An Improved Carrying Off Table for Brick and Tile Machines.
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Apr., 1886.
Complete Left, 17th Jan., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 18th Feb., 1887.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Carrying Off Table for Brick and Tile Machines.
RICHARD BRADSHAW of Daisy Bank in the parish of Swinton in the County of.
Lancaster, Mechanical Engineer lo hereby declare the nature of my invention for AN
IMPROVED CARRYING OFF TABLE FOR BRICK AND TILE MACHINES to be as follows:-
This Invention consists of two parallel narrow frames each consisting of two or
more legs supporting a thin beam or slide constructed of Iron or other suitable
materials These frames are placed each with one end in contact with, and the same
height as the cutting table, the other end being preferably at a lower level so as to
insure a slope away from the cutting table, the frames entered to any convenient
distance and are placed about the length of the cutting tables apart and at right
angles to the cutting table. In conjunction with this framework is used a series of
brick boards, rectangular in shape and each capable of holding all the bricks cut off
by the wires at one stroke.
Action. One of these boards is placed on the frame immediately in contact with the
wires of the cutting table. The action of drawing over the lever of the cutting table
& cutting the bricks pushes the cut bricks on to this board and two boys in
attendance slide it down the incline formed by the above described frames, another
board being placed ready for a repetition of the process.
The advantages of this carrying off Table are;
(1) A great saving of Labour is effected.
(2) A far greater number of bricks can be taken off the tables than by any method
in ordinary use and thus the efficiency of the Brick Machine is greatly increased.

page_text: I, RICHARD BRADSHAW of Daisy Bank Swinton Lancashire, 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 :-
The object of this invention is to provide a cheap, efficient and labour saving
apparatus for carrying away the bricks from brick and tile machines after they have
been cut by the wires of the cutting table.
It consists essentially of a frame constructed of two or more parallel light beams or
slides suitably supported at an inclination to the cutting table; in conjunction with
which are used a series of boards or carriers upon which the. bricks as they are cut
slide down the frame and are removed from the machine.
Referring to the drawings
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Figure 1. is a sectional elevation of carrying off table fixed in position for receiving
the bricks from the cutting table.
Figure 2 is a plan of the same.
In these A A are the beams or slides forming the frame of the carrying off table.
These are preferably placed as shown parallel one to the other, though that is not
absolutely essential. They are supported at one end against the cutting table,
preferably as shown by means of a hook e passing into the bracket or eye C. I
usually prefer this method of supporting one end of the slides as they are thereby
held more rigidly than if supported on legs, though under some circumstances this
or other suitable method may be adopted. At the other end they are supported
on legs B riveted or otherwise attached thereto. The distance apart of the two
beams A should be rather less than width of the cutting table D.
In larger
machines three or more of such beams may be used if found necessary to support the
board. The frauies are placed level with the cutting, table at the ends that abut
against it.
At the other ends they are supported at a lower level so that the carrying
off table inclines or slopes away from the cutting table for the purpose of allowing
the brick carrier to slide easily away from the machine when full. The table may
be of any required length. E are brick carriers preferably rectangular and made
from, wood; and are each of a size to hold the number of bricks cut off by the wires F
at each stroke. These carriers are placed on the edge of the table D and receive the
bricks as they are cut off by the machine and are slid down the inclined carrying off
table from the lower end of which they are removed with the bricks to the drying
room.
The cutting frame and table are of ordinary construction.
In the drawings F are the cutting or dividing wires. G a toothed segment actuated
in any suitable manner, either by hand or by the brick and tile machine which gears

page_text: with a rack L, carrying the pusher arm H. M is a pusher plate on the arm H which
comes in contact with the clay J when motion is imparted to it through the
segment G forcing the clay past the wires F onto the carrier E, when loaded with
bricks K the board or carrier E is slid down the inclined frame A by the attendant
and another placed in position to receive the next cut of bricks.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said invention,
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is :-
1. A carrying off table for brick or tile machines consisting of two or more light
beams or slides supported on legs or brackets set at an inclination to the table of the
machine, substantially as described and shown.
2. The combination with the carrying off table for brick cutting machines men-
tioned in claim one of boards or carriers for the bricks which may when full be slid
down the table, substantially as shown and described.
3. A carrying off table for a brick and tile machine, arranged and constructed
substantially as described and shown.
WM. P. THOMPSON, & Co.,
Of 6, Lord Street, Liverpool,
Agents for the Applicant.