US1314606A - Depositing-machine - Google Patents

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H. L. POWELL AND B. J. MIRACKY.

DEPOSITING MACHINE.

APPLICATION man AUG.28. I9I8.

1,314,606. PatentedSept. 2,1919.

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H. L. POWELL AND B. 1. MIRACKY.

DEPOSITING MACHINE. APPLICA TION HLED AUG-28. I918.

1,314,606. Patented Sept. 2, 1919.

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H. L. POWELL AND B. J. MIRACKY.

DEPOSITING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED AUG-2B. 1910.

1,314,606. L Patented Sept. 2,1919.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

HOWARD L. POWELL, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., AND BARNEY J MIRACKY, OF LITTLE FERRY, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNQRS TO NATIONAL BISCUIT COMPANY, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., A CORPORATION OF NEW JERSEY,

DEPOSITINGr-MACHINE.

Application filed August 28, 1918. Serial No. 251,729.

729 allwhom it may concern Be it known that we, HOWARD L. POWELL and BARNEY J. MIRAOKY, both citizens of the United States, the former residing in the borough of Manhattan, city, county, and State of New York, and the latter residing at Little Ferry, in the county of Bergen and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Depositing-Machines, of which the following is a specification.

Our invention relates to apparatus in which marshmallow, icing, or the like, is deposited on small circular cakes or like goods, which are advanced in rows on a traveling carrier to the point at which the deposit is made, and then onwardly to the point at which they are removed from the carrier. The cakes are placed on the carrier in parallel rows, preferably by feeding them on to flat trays which are placed in a continuous series on a traveling chain or chains which are advanced intermittently, the depositing device operating during each period of rest of the carrier to make a deposit on the cakes which are arranged in a row beneath the spouts of the depositing device.

Our present improvement consists in an alining device which is actuated during each period of rest of the carrier to correct any faulty alinement, either lengthwise or transversely of the carrier, of the cakes which are about to receive a deposit. Such faulty alinement may be caused by the manner 1n which the cakes are fed onto, or arranged on, the trays, or by the vibration to which they are subjected during the intermittent movement of the carrier. The travel of the cakes to the depositing device may be a distance of a number of feet, especially if they have first to passunder another device, by which certain articles, such as candied fruits, are deposited on the cakes before the icing or marshmallow is placed thereon.

Our improved alining device comprises a member with depending fingers, which reciprocates lengthwise of the carrier, and approaches the row of cakes at rest immediately behind the depositing device, so that each finger presses slightly against the inner rear curved edges of a pair of adjacent cakes, to separate them a spaced interval lengthwise of the .row, and to push them, for- Patented Sept. 2, 1919.

wardly into alinement at right angles to the travel of the carrier. The fingers then rise slightly and return over the next row of cakes which is moving forward, the fingers moving forward again and lowering into position when the forward movement of the carrier has stopped. The adjusted row of cakes moves forward one step into positions immediately below the spouts of the depositing device, while the alining device is moving back over the next row to the rear, the up and down movement of the alining device preferably being obtained from a vertically reciprocating part of the depositing device, and its forward and back movement from the carrier feed, by a reversing connection.

In order that a clearer understanding of our invention may be had, attention is hereby directed to the accompanying drawings illustrating one embodiment of our inven tion and forming part of this application. In the drawings, Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a machine equipped with our invention; Fig. 2 is a cross-section taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a section taken on line 3-3 of Fig. 4; Fig. 4 is a partial side elevation, partly shown in section, on an enlarged scale, of the cakc-alining device; Fig. 5 is a partial top plan View, on an enlarged scale, showing the adjustment of a row of cakes by the alining device; and Fig. 6 is a partial side elevation, showing a modification of our invention.

Referring to the drawings, the apparatus illustrated embodies a frame indicated at 1, carrying sprocket-wheels, of which one is shown at each end of the machine at 2 and 3. A flexible carrier, such as a chain or chains %l,runs over these sprockets, intermittent movement, in a clockwise direction, referring to Fig. 1, being transmitted thereto from the shaft 5 of a ratchet wheel 6. sprocket wheel 7 on shaft 5 is connected by a drive chain to a corresponding sprocket on the shaft of sprocket-wheel 2, shaft 5 being given a step-by-step movement by a pawl 8 i which operates ratchet wheel 6. Pawl 8 is carried by an arm 9 centrally mounted for oscillation about shaft 5, arm 9 being oscillated by pivotal connection of its lower end with a connecting rod 10, the opposite end of which is eccentrically connected, at 11, to

of rest of the carrier.

a gear 12. The latter is rotated by any suitable power connection, such as the gears indicated at 13, driven from motor 14.

