An Improved Method of and Means for Heating the Starch Employed for Making Matrices for Shaping or Moulding certain kinds of Sweets or Confectionery known as 'Starch Goods,' and for Removing the Starch from such Sweets when Set.

摘要

1956. White, W. L. Jan. 31. Sifting starch.-Relates to means for sifting and heating the starch employed for the moulds in which confectionery is cast, and for freeing the confectionery from adhering starch. The starch and cast sweets are fed together to a reciprocating sifting-box A, which removes the bulk of the starch. The sweets pass on to a rotary sifter B fitted inside with brushes which assist in removing the starch. Granulated sugar, peas, or other clean hard materials are fed by an elevator P to the screen B, and are mixed with the sweets to facilitate the removal of the starch. The starch passes through the first portion of the screen, which is of fine mesh, and the sugar, peas, &c. pass through the remainder of the screen. The cleaned sweets tail over at the shoot B'. The starch removed by the sifting-box A falls into troughs C fitted with screw conveyers M and provided with a steam or airheated jacket or casing N. The heating-troughs C are connected by passages M' so that the starch circulates through them before being fed once more to the tray-filling machine. The Provisional Specification states that the starch may be heated in a steam-jacketed cylinder provided with stirring or agitating arms &c.