US824202A

US824202A - Sugar-wafer machine.

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Publication number: US824202A
Application number: US27183605A
Authority: US
Inventors: Frank M Peters
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1905-07-29
Filing date: 1905-07-29
Publication date: 1906-06-26
Anticipated expiration: 1923-06-26

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No. 824,202. PATENTED JUNE 26, 1906.

F. M. PETERS.

SUGAR WAFER MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 29, 1905.

'7 SHEETS-SHEET l.

INVENTOR EWWMPQEJQY $4 ATTORNEY} PATENTED JUNE 26, 1906.

F. M. PETERS.

SUGAR WAFER MACHINE.

SHEET 2.

7 SHEETS APPLICATION FILED JULY 29, 1905.

WITNESSESi lNVENTOR Fzwzlsmflers' -40 ATTORNEY No. 224.202. PATENTBD JUNE 26, 1906.

P. M. PETERS.

SUGAR WAFER MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 29, 1905.

7 SHEETS-SHEET 3.

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No. 824,202. PATENTED JUNE 26, 1906 F. M. PETERS. SUGAR WAPE R MACHINE.

ARPLIGATION FILED JULY 29, 1905.

7 SHEETSSEEET 4.-

PATENTBD JUNE 26, 19%.

F. M. PETERS.

SUGAR WAFER MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 29. 1905.

WITNESSES: Q42

ORNEY PATENTED JUNE 26, 1906 F. M. PETERS.

SUGAR WAFER MACHINE APPLICATION FILED JULYZQ, 1905.

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ATTORNEY I No. 824,202. PATENTED JUNE 26, 190 3.

F. M. PETERSJ SUGAR WAFER MACHINE APPLICATION FILED JULYZQ, 1905.

X TNESSES: iNVENTOR FRAN ii ill. PE'EERS,

Specification 01 Letters Patent.

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Applicntlou filed iluly 29,1205. Serial 110. 271,836.

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Be it known 1111. ii. FRANK N PETERS, :1 {illlZ-LFII ml" liar United States, residing at {J11 ingu, Funk .rounly, in the Stale Illinois, have invented cert-11in new 11ml. useful I111- pruwnwnts in. Sugar-"Wafer filiivliiniz-s, of which i i'ullmving is :1 full, vicar, and exact spuui .rzitimi. 4 V 1 3i invention rulziivvs to llilj )l( 1'illl6lli$ ill machines for producing sugar-Wafers 111 amaluguus lialiml-ilnugii products; and the 5211110 luv 111' its ob ioc 111011: particu'larlj, ti: proviii'v 11 simple, ell. 1b. and reliable nmcliine 11121 be prripizrly 1 =pi sil04l 1151011 \2-iiY-Sll6fiifi, iiie uinn-i ml pasile so ilPUS..lQ(l regulated or 1lrl'ilml and the]; evenly spra l upon said aim-sheets. 11ml ill -.\"11iz11--si11 1t has been pl l'raxl upon i110 firstmelitionm'lwafer slieei. and its muting live vm/Qle united into i1 single structurr by xiii) ag the, smile in prvssure and (-ziusii'ig the fi igqiaste to firmly aalziore 1111 and blIlllSfiilil w Hi ifllf'i lpfl' s11 imoniinr iias fer its'obicl in provide 21 machine in iiil'iicli the Wafer- '11 whirl. the 31 SL0 or filling 111mm";

sheets c 115? .ii'ng flu lioatuzn layer'or side Pf/ lie Jump! lsugm wujlm 11111; i he iieil ini o the iiiaciiine the shape of 11v strip ur band ilfifliiill i -i1'1g the SiliLl mifrr-siwcts upon .1111 omllv l r 0( 11vey10r S-'ltil their abutting edges in rinse (mutant mid the $111110 llwreupon spread 11:: 11 coniimioils strip with past/6 p0: Lively com oil or transferred thereto from :1 lmpgwr by suitzilile mechanism prior in the a 'ipliriiliou of the top 01'- uvrr \i'z1.l"ei'si1vets thsrctu.

To the ailnhnnent of the mbjeriizs 11ml UllllS aforesaid my invei iiun consists in i-liv novel details of construction mill in -llG- winibina lion. ronnegtion, and nrmngvnmnt oi". parts hereinafterniure fully descriiml and than pointed 0!.25 in lllQ claims. in {heprcuii pzuging drawingx forming -1 purl. .o'i illlS spcmncatioi ails of reference inclicat'sa like parts, Figures 1 11ml 2 jointly constilute a side olcvatibn 0f 21- nmrh'ine imu'le awarding to and embodying my im 'entioxn lm' 'l ilomil s minim-l View of the lower porerrupon and after amwer';

wherein likr iiuiiier Figs. 3 zind l.-.j( i.1t-lv constitul'l- 11 plan or topview of tha same. Big. 5

