IMPROVED MACHINERY FOR FORGING, STAMPING, CRUSH- ING, OR OTHERWISE TREATING METALS, ORES, AND OTHER SIMILAR MATERIALS
Year: 1853

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to James Reeves, of Bridgwater Gardens, Bar-
bican, in the City of London, Gold and Silver Turner, for the
Invention of IMPROVED MACHINERY FOR FORGING, STAMPING, CRUSH-
ING, OR OTHERWISE TREATING METALS, ORES, AND OTHER SIMILAR
MATERIALS."
Sealed the 2nd November 1853, and dated the 2nd May 1853.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said James Reeves at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 2nd May 1858.
I, JAMES REEVES, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVED MACHINERY FOR FORGING, STAMPING, CRUSHING, OR. OTHER-
WISE TREATING METALS, ORES, AND OTHER SIMILAR MATERIALS," to be as.
follows, viz. :-
My Invention consists in the construction of a machine of this
character, viz., to suitable framework I affix an arrangement of

page_text: toothed wheels, set in motion by a given axis, and to another axis
carrying some of these wheels, is attached a camb wheel, or wheel of
that character, toothed to correspond with a rack on an upright rod
or shaft working in suitable guides, and having attached at its lower
extremity the hammer or punch, &c.; so that, when the machinery is
set in motion by the first-named axis, the wheel termed the camb
wheel shall be caused to catch in the rack, & raise the upright; and
having done so to the full extent that its nature will permit, then the
upright, with the hammer or tool attached, will descend again of its
own gravity, effecting the forging, stamping, or crushing, &c., as the
case may be. When the machinery is used for crushing, it will have
a hammer fluted on the face, which will descend into a mortar fluted
to correspond, so as to obtain greater crushing power.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said James Reeves in the Great Seal Patent Office,
on the 2nd November 1853.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I,
JAMES REEVES, of Bridgewater Gardens, Barbican, in the City of
London, Gold and Silver Turner, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Second day of May, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-three, in the sixteenth
year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and
grant unto me, the said James Reeves, Her special licence that I,
the said James Reeves, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or
such others as I, the said James Reeves, 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 ex-
pressed, should and lawfully might make,, usc, exercise, and vend;
within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, - the
Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVED

page_text: MACHINERY FOR FORGING, STAMPING, CRUSHING, OR OTHERWISE TREAT-
ING METALS, ORES, AND OTHER SIMILAR MATERIALS," upon the condition
(amongst others) that I, the said James Reeves, by an instrument in
writing under my hand and seal, 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
Scal Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately
after the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said James Reeves, do hereby de-
clare the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is
to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement:
My Invention consists in the construction of a machine of the
character following, viz., to suitable framework I affix an arrangement
of. toothed wheels, set in motion by a given axis, and to another axis
carrying some of these wheels is attached a "sector or camb wheel,
or other wheel of that character, toothed to correspond with a rack on
an upright rod or shaft working in suitable guides, and having attached
to its lower extremity a hammer, stamper, or crusher; so that, when
the machinery is set in motion by the first-named axis, the wheel
termed the "sector" shall take into the rack, and raise the upright; and
having done so to the full extent that its nature will permit, then the
upright, with the hammer or tool attached, will descend again of its
own gravity.
For the better exemplification of my said Invention, I have annexed
hereto Sheets of Drawings, embracing Figures 1, to 6, inclusive, which
I will now describe.
Fig. 1, is a side elevation; Fig. 2, a front elevation; Fig. 3, vertical
section of Fig. 1, (taken at the point shewn by red line, Fig. 4);
Fig. 4, top plan; Fig. 6-horizontal section, chewing plan of sliding guide;
Fig. 5, elevation partly in section of a machine, with two stampers or
hammers; Fig.-8, detail view of the sector-and-rack; Fig. 6, view of
machine, with several stampers or hammers combined together; in this
Fig: no letters of reference are used, as it simply exhibits the appear-
ance of the machinery in such a case.

page_text: In each of the said Figures, A denotes the framing (kept together:
by bolts A') to which this improved machinery is fixed. B, the main
shaft, mounted in suitable bearings, B', B', and fixed to the said
framing, and carrying the fly wheel C, and pinion D), which gears with
and drives the toothed wheel E, on the second shaft F, (mounted in
suitable bearings F', F) fixed to the said framing, and fitted with the
sector or camb wheel G, which gears with and works the upright rod
or shank of the hammer, stamper, or crusher F, by means of the rack
corresponding with the teeth of the said sector; the said upright
being guided and maintained in its proper position by the cross-head I,
fixed to said framing. At the lower extremity of tho said upright is
the hammer, stamper, or crusher K, which may be of any suitable
form, and descends into the mortar L.
It will be observed, upon examining the said Drawings, that there
is a sliding-guide-M, (which-may, if desired, be dispensed with,)and-slides
up and down between pillars, M',-M', for the better governance of the said
upright, and also that there is a ratchet N, on the said shaft F', which
is controlled by a pall N*, which is for the purpose of ensuring said
shaft turning one way.
It is evident that power being applied to the crank handle O, or to
that end of the shaft B, by a connection with any suitable prime mover,
the same will be caused to rotate, which will, in its turn, communicate
rotary motion to the shaft F, when the sector G, being thus acted on,
will act on the rack on the upright H, and raise the same, and the
attached hammer, stamper, or crusher, which being done, the sector
turns away from the same, and the two being no longer in gearing, the
same descends of its own gravity into the mortar for the performance
of its appointed work.
I prefer that the face of the hammer, crusher, or stamper should
be steeled, and the bottom of mortar treated in the same manner.
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 claim any
of the constituent parts of the said machinery apart from the purposes
and intentions of my said Invention; what I claim being the ma-
chinery for forging, stamping, crushing, and otherwise similarly treating

page_text: metals, ores, and other similar materials, the nature and character
whereof is herein-before set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said James Reeves, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Second day of November, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-three.
Signed and sealed in my presence,
F. W. CAMPIN,
156, Strand.
JAMES REEVES. (L.S.)