Improvements in and Connected with the Casting of Metals.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Jan., 1889
Complete Specification Left. 10th Oct. 1889-Accepted. 16th Nov. 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and Connected with the Casting of Metals.
[ RICHARD SMITH CASSON of The Round Oak Ironworks, Brierley Hill in the County
of Stafford Iron Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:
It has heretofore generally been the practice to cast molten steel or ingot iron from
the ladle into larger or smaller ingot moulds, generally nearly square in cross section,
and these are then usually "cogged " down.
According to this invention it is proposed to make the moulds of rectangular shape,
and to cast a number of billets of oval, square, or other section, in the one mould, all
such billets being connected by a web so as to form a species of slab from which the
billets are separated as and when required, by a saw, press, shears, or by a blow, thus
for many purposes obviating the necessity of using a cogging mill.
Dated this 15th day of Jannem 1880
PHILIP M. JUSTICE,
55 & 56, Chancery Lane, London, Applicant's Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and Connected with the Casting of Metals.
I, RICHARD SMITH CASSON of The Round Oak Iron Works, Brierley Hill in the
County of Stafford, Iron Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement :-
It has heretofore generally been the practice to cast molten steel or ingot iron from
the ladle into large or small ingot moulds, generally nearly square in cross section,
and the ingots so formed are then usually rolled down in a "cogging" mill into slabs
or billets of the size required.
According to this invention it is proposed for the purpose of cheapening the
manufacture to cast a number of billets or slabs of oval, square, or other section, in
the one mould, all such billets or slabs being connected by a web so as to form a
species of slab from which the billets are separated as and when required, by a saw,
press, shears, or by a blow, thus for many purposes obviating the necessity of using a
cogging mill.
To clearly explain the nature of my invention reference is made to the accompany-
ing drawing in which :-
Fig. 1 is an elevation of a mould constructed in accordance with my invention.
Fig. 2 is an elevation of one half of same looking at the interior, and-
Fig. 3 is a plan of Fig. 1.
The mould is preferably inade in two parts a, a', as shown, which when in use are
held together by the bolts b which pass through same and are secured by the wedges
or cotter pins c. In the form shown the mould is constructed for forming
rectangular billets which are connected together by a web of metal but it will be
evident that other forms than that represented may be cast in a similar way.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention,
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is :-
1. The casting of a series of connected billets slabs or the like in a mould
substantially as described.

page_text: 2. The improved mould for casting metals consisting of a series of connected
chambers or moulds, substantially as described.
Datod this 2nd day of October 188a
PHILIP M. JUSTICE,
55 & 56, Chancery Lane, London, Applicant's Agent.