IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF IRON HAND RAIL STANCHIONS
Year: 1883

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to William Rockliffe of Sunderland, in the county of
Durham, Engineer for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE
OF IRON HAND RAIL STANCHIONS
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said William Rockliffe at tho
Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 13th January 1883.
WILLIAM ROCKLIFFE, of Sunderland, in the county of Durham, Engineer,
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF IRON HAND RAIL STANCHIONS "
This invention relates to improvements in iron hand rail stanchions more
especially for use in vessels.
Hitherto in the manufacture of iron hand rail stanchions it has been the practice
to make them from plain round iron by means of the hammer-this operation
necessitates the reheating of the iron and is laborious and costly.
Now by my improvements this reheating is avoided and the use of the hammer
almost entirely dispensed with and great economy thereby effected.
In carrying out my invention, the iron from which the stanchions are to be
made is drawn direct from the furnace or "heat," to rolls constructed in the following
manner.
The rolls are grooved in the proper positions to form the bulbs on the stanchion
and are made the proper shapes necessary to roll the stanchions of the required
taper form, the circumference of each roll being the length of a stanchion.
The "heat" or hot iron from the furnace is led as herein before described direct
to the rolls which will then roll the iron into a continuous length having the proper
bulbs and taper formn corresponding with the length of the stanchion so that it is
then merely necessary to saw off the required lengths each of which forms a
stanchion. To form the feet of the stanchions I provide pieces of flat iron of the
required shape each perforated with a central hole; the end of the stanchion being
heated is passed through the hole in the foot and clinched or rivetted over.
holes in the stanchion for receiving the hand rails or bars are drilled in the ordinary
manner and the stanchion is then complete.
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page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said William Rockliffe in the Great Seal Patent Office on th
12th July 1883.
WILLIAM ROCKLIFFE, of Sunderland, in the county of Durham, Engineer
"IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF IRON HAND RAIL STANCHIONS
"
This invention relates to improvements in iron hand rail stanchions more
especially for use in vessels.
Hitherto in the manufacture of iron hand rail stanchions it has been the practice
to make them from plain round iron by means of the hammer, this operation
necessitates the reheating of the iron and is laborious and costly.
Now by my improvements this reheating is avoided and the use of the hammer
almost entirely dispensed with and great economy thereby effected.
In carrying out my invention, the iron froin which the stanchions are to be
made is drawn direct from the furnace or "heat," to rolls constructed in the
following manner.
The rolls are grooved in the proper positions to form the bulbs on the stanchion
and are made the proper shapes necessary to roll the stanchions of the required
taper form, the circumference of each roll being the length of a stanchion.
"
The "heat or hot iron from the furnace is led as herein before described direct
to the rolls which will then roll the iron into a continuous length having the
proper bulbs and taper form corresponding with the length of the stanchion so
that it is then merely necessary to saw off the required lengths each of which
forms a stanchion. The holes in the stanchion for receiving the hand rails or
bars are drilled in the ordinary manner and the stanchion is then complete.
Having thus described my invention what I claim is :-
Firstly. The manufacture of iron hand-rail stanchions as herein described from
iron drawn direct from the furnace or "heat" to suitably constructed rolls
substantially in the manner and for the purposes set forth.
Secondly. The use of iron hand-rail stanchions manufactured substantially in
the manner herein described.
In Witness whereof I the said William Rockliffe have hereto set my hand
and seal this eleventh day of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and eighty three