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Year: 1837

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page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, RICHARD
ROB, of Everton, near Bawtry, in the County of York, Gentleman, send greeting.
WHEREAS His late most Excellent Majesty King William the Fourth, by
His Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date at
Westminster, the Seventeenth day of June, in the seventh year of His reign,
lid, for Himself, His heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said
Richard Roe, His especial license, full power, sole privilege and authority, that
I, the said Richard Roe, my exors, adñiors, and assigns, or such others as I,
he said Richard Roe, my exors, adñiors, or assigns, should at any agree
with, and no others, from time to time, and at all times, during the term of
years therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and
vend, within England and Wales, and the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed,
my Invention of "A CERTAIN IMPROVEMENT OR CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN
MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR MAKING BRICKS, TILES, AND OTHER ARTICLES MADE
FROM EARTHY MATERIALS;" in which said Letters Patent is contained a proviso
that I, the said Richard Roe, shall cause a particular description of the
nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed,
to be inrolled in His said Majesty's High Court of Chancery within six calendar
months next and immediately after the date of the said in part recited Letters
Patent, as in and by the same, reference being thereunto had, will more fully

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that, in compliance with the said proviso, I, the sai
Richard Roe, do hereby declare. the nature of my Invention, and th
manner in which the same is to be performed, are fully described and ascer
tained in and by the following statement thereof, reference being had to th
Drawings hereunto annexed, and to the figures and letters marked thereon
that is to say-
My Invention consists in an arrangement or combination of apparatus o
mechanical parts into a machine, as hereafter described, for pressing bricks
tiles, and other articles, and thereby obtain considerable density thereto in a
more effectual manner than has heretofore been accomplished.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 is a side view, and Figure 2 a plan of a machine combined accord-
ing to my Invention, the same being mounted on wheels to facilitate the
movement of the machine from place to place, in order to the same being
readily conveyed to the situation where it is to be used. Figures 3 and 4 are
longitudinal sections of the machine; Figure 5 is a transverse section of the
machine. By these Figures, aided by Figures 1 and 2, a workman will readily
trace the nature and construction of the various parts, and also the mode of
combining the same, in order to produce a machine according to: my Invention.
Figure 6 shows some of the parts separately. In each of these Figures the
same letters of reference are employed to denote the same parts. a, a, is the
main framing, the nature of which will readily be traced by inspection of the
various Figures of the Drawings. 6 is the main axis or shaft of the machine,
which receives motion from a winch handle c by means of the pinion d, the
pinion d and the winch handle c being affixed on the axis e, which turns in
suitable bearings, carried by the framing of the machine; and such is the case
with respect to the main axis or shaft b, as is clearly shown in the Drawing.
The pinion takes into and drives the cog wheelf affixed on the main shaft 6;
hence motion given to the winch handle c is communicated to the main shaft
or axis b, as above mentioned; on the main shaft or axis b are affixed the 3
cams g and h, which work the piston rods i and j, the part j sliding or moving
within the part i; and at times these parts have independent movement one of
the other, and at other times they work together as a simple piston rod, the
cams 7 working the part j, and the cam h working the part i of the piston
rod i, j, the parts working together when worked by means of the cam h, 3.
which presses up the piston rod i by means of the friction roller k, which rests
on the surface of the cam h. Figure 4 shows the parts of the machine in the
ct of delivering the brick; Figure 3, in the position of the cover of the

