Box, CASE, OR FRAME FORGE, WHICH MAY BE READILY TRANSPORTED FROM PLACE TO PLACE, APPLICABLE TO SHIPPING, AGRI- CULTURE, AND A VARIETY OF OTHER PURPOSES WHERE PORTABILITY AND ECONOMY ARE DESIRABLE
Year: 1819

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, FREDERICK
CLIFFORD CHERRY, of Croydon, in the County of Surrey, Veterinary Surgeon
in the Army, send greeting.
WHEREAS His most Excellent Majesty King George the Third, by His
Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, bearing date at Westminster, the Twentieth day of January,
in the fifty-ninth year of His reign, did give and grant unto me, the said
Frederick Clifford Cherry, my executors, administrators, and assigns, His
special licence, full power, sole privilege and authority, that I, the said
Frederick Clifford Cherry, my executors, administrators, and assigns, during
the term of years therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use,
exercise and vend, within England, Wales, and the Town of Berwick-upon-
Tweed, my Invention of "A Box, CASE, OR FRAME FORGE, WHICH MAY BE
READILY TRANSPORTED FROM PLACE TO PLACE, APPLICABLE TO SHIPPING, AGRI-
CULTURE, AND A VARIETY OF OTHER PURPOSES WHERE PORTABILITY AND ECONOMY
ARE DESIRABLE;" in which Letters Patent there is contained a proviso obliging
me, the said Frederick Clifford Cherry, under my hand and seal, to cause a
particularly description of the nature of my said Invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be inrolled in His Majesty's High
Court of Chancery within two calendar months next and immediately after
the date of the said in part recited Letters Patent, as in and by the same
(relation being thereunto had) may more fully and at large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
Frederick Clifford Cherry, do hereby declare that my said Invention is fully
described and ascertained by the Drawings annexed to these Presents, and the
description thereof, and as follows, that is to say:-

page_text: My Invention consists of so disposing, uniting, and packing the various
things requisite to form a smith's forge as that the same may be readily
transported from place to place in a box, case, or frame, which shall not only
answer this purpose but also serve to form part of the forge when required to
be set up for use. But although the Figures in the margin of these Presents
exhibit the several parts of a forge so arranged and adapted as completely to
shew the nature of my Invention and the means of carrying the same into
effect, it must be evident that experience and practice may suggest variations
therefrom that may be found more convenient, and that the size may be
increased or diminished as may be desired. The same letters refer to the same
parts in all the Figures. Figures 1 to 12 exhibit the several articles comprising
those parts of the forge that is requisite to pack in the box, case, or frame,
when the forge is to be transported. Figure 1 shews the anvil placed on the
block; Figure 2, the bellows; Figure 3, the sledge hammer; Figure 4, the
rockstaff or lever for working the bellows; Figures 5 and 6, the standards
for supporting the bearing bar or fulcrum Figure 12, on which the rockstaff
rests to work the bellows; Figure 7, the anvil block, which is cut on one side
to the shape of one side of the anvil, in order that it may lay close to it when
packed; it has also an indenture made in it to receive in part the nossel of
the bellows when packed. Figure 7, A, shews the reverse side of the anvil
block and the top, as cut to receive the base of the anvil. Figure 8 represents
the brace which connects the two halves of the lid or cover together by means
of the bolts and keys u, u, when the forge is set up for use. Figure 9, the
hearth, the construction of which is well known, excepting that it is made so
that the firepan and back may fold together or be separated from each other,
w, w, being two turn-buttons for the purpose of fixing the back perpendi
cularly to the lower part or firepan. Figure 10, the box for tools, having a
fillet or cleat on one end to prevent the brace 8 shifting endways when the
forge is packed. The bottom of the other end t is rabbitted in order to lay on
the upright 6, by which it is prevented from falling out of the case. Figure 11,
the coal or water trough. Figure 12, the bearing bar or fulcrum, on which
the rockstaff rests to work the bellows, and which is packed in the box for
tools. Figure 13 represents a perspective view of the frame made principally
of ash or other wood, or other suitable materials, which may either be left open
or closed up, the end A being somewhat lower than the other to admit of the
lid or cover, which is made in two parts, each opening outwards, to shut down
upon it, whereby greater length is obtained for supporting the hearth, when the
forge is set up for use. The two sides C, D, formed separately, are connected
to the ends A and B, also formed separately, by screws, bolts, or otherwise, and

