GB312378A - Improvements in or relating to apparatus for preparing tins for use in cooking - Google Patents

Abstract

312,378. Lyons & Co., Ltd., J., and Herbert, S. G. Jan. 25, 1928. Baking-trays and the like, greasing and powdering.-A machine for preparing tins for use in cooking comprises a conveyer which conveys tins in succession past a grease sprayer to a sugar sprayer and from thence to a flour sprayer. As shown, an endless steel band 2 receives the tins from a cross conveyer 5 which may be associated with the apparatus described in Specification 312,377. The grease sprayer 6 comprises a number of downwardly-directed nozzles 8 the major portions of which are surrounded by a hot-water bath 9. Surplus grease, in a fine state of suspension in the air, which would otherwise spread to the surrounding atmosphere, is withdrawn through a duct 10 leading to a fat separator, e.g. such as that described in Specification 311,204, [Class 123 (iii), Steam separators &c.). The sugar distributer comprises a hopper 12 containing a rotary paddle 13 delivering the sugar to a roller or other distributing device which sprinkles the greased tins with sugar. The flour sprayer comprises a hopper 15 containing a rotary paddle 16, Fig. 4, delivering the flour to a blanketcovered roller 17 from which it is brushed on to the tins by a rotary brush 19. An adjustable slide 18 determines the amount of flour deposited. The tins pass to a region S where they are caused to overturn and fall in an inverted position on a grid 20, thus shaking off any surplus material which is collected at 21. The machine is driven from the electric motor 22.