AN IMPROVED MACHINE FOR PRESSING BRICKS, TILES, OR OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES
Year: 1869

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Joseph Armytage Wade and John Cherry, both.
of Hornsca, in the County of York, for the Invention of "AN
IMPROVED MACHINE FOR PRESSING BRICKS, TILES, OR OTHER SIMILAR
ARTICLES."
Scaled the 10th August 1869, and dated the 18th February 1869.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Joseph Armytage
Wade and John Cherry at the Office of the Commissioners of
Patents, with their Petition, on the 18th February 1869.
WC, JOSEPH ARMYTAGE WADE and JOHN CHERRY, both of Hornsea,
in the County of York, do hereby declare the nature of the said In-
vention for "AN IMPROVED MACHINE FOR PRESSING BRICKS, TILES, OR OTHER
SIMILAR ARTICLES," to be as follows:-
A suitable frame mounted on wheels carries the fixed die or moüld
(for forming the sides of the brick, tile, or other article), to which is
hinged the movable upper die or lid. The lower die or loose bottom,
which works vertically inside the fixed die or mould, and by which the
pressure is given, is supported upon two eccentrics keyed upon a shaft

page_text: capable of revolving in bearings fixed to the frame and having a hand
lever keyed at one end thereof. The hinged upper die or lid when closed
is held down by a catch, but when released by a cam on the excentric
shaft is thrown back by means of a spring. The other end of the
excentric shaft is provided with a lever and link motion in connection
with the lower die or loose bottom.
The action of the press is as follows:-The brick, tile, or other
article being placed in the fixed mould upon the lower die or loose
bottom, the upper die or lid is closed and retained by the catch. The
hand lever is now pulled forwards and downwards, causing the two
excentrics to force up the lower die or loose bottom and give the
required pressure. The hand lever being now moved in the opposite
direction the cam on the excentric shaft releases the catch and allows the
spring to throw open the upper die or lid. The further movement of the
lever in the same direction now brings the link motion into action,
raising the loose bottom up to the level of the top of the die or mould,
so that the brick, tile, or other article can be removed. The operation
then proceeds as before.
For articles of a larger size requiring great pressure two shafts (having
two excentrics each) may be used, geared together by a pair of spur
wheels and both working simultaneously. The lower die or loose
bottom is steadied in its upward and downward movement by means of
guide rods.
preferred.
The press may be worked by steam or other power, if
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said Joseph Armytage Wade and John Cherry in the
Great Seal Patent Office on the 17th August 1869.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, we, JOSEPH
ARMYTAGE WADE and JOHN CHERRY, both of Hornsea, in the County of
York, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Eighteenth day of February, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine, in the
thirty-second year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and

page_text: successors, give and grant unto us, the said Joseph Armytage Wade
and John Cherry, Her special license that we, the said Joseph Army-.
tage Wado and John Cherry, our executors, administrators, and assigns,
or such others as we, the-said Joseph Armytage Wade and John Cherry,
our 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 "AN
IMPROVED MACHINE FOR PRESSING BRICKS, TILES, OR OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES,"
upon the condition (amongst others) that we, the said Joseph Army-
tage Wade and John Cherry, our executors or administrators, by an in-
strument in writing under our, 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 we, the said Joseph Armytage Wade and
John Cherry, do hereby declare the nature of our 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 accompanying
Drawings (that is to say).::
"A suitable frame mounted on wheels or otherwise carries the fixed:die.
or mould (for forming the sides of the brick, tile, or other article), to
which is hinged the moveable upper die or lid. The lower die or loose
bottom, which works vertically inside the fixed die or mould, and by
which the pressure is given, is supported upon two excentrics keyed upon
a shaft capable of revolving in bearings fixed to the frame and having a
hand lever keyed' at one end thereof. The hinged upper die or lid when
closed is held down by a catch, but when released by a cam on the.
excentric shaft, or a pin on the lever, is thrown back by means
of a spring.
The other end of the excentric shaft, is provided with
a lever and link motion in connection with, the lower die or loose.
bottom.
Such being the nature and object of our said Invention for "An Im:
proved Machine for Pressing Bricks, Tiles, or other Articles," we
will now proceed to describe more in detail the manner in which the

