CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN MANUFACTURING CORKS, AND IN THE MODE OF EMPLOYING THEIR RESIDUES OR WASTES
Year: 1854

page_text: (This Invention received Provisional Protection, but notice to proceed with the
application for Letters Patent was not given within the time prescribed
by the Act.)
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION. left by Jean Baptiste Audré Quiquandon
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
30th November 1854.
I, JEAN BAPTISTE ANDRÉ QUIQUANDON, of Ambert, a Town in the French
Empire, Mechanician, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for.
"CERTAIN IMPROVEMENTS IN MANUFACTURING CORKS, AND IN THE MODE OF
EMPLOYING THEIR RESIDUES OR WASTES," to be as follows:-
The pieces of cork are roughly cut to a prismatic form, and are then
mounted between small plates or chucks, so as to be capable of revolving upon
their axes; séveral corks are thus arranged in the form of a lantern between
two plates or frames, which are united together and capable of revolving. The
lantern is turned round, so as to bring two. of the corks to the lower part,
where their chucks are connected to two spindles, which carry two pinions
driven by one wheel. The two corks are thus caused to revolve upon their
axes, and the lantern is kept stationary by means of a pin or catch. Under
the corks is a spindle, which is either parallel to that of the lantern or inclined
to-it. On this spindle is a circular-rasp or cutter, which may be formed of two
plates or discs, with a series of straight or oblique cutters, the edges of which

page_text: may be continuous or serrated. This circular rasp or cutter comes in contact
with the two revolving corks, and reduces them to the required cylindrical or
conical form. The spindle of the cutter has a screw cut upon one part of it,
which works through a nut, composed of two pieces or jaws, so that as the
spindle revolves, it advances endways and causes the cutter to travel along
the cork. When the spindle has travelled to the required distance, a stop or
disc attached to it comes in contact with,and, releases.a. catch, and thus allows
the two jaws of the nut to open, and the spindle being then free is drawn back
by a spring or weight: The pin or catch of the lantern-is then withdrawn,
and the spindles disengaged from the chucks, and the lantern is then turned
round, so as to bring two other pieces of cork into the position to be operated
upon. The finished corks are removed; and two fresh pieces of cork introduced.
in their places.
The small chucks or plates at one end of the corks are provided with
springs to press them against the corks, and to allow of the corks being easily
inserted and removed. By proceeding in this manner the corks are rapidly
and accurately shaped, and the residues or waste are obtained in the state of
fine powder instead of in chips or fraginents.
or fragments. I mix this powder with
caoutchouc, gutta percha, resin, tar, boiled leather, papier maché, kaolin,
felspar, or other plastic composition capable of being moulded," stamped, or
carved, and I manufacture of such mixture, plates, trays, rosettes, cornices,
and other articles of decoration or furniture, buttons, candlesticks, vases,
tapestry, carpets, cloth, paper, book covers, pipes, whips, and lashes, &c. The
powder may also be used for stuffing bedding and dolls, and for similar
purposes.*..
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