IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF LEAD, TIN, AND OTHER METALS, OR AMALGAMATION. OF METALS OF A LIKE FUSIBLE NATURE INTO SHEETS OF ANY REQUIRED THICK- NESS AND LENGTH, AND ALSO COATING ONE OR BOTH SIDES OF PIPES AND SHEETS OF LEAD AND OTHER METAL, OR AMALGAMATION OF METALS WITH TIN OR OTHER SUBSTANCES, AND IN THE APPARATUS CONNECTED THEREWITH و
Year: 1863

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Jabez Jones, of Liverpool, in the County of Lan-
caster, Lead Merchant, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
MANUFACTURE OF LEAD, TIN, AND OTHER METALS, OR AMALGAMATION. OF
METALS OF A LIKE FUSIBLE NATURE INTO SHEETS OF ANY REQUIRED THICK-
NESS AND LENGTH, AND ALSO COATING ONE OR BOTH SIDES OF PIPES AND
SHEETS OF LEAD AND OTHER METAL, OR AMALGAMATION OF METALS WITH
TIN OR OTHER SUBSTANCES, AND IN THE APPARATUS CONNECTED THEREWITH
و"
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Jabez Jones at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
13th February 1863.
I, JABEZ JONES, of Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster, Lead Mer-
chant, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for " IMPROVEMENTS
IN THE MANUFACTURE OF LEAD, TIN, AND OTHER METALS, OR AMALGAMATION OF
METALS OF A LIKE FUSIBLE NATURE INTO SHEETS OF ANY REQUIRED THICKNESS
AND LENGTH, AND ALSO COATING ONE OR BOTH SIDES OF PIPES AND SHEETS OF
LEAD AND OTHER METAL, OR AMALGAMATION OF METALS WITH TIN OR OTHER
SUBSTANCES, AND IN THE APPARATUS CONNECTED THERE WITH;" to be as follows
(that is to say):-

page_text: This Invention relates mainly to certain improvements applicable to an
Invention for which the applicant obtained Her Most Gracious Majesty's
Letters Patent bearing date 26th December, 1861, and numbered 3229, and
in coating sheets of lead or other metal, or amalgamation of metals with tin
or other suitable substance on one or both sides as they are being formed;
and consists, first, in closing the top of the vessel containing the molten
metal, or amalgamation of metals to be formed into sheets, and causing it
to move on the piston by hydraulic power, in place of moving the piston,
as described in the Specification of the Patent herein-before alluded to,
and in forming the piston hollow, and fitting the dies or knives in the head
thereof in place of on the top of the container, as before, so that the sheets
may be delivered in a downward direction.
In some cases it may be found desirable to fix the piston or ram above the
container, and elevate the container so as to force out the metal to be formed
into sheets through knives or dies fitted in the bottom of the container, or
the knives or dies may be placed in the side or sides of the container near
the bottom thereof. And, secondly, in passing the sheets as formed through
a bath of molten tin, tar, or other suitable material in such a way that they
may be coated therewith on one or both sides when so required. And,
lastly, in forcing out the molten metal to be formed into sheets from the
container through suitable dies in the form of a cylinder or pipe, and when
to be coated on one or both sides, through a bath of tin or other suitable
substance, and receiving it on a maundril or otherwise, and cutting it open
by a fixed or movable knife or saw, or their mechanical equivalent, and
flattening it out by means of rollers, or in any other convenient way.
When the sheets are to be coated on both sides, it is preferred to cut and
open out the pipe or cylinder before passing it through the bath of the
material it is required to cover them with.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent
filed by the said Jabez Jones in the Great Seal Patent Office on 3
the 13th August 1863.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JABEZ
JONES, of Liverpool in the County of Lancaster, Lead Merchant, send
greeting.

