Improvements in Boards for Cutting or Clicking used in the Manufacture of Boots and Shoes.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Oct., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 18th July, 1892-Accept:d, 20th Aug., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Boards for Cutting or Clicking used in the
Manufacture of Boots and Shoes.
I, HARRY JOHN BRIMLEY, of 89 Park Road, Dallington Moors, St. James
End, Northampton in the County of Northampton, Carpenter and Builder, do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Boards used for cutting or clicking are usually made up of blocks of wood
jointed and glued together such blocks being liable to come apart, and the board
itself when somewhat worn becomes almost useless and needs constant repair.
Now my said invention is designed to provide a board that shall not readily be
broken up and one that when well worn shall still be useful and in carrying it into
effect I first make up my board in the usual manner by jointing and glueing or
otherwise securing together the requisite number of blocks to form a board of the
desired size and shape. I then cut a groove either square or dovetailed along the
sides or ends (or both) or edges of the board so made up and in this I insert a
clamp or strip which may be secured in any well known manner, for instance it
may be of dovetail section to fit a corresponding groove if likewise of wood or
may be metallic and driven in and in any form will be when finished flush with
the edge or side of the board.
Dated this 16th day of October 1891.
POPPLEWELL & Co.,
17 & 18, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.
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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Boards for Cutting or Clicking used in the
Manufacture of Boots and Shoes.
I HARRY JOHN BRIMLEY of 89 Park Road Dallington Moors St. James
End Northampton in the County of Northampton Carpenter and Builder do
hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is
to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement:-
The boards usually employed for cutting or clicking are made up of blocks of
wood jointed and glued together one to another and so on but having no means
of binding the whole, these blocks thus being liable to come apart and the
"board
when somewhat worn becomes useless or nearly so, needing constant
repair.
Now my invention is designed to provide a "board " that shall not readily
be broken up and one that even when well worn shall still be capable of use for
cutting or clicking.
The construction of my "board" I will now proceed to describe referring to
the accompanying sheet of drawings and to the Figures and reference letters
thereon and these figures show two perspective views of a "board" made according
to my invention Fig. 1 showing the two clamps or securing devices hereafter
described in position and Fig. 2 with them partially out indicating the method
of insertion.
I first make up the "board" in the usual way by jointing and glueing or
otherwise securing a desired number of blocks together according to the size and
shape required and then cut a groove A which may be either square or dovetail

page_text: in section along the sides (or sides and ends the latter being shown dotted in
Fig. 1.) of the board and thus across the ends of the blocks and into each of these
grooves I drive or insert a clamp or strip of metal wood or other binding
material B of corresponding section and of sufficient length to reach from end
to end of the board so that when in position they will be flush with the sides
and ends thereof and the blocks composing the board will be securely bound
together.
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
In the construction of cutting and clicking boards used in the manufacture of
boots and shoes, cutting or forming a groove or grooves along the sides of the
board after the blocks have been secured together by the-ordinary means and
inserting a clamp or strip of metal or other suitable material for the purpose of
more effectually binding the whole together and substantially as herein before
described and as indicated by the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 23rd day of June 1892
POPPLEWELL & Co.,
17 & 18, Southampton Buildings, Chancery Lane, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.