AN IMPROVED CARRIAGE FOR CONVEYING SUGAR MOULDS IN SUGAR BE- FINERIES
Year: 1862

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Clark, of 58, Chancery Lane, in the
County of Middlesex, Engineer and Patent Agent, for the Invention of
'AN IMPROVED CARRIAGE FOR CONVEYING SUGAR MOULDS IN SUGAR BE-
FINERIES." A communication from abroad by Mr. Theodore Augustus
Havemeyer, of New York, United States of America.
Sealed the 13th January 1863, and dated the 11th August 1862.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Clark, at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 11th
August 1862.
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I, WILLIAM CLARK, of 58, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex,.
Engineer and Patent Agent, do hereby declare the nature of the said Inven:
tion for "AN IMPROVED CARRIAGE FOR CONVEYING SUGAR MOULDS IN SUGAR
REFINERIES," to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to an improved carriage for conveying, sugar moulds
from the, cooler in the refinery to the apartment in which they are placed .to
admit of the draining operation being gone through with.!
The object of the Invention is to obtain a carriage, for the purpose specified,
which will admit of being adjusted to suit moulds of different sizes, and also
be capable of being moved about with greater. facility than those previously'
constructed. The Invention thus consists in supporting or retaining the upper
part of the mould by means of two adjustable horizontal plates attached to

page_text: the carriage, and arranged substantially as herein-after described; and also in
using in connection with said adjustable plates a fixed frame or plate provided
with inverted conical recesses to receive the tips of the moulds.
The Invention further consists in a novel arrangement of a caster wheel
which supports the front part of the carriage, all being so constructed and
arranged as to effect the desired end. A horizontal frame or plate, which may
be of any desired size, is mounted on three wheels. The wheels support the
back part of the frame, and they may turn loosely on a fixed axle, or be
rigidly attached to their axle, and the latter allowed to turn. One wheel
supports the front part of the frame and is what is commonly termed a caster
wheel; his wheel has its axle fitted as usual in a fork at the lower end of a
vertical arbor; this arbor is fitted loosely in a vertical post, the lower end of
which is permanently attached to the front end of the frame; the upper end
of said arbor bearing against the upper end of the opening in the post. The
arbor is allowed to turn freely in the post, and the front end or part of the
frame is bent or curved upward to form a recess, so as to admit of a large
sized caster wheel being used; the upper part of the caster wheel fits in
the recess, the latter being made sufficiently wide to admit of said wheel
turning in it. The draught pole is attached to the fork of the arbor, or to
the axle of the caster wheel. To the back part of the frame there is attached
in a central line with the vertical post, before mentioned, a second post. The
two posts are of equal height, and they support two plates, which are placed
one over the other, and are parallel with the frame. These plates are pro-
vided respectively at each side with curved arms of semicircular form; the
arms of the upper plate having a reverse position to the arms of the lower
plate. The lower plate has two oblong slots made longitudinally in it, one
near cach end in a central line, and the upper ends of the posts have vertical
rods fitted and secured in them, which rods pass through the slots, the lower
plate resting on the tops of the posts. The upper plate has similar slots made
in it, through which the vertical rods above mentioned pass, and the latter
have screw threads cut on them to receive nuts.
By this arrangement it will be seen that the two plates are allowed a
certain degree of adjustment longitudinally, corresponding to the length of the
slots, less the thickness of the rods which pass through them, and it will also
be seen that said plates may be secured at any desired point within the scope
or length of their movement by screwing down the nuts on the upper plate.
The frame is provided with a series of recesses, which are of inverted conical
form corresponding to that of the tips of the moulds. The moulds are of the
usual form, and they are made. of different sizes, so as to form sugar loaves.

