IMPROVE- MENTS IN PROTECTIVE SHEATHING COVERINGS FOR WIRE ROres CABLES AND IN MACHINES TO BE EMPLOYED IN THE MANUFACTURE REPAIRING OR RESHEATHING OF THE SAME.
Year: 1882

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Edwin Ambrose Brydges of the firm of Brydges & Co.
Engineers and Patent Solicitors of 107 Königgrätzer Str. in the City of Berlin
in the Kingdom of Prussia and German Empire for an Invention of IMPROVE-
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LETTERS PATENT to Edwin Ambrose Brydges of the firm of Brydges & Co.
Engineers and Patent Solicitors of 107 Königgrätzer Str. in the City of Berlin
in the Kingdom of Prussia and German Empire for an Invention of IMPROVE-
MENTS IN PROTECTIVE SHEATHING
COVERINGS FOR WIRE ROres
CABLES AND IN MACHINES TO BE EMPLOYED IN THE MANUFACTURE REPAIRING
OR RESHEATHING OF THE SAME. A communication to him by Carl Klauke
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Edwin Ambrose Brydges at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 16th December 1882.
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EDWIN AMBROSE BRYDGES of the firm of Brydges & C° Engineers and Patent
Solicitors of 107 Königgrätzer Str in the City of Berlin in the Kingdom of Prussia
and German Empire IMPROVEMENTS IN PROTECTIVE SHEATHING OR COVERINGS
FOR WIRE ROPES OR CABLES AND IN MACHINES TO BE EMPLOYED IN THE
MANUFACTURE REPAIRING OR RESHEATHING OF THE SAME a communication to
me by Carl Klauke of Müncheberg in the Kingdom of Prussia and German
Empire.
My Invention relates to the manufacture, employment and application of a
protective sheathing or covering for wire ropes or cables and in machines to, be
employed in the manufacture, repairing or resheathing of the same.
The object of my said invention is to provide wire ropes or cables with a
protective covering so as to reduce the wear and tear of the rope or cable itself to a
minimum in such manner that whilst the outer coating or sheathing is subjected
to the ordinary wear and tear the wire rope cable or core itself is not affected.
The wire rope or cable is manufactured as usual but it must be here remarked
that when such said wire rope is to be employed for special purposes such for
instance as draft cable for steam ploughs and other agricultural implements the
wire rope or cable itself must be so much smaller in diameter that the diameter of
such said wire rope or cable and the improved protective sheathing does not amount
to more than the diameter of the rope or cable generally employed.
The spaces between the strands of wire of the rope or cable are first filled out by
inserting or winding tarred or other twine or string in such said spaces so that
the said wire rope or cable attains in this manner an almost level upper surface and
all unnecessary wear and tear between the surface of the strands of the wire rope
or cable and the inner surface of the sheathing or covering is prevented.
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The said wire rope or cable is now wound or entirely covered with coils of

page_text: moderately thin wire whereby the coils of such said sheathing or covering wire
are pressed firmly against each other and the wire drawn tight around the rope or
cable.
It will be seen from the foregoing that the hempen or other string or thin rope
entwined with the strands of wire in the cable serves as a semi elastic bearing for
the sheathing and as further protection for the wire in the wire rope or cable
although it is evident that this part of my process can be omitted without
departing from the tenor of my invention.
By employing my said invention the great advantages are attained that wire
ropes or cables which are otherwise subjected to enormous wear and tear and only
last at most one campaign such as is for instance the case with the cables of steam
tilling apparatus can be kept in use for a much longer period as the wire rope or
cable proper does not suffer in the least degree and further that the said ropes or
cables can be readily resheathed or rewound with wire thus producing an enormous
saving in material time and money.
The machine for sheathing or covering the wire rope or cable with wire coils is
constructed as follows.
The wire rope or cable provided with the tarred string inserted as aforementioned
is fed into the machine either direct from the customary coils or from a suitable
drum and passes in the first instance through a pair of rollers and from thence to
the mechanism for winding the sheathing or protective wire covering around such
said wire cable.
This said mechanism consists of two circular frames or perforated discs which
are rigidly connected to each other by means of three iron rods or staves. The
journals to these said frames or, discs are bored to allow the wire rope to pass
through the said journals and serve as guides for the said wire rope or cable. The
said journals are carried in the bearings.
A drum or spool is moveably attached to the said frames or discs by means of
the spindle or axle around which the said drum or spool can revolve.
