Improvements in Apparatus for use in the Fettling and Ornamenting of Ridge Tiles.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 4th Jan., 1899-Accepted, 11th Feb., 1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for use in the Fettling and Ornamenting
of Ridge Tiles.
I, GEORGE REE, of Abbots Leigh, Burton Road, Ashby de la Zouch, in the
County of Leicester, Brick and Tile Manufacturer, 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 improvements in apparatus for use in the fettling
and ornamenting of ridge tiles, and has particular reference to the ornamenting
of the comb or crest of such tiles, which when first brought from the press or the
like in which they have been made are in a green" rough state and it is when
in this condition that the fettling of the tile and ornamenting of the comb or crest
is done.
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Various methods for ornamenting have hitherto been in vogue, more or less
slow in operation and irregular in effect.
By the means hereinafter described however, much greater regularity in the
pattern or ornamenting is obtained, with a considerably greater production.
The invention will be more clearly understood upon reference to the drawing
accompanying this specification in which Figure 1 is an isometrical view of a
ridge tile in the "green" rough state prior to the fettling and ornamenting
thereof.
Figure 2 is also an isometrical view showing the tile enclosed in the apparatus
hereinafter described.
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Figure 3 is an end elevation of Figure 2 and Figure 4 is a side elevation of the
complete horse" forming part of the said apparatus, Figure 5 being an end
elevation of the top part of the "horse" detached from the bottom part and with
the finished tile thereon, and Fig. 6 is a side elevation of the said finished tile.
Figure 7 is a perspective view of u tool hereinafter referred to.
The tile shown detached in Figure 1 is provided with the usual wings A A and
surmounted by the comb or crest B.
To accomplish the fettling and ornamenting of the said tile, it is mounted upon
the frame or horse," made preferably of wood and formed in two parts. The
said frame or "horse" consists of two sides CC nailed or screwed together at the
top or meeting edges and strengthened by the cross ribs C¹.
At or near the bottom of the sides CC, longitudinal strips DD are secured
by screws, nails or other suitable means, the wings EE forming the pattern or
gauge for the comb or crest B being connected to the said strips DD by hinges D',
by which means the said wings EE may be turned down to one side (see
Figure 3) to allow of the insertion and removal of the tile from the apparatus.
As will be seen most clearly in Figure 2 the tops of the wings E E¹ are shaped
to a desired pattern which forms the gauge for the cutting in any convenient way
of the pattern on the comb or crest B. The holes 13' in the comb or crest B are
cut by a tool such as shown in Fig. 7. It will be readily understood that the
pattern may be varied as desired, either in height of crest or length of ridge by

page_text: having a separate complete apparatus for each pattern or by making the parts of
the pattern wings which abut on the comb or crest B readily removable from the
remaining parts of the wings EE', the brackets F facilitating such change. By
forming the frame or horse in two parts, the top part (see Figure 5) may be readily
lifted and removed (with the tile thereon), openings C in the cross ribs C¹ being 5
formed for convenience in lifting.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
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1. The fettling and ornamenting of ridge tiles by the means and in the manner
substantially as described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
2. An apparatus for use in the fettling and ornamenting of ridge tiles consisting
of the parts constructed arranged and operating substantially in the manner and for
the purpose described and illustrated in the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 4th day of January 1899.
W. P. THOMPSON & Co..
322, High Holborn, London, W.C.,
Patent Agents for the Applicant.