IM- PROVEMENTS IN REDUCING & ROLLING STEEL & IRON WIRE & OTHER FORMS OF THOSE METALS IN LONG LENGTHS
Year: 1859

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Wright, of New George Street, Sheffield, in
the County of York, Spring Manufacturer, for the Invention of "IM-
PROVEMENTS IN REDUCING & ROLLING STEEL & IRON WIRE & OTHER FORMS
OF THOSE METALS IN LONG LENGTHS."
Sealed the 9th August 1859, and dated the 14th February 1859.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Wright at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the
14th February 1859.
I, JOHN WRIGHT, of New George Street, Sheffield, in the County of York,
Spring Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for
"IMPROVEMENTS IN REDUCING & ROLLING STEEL AND IRON WIRE & OTHER FORMS
OF THOSE METALS IN LONG LENGTHS," to be as follows:-
My Invention of improvements in reducing and rolling steel and iron wire
consists in winding the wire to be reduced on a cast-iron bobbin or reel, which
is then placed in a box of the same metal; the whole is then placed in a furnace
and heated to the required degree; after heating, the box is placed in close
proximity to the rolls by which the wire is to be reduced, and the whole
length passed through and rolled flat as for watch springs or crinoline steel
or of other desired form; by this means I am enabled to reduce long lengths
of wire with great facility. I form the box with a spout or channel, at which
the wire is drawn out; the bobbin or reel is mounted on a spindle within the
box so as to afford sufficient freedom for unwinding the heated wire.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said John Wright in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
18th August 1859.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN
WRIGHT, of New George Street, Sheffield, in the County of York, Spring
Manufacturer, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Fourteenth day of February, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine, in the twenty-second year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
I, the said John Wright, Her special licence that I, the said John
Wright, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I,
the said John Wright, 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 REDUCING AND ROLLING STEEL AND IRON WIRE AND OTHER
FORMS OF THOSE METALS IN LONG LENGTHS," upon the condition (amongst
others) that I, the said John Wright, 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 John Wright, 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, reference being had to the Sheet of Drawings hereunto annexed,
and to the letters and figures marked thereon (that is to say):-
My Invention of improvements in reducing and rolling steel and iron wire
consists in winding the wire to be reduced on a cast-iron bobbin or recl, which
is then placed in a box of the same metal, and the whole placed in a furnace,
and heated to the required degree; after heating the box and wire together
are placed in close proximity to the rolls by which the wire is to be reduced.
The end of the wire is conducted from the reel to the rolls, and being entered
between them, their motion draws in the heated wire, and the whole length is
passed through and rolled flat as for watch springs or crinoline steel. Instead

page_text: of being drawn off and reduced by the rolls, in the operation of rolling, it
may be round wire reduced to a flat state, or thin or fine lengths of metal other
than round wire flattened or otherwise reduced. In operating with this reel and
box I remove the reel A from the box, and wind the wire or length of metal
on it in coils in as close proximity as possible to each other, like cotton on a
reel, which may be performed by hand or by a special machine for the purpose;
having so filled the reel I place it in the box and apply the cover C; the box
and reel filled with wire are then placed in a furnace, and the whole heated to
the required extent. Having allowed the whole sufficient time to become
thoroughly and equally heated, I remove the box from the furnace, and place
it on the frame E; I then lead the end of the wire out of the spout or the
end projecting therefrom to the rolls, which draw it through and reduce it
uniformly as required, the heat of the wire being retained as nearly equal as
possible during the whole time of rolling or reducing; for example, the length
.of round wire of, say, from eight to twenty guage may be finished at once of
twenty-six to thirty-six guage flat suitable for watch springs or crinoline steel.
Having described the nature of my Invention, and the manner of performing
the same, I declare that what I claim as my Invention to be protected by the
herein-before in part recited Letters Patent is, the use and application of a
box or chamber and reel in heating and rolling or reducing wire or long
lengths of metal, as herein-before described.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Wright, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Ninth day of August, in the year of our Lord
. One thousand eight hundred and fifty-nine.
JOHN WRIGHT. (L.S.)