Improvements in Apparatus for Rubbing Bricks and the like.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 30th May, 1899-Accepted, 5th Aug.,
1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Rubbing Bricks and the like.
We, WILLIAM CAPLEN and FREDERICK CAPLEN, both of 29, Tamworth Road,
West Croydon, in the County of Surrey, Builders, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be parti-
cularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
This invention relates to improvements in apparatus for rubbing bricks and
the like, and is designed with the object of providing simple and convenient
means for rubbing bricks or the like in order to bevel same,
in any desired
manner, remove irregularities upon their surfaces or to reduce such bricks or
the like to any predetermined and desired shape, such as is necessary in the
construction of arches.
And in order that this our said invention may be the more readily under-
stood and carried into practical effect, reference is to be had to the accompanying
sheet of illustrative drawings and the letters and figures of reference marked
thereon, that is to say--
Fig. 1 is a side elevation of the apparatus.
Fig. 2 being a plan view thereof.
Fig. 3 is an end elevation, and
Fig. 4 a section through line X-X of Fig. 2.
Referring to the drawings, wherein like letters of reference indicate corres-
ponding parts throughout the several figures, a represents a metal or other table
supported by suitable standards b. Mounted in suitable bearings in the said
table a is the axle c¹ of a rubbing-stone c, a wooden top d, having a rectangular
opening for the rubbing-stone to project through and work in, being suitably
affixed upon the said table a. e el represent fast and loose pulleys upon one of
the ends of the rubbing-stone axle ¹, for the transmission of power (by means
of a belt, not shewn) to the rubbing-stone.
Upon the wooden top d, fences or clamps f g are provided, the two parallel
ones being pivotted to such top d at or near their ends which are adjacent
to the rubbing-stone c. Near the other extremities of the said fences or clamps f
headed bolts are provided the upper extremities of which are screw-threaded
and provided with thumb-screws f
The shanks of the said bolts project through curved parallel guide-slots h
in the top d. By this arrangement the fences or clamps can be adjusted to
any desired angle with relation to the rubbing-stone e and fixed in that position
by means of the thumb-screw, f2.
A central longitudinally arranged fence or clamp is disposed between the
two fences or clamps f, the said fence or clamp g being capable of an angular
adjustment between two guides i. The two ends of the said fence or clamp g
are provided with bolts which project through the guide-slots i, such bolts being
provided with thumb-screws f in the same manner as the bolts of the fences or
clamps f.
In operation, the brick for instance, j to be rubbed is placed between one of
the fences or clamps f and the central fence or clamp g, if the end is to be bevelled

page_text: or rubbed (see particularly Fig. 2) and the said fences or clamps adjusted to the
position necessary for the rubbing of the brick to the requisite angle against
the face of the rubbing-stone c.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said in-
vention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is:
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1. The improvements in apparatus for rubbing bricks and the like for use in
arch-building and similar work, consisting in a table having a wooden top and
supported by standards, a power-driven rubbing-stone having its bearings in
said table; and fences or clamps pivotted to the wooden top in which are guide-
slots through which pass headed bolts whose other ends are screw threaded and
project through the said fences or clamps, where they are provided with thumb-
screws for purposes of adjustment, substantially as described and illustrated.
2. In apparatus for rubbing bricks and the like, the table a supported by
standards and having a power-driven rubbing-stone c mounted in bearings
in such table; in combination with a wooden top having guide slots hi formed
in same, through which project headed bolts f¹ whose other ends project through
adjustable fences or clamps f g and are provided with thumbscrews f2; all-
arranged, constructed, combined and operating, substantially as and for the
purpose described, and as illustrated by the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 30th day of May 1899
HUGHES & YOUNG,
55 and 56, Chancery Lane, London, W.G., Agents.