IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR MOULDING OR COMPRESSING OLEAGINOUS OR OTHER SEEDS, OR OTHER BULKY_AGGLUTI- NATING MATERIAL TO PREPARE THE SAME FOR BEING PUT UNDER HYDRAULIC OR OTHER PRESSURE
Year: 1878

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Charles Speck Brittain, of Liverpool, in the County of
Lancastor, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR MOULDING
OR COMPRESSING OLEAGINOUS OR OTHER SEEDS, OR OTHER BULKY_AGGLUTI-
NATING MATERIAL TO PREPARE THE SAME FOR BEING PUT UNDER HYDRAULIC
OR OTHER PRESSURE."
Sealed the 11th October 1878, and dated the 12th April 1878.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Charles Speck Brittain at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 12th April 1878.
CHARLES SPECK BRITTAIN, of Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster. " IMPROVE-
MENTS IN MACHINERY FOR MOULDING OR COMPRESSING OLEAGINOUS OR OTHER SEEDS,
OR OTHER BULKY AGGLUTINATING MATERIAL TO PREPARE THE SAME FOR BEING PUT
UNDER HYDRAULIC OR OTHER PRESSURE."
. In the old form of machinery for preliminarily compressing oleaginous matter
previous to subjecting it to hydraulic or other pressure, it occasionally happened
that through carelessness or accident the edge of the measuring frame did not
clear the presser when it came down; the result was a breakage, often serious. To
obviate this, very expensive machinery in the way of periodic. cams, travelling
carriages, and the like, have been designed. My Invention, however, is designed to
enable one to alter the original machinery or make new apparatus in a cheap
manner so as to safely perform the work.
It consists,-
1st. In a smooth table upon which the tray carrying the wrapper and measuring
frame is placed. The two latter, however, simply lie one on the other, and the
measuring frame is supported on springs or quadrants and suspended in such
manner that by releasing it it will fly up, or can be thrown back and leave the tray
free.
2nd. On the tray is a simple handle to push the tray forward across the smooth
and usually oily surface of the table to: its right position under the presser. The

page_text: presser then descends and presses the material one or more times, when by the
handle the tray can be drawn out and a fresh one already filled under the measuring
frame substituted for it.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Charles Speck Brittain in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 5
11th October 1878.
CHARLES SPECK BRITTAIN, of Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster. " IMPROVE-
MENTS IN MACHINERY FOR MOULDING OR COMPRESSING OLEAGINOUS OR OTHER SEEDS,
OR OTHER BULKY AGGLUTINATING MATERIAL TO PREPARE THE SAME FOR BEING PUT
UNDER HYDRAULIC OR OTHER PRESSURE"
J
In the old form of machinery for preliminarily compressing oleaginous matter
previous to subjecting it to hydraulic or other pressure, it occasionally happened
that through carelessness or accident the edge of the measuring frame did not clear
the presser when it came down; the result was a breakage, often very serious. To
obviate this, very expensive machinery in the way of periodic cams, travelling 1
carriages, and the like, have been designed. My Invention, however, is designed to
enable one to alter the original machinery or make new apparatus in a cheap
manner so as to safely perform the work.
It consists in,-
1st. A smooth table upon which the tray carrying the wrapper and measuring
frame is placed. The two latter, however, simply lie one on the other, and the
measuring frame is supported on springs or quadrants, and suspended in such
manner that by releasing it it will fly up, or can be thrown back and leave the tray
free.
2nd. On the tray is a simple handle to push the tray forward across the smooth
and usually oily surface of the table to its right position under the presser. The
presser then descends and presses the material one or more times, when, by the
handle, the tray can be drawn out and a fresh one already filled under the measuring
substituted for it.
In the Drawings,-
Fig. 1 is an end elevation (with the excentric actuating the pressure broken off);
Fig. 2, front elevation; Fig. 3, plan.
Fig. 4, back elevation of the apparatus.
Referring to these, A is the framework of the machine; B, B, the guides for the
rods C, C, bolted or otherwise secured to the presser D; E is the excentric rod
for actuating the presser worked from shaft overhead driven by any suitable
power.
Rod E is furnished with a boss at its lower end, pivoted to brackets F on the
presser as shown; G is the smoothly planed surface of the table; H is a tray, it is
fastened while being manipulated to the edge of the table by a catch; I is the

page_text: measuring frame, resembling a shallow bottomless box; it is attached to springs
J, J, the ends of which are coiled round spindles K, K, as shown.
Instead of the springs, quadrants or their mechanical equivalent could be used, or
a spring or springs used in conjunction with the quadrants.
The form and arrangement of the springs can also be varied; L is a guard plate
for the measuring frame to abut against.
In working the apparatus the cloth is placed over the tray when it is placed
at the end of the table, as in Fig. 1. The frame I is then pulled on to it and filled
with seed which is smoothed down by the attendant. The overlapping edges of
the cloth are then folded over and the frame I released, when it immediately recedes
to the position shown in Fig. 1. The catch of the tray is then released and the
tray pushed under the presser, which descends and presses the seed under it; it is
then drawn out endways and consequently ready for a fresh charge.
Having now described my Invention and the best mode known to me of carrying
it into effect, I wish it to bo understood that what I believe to be new and desiro
to claim under the herein-before in part recited Letters Patent is,-
1st. The measuring frame I, arranged for the purposes described, so that it can
spring up when not being used, thus clearing the presser and yet leaving the surface
of the table free for manipulating the material under treatment.
2nd. The construction of measuring and pressing apparatus with a smooth guiding
surface (such as G), over which the tray is easily slid under the presser without
requiring a carriage or other mechanism than a handle on the tray.
3rd. The general arrangement of apparatus for the preparatory compression of
oleaginous seed or other bulky agglutinating material before subjecting the same to
hydraulic or other pressure, substantially as described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Charles Speck Brittain, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Ninth day of October, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and seventy-eight.
Witness,
JOHN O. O'BRIEN,
Clerk to W. P. Thompson and Co.,
British and International Patent Agent,
6, Lord Street,
Liverpool.
C. S. BRITTAIN. (L.S.)