IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF SOLID, HOLLOW, AND ORNAMENTAL BRICKS
Year: 1854

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to George Beaumont, of Halifax, in the County of
York, Gentleman, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR
APPARATUS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF SOLID, HOLLOW, AND ORNAMENTAL
BRICKS."
Sealed the 22nd September 1854, and dated the 25th March 1854.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said George Beaumont at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 25th
March 1854.
I, GEORGE BEAUMONT, of Halifax, in the County of York, Gentleman, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN
MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF SOLID, HOLLOW, AND ORNA-
MENTAL BRICKS" to be as follows:-
1st, the improvement consists in combining five moulds in one metallic form
or casting, and in such a way that five bricks can be moulded at one operation;
and by joining two such metallic forms together, ten bricks can be produced,
in a manner so as considerably to increase the facility of production and reduce
the cost of manufacture.
2ndly, by the use and arrangement of levers and compensating weights for
raising the moulds when the moulded forms are produced, so as to leave the
moulded forms out of the mould, or when the moulds are fixed, then to lift
the moulded forms out of the moulds; the levers and compensating weights
being so arranged, or arranged in such a manner and operated upon in such
way, as to secure a saving of power.

page_text: 3rdly, in having the parts required for producing perforations in the moulded
forms placed or fixed inside the mould, when the perforations are to be made
in the thick way of the moulded forms; and by the introduction of bars or
rods into the mould and by the withdrawal of the same, when the perforations
are made in the lengthway of the moulded forms, and in such a way as to
improve the quality of the moulded form.
4thly, in the employment of carriages in the formation and removal of the
moulded forms, on which carriages, with pallet boards upon them, the moulds
are placed and the moulded forms produced.
5thly, in the use of tramways, for the ready removal of the moulded forms
from the moulding table; on which tramways the carriages stand or are placed
while the operation of moulding is being performed, and so arranged, that as
the moulds are filled and discharged, the moulded forms may be rapidly passed
from the moulding table on the carriages to the right or left of the moulder
in succession, by five, ten, or more at a time, and in such manner as to secure
expedition, and a reduction of cost in the removal of the moulded forms.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said George Beaumont in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
25th September 1854.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, GEORGE
BEAUMONT, of Halifax, in the County of York, Gentleman, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twenty-fifth day of March, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-four, in the seventeenth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said George Beaumont, Her special licence that I, the said George Beaumont,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said George
Beaumont, my 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 "IMPROVEMENTS. IN
MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF SOLID, HOLLOW, AND ORNA-
MENTAL BRICKS," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said George
Beaumont, by an instrument in writing under my hand and seal, should
particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention; and

page_text: 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 I, the said George Beaumont, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed;
to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement
thereof (that is to say):-
My Invention consists, firstly, in combining five moulds in one metallic
form or casting, and in such a way that five bricks can be moulded at one
operation; and by joining two such metallic forms together, ten bricks can be
produced, in a manner so as considerably to increase the facility of production
and reduce the cost of manufacture.
Secondly, by the use and arrangement of levers and compensating weights
for raising the moulds when the moulded forms are produced, so as to leave
the moulded forms out of the mould, or when the moulds are fixed, then to lift
the moulded forms out of the moulds; the levers and compensating weights
being so arranged, or arranged in such a manner and operated upon in such
way, as to secure a saving of power.
Thirdly, in having the parts required for producing perforations in the
moulded forms placed or fixed inside the mould, when the perforations are to
be made in the thick way of the moulded forms; and by the introduction of
bars or rods into the 'mould and by the withdrawal of the same, when the
perforations are made in the lengthway of the moulded forms, and in such a
way as to improve the quality of the moulded form.
Fourthly, in the employment of carriages in the formation and removal of the
moulded forms, on which carriages, with pallet boards upon them, the moulds
are placed and the moulded forms produced.
Fifthly, in the use of tramways, for the ready removal of the moulded forms.
from the moulding table, on which tramways the carriages stand or are placed
while the operation of moulding is being performed, and so arranged, that as
the moulds are filled and discharged, the moulded forms may be rapidly passed
from the moulding table on the carriages to the right or left of the moulder in
succession, by five, ten, or more at a time, and in such manner as to secure
expedition and a reduction of cost in the removal of the moulded forms. These
improvements will be clearly understood by reference to the accompanying
Sheet of Drawings, in which the same letters are used to represent the same
parts in all the Figures.
Figure 1 is a plan; Figures 2 and 3, end elevations; and Figure 4, side
elevation of the machinery or apparatus constructed for moulding five solid

page_text: and five hollow or ornamental forms. Figure 2 represents the apparatus for
moulding and removing the solid, and Figure 3, for the hollow or ornamental
forms. a is a wood table, for holding the clay; b, the metallic moulds, ready to
receive the clay; c, the carriage for moulding the solid forms upon and removing
them away from the table on the rails or tramway d; e, the levers and weights
for balancing.or compensating for the weight of the moulds, and for assisting
in raising the moulds and moulded forms; f, treddles, for operating upon the
levers by the foot of the moulder, for raising the moulds from the forms or
raising the forms from the moulds. The dotted lines show the altered position
of the levers and weights, removing the moulds 6 from the solid forms, and
the perforated forins 6' from the moulds in the hollow or ornamental, by
means of pins g operating on the pallet boards h, which are perforated so as
to slide easily on the parts fixed inside the moulds for producing the perfora-
tions i; b, Figure 3, shows the perforations in the lengthway of the moulded
form, produced by the introduction of bars or rods previous to supplying the
clay into the moulds, and the withdrawal of the same after the clay has been
placed in or supplied to the moulds; k, lever or press, for forcing the clay into
the moulds.
Having thus fully explained the nature and particulars of my said Invention,
I desire it to be understood that I do not confine myself to the exact details
as herein described, as such may be varied or modified, videlicit, by moulding
any other number than five, less or more, at one operation; but I claim as
my Invention, and which, to the best of my knowledge and belief, has not been
hitherto used within this realm; the general arrangement of apparatus as
herein described and illustrated by the accompanying Sheet of Drawings, or
any modification thereof, for the purposes herein set forth.
In witness whereof, I, the said George Beaumont, have hereunto set my
hand and seal; this Twenty-third day of-September, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-four.
Witness,
WILLIAM TASKER,
⚫ Halifax.
GEORGE BEAUMONT. (L.S.)