Improvements in Tile Making and Punching Tables.
Year: 1898

page_text: BERRIONAL FECIFICATION.
Improvements in Tile Making and Punching Tables.
I, CHARLES KEMPSHALL, of Partridge Green, Sussex, Brick and Tile Maker, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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My invention relates to improvements in tile making and punching tables and
the object is to provide a more convenient and efficient means for cutting up the
clay into tiles and punching the required holes in them. In carrying my inven-
tion into effect I proceed in or in about the following manner. I provide two rails
each having legs or supports and these rails are kept at the proper distance apart
by any suitable means and have between them a number of rollers crossing from
rail to rail. In or in about the centre of the length of the rails and passing from
one to the other of them I provide two cross bars of iron or other suitable material
each having holes. At one end of the rails and hinged or pivotted thereto is a
frame having at its outer and free end pins, dies or projections which when the
frame is lowered will enter the holes in the cross bars. Between the rails and
pivotted below them is a frame carrying wires for cutting off the tiles as herein-
after mentioned. Clay for making the tiles is forced out of a machine (which
forms no part of my invention) in the form of a slab and is cut longitudinally
into two and trimmed by three vertical wires provided in connection with my
table. The two strips of clay thus formed pass over the rollers and on reaching the
proper position are pinched by lowering the frame carrying the pins, dies or
projections, and are cut into tiles by passing the wires of the cutting frame
transversely from one rail to the other. A table such as has been described above
is intended to make four tiles at a time, but the invention could be adapted for
making more or less than that number of tiles.
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Improvements in Tile Making and Punching Tables.
I, CHARLES KEMPSHALL, of Partridge Green, Sussex, Brick and Tile Maker, 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:
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My invention relates to improvements in tile making and punching tables and
the object is to provide a more convenient and efficient means for cutting up the
clay into tiles and punching the holes therein than is offered by the usual method
now in use. In carrying my invention into effect I proceed in or in about the
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page_text: following manner, making reference to the accompanying sheet of drawings in
which Fig. 1 is a plan, Fig. 2 a side view and Fig. 3 an end view of my improved
table. Similar letters denote the same parts wherever appearing. I provide two
rails a each having legs or supports b and these rails and legs are kept at the
proper distance apart by cross bars c and d or by any other suitable means, and
have between them a number of rollers e crossing from rail to rail, the axles of the
said rollers being free to rotate in bearings or in supports such as would be provided
by notches in angle-iron side pieces as shown at f. In or in about the centre of
the length of the rails and passing from one to the other of them I provide two
cross bars g of iron or other suitable material, each having holes to correspond
with those required in the tiles. At one end of the rails a and hinged or pivotted
thereto is a frame h having at its outer and free end pins, dies, or projections i,
which when the frame is lowered will enter the holes in the cross bars g. A
handle is provided for facilitating the raising and lowering of h and a stop
piece may be provided on each rail a for h to rest on when lowered. Between
the rails a and moving in bearings / is a frame m carrying wires n for cutting
off the tiles as hereinafter mentioned. The wires may be strained on the frame
by thumb screws o operating in rings by screw threaded shanks passing through
the bars of the frame, or by any other suitable means. Clay for making the tiles
is forced out of a machine (which do not form any part of my invention) in the
form of a slab and is cut longitudinally into two and trimmed by three vertical
wires q, r, s provided in connection with my table. The centre one of these
wires may be held at its upper end by a bar crossing from one to the other of
upstanding extensions of the blocks in the lower and notched parts of which is
pivotted one end of h. The two strips of clay thus formed pass over the rollers e
and on reaching the proper position are punched by lowering the frame h and its
pins or equivalents & and are cut into tiles by passing the frame m and its cutting
wires t, u, v transversely from one rail a to the other, by moving it (m) in its
bearings. The table shown in the drawings is intended to make four tiles at
a time, but the invention could be adapted for making more or less than that
number of tiles.
I do not confine myself to precisely the relative proportions, dispositions or
shapes of the various parts as shown in the drawings, as some alteration therein is
possible without departure from the essential features of the invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is:
1. An improved table for making and punching tiles the said table having an
open top across which are transverse rollers over which the clay is passed in slab
like form from a suitable machine a hinged or otherwise attached frame being provided
at one end of the table in such manner that it can as and when required be brought
down on to the clay and holes punched therein by projections provided on the
said frame, the slab of clay being divided longitudinally and transversely by
wires at one end of the table and by other wires on a frame which can be so
moved as to cause the wires to pass from one side of the table to the other, the
whole substantially as described in the above specification and exemplified in the
accompanying drawings.
2. The combination of parts forming and operating as a table for making and
punching tiles the whole substantially as described in the above specification and
exemplified in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 25th day of August 1898.
0 YOUNG
HUGHES & YOUN
23, Coleman Street, E.C., Agents.