page_text: the two longitudinal bars a, b, morticed or otherwise fastened into the lower
rails of the ends A, B, will form the bottom. These longitudinal bars are
supported also by a strap of iron c, or other suitable material, which is placed
near the end B, on which strap of iron or other suitable material the corner
of the anvil rests when packed, and the straps d, d, d, d, which form the lower
parts of the hinges, by which the top or cover is attached to the upper rails,
are sufficiently long to fasten also on to the lower rails of the longitudinal
sides, for the sake of giving the whole frame additional strength. e, e, are
two studs or cleats fixed on or into the end B, to receive the sockets or studs
of the ends of the standards, Figure 5 and 6, for supporting the bearing bar
or fulcrum, Figure 12, on which rests the rockstaff, Figure 4, for working.
the bellows. ff, are two straps of iron or other suitable material fastened to
the upper and lower bars of the longitudinal sides C, D, and each having
a hole in them immediately under the lower side of the top bar, of sufficient
size to admit of a transverse rod or bolt g, which is destined to pass through
two staples, one of which is shewn by h, Figure 18, fixed on the under sides
of the folding top or cover in order to make it secure when the apparatus is
packed up. On one end of this transverse rod or bolt is a hasp i, which shuts
over a rotatory staple or French key, and which may be made secure by a
padlock or otherwise.. j is a box to receive the head of the sledge hammer
Figure 3; and k is a raised block, with a mortice or notch made in it to receive
the handle. is a block shoulder or bracket on the inner side of one of the
uprights nearest to the end B. One of the uprights nearest the end A has a
similar block, shoulder, or bracket m, and on these two blocks, shoulders, or
brackets, rests the rockstaff, which, when the forge is packed, is prevented by.
the bellows at one end, and by the anvil block at the other end, from shifting
sideways. n is an indenture or mortice made to receive one gudgeon or
fulcrum of the bellows,, the upright corresponding; on the other longitudinal
side D has a similar shoulder and indenture or mortice to receive the other
fulcrum or gudgeon of the bellows, which shoulder also serves to support when
the forge is packed one end of the uprights, Figures 5 and 6, for carrying or
supporting the lever or rockstaff, the other end of these uprights or supports being
borne on the block shoulder or bracket corresponding on the opposite longitudinal
side with that indicated by 1; the ends of these uprights abut against the anvil,
and are prevented from shifting sideways by the bellows and anvil block jointly
when the forge is packed. On each of these blocks, shoulders, or uprights,
may be screwed, or otherwise fastened, a plate of iron, or other suitable mate-
rial, as shewn at 1, for the purpose of confining laterally, without the aid of the
bellows and the anvil block, the rockstaff, and the supports for the bearing

page_text: bar or fulcrum on which the rockstaff rests to work the bellows. In the
upright bar of the end B a hole is made, which is to receive the nossel of the
bellows in order to keep them in their place when packed up. The uprights
p, p, of the end A (see Figures 19 and 20) are cut with blocks, shoulders, or
brackets, for the hearth to rest upon when the forge is packed up. The length
and breadth of this frame should be about the length and breadth of the
bellows intended to be employed, the length of the gudgeons included. The
depth should also be guided by the size of the different implements or ope-
-rative parts used. Figure 14 represents the longitudinal side D of the box,
case, or frame, when packed up, and shews the standards 5 and 6, one end of
the anvil 1, and anvil block 7, and the ends of the tool box 10, coal or water
trough 11, and side of the hearth 9, and bellows 2. Figure 15 represents one
end of the box, case, or frame, shewing the head of the bellows 2, and back
edge of the hearth 9, also the lid or cover 18, shutting down on this end A.
Figure 16 represents the opposite end B, shewing the face of the anvil 1, the
head of the hammer 3, and one side of the anvil block 7. Figure 17 repre-
sents the opposite side to Figure 14, and shews the other ends of the anvil
block 7, the tool box 10, and coal or water trough 11, the other side of the
bellows 2, the nose of the hammer 3 and its handle, the rockstaff 4, the
brace 8, and one side or edge of the hearth 9; a cleat or fillet 7 on the end
of the tool box prevents the brace 8 from shifting endways. Fig. 18 repre-
sents one side of the lid or cover, on which is a notched iron r and shouldered
studs, for supporting and fixing the hearth. Figure 19 is a perspective view
of the forge when set up ready for use. Figure 20 is a perspective view of
the forge packed up for travelling. A vice may be carried in the space on
either side the nossel of the bellows when the forge is packed or in the box
for tools. When the forge is set up for use the vice may be attached on either
side, contiguous, as at v, to the brace, which then connects the two halves of
the lid, cover, or top together.
Directions for unpacking and setting up the forge for use:-Turn the
rotatory staple or French key, raise the hasp 2, and withdraw the transverse
bolt g, raise the lid 18, and for greater convenience in removing the contents
of the case slip off one half of it, remove the contents of the case in the
order they present themselves, placing each part on the ground contiguous;
replace the half of the lid which was slipped off, bring the two halves of the
lid perpendicular, introducing between them the brace 8, the dub tennons of
which enter corresponding mortices in the lid. Through the cross bars of the
brace 8 pass the bolts u, u, outwards through the holes in the middle bar of the
lid or cover, and by means of the drift keys draw them tight, slip the sockets of