The flexible carrier 4 is adapted to carry a series of fiat wooden trays which maybe placed thereon with their transverse edges abutting against each other. The small round cakes 15 are deposited on the trays, in the machine illustrated, by a hopper device 16, which is operated by a reciprocating member 17, connected for operation to a crank 18, which is oscillated by a link 19 connected to the upper end of thearm 9. The'cakes may be deposited in rows on the trays, the rows being separated by the distance the carrier moves forward each forward movement of pawl 8. The marshmallow or icing is deposited on the cakes by a depositing device comprising a hopper 20, in which are mounted a plurality of tubes or barrels-21, 21, terminating in spouts 22,

22, the spouts being parallel to the cakes as they are posltioned on the trays by the de I vice 16, and equal to the number of cakes in each row.

' Each tube 21 contains a plunger 23, and

all of the plungers are connected to a cross member-24 which is moved up and down by a link 25, on each side of the machine, the lower end of which carries a roller 26. This is also rotatably secured to a crank 27, pivoted at 2-8, and bears on-a cam 29 mounted on a stud 30, which rotates with spur gear 31,

The tubes 21 are also connected together by a cross member 32, which is reciprocated by links .33 on each side of the machine, each link being pivoted at 34 to a bell-crank 35 pivoted at 36 to the frame of the machine. The lower end of each bell-crank carries a roller 37 which bears against a cam 38 rotating with gear '12. These constructions .do not form part of our present invention. and need not be described in further detail. The result of the apparatus so far described is to cause the plungers23 to move downward, toexpel the marshmallow below the same,

fromspouts 22, each time rollers'26 pass ov'erthe high points 39 of cams 29,wfhich;

occurs at the end of each forward movement of .the' carrier.- The tubes 21 are lifted a certain-distance at the beginning of the for ward movement of the carrier, that is, from -theposition*'of the parts shown in Fig. 1

more rapidly than the plungers 23 are lifted, the tubes again descending more gradually than the, plunge'rsduring the return movement.,oflpawl 8, andthe consequent period This movement is arrangedto provide a measured. quantity of marshmallow or the like in the tubes below the plunge'rs' at the moments when the latter begin their expelling'movements. As stated, another depositing device similar to that just described, andMsimila-rly operated, may

.sake of simplicity.

be provided between the depositing device illustrated and the point at which the cakes are deposited or fed on the. trays on the carrier, this additional depositing device being omitted from the drawings for the The device for alining the cakes comprises a frame 40 having depending fingers 41, as shown in Figs. 3, 4 and 5, adapted to press against the rear inner edges of the cakes 15. Frame40 ,is provided with for wardly-extending sleeve portions 42, 42, which are slidably mounted-on rods. 43, 43, which are fixedly secured to the cross member 32 of thedepositing device. Frame 40 is reciprocated lengthwise of the carrier by means of arms on each side of the machine, one of which is shown at 44, pivoted, midway its length, to frame 1, at 45. The lower end of each arm 44 is connected to the adjacent arm 18 for oscillation therefrom, so that the upper end of arm 44 reverses the movement of arm 18.

The upper end of each arm 44 is connected by appropriate linkage to the frame 40. As shown,- a link 46 is pivotally connected at one end to the upper end of an arm 44,

and at the other end to a link 47 the other end of which is pivoted to one end of a link 48, the other end of which is pivotally connected to the frame 4O.v In operation, the alining device moves forwardly when the forward movement-of the carrier stops and pawls 8 and arms 18 begin their return movement, roller 37 restlng against a pointon cam 38one half revolution distant from that shownin'Fig. 1. During the forward movement of the alining device, cross-member 32 is somewhat raised, but moves downwardly in accordance wlth the shape of cam in position to press against the cakes. The

fingers extend somewhat between the cakes,

position shown in Fig. 1, fingers 41 rise somewhat, and move back over the next rowof advancing cakes.=

A modification of the apparatus is illustrated in Fig. 6, in which a hopper 20 for candied fruit or the like is shown in advance of the hopper 20 for the marshmallow or icing, it being understood that hopper 20 is adapted to discharge material onto the cakes from a row of spouts similar to and equal in number to the spouts 22 of hopper 20 (Fig. In the form shown, the, cranks 18 are oscillated by connection with arms 9 asin the form previously de 38, so that the lower ends of fingers 41 are scribed, the pivoted arms 44 being oscillated to reverse the movement of cranks 18 by links 49 connecting the lower ends of arms 4& with cranks 18, substantially in the same manner as described in connection with arms 44 in the form of construction already described. Links 49 may be provided with slots 50 and arm 44 with screws 51 engaged therein, for adjustment.