page_text: same is to be or may be performed and carried into practical effect, and
in order that the same may be clearly understood I have annexed
hereunto a Sheet of Drawings illustrative thereof, and have marked
the same with Figures and letters of reference corresponding with those
in the following explanation thereof..
In the annexed Drawing, Fig. 1 is a side clevation of the press (as
arranged for pressing stock bricks); Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section,
and Fig. 3 a transverse section of the same.
a, a, is the frame supported on wheels b, b, and carrying the fixed die
or mould, c, for farming the sides of the brick, to which the moveable
upper die or lid d, d, is hinged. The lower die or loose bottom e, c,
which works vertically inside the fixed die or mould c, c, being supported
upon two excentrics ff keyed upon the shaft g, g, which is carried in
suitable bearings h, h, and has a hand lever i, i, keyed at or near one
end. The lever and link motion, which is attached to the other end of
the excentric shaft 9, 9, and which works the lower die or loose bottom
e, e, is shown detached at Figs. 4. k, k, is a lever connected by two.
links,, and a bell crank m, m, to the lower dic. The lever k, l, is,
placed loosely on the shaft, but is acted upon in one direction, so as to
cause the link motion to raise the lower die e, e, and set free the brick or
other article by means of a driver 2, n, which is keyed fast on the shaft,
but when the shaft is moved in the other direction the die is free to
descend by its own weight, being guided by the rods o, o, (see Fig. 2).
P, p, is a catch (seen also detached in front view, Fig. 5) for holding
and releasing the upper die or lid, and q, q, is a spring for opening the
latter when released; q*, q*, is a spring rest to keep the lever in its
proper position at the time that the brick, tile, or other article is put into
the die.
The action of the press is as follows:-The brick, tile, or other article
being placed in the fixed mould c, c, upon the lower die or loose bottom
e, e, the upper die or lid d, d, is closed and retained by the catch p, p.
The hand lever i, i, is now pulled forwards and downwards, causing the
two excentrics ff, to force up the lower die or loose bottom e, e, and
give the required pressure. The hand lever i, i, being now moved in
the opposite direction the cam r, r, on the excentric shaft, or a pin on
the lever i, i, releases the catch p.P, and allows the spring q, q, to throw
open
the upper die or lid d, d. The further movement of the lever in the
same direction now brings the link motion k, l, m, into action, raising the

page_text: loose bottom e, e, up to the level of the top of the dic or mould c, c, so
that the brick, tile, or other article can be removed. The operation then
proceeds as before.
For articles of a larger size requiring great pressure two shafts s, s,
(having two excentrics t, t, each, see Figs. 6 and 7) may be used, geared
together by a pair of spur wheels u, u, and both working simul-
taneously. The press may be worked by steam or other power, if
preferred.
Having now described the nature and object of our said Invention,
together with the manner in which the same is to be or may be per-
formed or carried into practical effect, we wish it to be understood that
we claim as our Invention, the improved machine for pressing bricks,
tiles, or other similar articles herein-before more particularly described
and represented on the Drawings annexed, or any mere imitation or
modification thereof constructed and operating in substantially the same
or a similar manner.
In witness whereof, we, the said Joseph Armytage Wade and
John Cherry, have hereunto set our hands and scals, this
Fourteenth day of August, in the year of our Lord Onc
thousand eight hundred and sixty-nine,
Witness to the signatures of
Joseph Armytage Wade
and John Cherry, and to
the scaling hereof by
them,
H. F. WADE.
JOSEPH ARMYTAGE WADE. (L.S.)
JOHN CHERRY.
(L.S.)