IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF BRICKS, TILES, AND OTHER SUCH ARTICLES FROM PLASTIC, MAMDOTATE
Year: 1868

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Samuel Smith Anderson, of Southgate Street,,
Bishop Auckland, in the County of Durham, Brick and Tile Manu-
facturer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR THE
MANUFACTURE OF BRICKS, TILES, AND OTHER SUCH ARTICLES FROM PLASTIC,
MAMDOTATE"
Sealed the 4th June 1869, and dated the 9th December 1868..
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Samuel Smith Anderson
at the Office of the Conunissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on
the 9th December 1868.
I, SAMUEL SMITH ANDERSON, of Southgate Street, Bishop Auckland,
in the County of Durham, Brick and Tile Manufacturer, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS
FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF BRICKS, TILES, AND OTHER SUCH ARTICLES FROM PLASTIC
MATERIALS," to be as follows:-
My Invention consists, first, in the use of a small steam cylinder for
the purpose of actuating the cutting frames of brick and tile machines.

page_text: This steam cylinder is placed either below or above the cutting table,
and its piston rod (which passes through both ends of the cylinder) is
attached to and drives the cutting frame to and fro; the slide valve of
the cylinder is moved by a stud on the axle of the large wooden roller
of the machine.
My Invention consists, secondly, of an improved lubricated die having
an oil box attached to it, in which oil box arc plugs or taps for regulating
the supply of oil to the dic. After passing through the plugs or taps
the oil is supplied through a narrow passage to the entire inner surface
of the die.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Samuel Smith Anderson in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 8th June 1869.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, SAMUEL
SMITH ANDERSON,-of--Southgate Street, Bishop Aukland, in the County
of Durham, Brick and Tile Manufacturer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Ninth day of December, in the year
of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-eight, in the thirty-
second year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said Samuel Smith Anderson, Her special
licence that I, the said Samuel Smith Anderson, my executors, adminis-
trators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Samuel Smith Anderson,
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 APPARATUS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF BRICKS, TILES, AND OTHER SUCH ARTICLES
FROM PLASTIC MATERIALS," upon the condition (amongst others) that I,
the said Samuel Smith Anderson, my executors 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

page_text: are fixed the adjustable cutters E, E. To the side links F, F, which
connect the bars C, C, are attached the ends of the piston rods G, G, of
the double ended steam cylinder H. The slide valve I of this cylinder
is actuated by means of the studs J, J, fixed upon the axis of the
roller K. These studs, as the roller is caused to revolve, come in contact
with the tail end of the lever L working on a fulcrum M, the other end
of which lever is attached by means of a link to the slide valve rod /',
shown in dotted lines in Figure 1. The necessary motion is thus
imparted to the slide valve, and consequently to the piston rods G, G,
attached to the links F, F, to which are fixed the bars C, C, carrying
the cutters F, F, which consequently are caused to move to and fro
across the table when the clay or other plastic substance is pushed
forward on to it to be cut into bricks, tiles, or other similar shaped
articles....
N is the dic box with its lubricating chamber O, and taps o', o³,
(shown more clearly in plan and section at Figures 4 and 5), the turning
of which taps regulates the flow of fluid through the passages P, P, to
the inner surfaces of the die box; their action is obvious and needs no
further description.
Having thus described the nature of my Invention and the best
manner I am acquainted with of carrying the same into effect, I wish
it to be understood that I do not limit myself to the precise form and
arrangement of the apparatus herein-before described, with reference to
the accompanying Drawing, as the same may be variously modified
without departing from the essential features of my Invention; but what
I claim is,―
First. The application of a steam cylinder for moving the cutter frame
in brick and tile machines, substantially as and for the purposes herein-
before set forth.
Second. I claim the mode of working the slide of the said steam
cylinder by means of studs, a cam, or other equivalent upon the axis of
the roller which conveys the clay or other plastic substance from the
die to the cutter table.
Third. I claim the use of a die box with a chamber attached
thereto for containing lubricating fluid, the admission of which to

page_text: the inner surfaces of the die box is regulated by means of plugs, taps,
or valves.
In witness whercof, I, the said Samuel Smith Anderson, have
hereunto set my hand and seal, this Seventh day of June, in
the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-
nine.
Witness,
THO. THORNTON,
Sol.,
Bishop Auckland.
SAMUEL SMITH ANDERSON. (L.S.)