1; of Fig. 3, showing the vonst-ruc,

rullur tliersin and the means for r ulating the quantity 0f paste ransferredtfi 15am roller and the means. for removing the same @herefrom. Fig. '7 is 11. View :eimilar t0 5, taken on the line "i 7. al Fig. 4, showing i hefcon structimi and zirrangeinent, of the inecllaz 's n For uziiting liar. wai'er-sheels the 'iilling the/relic ween intc one strum-11ml may. i

8 a lave view 01 a nc'izipieiewafer-sheet; i 5.), 11 lonqitudinal-sact-iuziof the same; Fig. 10, :1. simi $11 View with a layer or coming .te thgreiin, and Fig. 11 is a longitudinal SlGlZlUfi. 0f the complete sugzibwalw siruct-ure PIQVlOUS in its separation into "aha swimmer- 12o "ial units.

- 111 said drawings, 35 having a -ai 0ve which and bemvsenlim longitudinal guides 16 thereon is angnged an endless band (1r conveyer l7, w'ariaing upon transverse rollers 1.8-1.8, mounted upon shafts I?) 19, respectively, 'suppcrt' in bearings pro- Vidili at the upposite enils of the frame 15. The mlleflfj suppurfied in adjustable-bear 8o ings 20 20. Wei-king in recesse. 21 21 in ilie. 52111119 and mpabia 11f longituriimi mew ment by 1111 11115 0'? g-serews 22 22. Eeiew .llie top plat-e and ad acent to one and of thafrzmm l5 supported in suitalilebesirings w. n'laini ring-shaft '23, lmvi g filiQ-ii thereon a pullr driven by a belt 24. 1nd 2. Wheel 25, meshing with a larger gfiiif-WilGdi 26,'ii:-:e(l upon the shaft 37,511pi20ftr. in news ings a. littls above an (i to fihe left 0? the main ciriving-simit 23, whirl: shalt ms fixed tliereoii adjacent to its lm'ward and two "1 ucket-Whesls Z8 29, the sprocket heel being obnnected by 11- sprociifit-ctiiain 30 with a sproclzel-whrul 31, fixed. 1190331 the roller-:slnili 19 at the right-hand and of the frame 15, snarl the sg.1r cketwl1cel .29 cm'u'iscb. ed by a spr00ketcl1air i 32 with 11- sproci;e* wheel 33, fixed-1511011 fi Slliff 3 L, suppurted in lioppe-r-biznikets 35 I At the impel left-hand and of ilm frame ar' securei vertical brackets 36, inv wliicl are arranged adjustable bearings 37, bar- FOG .rying the ends of the shafts S8 35% ,over which passes an endless band. 49. The shaft 38 has fixed thereon also adjacent to its remieml a gear-wheel. l-i, operaieii by & gear whscl &2 on the shalt through the intermediate gaer-wi oels 43 and 14, whereby said roilsm 39 39 axial the endless bzmrfl i0 caused in r z Work and cui'lperata with the coiiva ye-r' 1? in feed the lower xmfer-si1m$s inid the mac iii whereby to hold the beibtightener 88 loeizsd to its adjusted positions;

96 and 97 denote bslt-tightensrs arranged upon the frame 1510 regulating the spron chains 30 32, respeotii sly, and at 'ths'righ hand or delivery and of the machine are sscured brackets 98 98, upon which 13 sug'iport ed pan 99, adapted to rcoiv-othe crumbs and portieles of paste which all from the" Conveyor 17 or he removed therefrom by the state of fluidity by Warm Whiterin the waterjacket surrounding said hopper, the regulating-bladefifi who adj ustd so as to permit of the desired quantity of'paste to be taken up bythe roller 49, the blade (iii ad ustedto split orstrip the paste from the roller iiluml,

spread the same to the desired thickness upon the wafer-sheets, andthe plates (ST-and 68 properlyadjusted to unite the Wsfersheets and their intermediate filling as tho some p'ass'betweer said plates, it than simply becomes necessary toset the machine ii op oration, and as soonzi's this has been done the endless-belt and conveyor rollers will cause the conveyor 1''? and belts i0 find 79 to travel in the direction of the. arrows, Figs. 5 and 7, and the hopper-roller 49 to rotate, '21s iridieated at Fig. 5. The-wafer-sheets 100 are thence fed into the machine at its leit-hand end upon trio conveyor 17 snd carried ;l0r

Word with their shutting edges ill.0i()$0(i()i1 taet beneath the bLlR-i-i 4(1 ono below the hopper 45', Where thsssme will receive a deposit of paste, which themxpori evenly spread low the blade Wl'iile the striu oi xv i V I over the some, as a layer UH, it aws 1 sheets 100 is upon the conveyor 17 in the open space liet'weeu hopper 45mm the pressursplatos 67 38, the cover-sheets 102 placed upon said coated lower Whi sheets 100 and the 'senie'thence carried forward upon: said comsyerl? and between it and the endless belt 79, intermediate the pres sure-plates 67 68, Where the several parts united by' the pressure into one structural the maoluue.

body, which then emerges from at its right-hand end and is deposit-ed upon the top plate 16. The complete sugar-Wafer structures are thence removed and severed into commercial units of the desired size and shupsz The structure illustrated'othigs. S to 11', inclusive, shows the usual form of such sheet, which may be severed into fortv z v eonimereial units, as

indicated at 53.

