US907830A - Candy-cutter. - Google Patents

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F. W. MACK.

CANDY CUTTER. l APPLICATION PILBD'MAR. s1, 190s.

Patented Dec.29, 1908.

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UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEErcE.

FRANK W. MACK, OF STONEHAM, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO CLARENCE N. LOVELL, OF MELROSE, AND NATHAN E. COVEL, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS.

CANDY-CUTTER.

4Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 29, 1908.

Application filed March 31, 1908. Serial No. 424,320.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK W. MACK, a citizen of the United States, residing in Stoneham, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Candy-Cutters, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to machines for making that class of candy termed chip's, the machine cutting out the chips from a strip of candy in a plastic state; and the present invention has for its object to provide a simple and improved candy-cutting machine 1n which the individual chips which constitute the product are formed with a substantially iiat longitudinal central portion which is adapted to receive the name of the maker,vthe trade-mark, or other combination of letters or characters, and the opposite side edges are fluted or scalloped, the whole being produced by the candy being pressed between stationary and movable jaws whose cutting or operating faces are arranged in corresponding sections, each pair of which sections produces in a single chip a plurality of opposite i'lutings or scallops and a longi- Vtudinal central portion adapted to be irnpressed during the operation by a block which is similar in construction to an ordinary electrotype plate, and which can at any time be removed and another block substituted therefor.

The invention consists ina certain novel construction and combination of parts whereby the above described results are effected, and the nature of the invention is fully described in detail below, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which:-

Figure 1 is a plan view of my improved device or machine, with the movable jaw swung up and back. Fig. 2 is a cross vertie cal section taken on line 2-2, Fig. 1, looking toward the left, with the movable jaw swung down and the machine closed. Fig. 3 is a' section taken on line 3-3, Fig. 2, looking toward the left. Fig. 4 is a perspective View of an individual candy chip produced by the machine.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts.

' yparallel operatin 'their outer ends constituting a frame for operating the upper Reference numeral 5 represents a bed to which there is secured by any suitable means, preferably thumbscrews 6, the opposite lprojecting ends 7 of an elongated plate 8, preferably rectangular in shape, said plate constituting a stationary jaw. The surface of this plate is divided into a series of rectangular sections-ten beingshown in the drawingsthe sections, the plate, and the projecting ends being preferably one integral piece or casting. Each of these sections comprises two opposite upwardly extending portions 9 divided longitudinally by a preferably rectangular slot 10, and the two opposite portions 9 being provided with opposite teeth 1 1 which incline upward and outward from the slot, the spaces 12 between said teeth inclining downward and outward from the slot. At the opposite ends of the sections are rigid transverse cutters 18, there being one cutter between the adjacent ends of any two seotions. The slots 10 are adapted to receive removable blocks 14, said blocks being for the purpose of receiving trade names etc., and resembling electrotype plates, and being adapted to be held snugly in position by any suitable means, such as by thin plates of metal 15 (Fig. 2). The object of the blocks is to produce an impression of a trade name or other mark upon the candy at the same time that it is given its permanent ornamental shape. The broad or base portion of the stationary jaw 8 is flanked by a pair of 4longitudinal bars or cleats 16 secured to the bed, and mounted on these bars or cleats are broader bars 17 which extend inward toward the opposite sides of the sections; and to the inner surfaces of these bars 17 are secured metallic strips 18 (Fig. 2) which extend up from between the outer edges of the sections and the bars 17 and are bent outward into the flaring shape shown at 19 (Figs. 1 and 2) for the purpose below described.

Secured at 20 to the bed next and parallel with the outer edge of one of the bars 16, are the feet 21 which support a pair of standards or uprights 22. Pivotally secured to the upper ends of these standards at 23 are the levers 24 connected at y a handle 25, and thus or movable jaw 26 which is directly supported by ears 27 which are pivotally connected at 28 to the bars 24. rihe movable jaw 26 is provided on its operating surface with a series of sections separated by transverse cutters 29, the cutters and sections correspending in size and position with the cutters and sections in the lower and stationary Each of the sections in the upper jaw comprises a central and somewhat raised plain portion 30, which registers with and is adapted to rest on the block 14 in the correspon-d ing section in the lower jaw, and two rows of teeth 31 which grow thicker at their outer ends and are separated by spaces 32 which grow deeper at their outer ends, said teeth being adapted to extend into'the spaces 12 in the lower or stationary jaw, and the spaces 32 being adapted to be swung over the teeth 11 in the stationary jaw.

