Confection machine

Claim 1

IN A CONFECTION MACHINE ADAPTED PARTICULARLY FOR APPLYING CHOCOLATE AND COMMINUTED NUTS TO ICE CREAM CONES AT SEPARATE STATIONS, COMPRISING A FRAMEWORK, CONTINUOUS RAILS EXTENDING THE LENGTH OF THE WORKING PORTION OF THE MACHINE, A PLURALITY OF ICE CREAM CONE HOLDING BASKETS ADAPTED TO BE MOVED THROUGH THE MACHINE BY RIDING ON THE RAILS, MEANS FOR ADVANCING THE BASKETS IN A STEP-BY-STEP RELATIONSHIP ON THE RAILS THROUGH THE MACHINE, A VERTICALLY RECIPROCABLE CHOCOLATE-HOLDING PAN FOR APPLYING CHOCOLATE TO THE CONES IN INVERTED POSITION IN ONE STEP AT THE FIRST STATION, A VERTICALLY RECIPROCABLE NUT HOLDING PAN ADAPTED TO APPLY NUTS BY PRESSURE OPERATION TO THE CHOCOLATE COATED CONES IN SAID INVERTED POSITION IN A SUCCEEDING STEP AT THE SECOND STATION, A SINGLE MOTOR FOR MOVING THE BASKETS INTERMITTENTLY ALONG THE RAILS, AND RECIPROCATING THE PANS, ALL IN SYNCHRONISMS, A HOPPER FOR THE NUT PARTICLES AND A MEASURING DISPENSER BENEATH THE HOPPER AND ABOVE THE NUT PAN, SAID MEASURING DISPENSER BEING ACTUATED IN TIMED RELATIONSHIP TO THE BASKET MOVING MEANS, MEANS MOVABLE WITH THE NUT HOLDING PAN TO LEVEL THE NUTS DELIVERED THERETO FROM THE HOPPER THROUGH THE MEASURING MEANS, SAID MEANS INCLUDING A BELL-CRANK, A SLOTTED LINK CONNECTING ONE ARM OF THE BELL-CRANK TO THE MACHINE FRAME, MEANS FOR PIVOTING THE BELL-CRANK TO THE PAN MOVING MEANS, AN EXTENSION SLIDABLE ON THE OTHER END OF THE BELL-CRANK, A SUPPORT ON THE EXTENSION PROJECTING INTO THE NUT PAN, AND A LEVELING ROD ON THE SUPPORT, SAID ROD EXTENDING ACROSS THE NUT PAN.