This said drum or spool serves to receive the wire employed for producing the
sheathing or protective covering.
A fixed or adjustable cross bar is attached to the discs or frames between the
drum and the wire rope or cable near the said wire rope or cable.
This said fixed or adjustable cross bar is provided in the centre with an opening
in which two friction rollers are adjustably arranged between which said friction
rollers the wire is guided to the cable or rope.
The drum rotates with the frames or discs and continuously winds the wire
around the wire rope or cable whereby the said drum also rotates around its own
axis.
The wire is guided between the friction rollers in proximity to the rope or cable
and the drum is so fixed between the said frames or discs that a certain amount of
power is necessary to cause the druni to rotate so that the wire is drawn tightly
around the rope or cable. The sheathed or wire covered rope or cable passes the
second pair of rollers and is rolled onto a suitable reel or other appropriate device.
The machine is driven by means of the strap drums or suitable gearing which
said drums are fixed to the spindle or axle of the roller the movement of which
said roller is transferred to the rollers attached or keyed to the spindle or axle of
the second roller pair.
A bevil wheel is keyed to the opposite end of the spindle or axle to the roller
which said bevil.wheel gears into the bevil wheel on the shaft.
This bevel gearing transfers the rotary movement of the strap drums or other
gearing to the toothed wheel and this said toothed wheel, to the toothed wheel
attached to the hollow pivot and consequently to the frames or dises.
It is evident that the details of my said machine can be modified in various
ways without departing from the tenor of iny said invention.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Edwin Ambrose Brydges; in the Great Seal Patent Office on
the 15th June 1883.
EDWIN AMBROSE BRYDGES of the firm of Brydges & Co Engineers and Patent
Solicitors of 107 Koeniggraetzer Str in the City of Berlin and German Empire
IMPROVEMENTS IN PROTECTIVE SHEATHING OR COVERINGS FOR WIRE ROPES OR
CABLES AND IN MACHINES TO BE EMPLOYED IN THE MANUFACTURE REPAIRING OR
"
RESHEATHING OF THE SAME" a communication to me by Carl Klauke, of
Müncheberg in the Kingdom of Prussia and German Empire.
My Invention relates to the manufacture employment and application of a
protective sheathing or covering for wire ropes or cables and in machines to be
'employed in the manufacture repairing or resheathing of the same. The object of
my said invention is to provide wire ropes or cables with a protective covering so
as to reduce the wear and tear of the rope or cable itself to a minimum in such
manner that whilst the outer coating or sheathing is subjected to the ordinary wear
and tear the wire rope cable or core itself is not affected.
Figure 1 is a side view Figure 2 a transverse section on the line a b. in
Figure 1. Figure 3 a transverse section on the line cd in Figure 1, Figure 4 is a
side view of the machine for winding the wire around the rope or cable. Figure 5
is a plan or top view of the same. Figure 6 is a vertical section of Figure 4 on the
line cd. Figure 7 is an end view with the front rollers removed.
The wire rope or cable e is manufactured as usual but it must be here remarked
that when such said wire rope is to be employed for special purposes such for
instance as draft cable for steam ploughs and other agricultural implements the
wire rope or cable itself must be so much smaller in diameter that the diameter of
such said wire rope or cable and the improved protective sheathing does not
amount to more than the diameter of the rope or cable generally employed. The
spaces between the strands of wire of the rope or cable are first filled out by
inserting or winding tarred or other twine or string f in such said spaces so that
the said wire rope or cable attains in this manner an almost level upper surface
and all unnecessary wear and tear between the surface of the strands of the wire
rope or cable and the inner surface of the sheathing or covering is prevented.
The said wire rope or cable is now wound or entirely covered with coils of
moderately thin wire whereby the coils of such said sheating or covering wire are
pressed firmly against each other and the wire drawn tight around the rope or
cable. It will be seen from the foregoing that the hempen or other string or thin
rope entwined with the strands of wire in the cable serves as a semielastic bearing
for the sheathing and as further protection for the wire in the wire rope or cable
although it is evident that this part of my process can be omitted without
departing from the tenor of my invention.
By employing my said invention the great advantages are attained that wire
rope or cables which are otherwise subjected to enormous wear and tear and only
last at most one campaign such as is for instance the case with the cables of steam
tilling apparatus, can be kept in use for a much longer period as the wire rope or
cable proper does not suffer in the least degree and further that the said ropes or
cables can be readily resheathed or rewound with wire thus producing an enormous
saving in material, time and money.
