1851 Great Exhibition: Official Catalogue: Class IX.: T. Grimsley

136. GRIMSLEY, T., of Oxford, and RANDALL and SAUNDERS, of Bath — Inventors.

Patent inventions:— Brick and tile press, with corrugated rollers, and perpetual cutter attached. The rollers gearing into one another, crush all stones or other substances as the clay passes through, tempering and compressing it so as to produce ware of very firm and regular texture. The press can be constantly refilled, and the goods cut off to any required length, without arresting its operations.

Brick and tile screw press, with perpetual cutter attached. Right and left handed screws working into each other.

Perpetual cutter.

Model of nest of brick or tile kilns, with drying-room over.

Patent draining brick or tile, giving a drain either egg- shape or circular, to any size required; are concave on their upper surface, and rebate into one another.

Hollow bricks and tiles, for walls and flues.

Bricks and tiles for fire-proof roofs, floors, and walls. Wall-coping bricks.

Model of fire-proof cottages, constructed of hollow brick, with provision for heating, ventilation, and drainage.

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