Machines
HP = Hand Press
MP = Machine Press
RP = Roller Press
BB = Bon Bon Press
TP = Taffy Pulling Machine
HP = Hand Press This was aparently used not for Boiled Sugar liquid, but for it's cooled, congealed Paste form, sometimes Pulled Sugar when it has become white. Sometimes Pulled Sugar until it is white. It is fed into the cavities mounted on the base and handle part of the press. The handle is pulled down to compress the solidifying mass.
RP = Roller Press For the Roller Press the cavities are carved into two bronze or copper rollers. These pairs of cavities are kept in alignment by the meshing gears at one end of the axle on a hand cranked or power driven machine. The boiled sugar slab is fed into the appropriate side and the candies then come out the other side onto a cooling belt.
BB = Bon Bon Press The Bon Bon Press is similar to the Roller Press exept for the fact that it only has one cylinder to shape the candy.
Courtesy of the Bonbon Museum in Vaihingen, Germany