page_text: WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Thirteenth day of February, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-three, in the twenty-sixth year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said Jabez Jones, Her special licence that I, the said Jabez Jones,
iny executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others. as I, the said
Jabez Jones, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any
time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times
thereafter during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might
make, use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF LEAD, TIN, AND OTHER METALS, OR
SHEETS OF ANY
AMALGAMATION OF METALS OF A LIKE FUSIBLE NATURE INTO
METALS
"
THEREWITH,"
ONE OR BOTH SIDES OF
REQUIRED THICKNESS AND LENGTH, AND ALSO COATING
PIPES AND SHEETS OF LEAD AND OTHER METAL, OR ANALGAMATION OF
WITH TIN OR OTHER SUBSTANCES, AND IN THE APPARATUS CONNECTED
upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the said Jabez Jones, my
executors or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their,
or one of their hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be
performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office
within six calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said
Letters Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Jabez Jones, do hereby declare
the nature of my said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement (that is to say):--
This, my Invention, relates mainly to certain improvements applicable to
an Invention for which I, the said Jabez Jones, obtained Her Most Gracious
Majesty's Letters Patent, bearing date Twenty-sixth December, One thousand
eight hundred and sixty-one, and numbered 3229; aud in coating sheets of
lead or other metal, or amalgamation of metals with tin,or other suitable sub-
stance on one or both sides as they are being formed, and cousists, first, in
closing the top of the vessel containing the molten metal, or amalgamation of
metals to be formed into sheets, and causing it to move on the piston by
hydraulic power in place of moving the piston, as described in the Specification
of the Patent herein-before alluded to, and in forming the piston hollow, and
fitting the dies or knives in the head thereof in place of on the top of the

page_text: container as before, so that the sheets may be delivered in a downwar
direction.
In some cases I have found it desirable to fix the piston or ram above the
container, and elevate the container so as to force out the metal to be formed
into sheets through knives or dies fitted in the bottom of the container, or the
knives or dies may be placed in the side or sides of the container near the
bottom thereof. And, secondly, in passing the sheets as formed through a
bath of molten tin, tar, or other suitable material in such a way that they
may be coated therewith ou one or both sides when so required. And, lastly
in forcing out the molten metal to be formed into sheets from the container
through suitable dies in the form of a cylinder or pipe, and when to be coated
on one or both sides through a bath of tin or other suitable substance, and
receiving it on a maundrill or otherwise, and cutting it open by a fixed or
moveable knife or saw, or their mechanical equivalent, and flattening it out
by means of rollers, or in any other convenient way. When the sheets are to
be coated on both sides, it is preferred to cut and open out the pipe or
cylinder before passing it through the bath of the material it is required to
cover them with.
That these my said improvements may be the more readily seen and under-
stood, I have hereunto annexed outline Drawings in partial illustration of one
modification of my improved apparatus for forming the lead or other metal or
amalgamation of metals first into a cylindrical form and then cutting it up
longitudinally, to form it into sheets, seen in the drawing as forced through
the bottom of the container; also shewing the mode of constructing the appa-
ratus I prefer for forming flat sheets of lead or other metal or amalgamation
of metals from the metal when in a molten state, by forcing it through dies in
the bottom of the container, which container is forced upward onto the fixed
piston by hydraulic power. The sheets of metal as formed being carried
through a bath of molten tin or other material with which they are to be
coated, wheu so required. The Drawings also show a side elevation, vertical
section, and plan or top view of a hollow piston (which may be moveable or
stationary) for forming four sheets of metal at one time, and which piston is
surrounded by the container, which can be worked upon the piston when fixed,
or the container may be stationary and the piston be actuated by hydraulic
power. Like letters and figures marked on the Drawings are used to denote
similar parts.
Figure 1 is a partial sectional elevation of so much of the apparatus as will
be necessary to exhibit my improved mode of first forming the molten metal

