ol,ite ca@-i be l@ept at Li. const,,tnt teiiii)er@i,ture in ct@cle'r to IK@6ep the cliocoltte in tl-te I)r6per i-@e,uid state s-Liitable for coatiiag. j- It ,T3iicle,i@ne@a,t@h tli,e hopper , Pro-%Tided I .5 b.ea,t,ing plate II-)5 which is kept it a coiist,,tiit iie,,it, -For tlie, ptii.,pose of keel)iiig tl-ie spoons oi- basIK:ets ct. q, tinifoi-m This is necessary ii-i order to prevent tl-io, chocolate i,7it-l-i tl-iey co,,itecl from settintl-iereon Z= 10 'Diit 1;@eep this coa,'Li'A)-,, of chocol@,te in a, lild state iii wi-iich t.1-ie iiu@us deposited thereill will readily adhere t.1-iereto. It be understood tit,,it tl-ie vibratior, of the i-ecilDroc,-ttiii- bo,,ii-d 14 is iiot iiiorelir 15 local ii-i its, effee-t but is coi-iiiri,,irilea-ted @Lo Llic ivliole Tnacliiiie with tlie) res-Lilt th-,@t the exces,s cl-ioc@oltte is sl-i,,iken off the iiuts after they li,,tv@, be-- n clipl:)ed so, tl-i,-it it clrops bicl;@ n liito tbo t,,liik ct (--I the cotitea n lit-, ,Ire fi,ee@cl 20 fr6i-it the fo-cl@@s tiid ,ire the more i-eaclily cleposited on tl-ie receiailig I)oai-cl. I el,-,iT-Ili ille. 1. Iii a ch6coltte clippin- iii,,,,eh' n tile corinbil-iation of ,t hopper, said liop@i)(,,r coiii25 prising a distribiiting -I meiiiber,@ti,d a conveying iiie--,nbei-, iiie-,ii-is ried by s,,ild clistributing mciiiber to tillo@v, the iiuts to p,,Iss iiito holes proyidecl ii-i sa:l(l locating meiiiber, and iueal'is pi@ovidecl 1),), 30 said conveying member to @eceive, the ntits contained in the holes in said lo(,@Lting i-iiernbei- and convey them a-NAra3r fi-oin said locat-in- i-aember, spoons loc,,tted below stiid coi-ive@,ing rnember to receive the ii-Lits coiiveve-,]. from said loc,,itiiig meel-iaiiism, ii-ieans f o,@s-@Vl@girig said Fpoons -@nd dipping theiii ii-i4Lo ,i p,,tii containiii!z li4i-iicl cliocol(,Ll@e at the eiid of its moi,emeiit in on-, directioii aiicl meaiis to receive fhe coated n-Lit from stid spooiis 40 at the encl of lt,9 moveli-iciit in tl-ie cli.rectioll. 2. Tii a chocolate dipping mtchiiie ,idipti,@(t t-o eo,,it n-Lits the combinatioii of @t hopper. t locating ii-iech@@iiism provicled in said hop45 per, a. dippiiig framf.,, spooiis iiiouiited t(-) rot,,i@,e ii-i S,@icl f@aiiie, i-aeliis to coiivey tl-,e loc,,ited n-Lits i).-i siid liopp r iiito spooiis iii sa . id dippine@ fi-ame, a dippiiig pai), sai(i (II ppiiig beiiig ,tdapted to be ii-Lo),ed 50 over s,,tiO, dippin p,,in, me,,tiis adapted to .rotate said spoons ,tnd dip thein iiito saicl (ii piiig p,,iii cILiring the rot,,Ltioii. tliei-eof, ,t p - '@g reel,@A,i ti,ble, said clipdiii- frame beiiic, ,L(@',aj)ted to be movecl oier s.,11(1 receivin(y .5,5 t ,tble, the ii-Lits 'In s@alcl s,)oons I)ejiiu: idapte@l to be deposited on saicl receii-i-t),,, t@,i;ble I)v giving said spooris t half of- a 1.0volution. ,1. li-i a el-iocolate dippii-ig machii-ie, the combi,i'tation of t fran-ie, aii eccentric iiioLiiit60 ed to rotate on said frame, a clistribi-itiiig frame rnounted oii said fi@aiiie, slats e,,Irried irt the bottolii of said'fi-aiiie a recip@rocati'ni,y locat'ln(' boarct n-ioiiiiled below s,,iid di,t@ibtii lilg fral-i-ie., said locatiii@,y board litn-iiir tioles pl'OITlded therein, cliaiinels leadiiig into tlio C,,j lioles in saict locatin(r board, aii ecceliti-ic rocl coiinecting said loc@'itin(r board witli 'said eccentric to i@eciproc,,-Lte s-,tid loc:itiiig I)ottr(i on the rotatioii of sa;.