Jelly dropper for cookie making machines

Claim 1

IN A COOKIE MAKING MACHINE HAVING A BASE CARRYING A STEP-BY-STEP CONVEYER HAVING A PROGRESSION OF TRANSVERSE ROWS OF COOKIE STATIONS THEREON; THE COMBINATION THEREWITH OF A JELLY DROPPER ADAPTED TO DEPOSIT SEPARATE DROPS OF JELLY OR THE LIKE ON UNBAKED COOKIES PREVIOUSLY PLACED AND FORMED ON SAID CONVEYER AT SAID COOKIE STATIONS, COMPRISING A BODY ABOVE SAID CONVEYER HAVING A CYLINDRICAL GENERALLY HORIZONTAL VALVE BORE EXTENDING TRANSVERSELY OF THE CONVEYER AND SAID BODY ALSO HAVING A FIRST GENERALLY VERTICAL BORE ABOVE EACH COOKIE STATION OF EACH OF SAID ROWS, OPENING DOWNWARDLY INTO SAID CYLINDRICAL VALVE BORE, A SECOND GENERALLY VERTICAL BORE, ABOVE EACH COOKIE STATION OF EACH OF SAID ROWS, EXTENDING DOWNWARDLY FROM SAID CYLINDRICAL VALVE BORE THROUGH THE BOTTOM OF SAID BODY AND A PISTON BORE, ABOVE EACH COOKIE STATION OF EACH OF SAID ROWS, COMMUNICATING WITH SAID CYLINDRICAL VALVE BORE BETWEEN SAID FIRST AND SECOND GENERALLY VERTICAL BORES, MEANS SUPPLYING JELLY OR THE LIKE TO SAID FIRST VERTICAL BORES, A PISTON IN EACH PISTON BORE, MEANS RECIPROCATING SAID PISTONS, A ROTARY CYLINDRICAL VALVE MEMBER IN SAID CYLINDRICAL VALVE BORE AND HAVING, ABOVE EACH COOKIE STATION OF EACH OF SAID ROWS, A PORT CONNECTING, IN ONE ROTATIVE POSITION OF SAID CYLINDRICAL VALVE MEMBER, SAID FIRST BORE WITH SAID PISTON BORE TO PERMIT PREDETERMINED FILLING OF SAID PISTON BORES ON RETRACTION OF SAID PISTONS FROM SAID CYLINDRICAL VALVE MEMBER, AND SAID PORT CONNECTING, IN ANOTHER ROTATIVE POSITION OF SAID CYLINDRICAL VALVE MEMBER, SAID PISTON BORE WITH SAID SECOND BORE TO PERMIT DISCHARE OF SAID JELLY OR THE LIKE ONTO SAID CONVEYER ON PROJECTION OF SAID PISTONS TOWARD SAID CYLINDRICAL VALVE MEMBER, MEANS OSCILLATING SAID CYLINDRICAL VALVE MEMBER BETWEEN SAID POSITIONS, AND MEANS LOCATED AT THE LOWER END OF EACH OF SAID SECOND VERTICAL BORES AND ARRANGED TO PROJECT A JET OF COMPRESSED GAS TRANSVERSELY ACROSS THE STREAM OF JELLY OR THE LIKE BEING DISCHARGED FROM THE LOWER END OF EACH OF SAID SECOND VERTICAL BORES.