page_text: studs of the ends of the standards 5 and 6 on to the studs or cleats e, e, in the
end B, and on the standards or uprights 5 and 6 place the bearing bar or
fulcrum 12, on which the rockstaff rests, for working the bellows in notches
there made to receive it; slide the gudgeons of the 'bellows under the cleats or
brackets of the standards or uprights 5 and 6, and let the nossel rest on the
centre of the brace 8; fix the back of the hearth by means of the turn-
buttons w, w, Figure 9, perpendicular to the firepan, and slide the iron on
to the nossel of the bellows; the hearth will now rest in the notches r, and on
the shouldered studs s (see Figure 18); place the rockstaff on the bearing
bar 12 intended for its support, and attach it to the bellows by a small chain,
or otherwise hitch the coal or water trough 11 on to the hearth, and the forge-
is complete. The anvil and block are adjusted according to the convenience of
the workmen. The vice may be attached on either side, contiguous, as at v,
Figure 19, to the brace which connects the two halves of the lid together.
Directions for unfixing the forge and packing it in the case:-Remove the
several parts and place them on the ground contiguous, reversing the order
observed in setting up the forge for use; that is to say, unfix the vicè
hitch off the coal or water trough 11, remove the rockstaff from the bearing
bar 12, raise the hearth from the shouldered studs s, and withdraw it from the
notches r; withdraw the support given by the turn-buttons w, w, and bring
the back and firepan of the hearth together, as shewn by A, Figure 9; raise
the nossel of the bellows from the brace 8, and withdraw the gudgeons from
under the cleats or brackets on 5 and 6; take off the bearing bar 12 for the
rockstaff and return it into the tool box 10; lift up and remove the uprights
5 and 6, remove the drift keys and push back the bolts, when the brace will
slip from its place and the lid fall back; place the drift keys and bolts in the
tool box, remove one half of the lid for greater convenience, and replace in
the case the several parts as numbered; that is to say, 1 the anvil, 2
bellows, 3 sledge hammer, 4 rockstaff, 5 and 6 uprights or standards, 7 anvil
block, 8 brace, 9 hearth, 10 tool box, 11 coal or water trough; replace the
part of the lid removed for convenience and close both parts of it; pass the
rod or bolt g through the staples on the under side of each half of the lid,
press down the hasp and turn the rotatory staple over it; a padlock may be
passed through the staple if this kind of security is desirable.
In witness whereof, I, the said Frederick Clifford Cherry, have hereunto
set my hand and scal, this Twentieth day of March, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and nineteen.
FREDERICK CLIFFORD (L.S.) CHERRY.

page_text: AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the Twentieth day of March, in the
fifty-ninth year of the reign of His Majesty King George the Third, the said
Frederick Clifford Cherry came before our said Lord the King in His Chan-
cery, and acknowledged the Instrument aforesaid, and all and every thing
therein contained and specified, in form above written. And also the Instru-
ment aforesaid was stamped according to the tenor of the Statute made in the
fifty-fifth year of His said Majesty's reign.
Inrolled the Twentieth day of March, One thousand eight hundred and
nineteen.