page_text: of the different sizes and weights required. The moulds are fitted in the
carriage as follows:-The orifices of the tips of the moulds are fitted or
stopped with plugs, and the tips of the moulds are fitted in the recesses of
the frame, and the upper parts of the moulds are placed between the arms of
the plates above referred to; and the latter are then adjusted or moved
longitudinally, so that the arms will snugly grasp the upper part of the moulds
forming nearly a circle around each mould, the plates being then firmly
secured in position by screwing down the nuts. Thus it will be seen that
moulds of different sizes may be firmly secured in the carriage by simply
adjusting the said plates; there will be no shaking of the moulds whatever
their dimensions may be, and they may be secured in the carriago and
released therefrom with the greatest facility. By having the front end or part
of the frame bent or curved, so as to form a recess, as previously described, a
large sized caster wheel is obtained, which may be placed underneath the
frame, so that its arbor may be fitted in the post without having the frame
unduly elevated; and by having the arbor of said wheel fitted in said hollow
post the former does not monopolize any room, and the caster wheel is allowed
to turn freely, as it can be kept well lubricated and free from dust.
A large
caster wheel does not allow obstructions which it may meet or come in
contact with to offer as much resistance to the movement of the carriage as a
small one.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said William Clark in the Great Scal Patent Office on the
10th February 1863.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRÉSENTS SHALL COME, I, WILLIAM
CLARK, of 53, Chancery Lane, in the County of Middlesex, Engineer and
Patent Agent, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Eleventh day of August, in the year of our Lord
Ono thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, in the twenty-sixth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said William Clark, Her special licence that I, the said William Clark,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said William.
Clark, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any timo 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,

page_text: within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel
Islands, and Islo of Man, an Invention for "AN IMPROVED CARRIAGE FOR
CONVEYING SUGAR MOULDS IN SUGAR REFINERIES," a' communication to me from
abroad by Mr. Theodore Augustus Havemeyer, of New York, United States
of America, upon the condition (amongst others) that. I, the said William
Clark, 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 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 I, the said William Clark, do hereby declare tho
nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and. ascertained in and by the following
statement, reference being had to the Sheet of Drawings hereunto annexed,
and to the letters and figures marked thereon (that is to say):-
This Invention relates to an improved carriage for conveying sugar moulds
from the cooler in the refinery to the apartment in which they are placed to
admit of the draining operation being gone through with.
•
The object of the Invention is to obtain a carriage for the purpose specified
which will admit of being adjusted to suit moulds of different sizes, and.
also be capable of being moved about with greater facility than those pre-
viously constructed. The Invention consists in supporting or retaining the
upper parts of the mould by means of two adjustable horizontal plates attached
to the carriage, and arranged substantially as herein-after described; and also in
using in connection with said adjustable plates a fixed frame or plate provided
with inverted conical recesses to receive the tips of the moulds.
The Invention further consists in a novel arrangement of a caster wheel,
which supports the front part of the carriage, all being so constructed and
arranged as to effect the desired end.
In the accompanying Drawings Fig. 1 is a side sectional view of my Inven-
tion taken in the line x, x, Fig. 2; Fig. 2, a horizontal section of the same
taken in the line y, y, Fig. 1. Similar letters of reference indicate corre-
sponding parts in the two Figures.
A, represents a horizontal frame or plate, which may be of any desired size,
and which is mounted on three wheels B, B, C. The wheels B, B, support
the back part of the frame A, and they may turn loosely on a fixed axle D, or
be rigidly attached to their axle, and the latter allowed to turn. The wheel C
supports the front part of the frame A, and is what is commonly termed a

