IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR MAKING BRICKS
Year: 1834

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, ROBERT
BEART, of Godmanchester, in the County of Huntingdon, Miller, send
greeting.
WHEREAS His present most Excellent Majesty King William the
Fourth, by His Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing
date at Westminster, the Twenty-third day of December, in the fifth year of
His reign, did, for Himself, His heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said Robert Beart, His especial licence, full power, sole privilego and
authority, that I, the said Robert Beart, my exors, adiiors, and assigns, or
such others as I, the said Robert Beart, my exors, adñiors, or assigns, should
at any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times
during the term of years therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use,
exercise, and vend, within England, Wales, and the Town of Berwick-upon-
Tweed, my Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR MAKING
BRICKS;" in which said Letters Patent is contained a proviso that I, the said
Robert Beart, shall cause a particular description of the nature of my said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be inrolled
in His said Majesty's High Court of Chancery, within six calendar months
next and immediately after the date of the said in part recited Letters Patent,
as in and by the same, reference being thereunto had, will more fully and at
large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
Robert Beart, do hereby declare that the nature of my Invention, and the
manner in which the same is to be performed, are fully described and ascer-

page_text: tained in and by the following description thereof, reference being had to the
Drawing hereunto annexed, and to the figures and letters marked thereon,
that is to say:-
My Invention consists in mounting an ordinary brick mould on an axis at
one end in such manner that it may be turned over, and the brick is caused
to be delivered by means of a piston which, at the time of filling the mould.
with brick earth, constitutes the bottom of the mould.
But in order that my Invention may be fully understood and readily carried
into effect, I will describe the Drawing hereunto annexed, wherein a machine
constructed according to my Invention is clearly shown.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWING.
Figure 1 represents an elevation of a brick-making machine; Figure 2 is a
plan thereof; and Figure 3 shows the mould in section, whereby the parts not
clearly shown in the other Figures will be more readily understood. And it
should be remarked that in each of these Figures the same letters indicate
similar parts, a being the mould, which is shaped similarly to ordinary
moulds. 6 is an axis affixed to the left-hand end of the mould, which turns in
the bearings c, c, affixed to the top of the machine. d is the piston, by which
the brick, when formed and turned over, is forced out of the mould. e is the
piston rod, having a stop f, by which it is prevented coming too far through
the mould. The piston rod e passes through the guide g, which is affixed to
the under part of the mould a, as is clearly shown in the Drawing. h is a slit
or opening through the top or bed of the machine, in order to allow of the
passage of the piston rod.
Having thus explained the nature of my Invention, I will shortly state the
manner of using the same.
The mould a being in the position shown at Figure 1, a quantity of brick
earth is to be placed therein, in like manner to that pursued in moulding
bricks in the ordinary way when moulding them by hand, and the upper
surface is to be struck off in the usual manner. The mould is then turned
over on its axis, a board having been previously placed ready to receive the
brick, which is now to be pressed out of the mould by the piston rod.
It is necessary here to remark, that the piston d consists of a plate of metal,
around the edges of which are perforated holes, in order to allow of the
surface being covered with a piece of skin of the horse, with the hair on,
or other suitable material may be used, such as woollen cloth, whereby the
piston will more readily separate from the brick earth than would be the case
were the piston to have a hard smooth surface.

page_text: Having now described the nature of my Invention, and the manner of
carrying the same into effect, I would have it understood that what I claim to
be secured under the above recited Letters Patent, consists in mounting an
ordinary brick mould on an axis at one end in such manner that it may be
turned over, and the brick caused to be delivered therefrom by means of a
piston which, at the time of filling in the brick carth, constitutes the bottom
of the mould, as above described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Robert Beart, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Eleventh day of June, in the year of our Lord One
Inrolled the Twenty-third day of June, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and thirty-five.