IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANU- PACTURE OF TILES AND TUBES
Year: 1853

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Austin, of 27, Holywell Street,
Westminster, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANU-
PACTURE OF TILES AND TUBES."
Sealed the 16th May 1854, and dated the 19th November 1853.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Austin at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 19th November 1853.
I, WILLIAM AUSTIN, of 27, Holywell Street, Westminster, do hereby
declare the nature of the Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANU-
FACTURE OP TILES AND TUBES" to be as follows:-
This Invention has for its object the so forming the exterior surfaces
of tubes or tiles made of brick earth or clay, or plastic material, or glass,
as to pack together without loss of space between them, and thus to
facilitate stowage and carriage, as well as in some cases the use of such
tiles or tubes. For this purpose the dies through which the clay or
brick earth or plastic material is forced are each made with six equal

page_text: sides, so that the tubes will be six sided, and consequently pack without
loss of space, and in some cases the tubes or tiles are each made in two,
or it may be of more parts, in which cases the parts are each composed
of equal sides, or parts of equal sides, so that when brought together
they will form tubes or tiles having exteriorly six equal sides. The
interior may be cylindrical, or correspond with the exterior surfaces.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said William Austin in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 17th May 1854.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I,
WILLIAM AUSTIN, of 27, Holywell Street, Westminster, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Nineteenth day of November, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-three, in the
seventeenth year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and succes-
sors, give and grant unto me, the said William Austin, Her special
licence that I, the said William 'Austin, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, or such others as I, the said William Austin, my execu-
tors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and
no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during
the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use,
exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF TILES AND TUBES," upon the
condition (amongst others) that I, the said William Austin, by an
instrument in writing under my hand and seal, should particularly
describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what
manner the same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed
in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and
immediately after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said William Austin, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the

page_text: same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement thereof (that is to say):-
This Invention has for its object the so forming the exterior surfaces
of tubes or tiles made of brick earth or clay, or plastic material, or glass,
as to pack together without loss of space between them, and thus to
facilitate stowage and carriage, as well as in some cases the use of such
tiles or tubes. For this purpose the dies through which the clay or
brick earth or plastic material is forced are each made with six equal
sides, so that the tubes will be six sided, and consequently pack without
loss of space, and in some cases the tubes or tiles are each made in two,
or it may be of more parts, in which cases the parts are each composed
of equal sides, or parts of equal sides, so that when brought together
they will form tubes or tiles having exteriorly six equal sides. The
interior may be cylindrical or parallel, to correspond with the exterior
surfaces.
Having thus described the nature of my said Invention, I will
proceed to explain the manner of performing the same.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING.
The Drawing shows six end views of tiles or tubes, each made of two
parts, the external figure of each being the same, and they only differ
in regard to the manner in which they are composed of two parts
suitable for connecting longitudinally. Thus in Figure 1, the two
parts a and b, correspond one with the other, whilst in Figures 2, 3, 4,
5, and 6, the upper parts 6, consist of much less of the whole tile or
tube, and the manner of going together is varied in each case, as is
clearly shewn by the Drawing. Figure 7 shows part of a longitudinal
view of one of the arrangements and dotted lines; a convenient means
is shewn for binding the parts together by means of the metal band and
coupling E, which is also shown in Figure 2. In Figure 7, A and B,
are part of two tiles or parts of tubes; C, is where they come together;
and D, is the top part, which is placed on the parts A, B, so as to
break joint. I would state that the form of the parts or surfaces which
come together may be as shewn, or they may be varied; the peculiarity
consisting of making the outer surfaces of two or more parts, which go

page_text: to make up a complete tube or pipe, according to my Invention, of six
equal sides, as shewn.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Austin, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, this Tenth day of May, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-four.
Witness,
H. W. CARPMAEL.
WILLIAM AUSTIN. (L.s.)