IMPROVEMENTS IN CHESTS OR C NADTH HAR QMANIN D » PROVISIONAL SPFICATION
Year: 1880

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Thomas Eades, of Birmingham, in the County of
Warwick, Machinist, for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN CHESTS OR
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Thomas Eades at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 29th November 1880.
WILLIAM THOMAS EADES, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Machinist.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN CHESTS OR CASES FOR SCREW STOCKS AND DIES AND OTHER
SIMILAR TOOLS."
This Invention refers to the blocks or fittings required in the chests or cases
containing screw stocks and dies or other like tools, which fittings have hitherto
been formed of wood involving much labour, as each fitting has to be cut out to
suit the particular tool it is to receive. By my improvements I make a pattern of
each block or fitting, and cast from such pattern any number of blocks or fittings
in iron or other metal if preferred, and attach these blocks or fittings to the case,
thereby strengthening also the chest or case and avoiding much expense.
Or instead of forming such fittings in cast iron or other metal I can form them
in suitable moulds in any plastic material or papier-maché.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said William Thomas Eades in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
27th May 1881.
WILLIAM THOMAS EADES, of Birmingham, in the County of Warwick, Machinist.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN CHESTS OR CASES FOR SCREW STOCKS AND DIES AND OTHER
SIMILAR TOOLS."
This Invention refers to the blocks or fittings required in the chests or cases
containing screw stocks and dies or other like tools, which fittings have hitherto
been formed of wood involving much labour, as each fitting has to be cut out to
suit the particular tool it is to receive.
By my improvement I make a pattern of each block or fitting, and cast from
such pattern any number of blocks or fittings in iron or other metal if preferred,
and attach these blocks or fittings to the case, thereby strengthening the chest or
case and avoiding much expense.
Or instead of forming such fittings in cast iron or other metal, I can form them
in suitable moulds in any plastic material or papier-mache.
And in order that this my said Invention may be properly understood reference
is made to the annexed Drawing, being a view isometrical of a chest or case
arranged with blocks or fittings for receiving screw stocks and dies.
O is the chest or case as hitherto employed; A, B, C, D, E, F, are the blocks or
fittings provided with recesses or depressions and seats, corresponding in form
and position to the tools that are required to be arranged therein; these are
secured to the chest or case by means of screws or in any other convenient
manner.
I propose constructing these said blocks or fittings of iron cast from patterns
specially provided (when employed for retaining stocks and dies) both for its
durability and economy; but for tools of a lighter character I may prefer to form
the blocks or fittings from sheet metal by means of dics, or I may employ moulds
into which a substance capable of being rendered plastic by heat may be com-
pressed, and thus obtain the desired forms.
Having now described my Invention of "Improvements in Chests or Cases for
Screw Stocks and Dies and other similar Tools," and having explained the manner
of carrying the same into effect, I would observe that I do not mean or intend to
confine myself rigidly to the precise arrangement or construction of parts herein
shewn and described, as they may be varied in the shape or configuration according
to the purpose that they may be employed without departing from the principle
or character of my Invention.
In conclusion, I claim the construction, combination, and arrangements of parts
described as blocks or fittings, for the purposes above set forth and illustrated,
the same being produced by casting, stamping, or moulding, and of any suitable
material.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Thomas Eades, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Twenty sixth day of May, in the year of our Lord One
nicht hundund and
WILLIAM THOMAS EADES. (LS.)
Witness,
THOMAS KENDRICK,