page_text: mould having been just removed, and Figure 5 shows the parts in the position
just before removing the cover from the mould, and at the time when the brick
is arrived at the highest degree of pressure. I is an axis having suitable
bearings carried by the framing of the machine, as is shown in the Drawing.
5 On the axis are affixed the handle m and the slotted arms n, the nature and
construction of which are clearly shown in the Drawing, they receiving the
friction rollers of the cross head or bar o of the part of the friction rod,
and it is on the under inclined surfaces of these slotted arms on which the
cams 9 act, and press the same upwards, together with the piston rod j, to the
position shown in Figure 4; and the handle m, by being pressed down by the
workman, completes the delivery of the brick from the mould. The cam h
works the piston rod i by means of the roller k, which has its axis on the cross
head or frame p affixed to the part of the piston rod i, such cross head moving
in guides q affixed to the framing of the machine; is the cover of the mould
which moves on the axis, and has a counterbalance weight, as is clearly
shown in the Drawing; s is a curved bar affixed to the upper part of the
cover, and is acted on by the friction roller t affixed to the axis of the rack v,
which is acted on by the cog wheel u on the axis of the handle us, as is clearly
shown in the Drawing; w, w, are two rods or levers which move on the main
axis b, and have a cross head w* affixed at their upper ends; this cross head
rests on the upper part of the cover of the mould, and resists the pressure which
is given to the brick within the mould.
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From the foregoing description, a workman, on examining the Drawings,
will readily be enabled to make a machine according to my Invention, and it
will only be desirable further to add, that in working the same, the workman will
place partially dry brick into the mould; the workman will then move the
handle, and by that means give motion to the rack and close the cover over the
machine, which will at the same time place the cross head won the top of the
cover; the workman will then give motion to the main axis or shaft b, by
which means he will actuate the piston rod i, j, by the cam h, and cause it to
raise the piston a, by which the brick in the mould will be pressed between
the piston and the cover at the top of the mould, as will readily be traced
by the various Figures of the Drawing. The workman will then cause the
cover of the mould to be removed by turning the handle; he will then again
cause the main axis or shaft to turn, which by the aid of the cams g will
cause the part of the piston rod to move upwards and force the brick up the
mould to the position shown in Figure 4, and he will complete the delivery of
the brick by means of the handle on the axis 7, as above mentioned.
Having thus described the various parts of the machine, I would have it

page_text: understood that I lay no claim to the various parts separately, nor do I claim
the giving considerable pressure to bricks, as above explained. It will be seen
that I have confined the description to bricks, but it will be evident that tiles
and such like articles (depending only on the shape of the moulds used) may
be made, and a workman will readily make the necessary variation in con-
structing the machine by applying the necessary moulds. But what I do claim
is, the mode of combining the various parts into a machine for the purpose of
pressing bricks, tiles, and such like articles, as above described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Richard Roe, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Fourteenth day of December, One thousand eight hun-
dred and thirty-seven.
AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the Fourteenth day of December,
in the year of our Lord 1857, the aforesaid Richard Roe came before our said
Lady the Queen in Her Chancery, and acknowledged the Specification afore-
said, and all and every thing therein contained and specified, in form above
written. And also the Specification aforesaid was stamped according to the
tenor of the Statute made for that purpose.
Inrolled the Sixteenth day of December, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and th

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, RICHARD
ROE, of Everton, near Bawtry, in the County of York, Gentleman, send greeting.
WHEREAS His late most Excellent Majesty King William the Fourth, by
His Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date at
Westminster, the Seventeenth day of June, in the seventh year of His reign,
did, for Himself, His heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the said
Richard Roe, His especial license, full power, sole privilege and authority, that
I, the said Richard Roe, my exors, admors, and assigns, or such others as I,
the said Richard Roe, my exors, adññors, or assigns, should at any agree
with, and no others, from time to time, and at all times, during the term of
years therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and
vend, within England and Wales, and the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed,.
my Invention of "A CERTAIN IMPROVEMENT OR CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN
MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR MAKING BRICKS, TILES, AND OTHER ARTICLES MADE
FROM EARTHY MATERIALS;" in which said Letters Patent is contained a proviso
that I, the said Richard Roe, shall cause a particular description of the
nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed,
to be inrolled in His said Majesty's High Court of Chancery within six calendar
months next and immediately after the date of the said in part recited Letters
Patent, as in and by the same, reference being thereunto had, will more fully
and at large appear.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that, in compliance with the said proviso, 1, the salu
Richard Roe, do hereby declare the nature of my Invention, and the
manner in which the same is to be performed, are fully described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement thereof, reference being had to the
Drawings hereunto annexed, and to the figures and letters marked thereon,
that is to say-
My Invention consists in an arrangement or combination of apparatus or
mechanical parts into a machine, as hereafter described, for pressing bricks,
tiles, and other articles, and thereby obtain considerable density thereto in a
more effectual manner than has heretofore been accomplished.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 is a side view, and Figure 2 a plan of a machine combined accord-
ing to my Invention, the same being mounted on wheels to facilitate the
movement of the machine from place to place, in order to the same being
readily conveyed to the situation where it is to be used. Figures 3 and 4 are
longitudinal sections of the machine; Figure 5 is a transverse section of the
machine. By these Figures, aided by Figures 1 and 2, a workman will readily
trace the nature and construction of the various parts, and also the mode of
Invention.
combining the same, in order to produce a machine according to my
Figure 6 shows some of the parts separately. In each of these Figures the
same letters of reference are employed to denote the same parts. a, a, is the
main framing, the nature of which will readily be traced by inspection of the
various Figures of the Drawings. b is the main axis or shaft of the machine,
which receives motion from a winch handle c by means of the pinion d, the
pinion d and the winch handle c being affixed on the axis e, which turns in
suitable bearings, carried by the framing of the machine; and such is the case
with respect to the main axis or shaft b, as is clearly shown in the Drawing
The pinion & takes into and drives the cog wheelf affixed on the main shaft b
hence motion given to the winch handle c is communicated to the main shaf
or axis b, as above mentioned; on the main shaft or axis 6 are affixed the
cams g and h, which work the piston rods i and j, the part j sliding or moving
within the part i; and at times these parts have independent movement one o
the other, and at other times they work together as a simple piston rod, the
cams ġ working the part j, and the cam h working the part i of the pistor
rod i, j, the parts working together when worked by means of the cam h
which presses up the piston rod i by means of the friction roller k, which rest
on the surface of the cam h. Figure 4 shows the parts of the machine in th
act of delivering the brick; Figure 3, in the position of the cover of the