page_text: into a cylinder, by forcing it through the bottom of the coutainer and slitting
it up, so as to open it out into a sheet.
A, a fixed piston which is securely held in position-by B, a cross head, sup-
ported upon C, pillars; D, a moveable container which is actuated by hydraulic
power in the ordinary way, and to which is supplied B, the molten metal; f
the pipe or cylinder being formed; F, cotters, securing the cross head (B) to
the vertical standard (C); G, a cotter for securing the fixed piston (A) to the
cross head (B); H, a fixed cutter which divides the cylinder or pipe as it is
formed, and passes from the die, which will be readily understood by all who
are acquainted with the manufacture of lead pipes. When' it is required to
tin or otherwise coat the sheets formed by this apparatus on one side only, I
remove the fixed cutter (H) and pass the pipe through a bath of molten tiu or
other material with which it is to be covered, and afterwards cut open the tube
and flatten it out to form the sheet; but when the sheet is to be coated on
both sides I do not remove the cutter (H), but merely pass the sheet as
formed through the bath, and then receive it upon a suitable.roller.
Figure is a partial sectional elevation of one modification of my improved
apparatus shewn, constructed to form four flat sheets of lead or other metal or
amalgamation of metals from the molten material at one time. In this Figure
the apparatus is shewn out of operation; and Figure3 is an horizontal section
of the same, taken on a line from a to b, and exhibits the mode of arranging
the dies or knives in the bottom of the container, which moves on the fixed
piston (A). Figure 4 is a transverse vertical section of the same apparatus,
seen in action, and shewing the sheets of metal passing from the bottom of
the elevating container through the coating bath; and Figure 5 is a plan or
top view of the same.
A, fixed piston secured to B, a stout cross head, supported on C, vertical
pillars of the hydraulic press; D, a moveable container which works on the
fixed pistou (A), and is actuated by hydraulic power in any of the ordinary
ways, and is supplied with E, the molten material, from which is to beformed
I, the sheets of metal, which pass through K, coating bath, containing L,
molten tin or other material; M, horizontal rollers, under which the sheets
pass as they travel through the bath; N, an horizontal roller over which the
several sheets of metal are delivered in a finished state; F, cotters securing
he cross head (B) to the pillars (C); G, a cotter for attaching the fixed
piston (A) to the cross head (B); P, die or knife plates.
Figure 6 is a side elevation of a moveable or fixed hollow piston, formed for
he production of four sheets of metal at one time, arranged to deliver two

page_text: sheets from each side thereof; Figure 7 is a top view or plan; and Figure o
is a vertical cross section of the same.
vertical
passages
in the body
p, dies or knives on the top of the piston; 9,
of the piston, through which the sheets of metal pass as they are forced through
the dies on the head of the piston, the sheets being delivered through r, ports
in the sides of piston at the bottom of the vertical passages (q).
Having now fully described and ascertained the nature of this my said
Invention, and how I believe the same can be best carried into practical effect,
I wish it to be understood that I do not confine myself to the precise details,
dimensions, or relative proportion herein-before described and set forth, as it
will be readily seen that the same may be considerably varied without
departing from the Invention; but what I do claim is―
First, the use of a vessel for containing the molten metal to be formed into
sheets, which is closed at the top, and causing it to move on the piston or rami
by hydraulic power, in place of moving the piston as heretofore, so as to allow
the sheets or tubes of metal or amalgamation of metals to beformed by pressing
the metal through dies in the side or sides of the vessel containing the molten
metal, or through dies placed on the head of the fixed piston and passages
formed there through, to allow the sheetsto bedelivered fromone orbothsides
of the piston below the container, substantially and in the manner and for the
objects herein-before described and set forth.
Secondly, the use of a fixed or moveable piston fitted with forming knives or
dies, and constructed with vertical passages and latteral portsfor the formation
of sheets of lead or other metal or amalgamation of metals, as herein-before
described and set forth, or any mere modification of the same.
Thirdly, the use of a fixed ram in combination with moveable container,
having the dies or forming knives placed in the bottom or side or sides of
the container in place of at the top as heretofore, substantially in the
manner and for the purposes herein-before described and set forth.
Fourthly, forcing out the molten metal or amalgamation of metals to be
converted into sheets from the container through suitable dies at or near
the bottom thereof in a cylindrical or tubular form, and then receiving it
on suitable maundrills, or otherwise cutting it open by fixed or moveable
knives, saws, or other mechanical equivalent, and flattening it out into
sheets by rollers or in any other convenient way.
Fifthly the peculiar mode and apparatus for tinning or otherwise coating
as formed, sheets of lead or other metal or amalgamation of metals, as
herein-before described and set forth, or any mere modification of the same

page_text: And, lastly, the general construction, arrangement, and combination of
the various parts of the apparatus for the manufacture of lead, tin, and
other metals or amalgamation of metals of a like nature into sheets of any
required thickness or length, and for coating said sheets or pipes with tin
or other substance, as herein-before described and set forth, or any mere
modification of the same.
In witness whereof, I, the said Jabez Jones, have hereunto set my
hand and affixed my seal this Twelfth day of August, in the year
of our Lord Ore thousand eight hundred and sixty-three.
Witness,
WILLIAM WALKER,
Patent Agent,
of 44, Castle Street,
Liverpool.
JABEZ (L.B.) JONES.