-d ecceiitric. mean s for @-otatin(,-, sai(I ecceiitric, a coiiie,3roil board 70 n-ioi-iited below said locatin- ],)oird, cliutes ill said con@-eyor board. ---ftid distri i tili-i,@): fraiiie eii-i(, a apte to e i ove,(, to alloi,,, @lie iii-its to I)ttss froiii t:lie cli-,iiirels "Liit@) tl,.e holes in said - locatlii@,- board, 7;1 said conve.)Tiiig board beiiig adlpt'e'd to be i-iioi-ed to l,rii-i(,y said eliutes in liiie witli C,@ie lioles iii s,-tid locitin(,- botir(i to alIOA-V tile iiuts coiitaiiied tliereiii to pa-.--, tliereltlii@ou(.,Ii, t dil) iii,, fi-aiiie ii-iotiiited be-. 8( loi@,, said coni,c@,37oi- 1.)oard. spooiis iiiotiilte(I ,ii stid dipl)iiig fi,aine adal)ted to receive the passing out of said chi-ites, iiieiiis for tiuts i@oi@,itiig slid -poons, a dippiiig 1)aii iiito @V1,161i siid sl)ooiis dip the iitits on the ro8,,-) tatioi-i of saia spooiis, a wiper nioui-ited below said spooils to wipe off tl-ie excess etiocolate han(,ing oii s,-tid spoons ifter the nuts liai,e beei-i coated by tlien-i, t lie:iting merp.- . 90 ber moiinted below said hopper to kee s sl,)ooiis at an eveii teiiipei-atiii-t,@ wh receivino- the iiuts froi-n s,,-Lid colive3,or board. 4:. ii-i a cliocolite dippiii(, tlic@ coi-iil)inatioii of L lioppei-, me',Iiis foi- 1()Clttill,, niits iii predetermined points iii said liol)per, 1);-, spooiis moviiited I)elow said liol)l)el, . ill] . (t illeiiis for coil-\- Cylllcr the 'iiuts fi-oni siti(I pr(@determiiied I)o@itiol-Ill ii-ito sai(I spooris, sa;d spooiis beiiig @Ldal)ted to be moved from uncler said liopl)er and OlTer 11 (@lipl)illg ]),Ill 100 @-trid iiieans fo. rot,,-ttill(' sti(I Sj,)Oolls ivitil the riuts coiitaii-iccl tlilreiii to (Til) sii(I iiiits ii-ito the liquid chocolate cojitaiiied ill S'aid clippiiag paii aiid coat the iitlts Avith the chocol@@ie. 105 A spoon or basket for cliocolate dipPing Tnachiiies, coii-iprisiii(r t wire 1(,@6p, er(ss meml)ei-s pi-o,,,ided on the t@ 'Lindelside of sa . i I (I loop at one ciicl @l-hereof, a loiigititdii iil m embei, coiinectiii(y said cross ill ilil,, r ii,itli tile Al'o e -e I e 1001), I,e eiid of s,,tid . rt,ical'l)i,oiigs foriiie(i, oii tl,.ie ei-icls of s,-,,id ei,oss iiieiiii)e s :tnd -,:ii(i - . 11 A-ertic,,t meiiil)er t,o l'oi@ni i i-ccel)t@icle foi i.lie ilecel)tloll of iiut,s, or othei, eatqbles to be coated, a sbaft aiid nieans foi, @fasteniiig 115 s,,tid ivire lool,) to s-,iicl sli,,ifi, @iiid iiiettns f o -r rot,,it-.in,- stid shaft ii,ith said spooii. 1-ii testimony iilie.reof T affix my signature. ARTHUR C. McCORD.

