IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR ROLLING METALS
Year: 1837

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, SAMUEL
MILLS, of Darlaston Green Iron and Steel Works, near Wednesbury, in the
County of Stafford, Iron Master, send greeting.
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WHEREAS Her present most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent under the Great Seal of Great Britain, bearing date at West-
minster, the Ninth day of December, in the first year of Her reign, did,
for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give. and grant unto me, the said
Samuel Mills, Her especial licence, full power, sole privilege, and authority,
that I, the said Samuel Mills, my exors, admors, and assigns, or such others
as I, the said Samuel Mills, my exors, admors, or assigns, should at any
time agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times during
the term of years therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use,
exercise, and vend, within England, Wales, and the Town of Berwick-
upon-Tweed, my Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR ROLLING
METALS;" in which said Letters Patent is contained a proviso that I, the
said Samuel Mills, shall cause a particular description of the nature of my
said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be inrolled
in Her said Majesty's High Court of Chancery within six calendar months
next and immediately after the date of the said in part recited Letters Patent,
as in and by the same, reference being thereunto had, will more fully and at
large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I,. the said
Samuel Mills, do hereby declare the nature. of my Invention, and the

page_text: Figure 1 represents a longitudinal view of a pair of rolls in their houlsters
in the position they are in when the metal is to be inserted. Figure 2 is a
sectional view of the same. Figure 3 shews a sectional view of the rolls in
the position they are in when having just closed upon the metal; and Figure 4
is a roller with the improvement applied to one of the ends marked R, as well
as the barrel or main surface B. In each of these Figures the same letters
indicate similar parts. B, B, the barrels or working parts of the rolls. A, A,
and R, the part cut away or left out of the barrels of the rolls.constituting the
improvement, colored yellow, on Figures 1, 2, 3, and 4; N, N, the necks or
bearings of the rolls; C, C, collars left on the barrels of the rolls to keep
them steady in their position; H, H, the houlsters in which the rolls work;
P, P, the pinions which connect the rolls; S, S, the set screws to the rolls.
From the Drawings and the explanations thereof above given it will be seen
that the object of the Invention is to remove portions of the working surface
of the rolls, hence it will be evident that the workman (when the rollers are in
the position of Figures 1 and 2, can insert the bar or other surface which it is
desired to be rolled, and he can pass the same to any extent it is desired
through the rollers, and the metal will not be touched by the rollers; and it
will thus be seen that a bar of iron or other metal may be delivered from the
rollers without the use of guards, and the workman, by standing on that side
of the rollers working towards him, can keep one end of the bar in his hands
whilst rolling the other parts; and by this means he will be enabled to deliver
metal of tapered or other shapes, as will readily be understood by persons
acquainted with the rolling of iron, which ordinary shaped rollers will not
enable the workman to produce. The rollers shewn in the Drawing are for
making plain bars or surfaces, but it will be evident that the rollers may be
grooved to obtain bars of various figures, and yet have portions of their
surfaces removed to enable the workman to place his work through or between
the same to any extent the nature of his work may require.
I would remark, that I do not confine myself to removing any particular
quantity of the rolls, the object of the Invention being to give the workman

page_text: the means of placing his work through the rollers to any desired extent, so that
for a portion of the revolution of the rollers no action shall take place thereon;
but that the pinch or pressure shall be operative only at the points or surfaces
desired. Hence, in constructing rollers according to my Invention the point
to be considered is the dimensions of the bars or surfaces to be produced, in
order that any required portion thereof may be passed between the rollers by
the workman without being affected by them, as above described.
And I would have it understood that what I claim as my Invention is the
removing portions of the surfaces of rollers for rolling iron and other metals,
as shewn at A and R, and for the purpose above explained.
In witness whereof, I, the said Samuel Mills, have hercunto set my
hand and seal, this Eighth day of June, One thousand eight hundred