Method of and apparatus for the manufacture of fish bait

Claim 1

IN THE PROCESS OF MAKING FISH BAIT FROM A PREPARATION COMPRISING GELATIN, GLYDERINE AND WATER TO WHICH A CURING AGENT COMPRISING HEXAMETHYLENE TETRAMINE IS ADDED TO CURE THE MIX AND REDUCE THE SOLUBILITY OF THE GELATIN IN WATER AND THE MIX THEREAFTER FORMED INTO INDIVIDUAL BAITS, THE STEPS COMPRISING (A) FIRST FORMING A HEATED BATCH MIXTURE OF THE GELATIN, GLYCERINE AND WATER IN A BATCH TANK; (B) TRANSFERRING A PORTION OF SAID BATCH FROM THE BATCH TANK TO A FIRST STAGING VESSEL AND ADDING THE CURING AGENT THERETO WHILE MAINTAINING IT HEATED; (C) DISCHARGING THE MIX FROM THE STAGING VESSEL TO A METERING DEVICE AND MAINTAINING IT AT A CONTROLLED TEMPERATURE IN THE METERING DEVICE; (D) DROPPING THE MIX FROM THE METERING DEVICE IN SMALL UNIFORM GLOBULES; (E) MOVING THE METERING DEVICE OVER A BATH OF COLD OIL IN WHICH THE MIX IS INSOLUBLE INTO WHICH THE GLOBULES OF THE MIX DROP AND THROUGH WHICH THEY DESCEND IN SPACED INTERVALS FROM ONE ANOTHER TO CONGEAL THE GLOBULES: (F) THEN REMOVING THE CONGEALED GLOBULES FROM THE BOTTOM OF THE BATH.