IMPROVEMENTS IN PORTABLE FORGES
Year: 1853

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Richard Waygood, of Newington Causeway, in the
County of Surrey, Iron Founder, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
PORTABLE FORGES."
Sealed the 24th February 1854, and dated the 31st December 1853.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Richard Waygood at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 31st
December 1858.
I, RICHARD WAYGOOD, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN PORTABLE FORGES" to be as follows:-
The principal object of these improvements in portable forges is so, to
construct and arrange the various parts that when taken apart they may be
packed in, a much smaller space than is usually required, so that the forge may,
be more conveniently transported from place to place than when constructed
in the ordinary manner.
By means,
of the arrangement and construction of parts which forms the
principal feature of the present Invention, the forge is rendered more complète
than any before introduced.
Instead of making the sides of the bellows of leather as heretofore, I propose
to use india-rubber cloth for this purpose, as this material possesses the property
of being uninjured by wet, and is not liable to be damaged by rats, white, ants,
and other vermin or insects aboard ship and in warm climates, and is of easy re-
pair; leather may, however, be occasionally employed under some circumstances
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page_text: The forge pan or trough consists of a rectangular, round, or oval shallow
pan or chamber with a cover.
The pan is made either of wrought or cast iron, but the cover should, by
preference, be made of wrought iron only. The cover may be hinged to one
end of the trough, so that it may turn up and form a back for and part
of the chimney or dome. The chimney is formed of three plates hinged
together, and slipped on to hooks, catches, or fastenings attached to the back
or cover, and these parts when put together form a perfect dome.
The trough is divided internally by one or two transverse partitions which
are moveable when required for packing, and are screwed to the sides, or
slidden into grooves when in use. These slides may be used for making a
packing case or cover by fastening them across the top of the trough in certain
cases, for producing the forge at a cheaper rate than the more perfect one
above described with the hood cover.
The bellows are made as near the size and shape of the pan as to fit the
iuterior thereof, allowing room only for the other working parts. The weights
necessary for raising the handle and pressing the wind are placed inside the
bellows instead of outside as before.
The twyere or "tuc iron" is adapted to one end of the forge, and is divided
into two parts, so that it may more easily be slidden into its place, and may not
be inconvenient to pack by projecting above the pan. The bellows is suspended
from branch irons or arms attached or connected by screw bolts, or in any other
convenient manner, to the sides of the forge, so that it may be easily detached
when required. This bellows is worked by means of a lever and connecting rod,
which lever is attached to or mounted on one end of a rod or shaft which
passes along one corner or side of the forge, and is provided at its opposite
end with a handle, whereby the rod or shaft is turned to work the bellows.
All these parts can be taken to pieces and packed inside the forge, and the
legs on which it is supported being screwed into the four corners at the bottom
of the pan, may, when required, be unscrewed, and pack in with the other a
parts. The vertical partition of the forge is removeable, and when all the
parts are placed in the body, the back of the dome folds down, and forms a top
or covering to keep the remaining parts in their place, so that no further
packing or outer case will be required.