Patented Sept. 23, 1924@ 19509 762 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. ARTHUR 0. McCORD, OF ROCHESTER, NEVT YO,'@RY. ASSIGNOR TO FRANKLIN D. XCCORD, OF ROCI-TESTEF,., NEW YORK. ALI'SOND-.DIPPING Application filed October 4, 1,U2, Serial No. 592,258. To alltoliom it may concern: Be it I;cnoAvn tl-iat T, ARTI-I-LTR C. MCCORD, :I, eitizen of tl-ie, @Jnited States, resiciiiig at Rochester. in the cotiiiti7 of Mojiroe atid Sta@te, of i@Tew York, have inveii.ted cortcuin new and tisefiil Iiiipi-oi,ew-eiits ii-i AlmondDil)ping Macl.,iiiies. of Aihi.el-i the folloii7ijig is a specificatiol'i. The object of,this iitveiition is to pro10 vide a rnachiie, for dipl)ing -Llmoiicls or other ntits into a tray contaiiiing liqiiicl chocolate for tlie ptirpose of cotting t'liei-ri tli.e,rewith. These, ajicl othe@r objects of this ii-iv@eiitioii 15 will be fully illustrated iii the di-awi.iigs, de,scribed i the specifiev@tioi-i ai-id pointed oi-it in the claims at tl-ie eiid thereof. lp- tl-te accompa).-iying drawiiigs: FigLire I I is a top plan vie@", of the m,,t20 C],' ine. Figi,i,re 2 is ,tii enlar(,red irertical sect-,ioli.,tl of the hol-),,@ei- of the mael-iiiie, the seetioii ljeing taken oii the Iiiie 21@--2x of Fi 9 tire 4. 25 Figum 3 is a detail perspectiire vie\i, of oi,ie of the spootts, forks or baskets for clippili.g the ali-ii6nds or otlier i-itits iiito, ttie li.qliicl chocolate. Fio,ui@e 4- is ,t vei-tical loiigitiiclii-iii cross 30 se(@tioii tTii-o-Lio'li the machiiie, the section bei.na t,,tl@ei-i 6n the Iiiie 4x--4.x of Fi ,gure 1. T@'i<,Ttires 5 tnd 6 @ire eitlarged detail seetion,,i,i @,ieAi@s of the hol:)I?er oi-i the li.ii.e 4.x--4-x of Figiire, I showing the l@arts there3,5 of ii-t the po-sitioiis ",bich tl-iey ocelipy foitl-.te@ purpose of loa(,Iii-ip-, tli.e spoons wit]-i the ii,,its 1)rior to t]@ie clippii-iq,ol)eratioi-i. Fi(,!I,Ire 7 is aii enlarg@ed det,,iil loiio-itL[section of t porti@@n of the trav coii40 t h e l i q u i c l c h o c o l a t e s h o w i i i " t h e spooi-is in I)Jace thei-eiii duri.iig tliei.r di.pping operation, t]-ie sectioii being ta,kei-i 6ii the li,,, 4x-4-x of Figiire 1. Fi,gtire 8 is an enl@trgecl detail loii(yitudi@ n 45 ,@eetiona,l vi(,,iv of the receiviiig tal)le slio",ii,ig the sl,)ooiis retdy to dei)osit the coa,teo, iiuts oji this tal)le, the sectioi-i beii-i(r t,,t]@zen oii the Iiiie 4x-4x of Figtire 1. In the, severq,l fif,@tire,,@ of t he dra",ii-igs like 50 referencp-.numertls ipdicate4 lili:e parts, Chocolate coated almonds or other iii-its @re at the present time coated by haiid, that is', each of the iiuts is dipped separately ilito t'lie liquid chocolate and deposited -on I table foi- cooling in order to make the 55 ch oco'tate coati-i-ig set, qlAiCl,-13r. In the iiiachin e formiii@-, the siibject MI,tter of iilv I)re seiit ii-iireii@ioi-i, the i-.nclividu,-it dippiiig o f 'eae l-i of tlle ii.uts is clone anvay w.itli, ap-,l a --ieat iitin-iber of the ii.uts ,ire; dipped aiid fiO coal 'od ,tt One ti@me. For this urpose I p ejnl) lo.), a hopl)er alid locating meel-itiiisn-i (- ,mboclied thereii-i and