IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF SPOONS, FORKS, AND OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES IN METAL
Year: 1856

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Harry Emanuel, of Hanover Square, in the County
of Middlesex, Silversmith, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
MANUFACTURE OF SPOONS, FORKS, AND OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES IN METAL."
_ A communication.
Sealed the 1st April 1856, and dated the 12th January 1856.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Harry Emanuel at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
12th January 1856.
I, HARRY EMANUEL, of Hanover Square, in the County of Middlesex, Silver-
smith, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN THE MANUFACTURE OF SPOONS, FORKS, AND OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES. IN METAL,"
(communicated to me by a foreigner residing abroad,) to be as follows:-
My Invention consists in engraving or otherwise figuring upon a pair of
dies, the surface of each of which is in the form of a segment of a circle, the
form, pattern, or device required to be in and upon the article to be produced,
and in mounting such dies in suitably shaped frames or holders, in setting such
holders and dies opposite to each other, that is, one above and the other below,
and in imparting to each a rocking motion, which brings the whole surface
from end to end of each die in contact at every stroke or motion of the pair
of dics.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Harry Emanuel in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
10th July 1856.
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TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, HARRY
EMANUEL, of Hanover Square, in the County of Middlesex, Silversmith, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twelfth day of January, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-six, in the nineteenth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said Harry Emanuel, Her special licence that I, the said Harry
Emanuel, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as 1, the
said Harry Emanuel, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at
any time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times there-
after 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 THE
MANUFACTURE OF SPOONS, FORKS, AND OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES IN METAL," commu-
nicated to me by a foreigner residing abroad, upon the condition (amongst
others) that I, the said Harry Emanuel, 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 Inven-
tion, and in what manner the samo 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 Harry Emanuel, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what mauner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement thereof;-reference-being-had-to tho Drawings hereunto_annexed
(that is to say):—
This Invention consists in engraving or otherwise figuring upon a pair of
dies, the surface of each of which is in the form of a segment of a circle, the
form, pattern, or device required to be in and upon the article to be produced,
and in mounting such dies in suitably shaped frames or holders, in setting such
holders and dies opposite to each other, that is, one above and the other below,
and in imparting to each a rocking motion, which brings the whole surface
from end to end of each die in contact at every stroke or motion of the pair
of dies.

page_text: The Drawings hereunto annexed represent a machine for carrying my
Invention into effect.
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Figure 1 is a front elevation; Figure 2, an end elevation; Figure 3, a vertical
section, through the line a, b, of Figure 2; Figure 4, a.plan. The same letters
refer to similar parts in all the Figures. A, A, is the framework of the
machine; B, B, are iron ties or stays for keeping the framework together; one
end of each of these stays may be screw-threaded, for the purpose of regulating
the distance between the side frames and keeping the parts parallel. In the
framework A, A, there are slots for receiving the journals or bearings of the
rocking shaft C, C'. D, D', are segmental blocks, cast upon or otherwise
fixed to the shafts C, C'. The shape of the blocks is shewn clearly at
Figure 3. Recesses are formed from c to d, and e to f, in the convex face of
the segmental blocks, for the purpose of receiving the dies E, E; these dies are
carefully adjusted, and kept in position by means of the screws 9, 9, and h, h.
E, E, are the dies upon which the pattern to be produced is engraved. At
the end of the shafts C, C, and outside the framework A, I fix two semi-
circular blocks F, F, which carry toothed segments G, G¹, secured to the
blocks by screws i, i. These segments can be adjusted by means of pinching
screws h, k, tapped through lugs 1, 1. H, H', aro screws passing through holes
in the framework A, A. These screws press on the blocks m, m, and keep the
segmental block D in its right position. I, I, are iron straps, united at top by
a flat plate, and passing round the shaft C; these straps support the shaft C and
blocks F and D when the screws H, H', are slack. To the lower segmental block
D' a lever K is bolted or otherwise secured for giving the necessary rocking
motion to the machine. This lever is connected to a crank, which may bo
worked by steam, water, or other power; the length of the lever K must be
regulated according to the size of the dies. The manner of operation is as
follows: I first place a piece of metal which has been properly prepared for
the purpose between the dies E and E', a rocking motion is then imparted to
the blocks D, D', the toothed segments G, G', and thence to the dies E, E', by
means of the crank and lever K, when they impart to the metal the desired
shape, and the pattern or device engraved upon them. The toothed segments
are so arranged, that at the end of each stroke the motion ceases for a space
of time sufficient for removing the stamped article, and for introducing a fresh
5 piece to be operated upon, as before. I sometimes use an apparatus for con-
veying the metal to the dies, but do not confine myself to any peculiar method
of introducing it, as it is obvious it can be done in various ways. Although I
have represented in the Drawings, and described the best mode of constructing
this machine, yet I do not confine myself to the precise arrangement shown,

page_text: and, I do not limit myself to the manufacture of forks and spoons solely, for
with a machine of suitable dimensions I am enabled to stamp out or manu-
facture various articles in different metals.
And having now described the nature of the said Invention, and in what
manner the same is to be performed, I declare that I claim the manufacture
of spoons, forks, and other similar metal articles by the means and in manner
herein-before described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Harry Emanuel, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Tenth day of July, One thousand eight hundred
and fifty-six.