IMPROVE- MENTS IN APPARATUS USED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF WELDED TURES
Year: 1858

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John James Russell, of Wednesbury, in the County
of Stafford, Iron Tube Manufacturer, for the Invention of "IMPROVE-
MENTS IN APPARATUS USED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF WELDED TURES
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Sealed the 23rd March 1858, and dated the 20th January 1858.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John James Russell.at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
20th January 1858.
I, JOHN JAMES RUSSELL, of Wednesbury, in the County of Stafford, Iron
Tube Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS USED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF WELDED TUBES,"
to be as follows:-
This Invention has for its object improvements in apparatus used in the
manufacture of welded tubes. For these purposes a series of dies are carried
by an axis in such manner that as soon as one of the dies has been used it is
caused by a partial rotation of the axis to descend into and be immersed in
a trough of water below, whilst at the same time another die comes into
position to have a tube drawn through it, and it is preferred that each die
should consist of two parts, one of which when a die comes into position.to
have a tube drawn through it is closed up to the other part, and retained.
secure by means of a lever and suitable catch. The means of opening and

page_text: closing the parts of dies may be varied. It is preferred that the axis should
carry four dies in frames at right angles to each other, but this may be
varied. In order to straighten tubes they are placed on a horizontal table
and are rolled thereon by a reciprocating plate, which is moved to and fro
above the table parallel thereto and at a short distance therefrom, when there
is no tube between the reciprocating plate and the table. Motion is com-
municated to the reciprocating plate in such manner that on coming to the
end of its motion it assumes an inclined position in respect to the upper
surface of the table, so that a tube may readily be introduced between the
table and reciprocating plate. The means preferred for giving such motion
to the reciprocating plate are a connecting rod and crank, the plate being
supported at its upper surface by two trucks or wheels which run on fixed
guides parallel to the table, and the plate is caused to tilt or incline at the
end of its motion by means of projecting arms which carry trucks or wheels
which move on fixed guide rails, which for a part of their length are parallel
with the table, and at their outer. ends incline downwards, so that when the.
wheels descend tlie plate is caused to, incline.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said John James Russell in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 16th July 1858.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN
JAMES RUSSELL, of Wednesbury, in the County of Stafford, Iron Tube
Manufacturer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty. Queen Victoria, by. Her. Letters
Patent, bearing date the Twentieth day of January, in the year of our Lord.
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight, in the twenty-first year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me, the
said John James. Russell, Her special licence that I, the said John James
Ruissell, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the
saidi John James Russell; my executors, administrators, and assigns, shouldi
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 "IMPROVE-
MENTS: IN APPARATUS. USED. IN THE, MANUFACTURE OP WELDED TUBES," upon the
conlition (amongst others) that I, the said John James Russell, iny executors
my

page_text: 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 John James Russell; do hereby declare
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per:
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement thereof, that is to say:--
This Invention has for its object improvements in apparatus used in the
manufacture of welded tubes. For these purposes a series of dies are carried
by an axis in such manner that as soon as one of the dies has been used it is
caused by a partial rotation of the axis to descend into and be immersed in a
trough of water below, whilst at the same time another die comes into position
to have a tube drawn through it; and it is preferred that each die should con
sist of two parts, one of which when a die comes into position to have a tube
drawn through it is closed. up to the other part, and retained secure by mean's
of a lever and suitable catch. The means of opening and closing the parts of
dies may be varied. It is preferred that the axis should carry four dies in
frames at right angles to each other, but this may be varied. In order to
straighten tubes they are placed on a horizontal table, and are rolled thereon
by a reciprocating plate, which is moved to and fro above the table paralle!
thereto and at a short distance therefrom. When there is no' tube between
the reciprocating plate and the table, motion is communicated to the recipro-
cating plate in such manner that on coming to the end of its motion it assumes
an inclined position in respect to the upper surface of the table, so that a tube
may, readily be introduced between the table and reciprocating plate. The
means preferred for, giving such motion to the reciprocating plate' are a con-
necting rod and crank, the plate being supported at its upper surface by two
trucks or wheels which run. on fixed guides parallel to the table; and the plate
is caused to tilt or incline at the end of its motion by means of projecting.
arms which carry trucks or wheels which move on fixed guide rails, which for
a part of their length are parallel with the table, and at their outer ends
incline downwards, so that when the wheels descend the plate is caused to
incline.
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And in order that my said Invention may be, most fully understood. and
readily carried into effect, I will proceed to describe the Drawings hereunto

page_text: DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 is a side view, partly in section, and Figure 2 is a plan, also partly
in section, of a series of dies arranged according to my Invention, with the
parts in connection therewith. a is a portion of a draw bench such as
ordinarily employed. It has fixed at its end the bracket 6 which carries the
axis c. of the cast-iron frame d. This frame has four arms, and there is an
aperture through each of them of sufficient size to allow of the largest tube
to be welded and drawn by the apparatus to pass freely through it. In front
of these apertures are dies, each made in two parts e, e', and kept in their
places by the bevelled projections d', d, on the frame d. The parts of the dies
marked e are capable of sliding between the projections d', but the parts of
the dies marked e' are fixed so as to be incapable of sliding. f is a standard
bolted to the end of the draw bench, and having a hole through it for the
passage of the tube which is being welded and drawn, and during the operation
the dies bear against the standard, which thus takes the strain of the drawing
power; g is a lever which keeps the dies closed when in use, and also keeps
the frame d' stationary. This lever is actuated by the handle h mounted on
the axis c and by the connecting rod i; j is a cistern of water into which the
dies are caused to descend after they have been used by turning the frame d
one quarter round, and thus also a fresh set of dies is brought into position.
Then, as before, the end of a tube to be drawn and welded is placed between
the dies, which are then closed upon the pipe, and the drawing is proceeded
with in the ordinary manner.
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Figure 3. is a plan, Figure 4 a front elevation, and Figure 5 is a side view,
of a machine for straightening tubes, arranged according to my Invention.'
a, a, is the horizontal table; b, b, is the reciprocating plate. On the top of
this plate there are bearings which carry the short axes c, c; and d, d, are con-
necting rods attached to the axes c, c, and by which the plate b is connected
with cranks which communicate to it a reciprocating motion.
All the parts which have thus far been described are of the ordinary
description.
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I will now describe those parts in the application of which the novelty of the
Invention consists. e, e, are trucks or wheels for supporting the plate 6 when
there is no tube underneath it. These wheels then rest on the side frames f;f';
9, 9, are brackets or arms cast on to and forming part of the plate b; they
carry studs on which the trucks or wheels e, e, are mounted; f; f, are slots
formed in the side frames f, and 'the trucks or wheels e enter these slots. The
result is, that when the plate b comes to the end of its course it tilts
up,
in

page_text: consequence of the inclined form of the slot, so that a tube may readily be
introduced underneath it.
In witness whereof, I, the said John James Russell, have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Fifteenth day of July, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-eight.
Witness,
Jos. SMITH,
Handsworth.
J. J. RUSSELL. (L.S.)