Arms M are connected, at their upper ends, by pivoted links 52, one at each side of the machine, with horizontal bars 53, which are slidably mounted, as byscrew and slot connections 54, 55, on the vertical side frame members 56, 56, of the hoppers 20, 20 The alining frames 40, having depending fingers 41, one frame for each hopper, are secured to bars 53 for horizontal reciprocation, and are connected to cross members 32, 32, of the depositing devices for vertical movement, members 32 moving preferably in the same manner as the members similarly numbered in the form of our device first described. This may be accomplished by providing each frame 40 with a pair of sleeve portions 42 which are arranged to slide on arms 57 which are secured to the vertically movable crossmembers 32, and by connecting frames 40 with bars 53 by means of links 58, 58, which are pivoted at their opposite ends to frames 40 and bars 53. Preferably links 58 are pivoted to bars 53 by screws which are secured at desired points in slots 59 in bars 53, to provide for adjustment.

With this construction, it will be evident that alining frames 40 for both depositing devices move forward and back with bars 53, and up and down at appropriate times with members 32, the angular positions of links 58 being such that frames 40 will re ciprocate with bars 53, while at the same time links 58 oscillate about their upper ends as members 32 move up and down. The timing of the movements of the two frames 40 in relation to the movements of the depositing devices and the carrier may be the same as that of the frame l0 described in connection with the first form of our device.

It will be understood that our invention is not limited strictly to the exact details of construction described, but is as broad as is indicated by the accompanying claims.

What we claim is:

1. In a depositing machine, the combination of a traveling carrier, means for advancing the same step by step, mechanism for depositing material on a row of cakes across the carrier, after each advance of the latter, having a vertically reciprocating member, an alining device for the cakes, means for moving the same forward and back while the carrier is stationary and is moving forward, and means connected with said vertically reciprocating member of the depositing mechanism for lowering the alining device as it approaches the cakes to be adjusted and for raising the same as it moves back therefrom.

2. In a depositing machine, the combination of a traveling carrier, means for advancing the same step by step, mechanism for depositing material on a row of cakes across the carrier, after each advance of the latter, an alining device for the cakes, and n'ieans, operatively connected to the carrier advancing means, for moving the same forward, while the carrier is stationary, to aline the row of cakes one step in the rear of the depositing mechanism, and for raising the same and returning it to its starting point while the carrier is moving forward, continuously during the operation of the machine, the carrier advancing the row of cakes thus alined, beneath said depositing mechanism on the next forward movement of said carrier.

3. In a depositing machine, the combination of a traveling carrier, a pawl and ratchet device for advancing the same step by step, mechanism for depositing material on a row of cakes extending across the carrier, after each advance of the latter, an alining device for the cakes, a lever pivoted intermediate its ends, connections for moving one end of said lever back and forth with the pawl of said pawl and ratchet device, actuating connections between the other end of said lever and said alining device, and means for raising and lowering said device during its reciprocation.

i. In a depositing machine, the combination of a traveling carrier, means for advancing the same step by step, depositing mechanism, having a member which moves down and up during each forward movement of the carrier and the succeeding interval, an alining device, to aline a row of cakes to receive a deposit, a longitudinally extending sleeve secured to said device, a rod secured to said member and slidably extending in said sleeve, and means, adapted to permit the raising and lowering of said device, for reciprocating the same during the actuation of the machine.

5. In a depositing machine, the combination of a traveling carrier, depositing mechanism, having a vertically reciprocating member, an alining device, to aline a row of cakes to receive a deposit, means for moving the same forward and back. and means operativcly connected with said vertically reciprocating member of the depositing mechanism for raising and lowering the alining device during its reciprocation.

G. In a depositing machine, the combination of a traveling carrier, depositing mechanism, having a vertically reciprocating member, an alining device, to aline a row of cakes to receive a deposit, carrier-ad vancing means, means, operatively connected to the carrier-advancing means, for moving said alining device forward and back, and means operatively connected With rows of cakes to receive deposits from said mechanisms, means connecting said alining devices, means for moving thesame forward and back, and means operatively connected With said vertically-reciprocating yIIlBIIlbBIS of said depositing mechanisms for raising 20 and lowering said alining devicesduring their reclprocatlon. H v v Th1s specificatlon signed and wltnessed this 23rd day of August, 1918.

HOWARD L. POWELL. BARNEY J. MIRAGKY.

Witnesses:

FREDERICK W. BoDE, L. D. Kim).

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, I). G.

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