Richard Sutcliffe (January 26, 1849 - July 23, 1930) was an Irish-born British mining engineer and inventor. Events 1340 - King Edward III of England is declared King of France. Year 1849 ( MDCCCXLIX) was a Common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Events 1632 - Three hundred colonists bound for New France depart from Dieppe France. Year 1930 ( MCMXXX) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. He was born on a farm in Tipperary Ireland and worked at coal mines in Ireland between 1857 and 1885. Tipperary ( Irish: Tiobraid Árann, lit "The well of Arra" is the name of a town (pop 4546 in the south-west of County Tipperary, Ireland Ireland (pronounced /ˈaɾlənd/ Éire) is the third largest island in Europe, and the twentieth-largest island in the world [1] He moved to Barnsley, England in August 1885 In 1892 he invented wth world's first coal cutting machine. Barnsley is a town in South Yorkshire, England. It lies on the River Dearne, north of the city of Sheffield, and west of Doncaster England is a Country which is part of the United Kingdom. Its inhabitants account for more than 83% of the total UK population whilst its mainland In 1905 he invented the world's first underground conveyor belt. Year 1905 ( MCMV) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting A belt conveyor consists of two or more Pulleys with a continuous loop of material - the conveyor belt - that rotates about them This invention revolutionized the mining industry by greatly reducing the amount of labour needed to transport coal. His company, Richard Sutcliffe Ltd. , based in Wakefield, England, pioneered the manufacture of conveyor belts used in the mining and assembly line industries. Wakefield lies at the heart of the City of Wakefield, a Metropolitan borough of West Yorkshire, England. His company devised many other types of mining equipment. His company also produced four documentaries about the manufacturing industry, directed by Lindsay Anderson between 1948 and 1954. Lindsay Gordon Anderson ( April 17 1923 — August 30 1994) was an Indian born English Feature film, Theatre
After his death, his children took over his business which over the years has moved and changed. Today, his decendents run the company as a manufacturer of playground equipment.
References and Further Reading
- Sutcliffe, Richard Joseph Sutcliffe, Edward D. Richard Sutcliffe: The Pioneer of Underground Belt Conveying. Surrey, UK: R. W. Simpson & Co, 1948
External Links
- http://www.sutcliffeplay.co.uk/sutcliffe_new/news2.asp?News_Order=45
- http://www.google.com/patents?lr=&q=%22Richard+Sutcliffe%22 US patents
- [1] Worldwide patents held
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