Improvements relating to Brick Making Machinery.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 28th Aug., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 27th May, 1897-Accepted, 3rd July, 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements relating to Brick Making Machinery.
We CHARLES ROBERT I ORY, Foreman, of Station Road, Teynham in the
County
Kent, and EASTWOOD AND COMPANY LIMITED, Brick Manufacturers, of 47 Belvedere
Road, Lambeth in the County of London, do hereby declare the nature of this
Invention to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to the application of a "striker" to brick-making machinery
so that the striking off is done automatically during the process of making the bricks
by which means they are turned out more rapidly and are better made than is
at present the case, when bricks are struck off by land.
According to one way of carrying out this Invention, on to a suitable part of the
machine we fit a pivotted flap (preferably made of metal) and so fitted that its edge
comes just over the moulds in which the bricks are formed, so that as the moulds
pass under the said flap as the table rotates, the bricks are "struck off" mechanically.
The said flap is provided with a weight so as to keep it in position and prevent its
banging up.
We further fit to the machine a water supply pipe provided with a cock which
latter is opened and closed automatically as the table rotates, in order to supply
a small quantity of water to the bricks before coming under the aforesaid flap.
Dated this twenty seventh day of Ancu 1000
BROWNE & Co.,
Agents for the Applicants,
9 Warwick Court, Gray's Inn, London, W.C.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements relating to Brick Making Machinery.
We, CHARLES ROBERT IVORY, Foreman, of Station Road, Teynham, in the County
of Kent, and EASTWOOD AND COMPANY LIMITED, Brick Manufacturers, of 47 Belvedere
Road, Lambeth, in the County of London, 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 :-
This Invention relates to the application of a "striker" to brick-making machinery,
so that the striking off is done automatically during the process of making the bricks,
by which means they are turned out more rapidly and are better made than is
at present the case, when bricks are struck off by hand.
According to one way of carrying out this Invention, on to a suitable part of the
machine we fit a pivoted flap (preferably made of metal), so fitted that its edge comes
just over the moulds in which the bricks are formed, so that as the moulds pass
under the said flap as the table rotates, the bricks are "struck off "mechanically.
The said flap is provided with a weight so as to keep it in position and prevent
its hanging up.
We further fit to the machine a water supply pipe provided with a cock, which
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And in order that our said Invention may be more clearly understood we will now
proceed to describe the same with reference to the accompanying drawings, in
which
Fig. 1 is a plan of a part of a brick-making machine, showing one way of
constructing and applying our mechanism for striking off the bricks and automatically
supplying water to the same;
Fig. 2 is an elevation of the same, and
Fig. 3 is a detail hereinafter referred to.
The same letters of reference denote the same parts in all the views.
a shows a part of the table and b the frame of the machine; o, flap or striker,
pivoted by means of the rod d carried by supports e and f; g, counterbalance
weight; h, moulds; i, bricks. The flap c may be raised and lowered by adjusting the
bolt and nut t.
j shows water supply pipe, terminating in a rose or spray k (shown in side
elevation, detached and to a larger scale, at Fig. 3). This spray or rose k is provided
with a hinged cover or bottom l, serving as a cock, and actuated by means of
a lever m. The spring n (Fig. 3) serves to bring the cover back to the closed
position. o, Figs. 1 and 2, shows a bent lever, pivoted on the rod p, which latter
projects from the frame of the machine. 9 q are projections placed at regular
intervals on the table a. r is a stay or stop, provided in order that the lever o may
only turn in one direction.
The action of the mechanism is as follows:-
As the table a rotates in the direction indicated by the arrow, in the ordinary
manner, each brick is struck off by the flap c ns it passes beneath the same. The
projections q, also strike the lower arm of the lever o, and, in consequence, the
horizontal arm presses against the lever mand the cover or bottom to the spray j
is opened, and a small quantity of water falls on to each brick before it passes under
the striker c. The amount of water supplied is regulated by the tap 8.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. The improvements relating to brick-making machinery substantially as and for
the purposes set forth.
2. In brick-making machinery, the employment of an automatic striker, for the
purpose set forth.
3. In brick-making machinery, the employment of a water supply cock opened and
closed automatically for the purpose set forth.
BROWNE & Co.,
Agents for the Applicants,
9 Warwick Court, Gray's Inn, London, W.C.