US1283770A - Machine for ornamenting the faces of bricks. - Google Patents

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F. A. onus. MACHINE FOR OBNAMENTI NG THE FACES 0F BRICKS. APPLICATION FILED JAILZ' I911.

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Applicatioiifiled January 2, 1 917. "Serial No. 140,333.

To'aZZ cchom it may concern:

--Be it known that I, FRANK' rk. Ho1Lns, a citizen of the United States residing at Alliance, in the county of :Stark and State ofiOhio, have invented; a new and. useful Machine .for 'Ornamenting the; Faces v of f Bricks of'which the following is a specificamanner the bar 2, said bar being provided tion. r

This invention relates to vmachines for ornamenting the :faces' of bricks and has.

more especial reference to means for impart ing-a woven effect to the faces-of lmilding bricksand the like. 1 f1 1 .p a a -..The object of this invention is to provide a means for rougheningtheface of the clay column from which the brick are formed, and then imprinting said roughened face with any desired ornamentation or desigm Another object is to, provide means for roughening the face of; the' clay column, nieanswfor: applying a." steam jet to the roughened face and meansfl-for ornamenting thesteam treated face while; still moist. 7

With these objects in view the invention consistsiin-the novel construction and ar rangement of parts, hereinafter,described;

illustrated -in the accompanying drawings, and particularly pointed out in the appended claims it being understood that. various changes in the form, proportions,"

size and minor details of construction may be made within the scopeof the appended claims without departing from the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings: v

Figure 1 is a side elevation showing a clay column passing from the die of the usual brick machine, my invention bemg applied thereto.

Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several figures of the drawings.

7 Referring more especially to the construction illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings which illustrate the manner in which my invention is carried out the numeral 1 indicates the die of the usual brick machine'to the forward upper edge of which is attached in any suitable and well known with the desired number of plowing or furrowing pins 3, which arepreferably located in a downwardly inclined position with reference to the clay column forthe purposeof better plowing or fur-rowing the clay column. 7 V.

;Asthe'clay-column passes from the die of -the brick machine beneath the plowing Sp eci'ficationo f Letters Patent. Patented G t/25,1918;

pins 3, the upper face of saidclay column is furrowed or plowed, a plurality of longitudinal, parallel furrows being formed upon the upperface of the clay column, the material turned up or furrows tlius formedremaining visible to some extent upon the roughenedsurface of ;the.column'. For the purpose ofregulating the depth of the furrows the pins 3 are adjustably attached to the bar 2;by means of set screws' l or their vequivalen 'If'it is desired to further r soften the roughened face of the clay column and make the'same more plastic before the imprinting or ornamenting device is applied thereto, steam-inay be applied tov the furl-owed or plowed surface of the, clay column. ,For this purpose I provide the nozzle 5.which is provided vwith a plurality of steam jets. 6, said noz zle beingfconnected to a steam supply pipe 7 and located transversely across. the clay column; slightly' ab'ove the upper' sur face thereof and at a short distance beyond the "plowing or. furrowing -:It will be seen that by subjecting the roughened or plowed face of the clay column to a jet of steam that the roughened surfaces of the column will thus be moistenei owing to the fact that while the clay is still in a plastic state the steam will penetrate to a certain eXtent the body of the clay column,.

thereby making itmore plastic and pliable and at the same time any loose particles of clay will be caused to adhere to the surface of the column.

In carrying out my invention after the clay column has been plowed and subjected to the steam jet means are provided for imprinting or ornamenting the roughened or plowed and steam treated surface, this 'means be ng preferably in the form of a ,drum 8, the peripheralsurface of which is provided with any suitable'des ign for imprinting or ornamenting the surface after the treatment above described. -,I prefer to usea sheet of heavy wire mesh 9' for this purpose, the sheet of wire mesh being properly connected to the peripheral surface of the drum in any suitable and well known manner' The drum.8 is journaled within a yoke 10. which is pivotally connected at which is carried by the drum.

any suitable point above the surface as for instance to the pipe 7 as shown at 11.

The roughened and steam treated surface as it passes beneath the imprinting or ornamenting drum will rotate said drum thus imprinting upon the roughened and steam treated surface the design or ornamentation Although the wire mesh is shown as covering the drum in the drawings itwill be understood that any other desired imprint or ornamentation may be provided upon said drum, but it has been found from experience that the wire mesh acting upon the roughened surface of the cla produces the desired woven effect in the finished brick.

It will be understood that. the imprinting drum may be so located that it will act upon the roughened and steam heated surface after the column has been cut into brick as it is obvious that it is immaterial as to whether or not the imprinting is done before the column has been cut into brick or afterward. Y

It will of course be understood that the process to which this invention pertains has to do with the ornamentation of the brick, but in order to produce brick the clay column has been cut in the usual manner to produce brick of the desired size which must be treated in the usual manner as to drying and burning, but the cutting, drying and burning do not enter into the present invention.

It will of course be understood that where it is desired to ornament the side edges or ends of the brick as well as the face thereof five cents a series of plowing or furrowing teeth and an imprinting roller as Well as the steam jet, if desired, may be placed upon one or each side of the clay column to act upon the side edges thereof in the same manner in which the above described mechanism acts upon the top face of the clay column.

I claim 1. In a brick machine, the combination with a die for shaping the material into a clay column, means for plowing the face of the clay column, and means for subjecting the plowed face of the clay column to a jet of steam to soften the said face of the clay column, of an imprinting drum for ornamenting the plowed and softened face of the clay column. v

2. In a brick machine, the combination with a die for shaping the material into a clay column and means for subjecting the plowed face of the clay column to a jet of steam to soften the said face of the clay column, of an imprinting drum for ornamenting the plowed and softened face ofthe clay column.

3. In a machine of the character described,

the combination with a die for shaping the material into a clay column, means for plowing the face of the clay column and means for softening the said face of the clay column, of an imprinting drum for ornamenting the plowed and softened face of the clay column.

In testimony that I claim the above, I have hereunto subscribed my name.

FRANK A. HOILES.

each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patenta,

Washington, D. G.

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