Apparatus for Carrying the same into Effect.
Year: 1884

page_text: Apparatus for Carrying the same into Effect.
I ALFRED JULIUS BOULT of 323 High Holborn in the County of Middlesex
Engineer do hereby declare the nature of this Invention for "IMPROVED ART OR
PROCESS FOR THE PRODUCTION OF DESIGNS FOR MONUMENTAL, ARCHITECTURAL,
AND SIMILAR WORK AND MEANS OR APPARATUS FOR CARRYING THE SAME INTO
EFFECT" and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement:―
The nature and object of this Invention is to produce by the interchange of
blocks, or cards with parts of designs drawn or cut upon them and comprising in
all, but a very few pieces of finished structures, an endless variety of designs by
mere mechanical operations.
In the Drawing a³ ³ c² d³ represent blocks or stout cards joined on the
lines A, B, C, D, E, F. of which the cards a³ have on them the designs a and a¹
respectively two different designs for the base of the monuments, the cards 63 have
each a die b and b¹ of different design and the cards c³ have each a vase of different
design c and c¹.
Upon the cards are also shown in dotted outline the shafts & and d¹ which are
upon the other side of the card or may be upon another one and upon the cards d²
are shown the apex e of the shaft which may be replaced by the card with the
figure el and which card has on its opposite side the apex e².
The cards a b c d² must all be cut of a uniform size and placed upon a table
easel or other support, so that one vertical edge shall lie against a straight edge f
so as to bring the different parts of the structure into their proper position and so
that either die b or b¹ or any other design whatever made to the same scale for
that place shall fit therewith with the parts immediately above and below it, and
the same with all other parts of a design.
For monuments the various parts shown on a card are usually made out of one
stone and polished in whole or in part and are so shown.

page_text: The manner of using this Invention is as follows.-Starting with any given base
as a¹ a suitable design for a die as b¹ is placed upon it which may then be
surmounted by an urn c¹ or a shaft and when the shaft d is chosen it may be
finished either with the apex e of Figure 3 or with the figure e' or with still
another figure of apex e² shown on the other side of the card and figure e'.
Suppose for illustration that five different cards are taken each of which has on
its two sides a design for a die d' also that we have five cards c² and the same
number of cards then, by the use of the five cards b³ we can on the same base a¹
produce ten different designs for that part of the monument and that with either
one of the ton cards 6 and ten cards e ten completed designs may be shown and
evidently with the two sets of cards b c² as many designs may be shown as the
cards are capable of forming combinations or changes of the designs and with such
designs multiplied with the height or division of the structure into parts a very
great variety of designs may be displayed with comparatively very few cards, or
blocks thereby not only saving great labor in making such a great number of
designs as can in this way be produced, but also the capacity to produce them in a
very short time.
Obviously the lines A, B, C, D, E, F, should only come where there is a line on
the design as at g, g as it would not be so convenient for instance, to cut the die b
or b¹ in the middle of its height where it has no lines so also with the shafts d or d'
and the same is tuin.
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Having now particularly described and ascertained-the-nature
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declaro that what
I claim is
First. The art or process of producing designs for purposes as herein described 25
-by-executing-parts-of-a-structure-each-upon-a-separate block.or card placed in exact
position so as to register with adjoining parts above and below it and whereby,
with said cards combined as described, a-great-variety-of-designs may be produced
as specified.
Second. The cards a²bc'' provided-on-one-or-both-sides-with-designs_for_like_30_
parts of a structure and so that the said parts may be interchangable and registor
so as to form various completed designs as specified.