Lubricant to Bricks during their Manufacture.
Year: 1884

page_text: Lubricant to Bricks during their Manufacture.
I, REUBEN SMALLMAN, of Camp Hill Grange, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, Engineer,
do hereby declare the nature of my invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE METHOD
OF AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPLYING LUBRICANT TO
MANUFACTURE," to be as follows:-
BRICKS DURING THEIR
This invention has reference to brick making machinery, and my improvements
therein consist in the method and means of supplying lubricant to the bricks
during their manufacture, so that the moulding thereof is more perfectly
accomplished. To carry out my invention I employ a cup or other suitably shaped
vessel provided with a small tube at the bottom, through which a hole is bored for
the lubricant to pass through. The tube of the cup is passed crosswise through a
pipe, which is also provided with a short tube, surrounding the tube on the bottom
of the cup in such manner that there is an annular space between the two tubes.
The lubricant which is to be supplied to the brick is placed in the cup, which
trickles down the hole of the short tube, and as it arrives at the bottom thereof it
is blown off in the form of spray onto the brick or onto the surface of the
machinery which comes into contact with the clay; by this means the pressing and
finishing of the brick is more satisfactorily accomplished.
The lubricant may be blown off the tube by a current of air generated by a
fan, air pump, or other suitable means which will distribute the grease in the form
of spray.

page_text: Improvements in the Method of and Apparatus for Supplying
Lubricant to Bricks during their Manufacture.
I, REUBEN SMALLMAN of Camp Hill Grange, Nuneaton, Warwickshire, Engineer,
do hereby declare the nature of iny invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE METHOD
OF AND APPARATUS FOR SUPPLYING LUBRICANT ΤΟ BRICKS DURING THEIR
MANUFACTURE," and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
This invention has reference to brick making machinery and my improvements
therein consist in the method and means of supplying lubricant to the bricks
during their manufacture so that the moulding thereof is more perfectly
accomplished.
To carry out my invention I employ a cup or other suitably shaped vessel
provided with a small tube at the bottom, through which a hole is bored for the
lubricant to pass through. The tube of the cup is passed crosswise through a pipe,
which is also provided with a short tube surrounding the tube on the bottom of the
cup in such manner that there is an annular space between the two tubes. The
lubricant which is to be supplied to the brick is placed in the cup which trickles
down the hole of the short tube, and as it arrives at the bottom thereof it is blown
off in the form of spray onto the brick, or onto the surface of the machinery which
comes into contact with the clay.
Such being the nature and object of my Invention I will now proceed to describe
same more fully, and for that purpose make reference to the accompanying sheet
of drawings illustrative thereof. A is an oil cup provided with a tube B screwed
into the horizontal pipe C made with a short tube D, the bottom of which extends
some little distance beyond the tube B as shewn in the drawings. E is an oil tap
which may be in connection with any suitable oil vessel, the said tap allowing oil
to drop into the cup A as it is required, such oil passing down the pipe B which as 2
it arrives at the bottom thereof, the said oil is blown in the form of spray either
onto the clay, or onto the surface of the machinery which forms the brick; by this
means the pressing and finishing of the brick is more satisfactorily accomplished.
The oil may be blown off the bottom of the tube B by steam or by a current of
air generated by a fan, air pump, or other suitable means which will distribute the 3
grease in the form of spray.
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
Firstly The employment of a blast of air for throwing lubricant onto clay in 3
brick making machinery, in manner substantially as described.
Secondly The employment of mechanism substantially as herein shewn and
described, for supplying lubricant to clay in brick making machinery.