IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF METAL HAND RAIL STANCHIONS
Year: 1884

page_text: We WILLIAM ROCK LIFFE, Engineer, and GEORGE ROCKLIFFE, Mariner, both of
Sunderland Street, Sunderland, in the county of Durham, do hereby declare the
nature of the said invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF METAL
HAND RAIL STANCHIONS" to be as follows:-
case,
This invention relates to improvements in the manufacture of metal hand rail
stanchions for ships, garden fencing and other like purposes whereby the stanchions
having the required diminishing diameter from bottom to top can be made without
it being necessary to forge or roll the same as has hitherto been the thus
effecting a great economy in fuel and labour, and the improvements consist in
forming each stanchion from several lengths of iron or other metal rod or tubing
each length being of a different thickness or diameter and arranged so as to give,
when the said lengths are put together, the necessary diminishing diameter or
taper form to the stanchions. The lengths or sections of rod or tubing are joined
or connected together by means of sockets or their equivalents in any suitable
manner.
The lengths or sections may be advantageously connected together in the following
manner.
A pattern of the complete stanchion is placed in a mould box and the impression
of the stanchion having been made the top part of the box is lifted off and the
pattern removed. The lengths or sections (the ends of which, when of tubing, are
cored to prevent the metal running through) are placed in the box where the
impression has been made; the top part of the box is then replaced and secured
and molten metal is run into the mould box. The ends of the sections will
thus be connected together and the bulbs be formed so as as to complete the
stanchion.
Or the bulbs may be cast separately and be connected to the different lengths
by screw threads.
Or the sections may be connected together by bulbs and sockets under heat and
pressure.
Holes are formed in the bulbs to receive the hand rails of the stanchion.
Dated the 25th day of Mamb 1884

page_text: We WILLIAM ROCKLIFFE Engineer, and GEORGE ROCKLIFFE Mariner, both of
Sunderland Street, Sunderland, in the County of Durham do hereby declare the
nature of the said invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF METAL
HAND RAIL STANCHIONS" and in what manner the same is to be performed to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
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This invention relates to improvements in the manufacture of metal hand rail
stanchions for ships, garden fencing and other like purposes whereby the stanchions
having the required diminishing diameter from bottom to top can be made without
it being necessary to forge or roll the same as has hitherto been the case, thus
effecting a great economy in fuel and labour and the improvements consist in
forming each stanchion from several lengths of iron or other metal rod or tubing
each length being of a different thickness or diameter and arranged so as to give
when the said lengths are put together the necessary diminishing diameter or taper
form, to the stanchions. The lengths or sections of rod or tubing are joined or
connected together by means of bulbs or sockets or their equivalents in any suitable
manner.
Holes are formed in the bulbs to receive the hand rails of the stanchion.
In order to enable my invention to be fully understood I will describe the same
by reference to the accompanying drawing in which figure 1 is a vertical elevation
of a hand rail stanchion manufactured according to my invention; figure 2 is a
view of the parts of the same detached the metal rod or tubing being shewn in
elevation and the sockets in section. Similar letters in both the figures represent
similar parts.
a, a¹, a represent the lengths of iron or other metal rod or tubing to form the
stanchion three of such lengths being shewn in the drawing but which number
may vary according to the length to be given to the stanchion; each of the said
lengths a, a', a is of a different thickness as shewn; the length to form the top of
the stanchion being the smallest in diameter and the length to form the bottom
thereof being the largest so that when all the lengths are put together the necessary
diminishing diameter or taper form is given to the stanchion; b, b, are the sockets
or bulbs whereby the lengths a, a', are joined or connected together and which may
be effected in any suitable manner; b is the bulb forming the top of the stanchion;
the bulb b is formed with a socket c, to receive the end of the length a, and the
bulbs band b* are each formed with two sockets cl cc3 c of different diameters
to receive the ends of the lengths a, a¹, a³; d, d', d, are the holes formed in the
bulbs to receive the hand rails of the stanchion the said holes being made therein
when the stanchion has been formed.
The lengths or sections a, a', a' may be advantageously connected together in
the following manner.
A pattern of the complete stanchion is placed in a mould box and the impression
of the stanchion having been made the top part of the box is lifted off and the
pattern removed. The lengths or sections (the ends of which, when of tubing, are
cored to prevent the metal running through) are placed in the box where the
impression has been made; the top part of the box is then replaced and secured
and molten metal is then run into the mould box. The ends of the sections will
thus be connected together and the bulbs b, b¹, bª, be formed thereon so as to
complete the stanchion.
Or the bulbs 6, 61, 62 may be cast separately and be connected to the different
lengths by screw threads

page_text: Or the sections may be connected together by bulbs and sockets under heat and
pressure.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is
(1) The manufacture of hand rail stanchions by forming each stanchion of several
lengths of metal rod or tubing each length having a different diameter the said
lengths being arranged and connected in such a manner as to give the necessary
diminishing diameter or taper form to the stanchion substantially as and for the
purpose herein before described.
(2) A band rail stanchion formed of lengths of metal rod or tubing of succes-
sively decreasing diameter joined or connected together by means of bulbs or
sockets substantially as herein before described and represented in the accompanying
drawing.
(3) The methods of connecting or joining together the described lengths or
sections and bulbs to form the stanchions substantially as herein before described.
(4) The manufacture and use of the improved hand rail stanchions herein before
described and represented in the accompanying drawing.