co-operating tl-iere",ith so that the, iiiits from the hopper can Le autoittatie,,tllly deposited into a series of (35 sl)o ons or baslcets.. The spooils -,witli the ntits ire l@hei-i tdapted to be mo)7ed in a iiiiit oi,or a I)aii coDtaiiiii-i(,r the liquid ohoeol,,i,t e T-or tli.e coatili,!z, dipped iiito and with di.,,tAiTii frorii it to f6rl'll t coating around 70 the iitits, and tl-ieia moved a-way from this tray ,ii)d placed over ,t I receiving table '"Th ere the co,,tted iiuts are sim'ultaiieotisly clep ositecl oi-i tliis table throtigh a second (- ,pei-at,ion of the spooiis or baskets. 75 A s illii.stroted iil the drawii-iols, the macliii-ie iiiacte iil:) b @c f@l-iis me@ hanism compi-ises 9, Silitat)le fraii:ie work thtt is supportecl bil a iiiimber of logs I-, 1. Oil top of these lea , s ,Lt the left baii4 eiicl of the ma- so cl)iiie is supported the short t,,i,ble 2. On this table is m,)tiiited '.Tie electric i-notor -,f. cl the jacIT @',,Itft 5, "I belt 6 being iised to (Irii,e the jack sla,,ift froill the rnot-or throu-Ii or a .1 siiita ble pi Ilei s ca7-i@@ied on the i-Dot I( 5 jac] T ,;hcift. Keyed to the jack shaft 5 is an eec eiiti-ic 7 so tli,,tt oii the rot,9,tioii of the jacl @ sli,,ift the eccei-.ttric rocl 8 foriniiio- i)art of the eccentric is recil-)rocited at 1, fiigli i-ate of speed. 90 'rl )e table 9, bas tl-ie iii)rio@lit gides 9 ancl 10 pr6N7idecl oiie oii -.ach gide thereof whicli side s ,)roject to th(, ri@,yht of tl-ie table ,tiid cirrl @ stiitable giiide "betweeii Avliieh the hopl @e@@ Avliiel-i ivill presently be describecl is 95 ni6L intecl. Poth of the sides 9 aiid 10 also Proj ect bclow tli(,, tal)le 2, tiid wb.ile both the iip ei, balf a,ncl loivei. half of the side 10 p is mllide iip ii-i oiie, I)iece the lo),ver of tli(@ side 9 is offset from the upper 1-talf as 100 inclicatecl at 9A ' ii-i FA iglire 2 in order to inei.,eage tli,e gpace tietiieeil the two sides. Iil the Li-il.)I-)er balf of eolch of the sides 9 and 10 are prol,iclecl i p,,tir of gltide rails 11 and 12 bet-%veei-i iv]-ii.ch the nibmbers of the hopper 105 i,.@ iA6tiiited to slide back aind forth aR will 1).@,reing,fter be described. TI.ic hopper comj?i-ise.9 tlie rectangulolr

1,509,762 fraiiie or distributiiio- inember 13, the reciprocating board Qi, locatii-Lg n-@eiiiber i4 a,-nd the coiin-ey.o .r I)oai,d .15. T'itese tliree par't,,', of the h4por are adapted to ide oiie oii top of the other, the coi-iveyor board 15 I-,eing at the bottom of the liopper ztnd the rectangular fra@-ne or distribut;,ncr memb(-,r 13 -\vitli the reciproc,,t7 a,t the top Iiig boai-cl oi@ locatino- naeiilbei, adapteci to indepeiideiitl), 10 reciprocate bet-\veei-i then-i. The side@-@ of tli'(.,, conve .yoi - board 1,5 a,@T si-ipportecl aid slicl,-, c,ii tli.