It is to )6 notsdsth'at in myirngwoi'ed mm chine thwafer-sheets eons tituti a portion or side of the completed sugzi is to he noted that by the :rrrmwsi:

. construction, W

the poslein propes qi'miititios ho sheets, of a, paste-rose;)tuelo hav 1, said towsr wastsot pas ts due to inns-curse oi sueh timmg and mijustment prevented. i urther, it

roller 49 mid the regulating-hiado U3 3 delizlito quantity oi puste'rnsy he positively and :t of the eveniv taken up by said roller in. the Torn. of

s is or of uniform thielu'" which when stripped ther- Wiliii],

coating of uniform thickness beingdepositml. and spread upouthe =13HlGl--Sli!!is.

Without limiting myself to tho 'hieh may he ind v." soope of the invei'itimi, What I chum, and sire to secure by Letters P item; is

.1 in e uizioliiue oftho share isezi i. the nmiiloii "with o, suppr ior wsfe Ui'it paste-recapmore 11 v1 in mitl-et 1, means for eii'vetingz the eoptmble, 21nd 21minstor-transfer-1'5 (hanged past 9 in a s-ohesire "muss to 3' sheets, su hsieu'iiailly :iSSpPfillT-(i 2. in mm line ofrhecharacterdesorihed,

the .ee-iuhimiii'os with ,it support ior .amier sheets, of s im'le hovmgz'ui outlet therein, 111mm; for ducting the pesto/from said-outlet, and more [1" transferring the Paste in 21 Cl)lli l'\'i"iliii-%h' liillll conductsubstantially as specified. I

3; in s machine of the i-lmmrtsr the emuhihstion with o. 7 sheets, of 21. pesto-roe therein, mesr'is for iii,

d esori l ed .s'ugipruit i'ox" walkwohsrg d paste inv a cohesive in: discharging means to the wafer stantislly as sueeifi d. 1

in smsehine 1 theel'nnoetsrhesoiihed, the combination with a support for wafershests, of a-guistsreooptsolo huvihg'sn outl therein, eonduetiiig dovix'e six-rouge for eonvo gihg t mste from said re and nieu'hs forremoving the paste i1 eondueting device in a eohesivem; transferring the same tothzmrsfewshoet s'ta itiallygis speeiiiet i 5. in o nieohiz e of the ehziizu'r-ter desorihc-ii, the (:o nhination with e support for wafer n our-lot therein, it device arranged therein for (UYEVBYE ing the paste from said reesptei mmins'tor eoiitrolling the quiintilfy of paste delivoroil to device, and mums ioi removing the poshfrom said devise-iii o cohesive rim-us and transferring 33nd spreading the smile upon from said mots, suh- "7.11 IIISUI'PH 2K LoOiG having am outlet ting the discharge oi" the paste in proper quantities from said receptacle, and moons for trahshu-ringg' the disthe controlling device, and at its other edge with the wafer-sheet and the paste thereon whereby to spread the paste upon said watersheets, and means for actuating said device" to regulate the thickness of the paste spread plpon the wafer-sheets, substantially as specied. a

17. In a machine of the character described, the combination with an endless band for Wafer-sheets, means for actuating said endless band, brackets arranged at each side of said endless band, a paste-receptacle mounted in said brackets having an opening in its base arranged transversely of said endless band, a roller mounted in said brackets below said paste-receptacle conformin to and extending into the opening in the ase thereof, a blade movably secured to the under side of said paste-receptacle at one side 'of the roller, means for adjustin said blade toward and from said roller, a blade adjustably arranged at the opposite side of said roller having its inner edge in contact with said'roller, and its outer edge adapted for vertical adjustment, and means for adjusting said blade, substantially as specified.

18. In a machine of the character described, the combination with an endless band for Wafer-sheets, means for actuating said endless band, brackets arranged at each 30 side bf said endless band, a paste=receptacle miounted insaidbrackets having. an opening in its bas'eTa rranged transversely of said endless band, a roller mounted in said bracketssaid roller, a frame arranged at the oppositeside of said roller, adjusting-screws 'thereon' for adjusting said frame, a blade mounted in said frame having its inner edge in contact with said roller, and its outer edges adapted to spread the paste upon the Wafer-sheets,

and an adj usting-screw arranged in said frame adapted for adjusting the outer edge of said blade, substantially ass ecified.

Signed at the city or New York, in the county and State of New York, this 27th day of July, 1905. I

FRANK MqPETERS, 1

Witnesses:

'C. A. DIETERIOH, A. G. ZIMMERMANN.