Improvements in and connected with Cutting Tables for Use with Brick Making Machinery.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Feb., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 2nd Nov., 1894-Accepted, 8th Dec., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Cutting Tables for Use with
Brick Making Machinery.
I, WILLIAM ARTHUR GILL, of Holbeck Lane, in the City of Leeds, Engineer,
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention has reference to certain improvements in and connected with
cutting tables for use with brick making machinery.
According to my invention the clay issuing from the die of the machine or
pug-mill is received on to a table or platform made up of roller surfaces, carried in
a stationary frame, which pass the clay on to the end of another table or platform
(hereinafter referred to as the cutting table) provided with a stop or abutment at
the far end to regulate the length of required clay, so as to prevent waste.
Upon
or in connection with the said cutting table is a stationary knife or wire which, as
soon as, the requisite length of clay has been obtained, as aforesaid, cuts the clay to
the required guage.
A thrust plate or backboard is then moved forward and
places the cut off clay in position and continues to move such forward before a
series of cutting knives or wires carried in a frame which is capable of being moved
downwards by any suitable mechanism, so causing the said knives or wires to
descend and cut the clay to bricks of the required thickness, which are passed
forward on to a board ready for removal.
On the lifting of the cutting knives or wires by returning the frame to its normal
position ready for giving the next cutting action, the thrust plate or backboard is
likewise returned to its original position.
Dated this 1st day of Fahmuar 1901
JOHN E. WALSH,
Royal Exchange Chambers, Boar Lane, Leeds,
Patent Agent to the Applicant.

page_text: table or platform D (hereinafter referred to as the cutting table) provided with a
stop or abutment E at the far end to regulate the length of required clay, so as to
prevent waste. Upon or in connection with the said eutting table is a stationary,
or preferably a movable knife or wire F which, as soon as, the requisite length of
clay has been obtained as aforesaid, cuts the clay to the required gauge.
A thrust plate or backboard G is then moved forward, (by means of wheels G¹
upon a shaft M, and horizontal racks G2 upon the underside of brackets G³,)
and places the cut off clay in position, and continues to move such forward before
a series of cutting knives or wires H carried in a frame J which is capable of being
moved downwards in uprights J' by any suitable mechanism, such as racks K and
wheels L upon the shaft M to which motion is imparted by hand lever N, so
causing the said knives or wires H to descend and cut the clay to bricks of the
required thickness, which are passed forward on to a board ready for removal.
On the lifting of the cutting knives or wires H by returning the frame J to its
normal position, ready for giving the next cutting action, the thrust plate or
backboard G is likewise returned to its original position.
The movable knife or wire F is secured at its lower end to a hook F' carried on
the boss or collar F2 upon the shaft M.
At its top end it passes through a slot F³ in the frame F* and is secured to a hook F³
having a threaded end passing through a block F, and is secured by thumb
screw F by which the knife or wire F can also be tightened. The said block F*
is carried on runners F, and can be slid or moved along the top of the frame F*,
so as to give the cutting action by means of a hand rod F.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
:―
A. cutting table, for use with brick making machinery having a stop or abutment
to regulate the length of clay passed on to the cutting table, so as to prevent
waste, a knife or wire, which as soon as the requisite length of clay has been passed
on to the cutting table is caused to cut the clay to the required gauge, and a series
of cutting knives or wires carried in a frame which is capable of being mechanically
moved downwards so as to cause the said knives or wires to descend through the
clay and cut the gauged off clay to bricks of the required thickness, together
with a thrust plate or backboard whereby the cut or gauged off clay is placed in
position and moved forward before the said cutting knives or wires during their
cutting action, substantially as set forth.
Dated this 1st day of November 1894.
JOHN E. WALSH,
Royal Exchange Chambers, Boar Lane, Leeds,
Patent Agent to the Applicant.