@ -o;tiide iails 12 12 and the top oil the Q-Ides o@ tli.,g i,ectaii.gitlar franie 13 ai-e li(,Icl do\vn on the i@eciprocatiii(- board 14 b-v 15 meaiils of tlii@@ g,uide i@ails II. II. Iii @-1-iis iv,@Ly the thrce members 13, 14 aiid O-F. the liopp,er ai-e 1-ield to,-etl-ier biit are all,)A-vecl to inoa,e incl,.epeiidei-itly of one aiiotliei-, tli(@ (YII'Cle i-ectaiio,-ular fraiiie 13 t)etiveei-i tli(' , 1 20 i.,ails 11, 11 and ti-le top of the recil)rocatiii,@), bo,.Lrd, tl- e conveyoi@ boarcl l@) betiieeii (-lie g@iide rails 19-, 12 and tlae bottoiii of the c,iprocatii-io- bo,,ti@d 14, ivhile the reci,,)iocatir)@.- b@@rci i4 itself is adaptecl to slid(, 25 ])OtW@@en the bottom of the. 'frame, 13 ,Lnd the t6p of the coi-ive.),oi- boarcl For t4e purpose of m,,Ll;@ing tlle recipi@ocatii-ig boarcl 14 slide easy oii top of the coil),el,or boai-d la, a series of tl)in iiietal are fa-,teiied to the top oC the c,)ii30 i.ails 15A ileyor boarcl. Normall), tl-ie re.etaii(-Lilar fi'ame i3 is liel('t ill the positioi-i ill,,St ated in Figiii-e 47 i ii r -\vhicli the exl),iiisioii spriii-s I-C) tilicl I - I)III'L 35 the frame a(-aiiist the, stops 18 aiid L9 providc-d oii eacli of the sides 9 a-nd -tO. The coiii,eyor board 15' in turn is noi@m,,tll@y liell in the position i llust,i-,,itecl in Fi(-iii-e 4 I)y the !Bxpallsloll spi-in(,Ys 9.0 aiid 9-1 -@N-hich piill 40 tl-iis board a@.,,aiiist the stops 2"-) (iiid 23 i,lso provicled on the, sicles 9 -,iiid 10 re,@pe(,tiA-e]A, on the right haiad sicle o-.t t]-ie hopper, The reciprocatinc, board 14 is coi-ir..ected to the elad of the eccentric ro-,! 8 s(, th-,it cn 45 tll e rotation of the motor tl-.is boaret is cotistan'L-ly reciprocatecl at a, @,iigli i-ate of sl)ee(i i,,,iti-i a movemej.-it of' aboi-it' 1//,I. of an 'Iiieli in eitl-.ier directioii. Tn the bot'tom of the rectangiilar frame or distril)iitiii(,, @memb(-j50 13 are proi,ided a sei.ies of cross sl,,Lts 24. The e slats re,@t clire--ti s oi-L top of the rocatii-ig boarcl oi- locatliil,: i-nerdbei- 14. Iii local@in@-; member are ])rovided ,l series of holes 2,5 eacli a sliai-t iiieliiic-(l 55 clia.iiiiel 2C) leudiiig ii-ito it, p,,Lr,,tllel to tile re@-iprocation of the board. Normal'iAr tl,,e @op@iiino-s or liole-, 2,5 tre covered 'k).I- the slats 24 of' the distributidg membei- ivliilc,, 60 the chalinels 26 thereof project froii-i iin(ler tijem into tll-ie sp4c@e bet-weeii the slats as illusti-ated in F'i ii-es 1 ,tiid 4. The coiiveyou PI gj cli-liecl iii which a correspoiiding series of iii chtites 2@ are mo-Lintect is iiormally pi,@eed so' tladt the upper ei-ids of these chutes are out of line -,witli the holes 25 i@,i the reciprocatiiiy boird aiid are, tlierefore, (@oA-ei,(,,d up 1)@ T the I)oi,rd. t @ S"1(1(@ 1.)(,tlvecll the giii(le I-:Lils aiid 29 1)t-oi-ided iii the lo\,,-ei, lialf @)f the 9 aiid 1-0 is the dipp'li-i,lr fri,iiie :')O. 70 Tlils fraine lias ii sei-les of lioi-il@ zoiit,,tl s@ia"ts 11 1-1101IDted to i,otate tliereo,,i1).trallel to oiie i-tiothei, ,ii-id eacli of these sl-,,if Ls @ ii,ries a se,,jcs of dippin,r spoons oiTlicse spoons or 1,),tskets i@,11'ell 7,,-) i ivi'il presently bc- ('esci@ibed iii ii-ioi-e, (1ctiii I 1,1-0 -Lctppte-I to ]",'Cel@-e tl,,e illltq fi-oill til(@ llol)i),,i- j"i,anic III(- @il)0011', or I)asli@c,,ts l@@ nornillly lo(@-,it(@cl I)CIoAv the C(iii-ei-oi@ 1,1,,ite 1.