page_text: mould having been just removed, and Figure 5 shows the parts in the position
just before removing the cover from the mould, and at the time when the brick
is arrived at the highest degree of pressure.
is an axis having suitable
bearings carried by the framing of the machine, as is shown in the Drawing.
On the axis are affixed the handle m and the slotted arms n, the nature and
construction of which are clearly shown in the Drawing, they receiving the
friction rollers of the cross head or bar o of the part j of the friction rod,
and it is on the under inclined surfaces of these slotted arms on which the'
cams 9 act, and press the same upwards, together with the piston rod j, to the
position shown in Figure 4; and the handle m, by being pressed down by the
workman, completes the delivery of the brick from the mould. The cam h
works the piston rod i by means of the roller k, which has its axis on the cross
head or frame p affixed to the part of the piston rod i, such cross head moving
in guides q affixed to the framing of the machine; is the cover of the mould
which moves on the axis r', and has a counterbalance weight 2, as is clearly
shown in the Drawing; s is a curved bar affixed to the upper part of the
cover, and is acted on by the friction roller t affixed to the axis of the rack v,
which is acted on by the cog wheel u on the axis of the handle us, as is clearly'
shown in the Drawing; w, w, are two rods or levers which move on the main
axis b, and have a cross head waffixed at their upper ends; this cross head
rests on the upper part of the cover of the mould, and resists the pressure which
is given to the brick within the mould..
From the foregoing description, a workman, on examining the Drawings,
will readily be enabled to make a machine according to my Invention, and it
will only be desirable further to add, that in working the same, the workman will
place a partially dry brick into the mould; the workman will then move the
handle, and by that means give motion to the rack and close the cover over the
machine, which will at the same time place the cross head won the top of the
cover; the workman will then give motion to the main axis or shaft b, by
which means he will actuate the piston rod i, j, by the cam h, and cause it to
raise the piston x, by which the brick in the mould will be pressed between
the piston x and the cover at the top of the mould, as will readily be traced
by the various Figures of the Drawing. The workman will then cause the
cover of the mould to be removed by turning the handle; he will then again
cause the main axis or shaft 6 to turn, which by the aid of the cams g will
cause the part of the piston rod to move upwards and force the brick up the
mould to the position shown in Figure 4, and he will complete the delivery of
the brick by means of the handle on the axis l, as above mentioned.
Having thus described the various parts of the machine, I would have it

page_text: understood that I lay no claim to the various parts separately, nor do I claim
the giving considerable pressure to bricks, as above explained. It will be seen
that I have confined the description to bricks, but it will be evident that tiles
and such like articles (depending only on the shape of the moulds used) may
be made, and a workman will readily make the necessary variation in con-
structing the machine by applying the necessary moulds. But what I do claim
is, the mode of combining the various parts into a machine for the
pressing bricks, tiles, and such like articles, as above described.
purpose of
In witness whereof, I, the said Richard Roe, have hereunto set my hand
and seal, this Fourteenth day of December, One thousand eight hun-