Improvements in Ingot and like Tilting Apparatus for Use with Rolling Mills.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application (in United Kingdom), 16th Nov., 1895-
Complete Specification Left, 16th Nov., 1895-Accepted, 4th Jan., 1896
Improvements in Ingot and like Tilting Apparatus for Use with
Rolling Mills.
I GEORGE WASHINGTON MCCLURE, of 508 St. Clair Street, Pittsburg
County of Allegheny, State of Pennsylvania, United States of America,
Metallurgical Engineer 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 :-
Figure 1 is a top plan view of my improved ingot tilter or feeder, and Figure 2
is a longitudinal section of the same.
My invention relates to the supplying of ingots or bars of metal to the feed rolls
of a mill.
In the drawings 2, 2 represent the series of feed rolls to which the ingot is to be
supplied, and 3 the tilting ingot-holder at the end of the series. This holder
consists of a hollow casting of rectangular form, having a projecting lug or
bearing 4 through which passes a shaft 5 supported in standards 6. On the interior
of the side toward the feed rolls are provided friction rollers 7 upon which the
ingot rests when the holder is swung into the position shown in dotted lines io
Fig. 2.
To tilt the holder, I provide beneath the feed rollers of the table a single acting
hydraulic cylinder 8 to the plunger of which is keyed the yoke 9 within which is
supported the grooved wheel 10, adapted to travel along a track on the bed of the
apparatus. Two links 11 pivotally connect the protruding ends of the shaft 12 of
this wheel with a lower projecting lug upon the holder 3 so that as the plunger
moves in the cylinder the holder is correspondingly tilted.
The action is as follows:-The ingot being dropped into the holder 3, fluid is
admitted into the cylinder, and the plunger moving outwardly tilts the holder into
the position shown in dotted lines. The ingot then resting upon the idle rollers 7,
is drawn out by the end feed-roll upon which its forward portion rests. The
oylinder then being exhausted, the weight of the holder swings it back to its normal
position and the action is repeated.
The advantages of my invention will be appreciated by those skilled in the art.
By placing the cylinder beneath the feed table space is economized, and important
advantages are derived from the use of the wheel 10 and the rollers 7.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, 1 declare that what I
claim is :-
First. The combination with a table comprising driven feed-rollers of a tilting

page_text: holder pivotted adjacent thereto, and arranged to receive and hold the ingot in an
upright position, and a motive cylinder situate under the table and connected with
the tilting-holder; substantially as described.
Second The combination with a table comprising driven feed-rollers, of a tilting
holder pivoted adjacent thereto and arranged to receive and hold the ingot in an
upright position, a motive cylinder situate under the table and connected with the
tilting holder, and a wheel carried by the plunger of said cylinder and running upon
a track; substantially as described.
Third. The combination with a table comprising driven feed-rollers, of a tilting
.holder pivoted adjacent thereto and arranged to receive and hold the ingot in an
upright position and antifriction rollers contained within the holder at the side
thereof; substantially as described.
Dated the 15th day of November 1895.
J. JOHNSON,
Patent Office, 4 Clayton Square, Liverpool, Agent.