page_text: caster wheel. This wheel C has its axle a fitted as usual in a fork b at the
lower end of a vertical arbor c. This arbor c is fitted loosely in a vertical
post E, the lower end of which is permanently attached to the front end of
the frame A; the upper end of arbor c bearing against the upper end of the
opening d in the post. The arbor c is allowed to turn freely in the post E,
and the front end or part of the frame A is bent or curved upward to form a
recess, as shown at e, so as to admit of a large-sized caster wheel being used;
the upper part of the caster wheel fitting in the recess e, and the latter being
made sufficiently wide to admit of said .wheel turning in it. The draught
pole is attached to the fork 6 of the arbor c, or to the axle a of the wheel C..
To the back part of the frame A there is attached in a central line with the
post E a póst F. The two posts E, F, are of equal height, and they support:
two plates G, H, which are placed one over the other, and are parallel with
the frame A. These plates G, H, are provided respectively at each side with
curved arms ff, of semicircular form; the arms f of the upper plate G
having a reverse position to the arms f' of the lower plate H, as shown clearly
in Fig. 2. The lower plate H has two oblong slots 9, 9, made longitudinally
in it, one near each end in a central line, and the upper ends of the posts have
vertical rods h, h, fitted and secured in them; which rods pass through the
slots g, g, the plate II resting on the tops of the posts E, F.. The plate G has
similar slots i, i, made in it through which the rods h, h, pass, and the latter.
havé screw threads cut on them to receive nuts j. j.
slots
By this arrangement it will be seen that the two plates G, H, are allowed a
certain degree of adjustment longitudinally; corresponding to the length of the
g, g, i, i, less the thickness of the rods h, h, which pass through them; and
it will also be seen that said plates may be secured at any desired point within
the scope or length of their movement by screwing down the nuts j,j, on the
plate G. The frame A is provided with a series of recesses k, which are of
inverted conical form corresponding to that of the tips of the moulds I,
as shown in Fig. 1. The moulds I are of the usual form, and they are made
of different sizes; so as to form sugar loaves of the different sizes and weights
required. The moulds I are fitted in the carriage as follows:-The orifices of the
tips of the moulds are fitted or stopped with plugs (shown in red, Fig. 1), and the
tips of the moulds are fitted in the recesses k of the frame A, and the upper
parts of the moulds are placed between the arms f, f, of the plates G, H, and
the latter are then adjusted or moved longitudinally, so that the arms f,f',
will snugly grasp the upper part of the moulds, forming nearly a circle around
each mould; the plates being then firmly secured in position by screwing down
the nuts j.j, see Fig. 2. Thus it will be seen that moulds of different sizes

page_text: may be firmly secured in the carriage by simply adjusting the plates G, H.
There will no shaking of the moulds whatever their dimensions may be, and
they may be secured in the carriage and released therefrom with the greatest
facility. By having the front end or part of the frame A bent or curved so
as to form a recess e, as previously described, a large-sized caster wheel C is
obtained, and allowed to be placed underneath the frame A, so that its arbor c
may be fitted in the post E without having the frame A unduly elevated, and
by having the arbor c of said wheel fitted in the hollow post E, the former
does not monopolize any room, and the caster wheel is allowed to turn freely,
as it can be kept well lubricated and free from dust. A large caster wheel
does not allow obstructions which it may meet or come in contact with to
offer as much resistance to the movement of the carriage as a small one.
Having described the nature of this Invention and the manner of per-
forming the same, I declare that what I claim as the Invention to be
protected by the herein-before in part recited Letters Patent is,-
First, the adjustable plates G, H, provided with arms f, f, and arranged
or applied to the carriage substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth.
Secondly, the frame A provided with recesses k to receive the tips of the
moulds when used in connection with the adjustable plates G, H, or any
suitable holding device at the upper parts of the moulds for the purpose
specified.
Thirdly, providing the frame A with a recess e at its front part or end, as
shown, when said recess is used in connection with a hollow post E to receive
the arbor c of the caster wheel C, and said post is attached to frame A to sup-
port the front ends of the plates G, H, as set forth.
Fourthly, the combination, construction, and arrangement of the parts,
herein shown and described, to operate as and for the purpose specified.
In witness whereof, I, tho said William Clark, have hereunto set my
band and seal, this Ninth day of February, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-three.
Witness,
JAMES DAISH,
53, Chancery Lane,
London.
TATUTO AL
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