US712391A - Apparatus for molding sugar. - Google Patents

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Patented. Oct. 28, I902.

J. R. LANGLGIS. APPARATUS FOR MOLDING SUGAR.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIGE.

JOSEPH ROBIN LANGLOIS, OF PARIS, FRANCE.

APPARATUS FoR MOLDING SUGAR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letterslatent No. 712,391, dated October 28,1902. Application filed N0vember 24, 1899. Serial No. 733.211. (No model.)

same into a pasty mass without compression and to provide a molding-machine for'the treatment of the pastymass.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this application, Figure 1 is a sectional elevation showing the apparatus for,

preparing the sugar for the molding-machine; Fig. 2 is an elevation of the. molding-machine. of the molding-machine. section on the line mm, Fig. 3.

Fig. 6 is a detailvertical view of the distributer, partly broken away. Fig. 7 is adetail plan and sectional view of part of the 11 forremoval therefrom; an elevator 1-2tp feed cylinder or distributer. tail elevation of the feed cylinder or distributer, partly broken away.

The same numeral references denote the same parts throughout the several views of the drawings.

Theapparatns for refining or preparinglthe sugar for molding consists of a receptacle adjacent to a quay 1, from which the sugar: is unloaded into said receptacle andwhich is; supported by a base 3; an elevator4 to carry the sugar to a washing-tank 6, havinga drippipe 7 discharging into a centrifugaIB, con-1 tained in a vessel 9, whence the drippings are 1 discharged through a spout 10 into a vessel carrythe sugarfrom the vessel9 to a second washing-tank 14, which has a drip-pipe 15 leading to a centrifugal16 in a vessel 17, provided with adrip-spout 18, discharging into a receiver 19, whence the drippings are conveyed to the washer 6 by a pipe 21. Au elevator 22 conducts the sugar from the vessel 17 to a drying-table 24, having crushing-rollers 25, and terminating at a cylindrical sieve invention is to provide for quickly refining beet-root, cane, or other sugars by taking them in the raw and crys-] tallized state andafterward washing, drying, and grinding for the purpose of forming the vertical shafts and 56, respectively. shafts 55 and 56 are provided with vanes 57, working through vertically-disposed mixingcylinders 59 and 60, respectively, having Fig. 3 is a top viewand part section- Fig. 4 is a detailf Fig. 5 is a detailed elevation of one of ten small plate-liftsu Fig. 8 is a de- .Vanes 111, is journaled.

26, which is operated in a hopper 33 for bolting the sugar. A pipe 35 connectsthe hopper 33 with branch pipes 36 to carry the sugar which falls from the said sieve in a doughy or pasty mass to the-molding-machine, hereinafter to be described. The impalpalole sugar-p0 wder is discharged fromthe boltinghopper 33 into a boiler 38, thence to a filter 40, and the sugar liquid is carried from the filter to the Washing-tank 14 bya pipe 42 for retreatmeut.

Referring to the machine for further treating or molding the sugar suppliedfrom the above-described apparatus, a horizontal shaft 44, journaled in bearings 46 and 46, has a driving-pulley 43, and it is provided with a pinion 47, which meshes with a pinion 48 on the lower end of a vertical shaft 49, having bearings 50 and 51 and having a pinion 52 workingin and betweengears 53 and 54 on The vanes 61 and a double foundation forming a hot-water chamber 62, having supply pipes 63 and 64. A horizontal finishing-cylinder 82 is located partly under the mixing-cylinders 59 and and is provided-with a shaft 92, having blades or knives 97 and a gear meshing with a pinion 96 on the shaft 44. The projecting end of the. cylinder 82 communicates, with distributing-cylinder 102 by means of an opening'lOl, controlled bya slide 100, operated by a lever 99. 102 is provided with doors 107 and 108 and a cross-bar 106, in which shaft l03, having The lower end of the shaft 103 has a disk 112, provided with depending arms 113, and said shaft has a pinion100, in mesh with a pinion 110 on the.

shaft 44, and a gear 124, meshing with a gear 123 on a shaft 12 0,having distributer-arms Supporting- pillars 65, 66, 67, 84, and 85, having brackets 86 and cross-beams69, 70, 7 1, 75,and 87, constitute the principal parts of the frame structureofthe machine.

