Improvements in Machinery or Apparatus for the Moulding of Artificial Fuel or other Materials.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Jan., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 3rd Oct., 1891-Accepted, 14th Nov., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Machinery or Apparatus for the Moulding of
Artificial Fuel or other Materials.
I, WILLIAM BONDFIELD WESTLAKE of 19 Northampton Place Swansea, in
the County of Glamorgan Manager of Works and Contractor do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My improvements relate particularly to that class of machinery employed in
moulding small coal or other materials into briquettes or blocks of artificial fuel,
and have for their object the simplifying the process of construction, valve
motion and other gearing as well as the first cost of machinery by :-
(1) Placing a cylinder and stand between top and bottom bed plates below the
mould table and bolting them to the bottom bed plate.
(2) By providing the piston rod with a buffer at its lower end to strike against
a block fixed in the bottom bed plate and being fastened to another buffer head by
a heavy flanged coupling.
(3) Casting the top and bottom bed plates in two halves and securely fastening
them both with a cast-iron, brass bushed recessed coupling, which same coupling
acts as a guide and bearing for a central upright crank shaft.
(4) Erecting and securing top and bottom bedplates to a series (preferably)
of upright cast or wrought iron plates securely bolted on to a bracket or angle
cast on to the aforesaid top and bottom bed-plates.
(5) Providing a hollow capstan and a solid pin; the capstan passing through
top bed-plate; bolted securely underneath the bed-plate; then passing through
centre of mould table which revolves round it the pin passing through the above
hollow capstan holding down the pressing plate on the top of mould table, by this
means I am able to interchange tables quickly and make blocks of any other size.
(6) The shape of table, solid casted, plated top, thus preventing dust and dirt
getting down into the capstan.
(7) Providing a combined pan and pressing plate, preferably by bolting the
pressing plate to the pan, and securing it against upward pressure by stay-bolts
passing through it, to the bottom and top bed-plate.
(8) Working the valves by an eccentric on the vertical crank shaft passing
through the aforesaid brass-bushed coupling and working between guides fixed to
the vertical plates.
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W. B. WESTLAKE.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Machinery or Apparatus for the Moulding of
Artificial Fuel or other Materials.
I, WILLIAM BONDFIELD WESTLAKE of 19 Northampton Place, Swansea in
the County of Glamorgan, Manager of Works and Contractor 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 :-
My improvements relate particularly to that class of machinery employed in
moulding small coal or other material into blocks of artificial fuel or briquettes
of other material, and have for their first object the simplifying the process of
as the first cost of
compression, valve motion, and other gearing, as well
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Fig. 6 is a plan of top plates showing brass-bushed recessed coupling E.
In carrying my invention into operation I
(1) Cast the top and bottom plates A & B in two halves and securely fasten
them by angle pieces C C. D D and a cast iron, brass-bushed recessed coupling E,
which same coupling E, acts as a guide bearing for a central upright crank
shaft F.
(2) Erect and secure the top and bottom bed plates A & B to a series
(preferably) of upright cast or wrought iron plates G G G G securely bolted to
the aforesaid top and bottom bed plates A & B.
(3) Place a cylinder and stand J between the top and bottom plates A & B
below the mould table K and bolting them to the bottom plate B.
(4) Provide the piston rod L with a buffer M at its lower end to strike on a
block N contained in a cast-iron pot fixed in the bottom plate B, its upper end
being fastened to another buffer head O by a heavy flanged coupling P.
(5) Provide a hollow capstan Q and a solid pin R; the capstan passing through
the top bed-plate A ; bolted securely to underneath the bed-plate A then passing
through the centre of mould table K which revolves round it; the pin R passing
through the hollow capstan Q holding down the pressing plate S on the top of
mould table K. By this means I am able to interchange tables quickly for the
purpose of renewing or repairs and to make blocks of any other size.
(6) Construct the table K solid and in one piece with plated top with the
proper recesses and openings for moulds, liners, and projections, the latter to enable
the table to be moved round by hand. The solid-plated top to cover the capstan
and so keep out the dirt, afterwards cutting out a hole in the solid plate to enable
that portion of the capstan Q containing pin R to pass through.
(7) Provide a combined pan T and pressing plate S, preferably by bolting the
pressing plate S to the pan T and securing it against upward pressure by stay
bolts UU passing through it, to the bottom and top bed plates A & B.
(8) Work the valves V by an eccentric W on the vertical_crank shaft F
passing through the aforesaid brass-bushed recessed coupling E and working
between guides fixed to the vertical plate G. G.
(9) Drive the whole machine by a pinion Y on driving shaft gearing into a
bevel wheel Z keyed on the vertical crank shaft F which gives motion to the
eccentric, pauls for moving table and knives for pan.
I will now proceed to describe the method of working of the said improved
machinery or apparatus for the moulding of artificial fuel or other materials.
The wheel on driving shaft (Figs. 2 & 5) engages with the wheel Z (Figs. 2
& 5) which being keyed to crank shaft F (Figs. 2. 3. 4. 5 & 6) causes the latter
to revolve this revolution of crank shaft F works.
(a) The valves V (Figs. 4 & 5) by means of the eccentric and slides W (Fig. 5)
working between guides X (Fig. 2).
(b) The table K; giving the same an intermittent motion by means of the
crank F, and paul F, (Fig. 2) engaging in teeth or projections F3 (Fig. 1).
(c) The kickers F. (Figs. 2 & 3) which remove the block of artificial fuel or
other material after raising above the level of top of mould table K by the
incline K, (Figs. 2 & 3).
On admitting steam below the piston I working in cylinder I (Fig. 4) the
piston rod L, buffer M, coupling P, are raised and press the mixture in mould G₁
(Figs. 1 & 4) against the pressing plate S, forming a block which is eventually
removed by the kickers F, (Figs. 1. 2. 3 & 4) the piston 1 of the right hand

page_text: cylinder Fig. 2 being at the bottom of its stroke with the buffer M resting on the
buffer block N (Fig. 4) while the piston I is at the top of cylinder and pressing
the material against pressing plate S.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is :-
(1) In machinery for pressing artificial fuel or other material the method of
forming the top and bottom bed plates A and B in two halves substantially as
hereinbefore described and as illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
(2) In machinery for pressing artificial fuel or other material the combined
recessed bush and guide E forming a portion of the coupling devices joining the
two halves of bed-plate A & B substantially as described in the foregoing
Specification and as illustrated by the accompanying drawings particularly by
Fig. 6.
(3) In machinery for pressing artificial fuel or other material the cylinder and
stand bolted to the bottom bed plate and by the help of distant pieces such as G
securing a foundation for pressing contained within itself; substantially as described
herein and as illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
(4) In machinery for pressing artificial fuel or other material the hollow pot N¹
Fig. 4 for the purpose of receiving a buffer block such as N substantially as
described and as illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
(5) In machinery for pressing artificial fuel or other material the hollow
capstan containing a solid pin R holding the pressing plate down to and as
near to and as far from the revolving table as is found necessary for the purpose
as hereinbefore described and as illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
(6) The general arrangement and construction of machinery for pressing artificial
fuel or for like purposes substantially as described in the foregoing Specification
and as illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 1st day of October 1891.
WILLIAM BONDFIELD WESTLAKE.