Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 6th May, 1886.
Complete Left, 4th Feb., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 6th May, 1887.
We JAMES ALEXANDER MATTHEWS of 104 Haslingden New Road, Brickmaker, and
WILLIAM JAMES MATTHEWS of Shadsworth Villa, Bookkeeper, both of Blackburn in
the County of Lancaster, do hereby declare the nature of our said invention to be as
follows:-
This invention relates to further improvements in apparatus for purpose aforesaid
for which application for Letters patent was made on the 15th day of April 1886.
According to this our invention we employ three pulleys one of which is the
ordinary loose pulley on the first motion shaft a second pulley on the said shaft drives
the first motion shaft and by gear wheels the second motion shaft, whilst the third
pulley is mounted upon or has a long boss running loosely on the first motion shaft,
and upon the end of the said boss is a spur wheel gearing with a like wheel on the
second motion shaft, the latter spur wheels vary in diameter from the pair first
mentioned, so that as the second motion shaft is driven from the pulley on the first
motion shaft or from the pulley having long boss so will the speed of the working and
pressing parts of the machine be varied.
In the working the upright shaft has a pair of tappet or wing surfaces which
alternately transfer the strap from the several pulleys automatically.
There is also a levor and fork arrangement convenient to the attendant on the
machine.
WALTER BRIERLEY.
Town Hall Buildings, Halifax,
Agent for the Applicants.

page_text: Improvements in. Brick Making Machinery.
We, JAMES ALEXANDER MATTHEWS of 104, Haslingden new road, Brickmaker and
WILLIAM JAMES MATTHEWS of Shadsworth Villa, Bookkeeper both of Blackburn in
the County of Lancaster, 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 :-
This invention relates to further improvements in apparatus for purpose aforesaid
for which application for Letters Patent was made on the 15th day of April 1886,
No. 5228.
According to this our invention we employ three pulleys; one of which is the
ordinary loose pulley on the first motion shaft, a second pulley on the said shaft drives
the first motion shaft, and by gear wheels the second motion shaft, whilst the third
pulley is mounted upon or has a long boss running loosely on the first motion shaft,
and upon the end of the said boss is a spur wheel gearing with a like wheel on the
second motion shaft, the latter spur wheels vary in diameter from the pair first
mentioned so that as the second motion shaft is driven from the pulley on the first
motion shaft, or from the pulley having long boss so will the speed of the working
and pressing parts of the machine be varied.
In the working the upright or main driving shaft has a pair of tappet or wing
surfaces which alternately transfer the strap from the several pulleys automatically.
There is also a lever and fork arrangement convenient to the attendant on the
machine.
Such being the nature and object of our said Invention, the following is a complete
description of same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.
Fig. 1 is a front elevation partly in section of our combined loose and fast pulleys,
shafts, and gearing.
Fig. 2 is a plan view of the lever and fork arrangement.
According to this our invention we employ three pulleys 1, 2, 3, one of which is the
ordinary loose pulley 3 on the first motion shaft 4, a second pulley on the said shaft 4
drives the first motion shaft 4, and by gear wheels 5, 6, the second motion shaft 7,
whilst the third pulley 2 is mounted upon or has a long boss 8 running loosely on
the first motion shaft 4, and upon the end of the said boss 8 is a spur wheel 9 gearing
with a like wheel 94 on the second motion shaft 7, the latter spur wheels 9, 9ª vary in
diameter from the pair 5 and 6 first mentioned, so that as the second motion 7 is
driven from the pulley 1 on the first motion shaft 4 or from the pulley 2 having
long boss 8 so will the speed of the working and pressing parts of the machine be
varied.
In the working the upright or main driving shaft has a pair of tappet or wing
surfaces which alternately transfer the strap from the several pulleys automatically.
The lover and fork arrangement as shewn at Fig. 2 consists of an arrangement of

page_text: levers for moving the driving belt from the fast to the slow pulley alternately also to
the loose pulley to stop the machine.
At 1 is the strap fork connected by rod or lever 2 to the main levers 3, 3. The
levers 3, 3 are bent or curved together as at 4, and between the looped lever 3, 3, work
two tappet surfaces A. B. on the upright shaft C and as the latter rises and falls the
tappet surfaces act alternately on one side or the other of the looped levers 3. 3. and
a catch or clip 5 fixed "hinge like on one of the arms 4, so that the catch 5 can be
turned up, and the arms 4, 4 are at liberty to expand (working on their fulcrum or
centre 6) and the lever 3 can be moved by hand so far as to move the strap on to the
loose pulley and so to stop the machine.
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When the clip is closed again as shewn and held by the catch 5 the strap can only
work on the two fast pulleys and so the machine is put to work again fast and slow.
There is also a lever and fork arrangement convenient to the attendant on the
machine.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said Invention,
and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we claim is ;
Firstly The pulleys 1, 2, 3, the long boss 8, and the central shaft or axis 4 all in
combination, and driven by the gearing or equivalent gearing illustrated in connection
therewith, and marked 9, 94, 5 and 6 for purpose herein described.
Secondly The lever and strap fork arrangement illustrated by Fig. 2 in combination
with the pulleys 1, 2, 3, mounted upon the shaft 4, and long boss 8 illustrated by Fig. 1
and herein fully described.