller 55, supported between brackets52. On a shaft 56, supported in the frame 10, is an eccentric 57, the rod 58 of which connects to a lug 59 on the bottom of the table 54. Power is communicated to shaft 56 from shaft 12 by means of belts 60 and 61 and intermediate shaft 62. On the intermediate shaft 62 is a roller 68, which carries a belt 64, running over a similar roller at any required distance away. On the belt 64 are placed trays 65, which move in the direction of the adjacent arrow and under the lower end of the table 54.

In operation the dough is placed on the belt 16 and the roll 21 is adjusted downward toward the roll 20, so as to give the right thickness to the material as it passes between the said rolls. The block 2S is then adjusted on the arm 24, so that the forward feed of the rolls and belts willbe appropriate for the size of lozenge to be cut. The required lozengecutters are secured to the arms 37, and suitable type or stamps are secured to the printing-frame 43. To make the printing and cutting register for different feeds, the standards 41 may be made adjustable. I have shown the standards 41 with wide bases, which are slotted, as shown in Fig. 5, for permitting this adjustment. Once for each revolution of the crank-shaft 12 the rolls and belts 16 and 19 feed the material forward, the printing-frame moves downward and puts a row of impressions upon the material on the belt 19, and the cutters 3S come forward and cut out a row of impressions previously stamped. As the cutters are thrown back the cut lozenges are thrown out over the shelf 40 onto the reciprocating table 54. The reciprocations of the table 54 cause the cut lozenges to move gradually downward and be deposited on the tray that is moving slowly forward under the lower end of said table. The belt 16 is a heavy one, so as to easily carry whatever ma terial may be placed upon it. The belt 19 is also a heavy one, but for a different purpose. It is on the belt 19 that the printing and cutting are done. By printing upon a belt for a base the movement of the printing-frame need not be very accurately adjusted, as the yield of the belt will accommodate variations of thickness or stroke, and thus secure a good print without danger of mashing the material. By cutting the lozenges upon a belt at a point slightly removed from the roller or pulley over which it runs sufficient stiffness or strength of base may be secured for cutting the material, and yet sufficient yielding may be had to avoid cutting the belt or base.

What I claim is- 1. In a lozenge-cutting machine, a belt, means for giving said belt an intermittent movement so as to convey material intermittently, a printing device and means for operating it so as to print upon the intermittently'- moving material, a series of cutters and means for moving them so as to cut the printed material, means for adjusting the stroke of said cutters, and means for adjusting the position of said printing device.

2. In a lozenge cutting machine, means for moving lozen ge material intermittently through said machine,a printing device adapted to print upon the material so moved, a series of cutters and means for moving them so as to cut the printed material, and means for permitting the distance between said printing device and said cutters to be adj usted.

3. In a lozenge-cutting machine, a pair of rollers and a belt carried thereby, means for giving said belt an intermittent forward motion, a printing device adapted to print upon material carried by said belt,a series of cutters and means for moving them so as to cut such material, and means for varying the distance between said printing device and said cutters.

4. In a lozenge cutting machine, means for moving lozenge material intermittently through said machine,a pivoted arm provided with a series of cutters, means'for moving said arm about its pivot so as to cut the moved material, and means for varying the strokeof said arm.

5. In a lozenge-cutting machine, a belt and means for moving it so as to convey material through said machine a series of cutters supportedupon a pivoted arm, means for moving said arm on its pivot so as to bring said cutters in contact with material on said belt, and means for adjusting the stroke of said arm.

6. In a lozenge-cutting machine, devices for moving material through said machine and for furnishing a point at which lozenges may be cut from such material, a reciprocating table laterally removed from such cuttingpoi-nt, a series of cutters supported upon a pivoted arm, and means for moving said arm about its pivot so as to cut lozenges at the cutting-point and transfer them laterally so as to deposit them upon said reciprocating table.

7. In a lozenge cutting machine, means formoving lozenge material through said machine, a series of cutters, a delivery-table, means for moving said cutters so as to cut lozenges from the moved material and transfer the cut lozenges laterally to said deliverytable, and means for varying the length of the cutter movement.

Signed by me at Chicago, Illinois, this 22d day of June, 1899.

FRANK H. MARKER.

Witnesses:

C. L. REDFIELD, W. STEVENS LEwIs.

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