IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF ANGLE AND OTHER SHAPED BARS OF IRON
Year: 1876

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Haselwood Carmont, of the Cyclops Iron Works,
Openshaw, near Manchester, Engineer, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS
IN THE MANUFACTURE OF ANGLE AND OTHER SHAPED BARS OF IRON."
Sealed the 23rd September 1876, and dated the 8th April 1870.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Haselwood Carmont
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 8th April 1876.
WILLIAM HASELWOOD CARMONT, of the Cyclops Ironworks, Openshaw, near
Manchester, Engineer. "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF ANGLE AND
OTHER SHAPED BARS OF IRON."
In manufacturing angle and other shaped bars of iron from worn-out railway
rails it has heretofore been customary to pile bars of puddled iron on and between
the rails and then to roll the whole into the section required. Now, my Invention
consists in piling scrap iron on or between the worn rails and then rolling the
whole to the section required. By this means a tougher iron is produced, and at
considerably less cost.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said William Haselwood Carmont in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
27th September 1876.
WILLIAM HASELWOOD CARMONT, of the Cyclops Iron Works, Openshaw, near
Manchester, Engineer. "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF ANGLE AND
OTHER SHAPED BARS OF IRON."
In manufacturing angle and other shaped bars of iron from worn-out railway
rails and other rails or bars, it has heretofore been customary to pile bars of puddled
iron on and between the rails and then to roll the whole into the section required.
Now, my Invention consists in piling scrap iron on or between the worn rails or
bars and then rolling the whole to the section required. By this means a tougher
iron is produced, and at considerably less cost.
And in order that my Invention may be fully understood, I will proceed to
describe the accompanying Sheet of Drawings, in which Figs. 1 and 2 represent
two modes of carrying my Invention into operation.

page_text: Fig. 1 is a section of two worn-out railway rails, between and on which is piled
scrap iron instead of bars of puddled iron, as now customary; the rails with the
scrap iron are heated together in a suitable furnace, and are then rolled to the
section required by passing between rolls of the ordinary construction. I wish to
remark here that in some cases the scrap iron may be piled on a single worn railway
rail instead of on two, as shewn, and in other cases more than two rails piled with
scrap iron may be heated and rolled together.
Fig. 2 represents a section of a hollow beam or bar on to which scrap iron is
piled, and which when heated is drawn to the required section by passing through
ordinary rolling mills. It is evident that rails or bars of various other sections
may be combined with scrap iron and heated and rolled in the same manner.
Angle and other shaped bars of iron manufactured in the manner above described,
by combining scrap iron instead of bars of puddled iron with worn-out rails or bars,
are tougher and can be produced at a less cost than those manufactured in the
ordinary manner.
Having thus stated the nature of my Invention and the manner of performing
the same, I wish it to be understood that I do not limit myself to the details given,
and that I claim combining worn-out rails or bars with scrap iron in the manu-
facture of angle and other shaped bars of iron, in the manner described.
In witness whereof, I, the said William Haselwood Carmont have hereto set
my hand and scal, this Twenty-second day of September One thousand
cight hundred and seventy-six.
W. H. CARMONT. (L.S.)