1862 London Exhibition: Catalogue: Class 7.: Stothart and Pitt
1724. STOTHERT and PITT, Bath.
Machine for striking or scraping leather hides. Model machine for rolling leather.
COX'S PATENT MACHINE WITH PITT’S PATENT IMPROVEMENTS FOR STRIKING OR SCRAPING HIDES.
The hide, being laid upon the lower wood roller, is gradually allowed to pass beneath the upper roller, which carries a sharp-edged spiral knife. The lower roller, being supported on springs, maintains a uniform but yielding pressure, and adapts itself to the varying thickness of the hide; the knife in the mean time scraping out the bloom most completely in the space of about three minutes. The machine is also used for rubbing down foreign shoulders, and for dressing offal.
RIPLEY'S PATENT ROLLING MACHINE, improved and manufactured by Stothert and Pitt.
The hide being laid upon the table A, steam is admitted to the cylinder B, and propels the loaded roller box, C, alternately from end to end of the hide. The motion being entirely self-acting, the attendant has both hands free. The stroke can be lengthened or shortened at pleasure.
The machine will roll from 15 to 20 butts an hour.
Presumably based on Abraham Ripley's invention.
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