The machine for sheathing or covering the wire rope or cable with wire coils is
constructed as follows:-
The wire rope or cable provided with the tarred string f inserted as afore-

page_text: mentioned is fed into the machine either direct from the customary coils or from a
suitable drum and passes in the first instance through a pair of rollers A A' and
from thence to the mechanism for winding the sheathing or protective wire
covering g around such said wire cable e.
This said mechanism consists of two circular frames or perforated discs BB 5
which are rigidly connected to each other by means of three iron rods or staves h.
The journals i to these said frames or discs B B₁ are bored to allow the wire
rope to pass through the said journals and serve as guides for the said wire rope or
cable e. The said journals are carried in the bearings D D¹.
A drum or spool E is moveably attached to the said frames or discs B B¹ 1
by means of the spindle or axle k around which the said drum or spool E can
revolve.
This said drum or spool E serves to receive the wire g employed for producing
the sheating or protective covering;
A fixed or adjustable cross bar is attached to the discs or frames between the
drum E and the wire rope or cable e near the said wire rope or cable e. This said
fixed or adjustable cross bar & is provided in the centre with an opening in which
two friction rollers m are adjustably arranged between which said friction rollers m
the wire g is guided to the cable or rope e.
The drum E rotates with the frames or
discs B B and continuously winds the wire g around the wire rope or cable e 5
whereby the said drum also rotates around its own axis.
The wire g is guided between the friction rollers m in proximity to the rope or
cable e and the drum E is so fixed between the said frames or discs B B' that a
certain amount of power is necessary to cause the drum E to rotate so that the
wire g is drawn tightly around the rope or cable.-The sheathed or wire covered
rope or cable passes the second pair of rollers F F and is rolled onto a suitable reel
or other appropriate device.
The machine is driven by means of the strap drums G G₁ or suitable gearing
which said drums are fixed to the spindle or axle of the roller A¹ the movement of
which said roller is transferred to the rollers H H₁ attached or keyed to the
spindle or axle of the roller F¹.
☐ A bevil wheel is keyed to the opposite end of the spindle or axle to the roller F
which said bevil wheel gears into the bevil wheel I on the shaft K. This bevil
gearing transfers the rotary movement of the strap drum or other gearing to the
toothed wheel L and this said toothed L to the toothed wheel M attached to the
hollow journal and consequently to the frame or discs B B¹.
It is evident that the details of my said machine can be modified in various ways
without departing from the tenor of my said invention.
Having now described my said invention for improvements in protective
sheathing or coverings for wire ropes or cables and in machines to be employed in
the manufacture repairing or resheathing for the same I desire it to be understood
that what I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent is.
1. The application and employment of a protective covering or sheathing for
wire ropes or cables consisting of a wire g which said wire g is so coiled or tightly
wound around the aforementioned wire rope, or cable by means of suitable
devices that a protective sheathing or covering for the said wire rope or cable is
produced substantially as set forth in the foregoing specification as and for the
purpose described and shown in the accompanying drawings.
2. The application and employment of the intermediate or bearing strings or
strands between the various strands of wire rope forming the said cable in order
to produce a better bearing for the sheathing wire g and prevent all unnecessary
wear and tear of the single wires contained in the said wire rope or cable
substantially as described in the foregoing specification and shown in the
accompanying drawings.
3-The construction arrangement and employment of the discs or frames BB¹
which said frames or discs are rigidly connected to each other by means of suitable
rods and are provided with the hollow journals ii and which said frames or discs

page_text: carry the drum E containing the coiling wire g substantially as described in the
foregoing specification and shown in the accompanying drawings.
4. The construction arrangement and employment of the fixed or adjustable
bar with the two adjustable friction rollers m m for guiding the wire g to the
wire rope or cable e substantially as described in the foregoing specification and
shown in the accompanying drawings.
5. The general construction and arrangement of the parts constituting my
improved machine for providing wire ropes or cables with a protective sheathing or
covering substantially as described in the foregoing specification and shown in the
accompanying drawings.
In Witness whereof I the said Edwin Ambrose Brydges have hereunto set
my hand and seal this eighth day of June in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and eighty three.
5 Witnesses
E STUTZER.
ANTHONY STEFFEN.
EDWIN A. BRYDGES (L.S.)-