IMPROVEMENTS IN PORTABLE APPARATUSES FOR THE USE OF SMITHS, CARPENTERS, AND OTHER WORKMEN
Year: 1859

page_text: LETTERS PATENT. to Thomas Henry Dodd, of Bessborough Place,
Pimlico, Gun Maker, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN PORTABLE
APPARATUSES FOR THE USE OF SMITHS, CARPENTERS, AND OTHER WORKMEN."
Sealed the 30th March 1860, and dated the 5th October 1859.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Thomas Henry Dodd at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
5th October 1859.
I, THOMAS HENRY DODD, of Bessborough Place, Pimlico, Gun Maker, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
PORTABLE APPARATUSES FOR THE USE OF SMITHS, CARPENTERS, AND OTHER WORK-
MEN," to be as follows:-
My Invention consists in constructing portable apparatuses, each of which
comprises a set of smith's and a set of carpenter's tools, together with a
carpenter's bench and turning lathe, and a smith's fire-pan, bellows, vice,
and anvil, the whole being so constructed and arranged that they may be all
packed in one strong case, which itself forms the bench and the support for
the lathe, vice, and fire-pan when in use. By these means accommodation is
afforded for three workmen simultaneously, one at the fire and anvil, one at
the bench, and one at the lathe. The small tools are placed in a recess or
compartment at the bottom of the case and in a drawer at the top. The

page_text: bellows occupy a permanent place within the case, and the lathe, fire-pan, and
anvil stow beneath them. For use, the lathe is fitted up on one side of the
case and the vice on the other.. The fire-pan is fixed against the end of the
case by means of bars attached to it, which bars slide into holes in the end of
the case. The anvil is mounted upon a strong hollow base of wood, within
which movable parts of the apparatus and tools may be stowed when the
apparatus is packed. The case itself is formed of a strong wooden frame-
work closed in by strong panels; it is furnished with handles on the ends, by
which it may be conveniently moved about.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Thomas Henry Dodd in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
5th April 1860.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, THOMAS
HENRY DODD, of Bessborough Place, Pimlico, Gun Maker, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Fifth day of October, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, in the twenty-third year of Her reign,
did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said
Thomas Henry Dodd, Her special licence that I, the said Thomas Henry
Dodd, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the
said Thomas Henry Dodd, my executors, 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 PORTABLE APPARATUSES FOR THE USE OF SMITHS, CAR-
PENTERS, AND OTHER WORKMEN," upon the condition (amongst others) that I,
the said. Thomas Henry Dodd, my executors or administrators, by an instru-
ment in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, 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 Thomas Henry Dodd, do hereby declare-
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is. to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following

page_text: statement thereof, reference being had to the Drawings hereunto annexed,
that is to say:-
My Invention consists in constructing portable apparatuses, each of which
comprises a set of smith's and a set of carpenter's tools, together with a
carpenter's bench and turning lathe, and a smith's fire-pan, bellows, vice, and.
anvil; the whole being so constructed and arranged that they may be all
packed in one strong case, which itself forms the bench and the support for.
the lathe, vice, and fire-pan when in use. By these means accommodation is
afforded for three workmen simultaneously, one at the fire and anvil, one at
the bench, and one at the lathe. The small tools are placed in a recess or
compartment at the bottom of the case and in a drawer at the top; the
bellows occupy a permanent place within the case, and the lathe, fire-pan, and
anvil stow beneath them. For use, the lathe is fitted up on one side of the:
case and the vice on the other. The fire-pan is fixed against the end of the
case by means of bars attached to it, which bars slide into holes in the end of.
the case.
The anvil is mounted upon a strong hollow base of wood, within.
which movable parts of the apparatus and tools may be stowed when the
apparatus is packed. The case itself is formed of a strong wooden frame-
work closed in by strong panels; it is furnished with handles on the ends, by
which it may be conveniently moved about.
Figure 1 of the accompanying Drawings is a plan, and Figure 2, a side
elevation of a portable apparatus for the use of smiths, carpenters, and other
workmen, constructed according to my Invention. A is a strong case, the
sides of which can be removed; the top B of the case is wide enough to serve
as a carpenter's. bench, as well as to carry a turning lathe C, which is driven
by a strap D passing round a variable speed pulley E through the top of the
case, and round a second or larger variable speed pulley F on a crank
shaft G, to which motion is imparted by a treadle; I is a vice fitted, as shown,
to one of the sides of the case; J is a bellows held to the case by a forked
support J. Motion is communicated to the bellows by a rod K worked by a
lever L, having its fulcrum at L'; M is a pipe leading from the bellows to a
fire-pan N, and ending in a tuyere t. The fire-pan N has a tool holder N¹
connected to it; the back part of this fire-pan, when not in use, folds down,
as shown by the dotted lines; the pipe M is removed, and the pan itself slides
off the bars O, O. P is a drawer working in slides beneath the top of the
box for holding tools, and P' is the lid of a compartment at the bottom of the
case for the same purpose. Figure 3 is a view of an anvil Q, which stands
when in use on a block Q¹; R is a carpenter's bench screw; S, S, are
handles for rendering the box or case as portable as possible.

page_text: To pack the box for carriage, the lathe is unbolted from the top and placed
in the lower part of the case upon the lid P, which is made strong to bear
it; the vice is also unbolted, and placed against one of the sides of the case,
where it is held by clips. The rod K is unhooked from the bellows, and the
support for the lever L being removed, both are placed in the box. The anvil
is removed from the block, and is. held in the case by the clips a, a, and the
block on which the anvil stands is placed at the bottom of the case. The
fire-pan is held by clips at the top and bottom of the case. The bench screw
is removed, and placed in the case; the drawer P is pushed in and fastened.;
the sides also are put in place; and held by screws b, b. The whole apparatus
is then in a very compact form, capable of easy portability.
And having now described the nature of my said Invention and in what'
manner the same is to be performed, I declare that I do not limit myself to
the precise arrangement of the parts herein-before described, neither to the
position they occupy in the case; but what I claim is the construction of
portable apparatuses for the use of smiths, carpenters, and their workmen,
essentially in the manner herein-before described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Thomas Henry Dodd, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Fifth day of April; One thousand eight
hundred and sixty.
T. H. DODD. (L.S.)