@') so tl)zit e,@iel) ()f the cliiites of tll;s I)o,tl.cl I)Oillts to@@.:11.(,t olle ()I' tl,.(, spooi,,s oi- I)asl..et@; as ilitisti-,ite(I ill 4, -) till@l 0. I'l-@illie 30 'S liel(I ill 'll'S 1)(@ I L I _;iti(ll 1) )7 1 1 1 (,:I I s (f t I I e 1,1 1) I',' - I 'li3 Le,(t oii ,lie ;I)aft 34. 'I'lils sliaft@ i.,; inoiiiil'ed i,.i sitital.)I,e be:iuiii,,,s oii the si(](@s 9 aiid 10 ciiii 1,)c ro(-k(,,(l I)i- iiit@,iiis of tli(, crai-ilc foi@iiiel (,ii the oiit@i.- (,iid tliei,ef)f. tlic- ai,iiis mil@e conta(,t -\vitli the clippilicr i@i-ame @@s ill,iistrttv(i iii 0 iliey lilold the i-eii- et-i(l, of t@i(,, fi-aiiit@ ill (,(]Itact -v@-itli the lij(,s :1(') (@iii-rie(i :It 'Ulie 'left eiid of tile Colll,O\,ol' I-)Iit4L@ 1,@') tli,,,.t I)otli the (-oni-evoi1)1',Ite @ill(I t@11(@ (lit)- lield -,is ii iii)lt 1)(@]o@v tli(@, i)5 li( 1)1)er i-e-.i(i@- to i-e(,eiie tli(, iiilts ii) I)e(,ottecl. )II ille ol'('I-,Itli)ll of ti)(@ itizi(,Iliil(@ the litits T to 1)@, Co,',tV(l "11,e iliti@ the o-tilii- -ri@,tiiie oi, 13. rii(@ iC',t;,)ii of the I)o;ti-(, 14 tlii-oiigli its l@c-,Cipl,oc@itloii o-t)@,i-:ites to (li',tl@il)lltc t'lle til@it (@onle i'@l ('ollttl,(-t Witil it 'io t.11:it soiaio o-f i-lic@ iil' t(,s ai-c iiio@,,(-(l to fill tli(@ iii(,Ilztlllleis 2C) iii tli(, I)oiii,(I. Illlieii this li:is talicii the i-e(-- fi@;iiiie oi- disti,il)iitlii,- iiieiiil)er I,) is I)ttlte(I tw) the ii,(rlit S(@) til@it the t,],oss 2/1@ @)f I'lie frime 1,@i I)i@iisli I:Iie Tiiits lo(,@ite(-l ill tlic, CIA-ill ('1@ 'ill(-) the lioles @@.5 of tlicT) -,.,ocatiiig 1)oii,cl, tli-,is eiist,,riiig the filliti-, of the liol(,F,, tli,,it ,ti,e iiol fillecl liA@ @,r:i),itv t!ii(I the iiiits ai@e ofT )7 Tlii- I)o,(@ition is illiisti,iiteci iii @Looii ,Is tilis is clol)e tile i'l-ame is al oNN.(,( t( i)ioi-c to its lioi,itial st@ij@Ciii(-r I)osilioii 'ii t@ie lioic-.s 2,5 zii@e a(_@i'ii 1)@, il,.(@ ei-oss SI,-ts 24. Foi- the i)iii,i@)ose of iiioN71ii@,,, tli(@ (,tilai- 13 to the left to fill tll(-- liole-, ill, tlie, ilic iiiits -,I lia-lidle '17 is 'rii I s li:tii@lle I s Ti-ioiiiil,(,@l to si-viia(- (,,ji a (-i-oss @IS nioiiiite,([ e(@ - ii tlio sicles () aiA(I 10 i,ii(I liis a Iiiiii 39 I)i-k.ot,-,(l tlic,,I-eto witli AA-111(,Il 'It@ I'S i-ie,@ted i-vitli@ the 1)@ind cii(I of the fraiiik13 is illiisti@ated 'ii Fi(,iil-e,; @ t@o 4. Wile]) moi-i@,i,-, the fi-ame 13 to the ri,fflit as a6)ve 'It is iiioA-e(I @t(-,iiiiist the resistaii(-e i:io of tl-ie expinsioil springs 16 (iiid 17 so tliau

1,509,762 -%,vheii the "Is released these spriiigs move tl)6 frame qutomatically bacl,: to tlie'til jiormal positioii ggainst the stops IS aiicl 19, After the holes P,,5 in the reciprocatiiig t)oai,d 14 lia,i,e. beeji filled. iii tlie mtiir@ei.aboi,e deserl'i)edthe coiiveyor bo,,ird is .no@-ed I-o the left to briiio- the uppeiciids of the iii,clineo, o-hiites ip iiiie i@,ith the oj)e@iiii;L@s 11.1 tlie, reciproef@,biiig board. This is aoiie 10 tiir-tiii-ig the,ei@,-i,iik 35 so that the ,trms @-,3 -Til.Gii.iitecl oii, the si-iaft 34 press agai.iist t@l-ie right Iiaiid eiicl of tl-ie dippi-nc, frai-ae ;@,0 ,@,,,iid force this frame agaiiist tl-ie clepen(ling li,igs 36 at tl)cleft of the coni,eyor boarcl 15. 