IMPROVEMENTS IN ANVILS
Year: 1867

page_text: '66, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, for the
Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN ANVILS."-A communication from abroad
by James Ezekiel Emerson, of Trenton, State of New Jersey, United
States of America.
Sealed the 8th February 1868, and dated the 11th September 1867.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION. left by the said William Edward Newton
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
11th September 1867.
I, WILLIAM EDWARD NEWTON, of the Office for Patents, 66, Chancery Lane,
in the County of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of
the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN ANVILS," to be as follows:-
This Invention consists in combining with an anvil for forging and other
smithing purposes a power press, or punch or shears, or both punch or press
and shears for convenience in cutting metals.
The essential feature of the Invention is making a chamber or recess in the
anvil so that the punch and shears, which as usual are attached to a vertical
sliding bar, may work therein, and be entirely out of the way when the anvil
is used for ordinary smithing purposes. The punch or shearing bar is pro-
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page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said William Edward Newton in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 11th March 1868.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
EDWARD NEWTON, of the Office for Patents, 66, Chancery Lane, in the County
of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Eleventh day of September, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven, in the thirty-first year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said William Edward Newton, Her special licence that I, the said William
Edward Newton, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as
I, the said William Edward Newton, 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 "Im-
PROVEMENTS IN ANVILS," being a communication to me from abroad, upon the
condition (amongst others) that I, the said William Edward Newton, my execu-
tors or administrators, by an instrument 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 the said William Edward Newton, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is
to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement, reference being had to the Drawings hereunto annexed,
and to the letters and figures marked thereon (that is to say):
This Invention consists in combining with an anvil for forging and other
smithing purposes a power press, or punch or shears, or both punch or press
and shears for convenience in cutting metals.
In the accompanying Drawings Fig. 1 is a longitudinal vertical section

page_text: through the improved anvil, and Fig. 2 is an end elevation; Fig. 3 is a per-
spective view of the combined anvil.
A, A, is the anvil constructed of the generally adopted form modified to
suit the present Invention; B is a horizontal shaft, having a pinion C keyed
upon it, and having a square or other shaped head on each end, to-be received
in a corresponding opening in the end of a lever or wrench D, which may be
applied to either end of the shaft B. The pinion C, Fig. 1, gears into the toothed
segment E on the long end of the lever F, which has its fulcrum at G. At
the short end H of the lever there is also a toothed segment, the teeth of
which gear into those of the rack K, which moves vertically in guiding
recesses, and carries at its lower end a punch L, which may be of any desired
form to act as a slotter or a gummer for saws, or for any punching or pressing
purpose, or it may be used for a former. The die L' for the punch is in a block
let into a groove in the bed of the anvil, and is dovetailed on one side, and
secured by a key. M driven between the other side of the groove and the
block. The sides of the groove are made parallel while the block is made
wider at one end than at the other, and the key has a corresponding taper.
The metal after being punched is cleared from the punch by the device O which
is common to punching machines, and consists of a fork having its prongs hori-
zontal, and one on cach side of the punch a short distance above the die, and
firmly secured by a set screw to the end of the anvil. One of the blades N of
the shears N, N₁, is secured in a suitable manner to one side of the recess
which contains the lever F in the body of the anvil, and the other blade N¹ is
secured to a projection from the short end of the lever F, so that its edge
shall form an angle with that of N in the manner common to shears for
cutting metal. When the lever or wrench D is vibrated the pinion C on the
shaft B causes the lever F to vibrate and give motion to the punch with
great power by means of the segment H and rack K. The same movement
of the lever wrench D also causes the shears to perform their work through
the medium of the pinion and segment E in the lever F, the workman at the
anvil thus has no occasion to lose time and heat in seeking to have these
offices performed, oftentimes at some distance from the forge. Instead of
having the clearer O attached to the end of the anvil as shown in Fig. 1, it
may be made in the form of a bow or semicircle as shewn in Fig. 3, and
designated by O'. This latter is the most preferable mode of attachment.
From the above description it will be seen that the essential feature of the
Invention is making a chamber or recess a* in the anvil, so that the punch
and shears may work therein, and be entirely out of the way when the anvil
is used for ordinary smithy purposes.

page_text: Having now described the Invention that has been communicated to me as
aforesaid, I claim as the Invention secured to me by Letters Patent as afore-
said, the combination of a punching or pressing machine and shears, any one
or all of them, with an anvil as described.
Second. I claim forming or constructing the anvil with a recess or chamber
to receive a punching or pressing machine and shears, any one or all of them
as set forth.
In witness whereof, I; the said William Edward Newton, have hereunto
set my hand and seal, the Tenth day of March, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight.
Witness,
J. W. MOFFATT,
66, Chancery Lane.