In practice, the blocks 14 are first placed in the slots 10 (said blocks being shown as plain in the drawings but being adapted to receive any desired trade name or lettering), and suitable plates 15 are applied between the opposite sides of the blocks and the edges of the slots for the purpose of holding the former firmly in position. T he candy is then laid in a plastic condition on the surfaces of the sections and blocks in the stationary jaw, and is prevented from spreading by the metallic strips 18, 19. l he swinging jaw 26 is then swung down by the handle 24 upon the candy, being guided by the ilaring portions 19 of the metallic strips 18, 19, the cutters 29 registering with the cutters 13, the plain surfaces 30 registering with the blocks 14, and the teeth 31 interlocking with the teeth 11 and registering with the spaces 12. rlhe effect is to produce a series of chips of the shape illustrated in Fig. 4, in which the central portion 33 is flat and receives any impression which is produced by raised or sunken letters en the blocks 10, and the opposite edges 34 are fluted or scalloped as shown. Each chip therefore which is removed by opposite pairs of cutters 13, 29 comprises o posite side edges each ef which has a plura ity of scallops or corrugations produced by the interlocking teeth, a longi tudinal central plain portion adapted to receive a name or description and produced by the blocks 14 and plain portions 30, and opposite plain ends produced directly by the cutters.

Having thus fully described my invention, what l claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. ln a cutting machine of the character described, a stationary jaw the upper surface of which is formed in sections separated by transverse cutters, the surfaces of the said sections being provided next their opposite side edges with teeth extending upward and outward transversely with the jaw and with longitudinal slots located between the opposite rows of teeth and adapted to receive and hold in position blocks provided with letters or characters designed to be impressed in the candy, and a movable `iaw the operating surface of which is formed in sections separated by transverse cutters and adapted to register with the sections on the stationary `iaw, the surfaces of the said sections on the movable jaw being provided next their opposite side iges with teeth extending upward and outward transversely with the jaw and adapted to register with the spaces between the teeth on the stationary jaw and with longitudinal plain spaces located between the opposite rows of teeth and registering with the slots in the stationary jaw, for the purpose set forth.

2. ln a cutting machine of the character described, a stationary jaw the upper surface of which is formed in sections separated by transverse cutters, the surfaces of the said sections being provided next their opposite, side edges with teeth extending upward and outward transversely with the jaw and with longitudinal slots located between the opposite rows of teeth and adapted to receive and hold in position blocks provided with letters or characters designed to be impressed in the candy, a movable aw the operating surface of which is formed in sections separated by transverse cutters and adapted to register with the sections on the stationary `iaw, the surfaces of the said sections on the movable jaw being provided next their opposite side edges with teeth extending upward and outward transversely with the jaw and adapted to register with the spaces between the teeth on the stationary `iaw and with longitudinal plain spaces located between the opposite rows of teeth and registering with the slots in the stationary `iaw, and flaring guards disposed longitudinally in the stationary i aw on opposite sides of the row of sections and cxtending higher than the surface of the sec tions and outward therefrom, for the purpose set forth.

3. In a cutting machine of the character described, a stationary jaw the upper surface of' which is formed in sections separated by transverse cutters, the surfaces of the said sections being provided next their opposite side edges with teeth extending upward and outward transversely with the i aw and previded with means between. the rows of teeth adapted to receive letters or characters designed to be impressed in the candy, and a movable jaw the operating surface of which is formed in sections separated by transverse cutters and adapted to register' with the sections on the stationary jaw, the surfaces of the said sections on the movable `iaw being provided next their opposite side edges with teeth extending upward and outward transversely with the j aw and adapted to register with the spaces between the teeth on the stationary jaw and with longitudinal plain n spaces located between the opposite rows of teeth and registering with the means on the stationary jaw for impressing letters or characters on the candy, for the purpose set forth.

In`testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of 10 two subscribing witnesses.

FRANK W. MACK.

Witnesses:

HENRY W. WILLIAMS, M. A. A'rwooD."

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