The molding-table 125 has a series of removable copper plates 124, positioned in a trough formed upon the top surface of the ta- The cylinder ble by a table-rim 136 and a series of verticallyslidable segments 137, held to the periphery of the table by bolts 144,-extending through the segment- slots 140, 141, 142, and 143. Each segment has a caster or Wheel 138, operated between the rails of an inclined circular track 146, which is constructed upon supports 135, and the table 125 is revolved under the cylinder 102 by a worm-gear 130, operated by a shaft 145. Pivoted to ears 163 of the cylinder 102 are arms 152, 153, 159, and 160, the latter pair carrying a glazing or finishing roller 157 and the former pair carrying a presser-roller 150, controlled byan adjustable weight 165, connected to the arms 159 and 160 by a bar 164. These rollers work over the plates 124 with the discharge from the cylinder 102 between the rollers and the plates during the revolution of the table. The table 125 travels on conical rollers 132, journaled in U-shaped brackets 133, having a post 134 in the supports 135. The brackets 133have wings 169, which hold circulating steam- pipes 167 and 168 under the table to heat the latter. An ann nlar shell 147 is supported around the table 125 by brackets 148 for convenience in handling material from the table.

The operation is as follows: I take a sugar containing some parts of molasses and mineral salts and pass it through the refining'apparatus shown in Fig. 1, which washes and frees it from the hair of the sugar-bags and from all extraneous bodies and produces a clear, moist, pasty mass, motion being imparted to the molding-machine through the pulley 43 and shaft 45. The pasty mass is carried by the pipe 35 to the mixing-cylinders 59 and 60, and after a sufficient mixing therein the massis discharged into a kneading or finishing cylinder 82, whence the mass is discharged into the distributing-cylinder 102 and'is worked by shaft 103 and its arms and the shaft 120 and its arms onto the plates 124 of the table 125, Where said mass is first pressed by the roller 150 and then by the glazing-roller 157, which forms the mass into a flat circular shape, the thickness of which is regulated by the difference in height berevolution of the table on the inclined trackcanses the segments to slide verticallyvand brings the top edge of the segments [lush with the top surface of the table at certain points of its revolution, so that after the doughy or pasty mass is cut the size of each of the plates 124 the latter, with such mass thereon, may be removed or slid off onto the annular shelf 147 and other like plates substituted.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. In a machine for mixing and molding sugar, the combination, of the vertical mixtheir base, the horizontal finishing-cylinder in communication with the mixing-cylinders, and having a hot-Water chamber, and the distributing-cylinder receiving from the finishing-cylinder and discharging upon a moldingtable, with the table, rollers pivotally hung from the distributing-cylinder and working upon the table, and means for revolving the said table.

2. In a machine for treating sugar, the combination of the cylinders having mixers, the finishing-cylinder having a shaft therein provided with blades, the vertical cylinder to feed the sugar from the mixingcylinders, and the chain of gears and pinions for simultaneously operating the mixers, feeder and bladeshaft.

3. The combination, With the molding-table, the conical rollers upon which the table is revolved, of the segments movably connected to the periphery of the table, an inclined track, casters depending from the segments and working on the track, and means to revolve for the casters, and means to revolve the table.

5. The combination, with the vertical feed- .cylinder, of the arms pivoted to one side of the cylinder, a presser-roller journaled in the arms, counterpoised arms pivoted to the other side of-the cylinder, and aglazing-rollerjournaled in these arms.

6. The combination, with a suitable base, an inclined track upon the base, and rollers supported by the base, of thetable, means for revolving the table on the rollers, the segments slidably connected to the periphery of the table, and the casters depending from the segments and working on the said track to slide the segments.

7. The combination with the circular table having a rim, and means for revolving the table, of a circular inclined track under the table, the segments slidably connected to the table, and the casters connected to. the segments and working on the track to'slide the segments so that certain of the latter with the said rim will form a table-trough and the others of the segments will drop away from the surface of the table according tov the revolution of the table. a

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

JOSEPH ROBIN LANGLOIS.

Witnesses:

ANTOINE AUGIER, EDWARD P. MACLEAN.

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