1,5 III tl-iis ivay the coii'leyor board 15 is simi @iltaj:leousl), moved witb the dippiiio, frame 30 to the ley", the resistance of the; expai-isio,,). spi-iiags 9-0 and 21 tintil the LIPPOI' eii.ds of the ch-Lites 27 are directly belo@v and in Iiiie with the holes iii the recilDroc,,LtiDc,, boai-d. AVIiel'i this happeiis tl-ie iiuts pi-eviously located ii-i tllese I-,Oles f@ill into tl-'(, (,,Iilltes aiicl are coiiveyed throligh them into thc@ si)oons or baskets cori-iccl in the cl.ippin,@@ 25 f-raiiie. This position of the parts of 1-lhe liopper is i.Iltis4Lrated in Fio,ure 6. After the nuts liave beeii received by the spooiis or baskets the clippino, frame ,tnd ('oi-iirev6r i3ltte is agaiii released so tl-iat the 30 expaiisioii spi-ings 20 and 9,1 caii alitomt,tically move the coiii,eyor,pl,,tte aiid the.dil)pi-,-I(y '?--'rdme to tl-ieir original positioii I'l,ftEocl. iii Fio-ui,e 4 so tliat another scries of 1.1i.its (!.-Ln be sortecl,aiid placed iiito the lioles@,5 ill til.e ree.iprocatin(y frame. IlTheii the baslKc-@,,@ or spoons of the dippilig frame litve been filled in the maniier .tbove cl.escribed, the fi-ai-ne is mokled fi-oin u r the 1-iopl)ei@ t,o the right thereof "IC, P40 it is I.ocated directl-,y above the dipping pa-ii 40. TI-iel.e the iiuts ai-e dipped iiito tl-ie to be coated witli the liqiiid (,I-iocolate coiito.iiiecl. tlie'reiii. Foi- this I)iirpose the dippiii@_Y fr,i,n-ie is rnoiiitted to slide betiveeii the guic@6 4,5 rq,ils 28 a,jicl 9.9 so that it cai-i be moi,@4 bv illto tlle clesire(I positioii i-n tile Diachiiie, As illiistrated iD detail in Fipiire 3 each of t'he -,poons or basl,:ets 32 is i-iiacle iil) of a, longated )O si-nlll ivire franae coinl:)rising @Ln e liorizoiital loop 4t ivhi.eli is ,@iiglitly eiilar.ged .i,ncl, closecl on t,,he oiiter end wliile, the fr(,,o encls of the loop are eltmped to tl-ie top of the ,;b, , tft,-@ ')I 1)3T iiiea-iis of suit,,tble clampinobolts 42. To the tinder side, oi' tlie close I cl )ATj (1, 1.6ol,) 41 ai,e fastc,,n(-,d t pair of ei,oss r iiierriliei-s. 44 aiicl 45 is ivell as 9, s-hort longiti.iclinal me@mber 46. Eacl-i of thes(@ iiiembers lias i.ts outer ende, bei-it up@,varclly to form ,t sei@ie-, of fii,e upw,ardly pi,ojecting pi.@0il@3@s arol,Lncl. tl-ie encl of tlae wire loop 41 betweeii ivliicll tlle iiut is held in I)Iace in the o-Liter @,)).d of the loop 11. For tl@e plirposo of inak1 n@Lr the niits cling to the spoon or basket., they ai-e first iinmersed in the liquid ehocolate aiid tlitis co,,ti@ed i)reviously to tl-ie oi tlie, niits into thei)i. Tn this way the nuts ,ii,e rii,,)-de tc, -,,tdliei-c to tl-io inside of t-he, sl)ro@ojis oil h;isket-, iii q,(Iditioji to being held tl-ici-c,,'n by iiieaiis of the proiigs foriited 't( @ii@olind it, 