Improvements in Appliances for Moving Soft Undried Bricks.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Jan., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 10th Oct., 1898-Accepted, 19th Nov., 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Appliances for Moving Soft Undried Bricks.
We, BLACKMAN VENTILATING COMPANY LIMITED, WILLIAM WINSHIP WARDLE, and
WILLIAM TATTERSALL, all of No. 63, Fore Street, in the City of London, Engineers,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows :-
In many brick making machines a column of clay extruded from a die is cut by
wires dividing it into a number of bricks which lie closely side by side on a board or
table of the machine and have to be separated by hand and carried to drying
chambers. The bricks being in a soft plastic state are apt to be damaged by handling
and the transport to and stacking of them in drying chambers involve much risk of
farther damage.
This invention relates to means of separating and removing the soft bricks to be
stacked in drying chambers without handling them.
For this purpose the board or table on which the divided bricks are received is
made of separate boards, each about the width of a brick, fitted to slide along,
longitudinal guides.
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Each board is connected to the next in order by a slotted link, the board is provided"
with a handle, on pulling which all the boards with the bricks on them are separated
as far apart as the slots of the links permit.
The bricks thus separated are then pushed on to a board on which they are carried
away to be dried, another board being put in position to receive a fresh set of the.
separated bricks.
Dated this 8th day of January 1898.
We, BLACKMAN VENTILATING COMPANY LIMITED, WILLIAM WINSHIP WARDLE, and
WILLIAM TATTERSALL, all of No. 63, Fore Street, in the City of London, Engineers,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to
be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
In many brick making machines a column of clay extruded from a die is cut by
wires dividing it into a number of bricks which lie closely side by side on a board
or table of the machine and bave to be separated by hand and carried to drying
chambers. The bricks being in a soft plastic state are apt to be damaged by handling.
This invention relates to means of separating and removing the soft bricks without
handling them.

page_text: For this purpose we construct and arrange the board or table on which the
divided bricks are received as we shall describe referring to the accompanying
drawings in which Fig. 1 is a side view Fig. 2 an end view and Fig. 3 a plan.
The receiving table consists of a number of separate sections A each about the
width and length of a brick all fitted to slide along a pair of guides B B in a direction
transverse to the length of the sections, both the guides B B being framed together
and free to slide a little on guides C C transverse to their length.
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Each board or section A is connected to the next in order by a slotted link D so
that they can be moved away from each other as far as the slot will permit.
each end of the frame of the guides B B there is a pair of toggle arms E, F, the
one of these E being jointed to the frame of the brick machine, the other arm F
jointed to the front side of the guide frame. The middle joints of these two toggles
are linked to a pair of toggle arms GH, the middle joint of these being linked to a
pedal lever 1. The column of clay is forced by the pusher P in the usual way past
the row of wires W by which it is divided into separate bricks in a soft condition_
these being lodged on the boards A, one on each. The attendant then by depressing
the pedal raises the middle joint of the toggles G H and these extending lengthwise
as they rise to a straight position straighten the toggles E F at each end and also
push them apart. By the straightening of the toggles E F the frame of the
guides B B is pushed forwards against a stop thus moving the bricks some distance.
from the wires W, the sections A being also separated as far as the slots of the
links D permit, the attendant introduces a board vertically between the wires W and
the row of bricks, and moves all the separated bricks forward on to a board or pallet
at K on which they are carried away to suitable drying chambers.
On releasing the pedal, the parts are caused by the weight to return to position
for receiving a fresh charge.
:
Ilaving now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is:
An appliance for separating bricks cut by the wires of a brick making machine
from each other and from the wires so that they are transferred without being
handled to boards or pallets on which they are reinoved to be dried, substantially as
described with reference to the drawings.
Dated this 10th day of October 1808.