Improvements in Anvils or Stakes for Silversmiths and others.
Year: 1898

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Anvils or Stakes for Silversmiths and others.
I, JOHN WRIGHT PEARSON, of 54, Ecclesall Road, City of Sheffield, Silversmith,
do hereby declare the nature of my invention to be as follows;
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My invention relates to the construction or to the manufacture of anvils and
stakes, such as are used by silversmiths, coppersmiths and others for the various
purposes of their trades, but it does not refer to smiths anvils used by ironworkers.
These anvils and stakes are usually made of one piece of solid steel, but they
have also been made by welding a steel face upon the heavy iron body.
In the first named method if the steel is of the best quality required for a
hard face, the cost is great and unnecessary, as the body would be quite. as good
for use if it was cheap common steel, and in the second method, there is great
risk of burning the steel face as it must of necessity be brought to a welding heat.
I propose to construct a detachable steel face or a face made separately from
the body and shank, and to attach same by any suitable means, for example
as follows:-
In a round faced anvil consisting of a face a body and a shank, the said shank
being usually made square to fit into a corresponding hole in a wood anvil block,
I make the top face of the body perfectly flat, and in the centre I bore and
screwthread a hole of considerable diameter. I make a thick facing of steel
having a central screwthreaded shank upon its under side which is also made
perfectly true, and preferably in the periphery of the face I bore one or more
holes to receive the ends of screwing up levers.
I then screw the face upon the block until the two faces bear solidly against
each other, and if desirable, a locking pin or wedge may be used to prevent any
unscrewing action.
The central shank may in some cases be made plain and fit into a plain hole,
and for some classes of work I may interpose a leather, fibre or other washer
between the face and the body.
By this arrangement there may be a number of faces to one body,, and there
are other advantages.
Improvements in Anvils or Stakes for Silversmiths and others.
I, JOHN WRIGHT PEARSON, of 54, Ecclesall Road, City of Sheffield, Silversmith,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same
[Price 8d.]

page_text: is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement:-
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My invention relates to the construction or to the manufacture of anvils and
stakes, such as are used by silversmiths, coppersmiths and others for the various
purposes of their trades, but it does not refer to smiths anvils.
These anvils and stakes are usually made of one solid piece of steel, but they
have also been made by welding a steel face upon an iron body.
In the first named method, if the steel is of the best quality required for a hard
and polished face, the cost is great and unnecessary, as the body of the anvil
would answer its purpose equally well if it was made of common steel; and
in the second method there is considerable risk of burning the steel face which
must of necessity be brought to a welding heat.
The annexed drawings represent an anvil constructed on my improved method.
Fig. 1, is an elevation of the entire anvil.
Fig. 2, the same anvil showing the face detached from the body.
In carrying out my invention as applied to the construction of an anvil such
as is shown in the drawings, I make the face F of the anvil, or the part' upon
which the work is done, separate from the body B, and its shank S, and attach
it thereto by any suitable means.
In the one shown which represents a round faced anvil, the shank S, is
usually made square and tapered to fit into a correspondingly shaped hole in
a wood anvil block, from which it can be readily removed and others substituted
as required.
I make the body of soft steel or the like, with its top face perfectly flat, and
in the centre I bore and screwthread a hole H, of considerable diameter.
I make a thick facing F, of best. steel, provided with a central shank S2, which
is screwthreaded to engage with the threads of the hole H, the underside of
the face is also made perfectly flat to fit upon the body B, and means are
provided to enable the face to be screwed tightly against the body, such for
example as lever holes L.
The face is then screwed into the block until it fits firmly against the body,
or if desired a leather or fibre washer may be interposed between the face and
the body.
Instead of a screwed shank S2, I may use a plain shank fitting into a plain
hole, and secure it by means of a key or its equivalent.
A number of faces by this arrangement may be fitted to one body, and such
faces when detached are more readily reground, polished and otherwise dealt with.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:
1. The improved construction of anvils and stakes for silversmiths and others
as hereinbefore described and set forth.
2. A silver smiths anvil consisting of a body B, and a separate face F, provided
with a shank S either plain or screwed, to fit into a hole H, made in the body,
as herein before described, and set forth.
Pated the 90th day of December 1998.
ROBT. F. DRURY, Č.P.A.,
Agent for Applicant, Bank Buildings, George Street, Sheffield.
ocor
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