IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING TILES
Year: 1861

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Alexandre Louis Edm Maulbon, of No. 15, Passage
des Petites Ecuries, in the City of Paris, Merchant, for the Invention of
"IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING TILES."-
A communication from Jacques Félix, residing at Beaulieu, near Epinal,
in the Empire of France, Tile Manufacturer.
Sealed the 5th November 1861, and dated the 10th May 1861.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Alexandre Louis Edm
Maulbon at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 10th May 1861.
I, ALEXANDRE LOUIS EDM MAULBON, of No. 15, Passage des Petites Ecuries,
in the City of Paris, Merchant, do hereby declare the nature of the said
Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING
TILES," (a communication from Jacques Félix, a person resident at Beaulieu,
near Epinal, in the Empire of France, a Tile Manufacturer, to be as follows:-
This machine is composed of a first and second framing, the second serving
as guide to the crown or upper mould bearer of a shaft communicating motion
to a pinion pivoting on a vertical shaft and to a moveable table or feeder by
means of a rack and lever of the vertical shaft, which, by means of conical
wheels, sets in motion the horizontal shaft of the eccentrics of the horizontal
shaft, which carries two eccentrics which press upon the moulds of the two

page_text: eccentrics already mentioned; of a turntable carrying four lower moulds; of
a vertical shaft supporting the turntable; of a moveable table or feeder which
receives the clay and brings it above the mould fixed on the turntable; of an
arm (with four branches at right angles) fixed on the vertical shaft above the
pinion, and giving to it an intermittent rotary motion by means of a double
balance catch fixed above the pinion of a rack giving a come-and-go motion to
the above pinion, and receiving its own impulsion from the shaft first above-
mentioned; of moulds fixed by a hinge upon the turntable, and receiving the
clay from which the tile is to be made; of a small lever with roller or plate,
which comes upon and presses a pedal, thus setting at work the moveable table
or feeder; of a slide in which runs the rack; and of a driving pulley which
may, if desired, be replaced by a fly wheel with handles or by a toothed gearing.
The action of the machine is as follows:-A cake or lump of clay being placed
on the mould, which is at the right of the framing, motion is communicated
from the shaft first above mentioned to the horizontal shaft carrying the two
eccentrics, which in their rotation make the upper mould come down and
press upon the clay and give it the desired form, while the roller or plate
pressing upon the pedal above mentioned the moveable table or feeder is lifted
back to bring a new piece of clay to the second mould. The tile is thus
pressed, and while the upper mould rises again the rack completing its journey
turns the moveable pinion, carrying the balance catch which presses against
one of the branches of the arm before mentioned, and giving the same move-
ment to the vertical shaft turns the table, which brings another mould charged
with clay beneath the upper mould. The product may be doubled by adding
a second turntable in front of the first, working it with the same gearing, and
the eccentrics may be placed beneath the machine, if found more convenient.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Alexandre Louis Edm Maulbon in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 9th November 1861.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, ALEXANDRE
LOUIS EDM MAULBON, of No. 15, Passage des Petites Ecuries, in the City of
Paris, Merchant, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Tenth day of May, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and sixty-one, in the twenty-fourth year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto

page_text: me, the said Alexandre Louis Edm Maulbon, Her special licence that I, the
said Alexandre Louis Edm Maulbon, my executors, administrators, and
assigns, or such others as I, the said Alexandre Louis Edm Maulbon, my
executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree with, and
no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter during the term therein
expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within
the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and
Isle of Man, an Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS
FOR MANUFACTURING TILES," (a communication from Jacques Félix, a person
resident at Beaulieu, near Epinal, in the Empire of France, a Tile Manu-
facturer,) upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Alexandre Louis
Edm Maulbon, my executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing
under my, or their, or one of their hands and seals, should particularly describe
and ascertain the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the
same was to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great
Seal Patent Office within six calendar months next and immediately after
the date of the said Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Alexandre Louis Edm Maulbon, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement and annexed Drawing.
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In the latter A indicates the frame of the machine; B, frame serving to
guide the crown or upper mould bearer; D, wheel giving motion to the pinion
J and moveable feeder K by means of the bevil wheel D', and of a friction-
roller lever; E, vertical shaft, by which motion is communicated to the
horizontal shaft of the eccentrics G by conical wheels; F, horizontal shaft,
carrying the two eccentrics G, which press on the moulds; H, turn-plate
supporting the four lower moulds; I, vertical shaft supporting the turn-plate;
J, pinion made to pivot on the vertical shaft I by means of wheel D¹; K,
moveable apron or feeder which receives the clay from the crusher and rolling
machine, bringing it suitably prepared above the mould O; L, an arm or wheel
with four branches at right angles fixed upon shaft I (above the pinion J) and
giving it an intermittent rotary motion by means of the double balance catch M,
fixed on the pinion J; N, rod giving a come-and-go motion to the pinion J,
and receiving its own impulsion from the wheel D; O, moulds fixed on the
turn-plate by a hinge, and receiving the clay of which the tile is to be formed.
A small lever with roller presses on the pedal at the point J, J, to set in motion
the feeder or apron K; R, driving pulley, which may, if desired, be replaced by
a fly-wheel with handles, or by toothed gearing. To set the machine at work it

page_text: 'suffices to place a cake or sheet of clay about six inches wide, sixteen inches
long, and two inches thick on the mould O, which is on the right of the frame B,
and turn the shaft D, which transmits motion to the shaft F and the eccentrics G,
which by their rotation bring the upper mould upon the clay and give it the
form required, while the friction roller lever pressing upon the pedal J, J,
draws back the feeder K and cuts another piece of clay which falls upon the
second mould. The tile is thus pressed, and as the upper mould again rises,
the rod completing the course or stroke given to it by the shaft and wheel D
turns the pinion J carrying the balance catch M, which then presses against
one of the branches of the arm or wheel L, and so imparting the same motion to
the vertical shaft I, causes the turn-plate to revolve, which brings another mould
charged with clay beneath the upper mould. It is easy to double the work of
this press by adding in front of the existing table or plate a second turn-plate,
which will be worked by the same movement and in the same manner as
above described and shewn in the Drawing, and the eccentrics may, if necessary,
be placed beneath the machine. The same intermittent motion may also be
produced by wheels toothing on one side only, but the movement would then
be less regular.
In witness whereof, I, the said Alexandre Louis Edm Maulbon, have
hereunto set my hand and seal, this Sixth day of November, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-one.
A. L. E. MAULBON. (L.s.)