AN IMPROVED METHOD OF BRANDING CASKS, BARRELS, AND OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES; AND IN A STOVE AND APPARATUS THEREFOR
Year: 1872

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Arthur Bryce, of Alloa, in the County of Clack-
mannan, North Britain, for the Invention of “AN IMPROVED METHOD
OF BRANDING CASKS, BARRELS, AND OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES; AND IN A STOVE
AND APPARATUS THEREFOR."
"
Sealed the 18th February 1873, and dated the 27th August 1872.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Arthur Bryce at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
27th August 1872.
I, ARTHUR BRYCE, of Alloa, in the County of Clackmannan, North
Britain, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention of "An
IMPROVED METHOD OF BRANDING CASKS, BARRELS, AND OTHER SIMILAR ARTICLES ;
AND IN A STOVE AND APPARATUS THEREFOR," to be as follows, that is to say :-
This Invention which relates to improvements, in branding casks,
barrels, and other similar articles consists of a stove on the upper part
of which a branding plate is situated in such a position as to take
up
the
heat proceeding from the fire grate towards the stove pipe or chimney.
Plates bearing the name or superscription to be impressed on the ends of
the casks or barrels are placed on the upper surface of the branding
plate and secured thereto by means of pins passed into holes or openings,
a series of which is formed at each side of the branding plate so that the
brands may be adjusted to any desired position thereon. Underneath

page_text: the branding plate and at the interior of the stove a deflecting tongue or
plate is situate, and which distributes the heat equally over the under
surface of the branding plate, and a damper is also placed in the flue or
passage leading to the stove pipe or chimney, which enables the draught
to be regulated, and when partially closed causes the flame to circulate
along the under side of the branding plate, thereby economising the heat.
The cask or barrel to be operated upon is placed on the branding plate,
and a cramp plate actuated by a screw passed through a bearer, sup-
ported on the upper extremities of columns or pillars fixed to the sides
of the stove is pressed down on the upper extremity of the cask or
barrel, thereby pressing its lower extremity against the brands, by which
means the name or superscription engraved thereon is impressed on to
the end of the cask or barrel.
The branding stove herein-before described may if desired be mounted
on wheels or rollers so as to afford facility in moving it from one situation
to another.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent
filed by the said Arthur Bryce in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 26th February 1873.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, ARTHUR
BRYCE, of Alloa, in the County of Clackmannan, North Britain, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twenty-seventh day of August, in the
year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-two, in the
36th year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said Arthur Bryce, Her special license that
I, the said. Arthur Bryce, my executors, administrators, and assigns,
or such others as I, the said Arthur Bryce, my executors, adminis-
trators, or 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 BRANDING
STOVES," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Arthur

page_text: Bryce, by an instrument in writing under, my hand and seal, should
particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said Invention,
and 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 Arthur Bryce, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement, reference being had to the accompanying Drawings
and to the letters and figures marked thereon, that is to say :—
My said Invention which relates to improvements in branding casks,
barrels, and other similar articles, consists of a stove on the upper part
of which a branding plate is situated in such a position as to take up the
heat proceeding from the fire grate towards the stove pipe or chimney.
Plates bearing the name or inscription to be impressed on the ends of
the casks or barrels are placed on the upper surface of the branding
plate, and secured thereto by means of pins passed into holes or openings,
a series of which is formed at each side of the branding plate so that the
brands may be adjusted to any desired position thereon. Underneath
the branding plate and at the interior of the stove a deflecting tongue or.
plate is situate, and which distributes the heat equally over the under
surface of the branding plate, and a damper is also placed in the flue or
passage leading to the stove pipe or chimney, which enables the draught
to be regulated, and when partially closed causes the flame to circulate
along the under side of the branding plate.
The cask or barrel or end of a cask or barrel to be operated upon is
placed on the branding plate, and a cramp actuated by a screw passed
through a bearer, supported on the upper extremities of columns or
pillars fixed to the sides of the stove is pressed down on the cask or
barrel or end thereof, thereby pressing its side against the brands, by
which means the name or inscription engraved thereon is impressed on:
the end of the cask or barrel.
And in order that my said Invention may be properly understood I
now proceed more particularly to set forth the system, mode, or manner
in or under which the same is or may be used or practically carried into
affect that in to

