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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
OSCAR BRUNKA, OF SOUTH HOUSTON, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-FOURTH TO JAMES
SHIVELY, OF SOUTH HOUSTON, TEXAS.
NUT AND CANDY DEPOSITOR.Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Aug. 20,1912.
Application filed September 9, 1911. Serial No. 648,430.To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, OSCAR BRUNKA, a citi-
zen of the United States, residing at South
Houston, in the county of Harris and State
5 of Texas, have invented certain new and use-
ful Improvements in Nut and Candy De-
positors, of which the following is a specifi-
cation.
My invention relates to new and useful
10 improvements in nut and candy depositors.
The object of the invention is to provide a
device of the character described which will
automatically feed nuts, candies, etc., to a
dipping machine which in turn dips the
15 same in a solution with which it is desired
to coat the articles dipped. *The device may
also be used for depositing the nuts and can-
dies in baskets, specially constructed for the
purpose, and which are designed to be man-
20 ually submerged in the coating solution.
With the above and other objects in view
the invention has particular relation to cer-
tain novel features of construction, oper-
ation and arrangement of parts an example
25 of which is given in this specification and
illustrated in the accompanying drawings,
wherein:-
Figure 1 is a sectional side elevation of
the complete device and Fig..2 is a plan
30 view thereof.
Referring now more particularly to the
drawings, wherein like numerals of refer-
ence designate similar parts in each of the
figures the numeral 1 refers to a suitable
35 supporting frame upon which the operative
mechanism.of the device is mounted. The
rear end of this frame work carries a trans-
verse receptacle 2 mounted thereon and se-
cured to the rear side of said receptacle and
40 discharging therein is the feed box 3 and
secured to the front of said receptacle. and
leading therefrom is the chute 4. Trans-
versely disposed in said feed box are two
oppositely arranged feed rollers 5 and 6,
45 mounted upon the respective shafts 7 and 8,
rotatable. in suitable bearings in the sides of
the feed box 3. These rollers 5 and 6 are
composed of rubber or some similar yield-
able material so as not to crush the nuts or
5Q candy fed therebetween, and arranged above
these rollers is the hopper 9, which is se-
cured to the feed box and provided to re-
ceive the nuts or candy and direct the same
between the feed rollers 5 and 6. The feed
35 box 3 and the appendants thereof are heldin position by means of a brace 10. The
shafts 7 and 8 carry, respectively the rigidly
mounted pulleys 11 and 12 operatively con-
nected by means of the pulley cord 13 so ar-
ranged as to rotate the rollers 5 and 6 in the 60
directions indicated by the arrows in Fig. 1,
and the roller 5 may be adjusted toward and
from the roller 6 by means of hand screw 14
operatively connected with the bearings of
shaft 7. 65
The numeral 15 designates a feed apron
which passes around the roller 6 and also
around a small roller 16 carried by the up-
per part of the rear portion of the hopper 9.
This apron is composed of any suitable fab- 70
ric and is provided for the purpose of forc-
ing the contents of the hopper 9 down be-
tween the rollers 5 and 6.
The end of shaft 8, opposite the pulley 12
carries the rigidly mounted pulley 17 which 71i
receives rotation, through pulley cord 18,
from the pulley 19, rigidly mounted on the
- shaft 20, rotatable in suitable bearings 21 and
22 carried by the rear of the frame work 1.
The shaft 20 also carries the rigidly mounted, &
pulley 23 which is alined with the pulley 24
rigidly mounted on crank shaft 25 which is
rotatable in suitable bearings in the side
members of the frame work 1. Rotation is
imparted from the pulley 24 to the pulley 23 3
by the pulley cord 26. The crank shaft 25
carries a suitable drive pulley 27 through
which rotation is imparted to said shaft.
Extending through the bottom of the re-
ceptacle 2 is the tubular guide way 28 in :0
which the plunger 29 reciprocates. This
plunger is reciprocated back and forth by
means of the connecting rod 30 which is
pivotally attached thereto and also to the
wrist 31 of shaft 25. The upper end of the 95
guide way is surrounded by a coil spring 32
which closely embraces the plunger and pre-
vents the nuts, and pieces of candy from
wedging between the plunger and its guide
way. The receptacle .2 is provided with a 100
length-wise partition 33 arranged immedi-
ately in front of the plunger guide way and
which extends vertically to the top of said
guide way and then curves outwardly to the
upper edge of the front side of the recepta- 105
cle, as shown in Fig. 1 and this partition is
provided with a vertically extending slot 34
along which the bolt 35 is adapted to slide.
This bolt passes through said slot and is se-
cured to the plunger 29 but the head thereof 1101,036,070.
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Brunka, Oscar. Nut and Candy Depositor, patent, August 20, 1912; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth510515/m1/3/?rotate=270: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.