IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF WROUGHT IRON AND STEEL RODS AND IN APPARATUS SAID MANUFACTURE " EMPLOYED THE
Year: 1882

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Eli Deeley of Walsall in the County of Stafford Mill
Roller for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF
WROUGHT IRON AND STEEL RODS AND IN APPARATUS
SAID MANUFACTURE
"
EMPLOYED IN THE
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Eli Deeley at the Office of
the Commissioners of Patents on the 2nd August 1882.
ELI DEELEY, of Walsall, in the County of Stafford, Mill roller, "IMPROVEMENTS
IN THE MANUFACTURE OF WROUGHT IRON AND STEEL RODS AND IN APPARATUS
EMPLOYED IN THE SAID MANUFACTURE
"
In the ordinary method of manufacturing wrought iron and steel rods, the pile
or billet is rolled into bars and the said bars are afterwards cut into lengths
suitable for rolling into rods. These lengths are heated in a furnace and being
taken from the furnace are passed through rolls and reduced to the required
diameter.
In manufacturing wrought iron and steel rods according to my invention I
operate upon bars or rods which have been so far reduced in diameter as to be
conveniently made into coils and I operate upon the said rods in the form of coils
in the following manner.
In the furnace in which the coiled rod is to be heated is a drum or reel
(commonly called a "coil") mounted upon a vertical axis. Upon this drum or
"coil" the coiled rod to be operated upon is placed and becomes uniformly heated
throughout. When the coiled rod is sufficiently hot, its outer end is introduced into
the rolls by which the rod is to be operated upon. These rolls are situated near
the furnace and by taking hold of the end of the coiled rod they draw the said
rod from the furnace uncoiling it from the drum or "coil" in the furnace and
lengthening it and reducing its diameter. By this method of operating upon the
rod every part of it is of the same temperature when acted upon by the rolls and

page_text: the resulting rod of small diameter is of better and more uniform quality than rods
made in the ordinary way.
The drum or "coil" on which the coiled rod is placed while being heated, is made
of fireclay or other material not injuriously affected by heat; and to economise
time I prefer to give the coiled rods a preliminary heating before placing them on
the drum or "coil" on which they receive their full heating. This preliminary
heating of the coiled rods may be effected by placing the said coiled rods in the
furnace on each side of the drum or "coil" and standing nearly upright against
the walls of the furnace. After one coiled rod has been drawn from the drum or
"coil" by the action of the rolls, one of the partially heated coiled rods can be
readily placed on the said drum or "coil" to receive its further heating.
My invention is applicable to the manufacture of wrought iron and steel rods of
various sections.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Eli Deeley in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 19th January
1883.
ELI DEELEY of Walsall in the County of Stafford, Mill Roller "IMPROVEMENTS
IN THE MANUFACTURE OF WROUGHT IRON AND STEEL RODS AND IN APPARATUS
EMPLOYED IN THE SAID MANUFACTURE."
t
:
In the ordinary method of manufacturing wrought iron and steel rods, the pile
or billet is rolled into bars and the said bars are afterwards cut into lengths
suitable for rolling into rods. These lengths are heated in a furnace and being taken
from the furnace are passed through rolls and reduced to the required diameter.
In manufacturing wrought iron and steel rods according to. my invention i
operate upon bars or rods which have been so far reduced in diameter as to be
conveniently made into coils and I operate upon the said rods in the form of coils
in the following manner.
In the furnace in which the coiled rod is to be heated is a drum or reel
(commonly called a "coil") mounted upon a vertical axis. Upon this drum or
"coil" the coiled rod to be operated upon is placed and becomes uniformly heated
throughout. When the coiled rod is sufficiently hot its outer end is introduced
into the rolls by which the rod is to be operated upon: These rolls are situated
near the furnace and by taking hold of the end of the coiled rod they draw the
said rod from the furnace uncoiling it from the drum or coil" in the furnace and
lengthening it and reducing its diameter. By this method of operating upon the
rod every part of it is of the same temperature when acted upon by the rolls and
the resulting rod of small diameter is of better and more uniform quality than rods
made in the ordinary way.
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The drum or "coil" on which the coiled rod is placed while being heated is made
of fire clay or other material not injuriously affected by heat; and to economise time
I prefer to give the coiled rods a preliminary heating before placing them on the
drum or "coil" on which they receive their full heating. This preliminary
heating of the coiled rods may be effected by placing the said coiled rods in the
furnace on each side of the drum or "coil" and standing nearly upright against
the walls of the furnace. After one coiled rod has been drawn from the drum or
"coil" by the action of the rolls one of the partially heated coiled rods can be
readily placed on the said drum or "coil" to receive its further heating.
Instead of effecting the preliminary and final heatings in one furnace as herein-
before described, two furnaces may be employed, one for the preliminary and the
other for the final heating.
In this case, an ordinary heating furnace may be used for the preliminary heating
of the coiled rod but I prefer to employ a cylindrical furnace open at top for
the final heating of the coiled rod. This cylindrical furnace contains the "coil" or
reel on which the coiled rod is finally heated and from which it is drawn and
operated upon in the manner hereinbefore described. The coiled rod after it has
received its preliminary heating is taken from the preliminary heating furnace and
introduced into the final heating furnace at its open top. The coiled rod is dropped
upon the "coil" in the said final heating furnace and when it is sufficiently heated
is operated upon in the manner hereinbefore described,
My invention is applicable to the manufacture of wrought iron and steel rods of
various sections.
Having now described the nature of my Invention and the manner in which the
same is to be performed I wish it to be understood that I claim as my invention of
Improvements in the manufacture of wrought iron and steel rods and in apparatus
employed in the said manufacture."

page_text: First The improvements in the manufacture of wrought iron and steel rods
hereinbefore described; that is to say, manufacturing the said rods by reducing rods
or bars to such a diameter that they can conveniently be made into coils; coiling
the said reduced bars or rods, heating the coiled rods upon a "coil" or reel in a
heating furnace and introducing the end of the heated coiled rod between a pair of
rolls by the rotation of which the coiled rod is drawn from off the coil or reel in
the furnace and reduced to the required diameter substantially as described.
Secondly—The improvements in apparatus employed in the manufacture of
wrought iron and steel rods hereinbefore described, that is to say, combining a
heating furnace having in its interior a "coil" or reel of fire clay or refractory
material for receiving coiled rods, with rolls for drawing the heated coiled rods from
off the said "coil" or reel; whether the furnace be of a sufficient size to permit of its
use as a preliminary heating as well as a final heating furnace, or only of sufficient
size to be used as a final heating furnace and used in conjunction with a separate
preliminary heating furnace substantially as described.
In witness, whereof I the said Eli Deeley have hereunto set my hand and
seal this Sixteenth day of January in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and eighty three
Witness,
WILLIAM SLATER.
Walsall
ELI DEELEY (L.S.)