page_text: On the Sheet of Drawings hereunto appended, Figure 1 is a longi-
tudinal section of my improved branding stove, as constructed in
accordance with this Invention; Figure 2 is a plan thereof; and Figure 3
is a front elevation of the same.
As shewn by these Figures the stove consists of a fire-grate A
supported on a metallic framing B. Situated on the upper part of and
supported by the fire-grate A is a chamber C, the upper side of which is
constructed with an opening over which the branding plate D is placed.
The edges of the branding plate D rest upon that portion of the upper
part of the chamber C which surrounds the opening formed therein,
whilst the central part of the branding plate D is supported by a loose
bar E, carried by an expanding bar F which rests at the ends on
bearers a, formed within the chamber C, sufficient space being left
between the ends of the bar F and the bearers a to allow for the
expansion of the bar F by the heat. The loose bar E is formed with
indentations i at the upper and lower sides thereof, as shewn at Figure 1,
in order to admit of the flame from the fire-grate A, circulating freely
below the branding plate D. At the upper interior part of the fire-
grate A a deflecting tongue or plate G is situated, which rests on a cross
bar E, the cross bar H also, serving to support the central part of the
expanding bar F. By means of the deflecting tongue or plate G the heat
proceeding from the fire-grate A is distributed equally within the
chamber C, thereby causing the branding plate D to be uniformly
heated. A damper I is placed within the flue or passage J leading to
the stove pipe or chimney K, which enables the draught to be regulated,
and when partially closed causes the flame to circulate along the under
side of the branding plate D, thereby economising the heat.
The branding plate D is provided with one or more brands 6 (shewn
more particularly at the detailed plan, Figure 4), which bear the name,
device, or inscription to be impressed on the ends of the casks or barrels,
and these are placed on the upper surface of the branding plate D, and
secured thereto by means of pins or studs d passed into holes or
openings e, a series of which is formed at each side of the branding
plate D, so that the brands 6 may be adjusted to any desired position
thereon. A cramp plate L is situated above the branding plate D, and
this cramp is actuated by a screw M passed through a bearer N attached
by means of bolts and nuts x to the upper extremities of the columns or
pillars O which are fixed to and supported by the chamber C by means

page_text: of nuts g at the under side as shewn. The screw M is provided at its
upper extremity with arms P by turning which the screw M is actuated.
The end of a cask or barrel R is shewn at Figures 1 and 3 as being
operated upon. It is placed on the brands b, and the cramp plate L is
pressed down on the upper surface of the cask or barrel end R, thereby
pressing its lower surface against the brands 6, by which means the
name or inscription engraved thereon is impressed on the end of the
cask or barrel R.
The branding stove as herein-before described and illustrated on the
accompanying Sheet of Drawings may if desired be mounted on wheels
or rollers so as to afford facility in moving it from one situation to
another.
Having now described and particularly ascertained the nature of my
said Invention, and the system, mode, or manner in or under which the
same is or may be used or practically carried into effect, I would observe
in conclusion that what I consider to be novel and original, and there-
fore claim as the Invention secured to me by the herein-before in part
recited Letters Patent is,-
First. The general arrangement and construction of the improved
branding stove herein-before described and shewn upon the annexed
Sheet of Drawings.
Second. The deflecting tongue or plate G, and the application of the
damper I to the flue of a branding stove, as herein-before described and
shewn on the annexed Sheet of Drawings.
Third. The application or employment of the expansion bar F, herein-
before described and shewn on the accompanying Sheet of Drawings.
In witness whereof, I, the said Arthur Bryce, have hereunto set
hand and seal, this Twenty-first day of February, One thousand
eight hundred and seventy-three.
my
ARTHUR BRYCE. (L.S.)