'IA"be-ii. t,.Iieii@-efo,t@e. the d,' pino@ @FrDiii-e i@, IP -1 1)1,,),cecl vei 11-ie, clil)],)ii-i.a pan the sl)oo-is cii-i 0 t-,e ;4ii-eii t, ccmpl(- ,te duri ng whirli iIlie-,, 9.i-e, in the, liquid chocolate, 7,5 aiid aga,id from it "Ls ilIListratecl iii Fio-iire 'i, Tlie, )f (,,I)oeolate Avhi cli n),al@es tlie, jiiits Idb@i,e tO tlle idride of tlia sl)oojis i,,-lll not allow tl-ie nttt@@ to fall oiit tbell-efi-oi-n (Iiii-iii(Y tl-ie i-evoliii@ioi'l of the 80 sl)oon s. Aft ei- t]-ie, intits have beeii colitl,,d in this 3@-- aii er the clipjDin,,)- frtme is movecl to the n riglit ha,i-icl encl. of the iiaa@3bine. Di)-riiiotbi,-, 1)101@eii-iel)i@ tl).e, clippiiig frai-ne i.s pisse(@ S5 oier i sei@ie-, of wit?iiig bti.-s 45,1- whicli are, ac.1- aptecl to, makel co@i-it,).Ct ivitli th6 under ri.cle cf the, I-)asl@,et oi- spoon-, as tlie.)T PASS. oNeT@ it aiid ivii,)e, off ftiiy stirplti--, el-i@colate i@hit i-iiay I-,e han,--ing oi-i the uj-ide,r side ol- 90 the, 1)@i,skets 01- spoons. This s-Lirplus chocol@ite is ajloivecl to di.@-ol) into ait ttixilitry ):)aji -"TI-Jel'e: '(.,IljS SUrl)IUS OCOT@Lte, iS COIJeCte@CT. At@ the rio-lit 1-iand eDd of the macliii-ie the ciii);,)Ijig fraii-.ie,, is located aboire a ttble, 47. 95 TI-tis table is indel)oil(-I.ently sup ortecl from p the fi.-alme, of the i-ria,@l-iiiie so tli,,it t@lie vibra,tion of the, niachiiie c]Lle to the recil)io(,atioll o%l' t@he, board 14 does iiot affeot ttiis Y,@Tlieii over this iible the si:)oons 32 are i@,yai.n r o t,,.t t e d,' blit, this tiine, only abo-Lit L b,,tlf of a, i@evoltition -wlbieli briiigs the spooiis into the positioii i.Ilustuttecl in Fi@- re 8 so tl-iat the eoated i-ii-it can. drol:) oilt tlierefrom tn(I o)i.to tli(, tal)le, 4(. Whei-L t-l-ie lils been 1(5 fi,ll.ecl witb. the coatcct niits it is ni@ovecl to, tl-ie rigj-it oii si-titibl(', @@l-Lides ancl. througi-@ tll opp'llilliy iii t@e IAT@qll 48 ivhicli sepai@otes the c,liocol,4,e coitiii@z m,-tchine froii-i i, cooliiiorooni in ivh-ich tlie of tlie iiiit-, is al@' 110 loii@ed to cool off aiid set. The i,otttion o,i-' tlie, 91)ooji@, :For t-he purposc, of co,,Itiiig ti)(I ]'lilts 'glicl del)ositii-ig tli e co@atecl i-ilits on tl-ie. table is effee@ted by a series of be@,el 9,@e,,trs 4-9 ,tnd 50 iA7hicli ire 115 Ie@,eid to t@e outei@ C"11(-l Of 1-,Iie horizo-atql shtft s 31 lqn(I to t]-io, slia,ft 51 re-,I)ectiirel)@ ,is illiistrated i.l'l Figiii-e@ 1. A or,,tnli@ 52 is forn ied oi-i the eiiter ei-icl of tl-ic sli,,tft ivith iihic h the, sl-Lafti 5t can 1)(', i-otated for - tl-ie 120 I)tir pose of i-otatin,@, the spoons is above poiii ted oiit. F oi:- the 1,)uri)ose, of siLpl)l,),ing the di,l)ping paii @ -,with liqLTfcl cliocolat@@ a'ii tLixili,,try slii)- 1)1.) , I)an 53 is i-n:OlLlnted oii onel side of tlie 125 iiiael -iiiie an(-l ,t ,;I-)otit 53A projects oiter the m,,t chine so th,%t the chocolate from the pgn 53 mi-L be, emptie,d into tlle pan 40. T I-ie pa@n 40 has t I)uriior 54 mounted below it so tlitut the temperature; of the liqliid choe130