US263823A

US263823A - Tile-machine

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Publication number: US263823A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1882-09-05
Anticipated expiration: 1899-09-05

Description

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN E. sTEPHENsON, 0E EDGAR, ILLINOIS.

TILE-MACHINE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 263,823, dated September 5, 1882, .Application led J une 24, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern: y

Beit known that I, JOHN F. STEPHENSON, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at Edgar, in the county of Edgar and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tile-lliaf'zhines; andI do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full,

clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable othcrsskilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same', reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures ot' reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specication.

My invention relates to mechanism for severing the oontinuously-tbrmed products ot' a brick or tile machine-into separate articles; and it consists in certain features hereinafter described, and specifically set forth in the claim. g

Figure l is a plan, and Fig. 2 a side elevation, with portions removed, of a machine embodying my invention.l

A represents a framework adapted to'snpport the operative parts of, the machine, and B represents a hingedifranie provided with arched cross-pieces b and cutting-wires b', all of the usual construction. This frame is provided with hinges b2; which 'are adapted to oscillate about and slide upon the rod b3, secured to the frame A, as shown, whereby the cutting-frame just described may be opened and closed, raised and lowered, at different points relatively to the frame ot' the machine.

At G are secured to the top of the` frame cleats, which project above and over a sliding frame, and upon one of the longitudinal beams thereof is a graded scale, d, and one of the cleats U is provided with an indicating mark, d.

Within the frame is a series of rollers, E, which are grooved centrally, as shown.

By the construction described it will be seen that the frame D is adapted to slide longitudinally within and upon the frame-work, and' the means for sliding the same consist of a 1e-v ver, F, pivoted to the frame-work at f, and connected by the rod f to the stud f2, which is secured to theframe D, and by means of the arched plate G, having notches g at its edge, theV distance to which the frame D is moved may be determined or, in other words, the frame D may be moved as desired, and as indicated by the scale d and indicator d.

This being the construction ofthe machine, its operation is as follows: As the clay is delivered from the machine in the form ot' a continuous brick or tile, as is common in the art, it often occurs that, even where thecuttingframe B is adapted to slide upon the hinged rod, there is more or less waste ot' material, in that a portion ofthe material severed in to bricks or tiles is less in length than the entire brick or tile.

' By my construction the point of severance` of the preceding number of articles, bricks, or tiles may be brought directly over the space between any two ot' the rolls E by adjusting the table during its reception of the continuous tile or after the feed of the same has ceased, and then independently sliding the cutterframe so that the end severing-wire, b', shall coincide wit-h theleading end of the continuous tile. rlhe cut is made without waste, and a successive length ot' continuous tile is fed upon the rolls, and by a slight adjustment of the bed the last cut-that is, the leading end of the continuous tileis caused to project beyond the roller and over the space between two of the rolls, and Vthus the cuttingframes brought to position as before, anda second seriesotl articles is produced without waste.

Having described my invention and its operation, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

'lhe combination of the frame A, provided with the cleats C, one of which bears the indicating mark d', with the frame` D, provided 4with the scale d, the studfz, rodf, lever F, and the notched plate G, substantially as shown and described.l

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN E. sTEPHENsoN.

Witnesses z JOSEPH CURRY, JAMEs GLAss.