IMPROVEMENTS IN THE METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR MAKING FLAT WIRE ROPES PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION
Year: 1883

page_text: This Specification was, upon the 3rd day of November 1886, amended under
Sections 18 to 21 of the Patents, Designs, and Trade Marks Act, 1883.
LETTERS PATENT to John Lang of Stoneleigh Terrace Wakefield in the
County of York, and James Lang of Mottram Road, Hyde, in the County
of Chester for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE METHOD OF AND
APPARATUS FOR MAKING FLAT WIRE ROPES
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Lang and James Lang
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 6th January 1883.
JOHN LANG of Stoneleigh Terrace, Wakefield in the County of York, and
JAMES LANG of Mottram Road, Hyde in the County of Chester. "IMPROVEMENTS
IN THE METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR MAKING FLAT WIRE ROPES
This invention has for its objects:-1st The making of Flat Wire Ropes
thoroughly straight, and of uniform thickness and breadth and tension; and
2nd of dispensing with the stitching wires or strands which are at present used
in their construction
In the construction or binding of Flat Wire Ropes upon our improved system
we propose using a bench so made that the round ropes which are laid parallel
upon it are then compressed to a certain uniform width by means of dies operated
upon by hydraulic power or otherwise; and this exact width and pressure are
maintained to the end of the rope, six feet more or less being placed under the
pressure at one time
The rope is then opened up in the usual manner by the pricker and needle
previous to stitching, but instead of having continuous stitching wires singly or
in strands as at present, we bind the ropes together by means of specially prepared
singly or doubly flanged ties as found most suitable and made by preference of
steel. In order to prevent the hammering to level the ropes after the stitch or
binding has been made, we propose passing the rope under a roller or rollers to
press it to a uniform level.
By these improvements we shall be able to make a rope perfectly straight, the
biuding of a stronger and more lasting material, and one which will prevent the
rope from splitting as is frequently the case with ropes as at present constructed-
These improvements will also be the means of preventing that internal injury
which is caused to the rope by its constant pressure and friction upon the stitching
wires when the rope is at work

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said John Lang and James Lang in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 6th July 1883.
JOHN LANG, of Stoneleigh Terrace Wakefield, in the County of York, and
JAMES LANG, of Mottram Road, Hyde, in the County of Chester "An IMPROVE-
MENTS IN THE METHOD OF AND APPARATI FOR MAKING FLAT WIRE ROPES
"
This Invention has for its objects: Firstly. The making of Flat Wire Ropes
thoroughly straight, and of uniform-thickness, breadth and strength;-and-Secondly
of dispensing with the stitching wires or strands which are at present used in
their construction.
In the construction or binding of Flat Wire Ropes upon our improved system
we propose using a bench so made that the round. ropes which are laid parallel
upon it are then compressed to a certain uniform width by-means-of-dies-operated
upon by hydraulic power or otherwise; and this exnet width and pressure-are
maintained to the end of the rope, six feet more or less being placed under-the
pressure-at-one-time.
The rope is then "opened up" in the usual manner by the pricker and needle
previous to stitching, but instead of having continuous stitching wires singly or
in strands as at present, we bind the ropes together by means of specially prepared
singly-or-doubly flanged binders as-found-most-suitable-and made by preference
of steel. In order to obviate the necessity of hammering the rope to level it after
the binder has been inserted, we propose passing the rope under a roller or rollers
to press it to a uniform level.
By these improvements we shall be-able-to make a rope perfectly straight, with
the binding stronger and more lasting, and one which will prevent the rope from
splitting as is frequently the case with ropes as at present constructed. These This
improvements will also be the means of preventing that internal injury which is
caused to the rope by its constant pressure and friction upon the stitching wires
when the rope is at work.
In order that our Invention may be better understood, reference is made to the
accompanying sheet of Drawings illustrative thereof, wherein Fig 1 is a sectional
clevation of a machine, shewing the various rollers, under and between which the
wire rope travells. In order that the various parts of the apparatus may be well
understood, the cross sections Figs 2, 3, and 4 are made on an enlarged scale,
Fig 2 being a cross section through a, b in Fig 1, and Fig 3 a cross section
through c, d. It is to be understood however that we make no claim in respect of
the apparatus described and shown.
The several ropes which form the flat rope to be operated upon are placed on
the bed or table A which is provided with a number of horizontal feeding rollers
B and C working in suitable bearings formed on or connected to the table or
bench. In order to form a series of small ropes or strands into one flat rope, the
said small ropes are laid upon the table as shewn in section Fig 3, and to insure
their being drawn through the machine in a straight line and in one uniform width,
b

page_text: a pair of vertical or side roliers D and E are employed between which the
several ropes are passed, forming a parallelorgram and compressed ready for and
previous to being bound together by binders hereinafter explained. The side
rollers D and E may be provided with screws, exentrics or similar means so as to
be adjustable in width to suit the various widths of ropes, but when once adjusted
the side pressure remains the same until the whole length of rope has passed. In
order to bind the rope together so that it will remain the same width after leaving
the machine, we place between the strands a steel binders G having its their ends
turned up or flanged as seen clearly in Fig 4, which so that when once these are
inserted, the ropes can have no lateral movement whatever. After the binders G have
been introduced into the said flat rope it is passed under a pair of larger rollers H
and I and subjected to considerable pressure whereby the rope is compressed to its
proper thickness. The upper roller H can be made to slide up and down in its
bearings by screw and lever J so as to receive various thicknesses of rope, and by
micans of springs or buffers, will compress into one uniform level the inequalities in
the thickness of the rope caused by the insertion of the pricker or needle.
It will thus be seen that by the employment of mechanism, such as is herein
shewn-and-described, that the present-injurious-mode-of hammering the rope-after
stitching, in order to level it, is now dispensed with, and the said rope is kept
at a uniform pressure throughout, and when completed will present a perfectly
straight appearance;-and-further the width of the said rope will be kept parallel
when in use, by means of the flanged binders introduced through the said rope.
Having now shewn and described our Invention and the manner in which the
same has to be performed and earried-into-practice, we would have it understood
that we-do-not-confine ourselves-to the exact details herein shewn-and-described,
as some of them may be varied without departing from the main features-thereof
what we claim however as our Invention is―
Firstly The employment of horizontal-and-vertical--rollers-for-forming--and
pressing the-ropes-before-binding-into-a-parallelogram, for-purposes-substantially
as-described.
Secondly-The use and-employment in a flat wire rope of the binders G having .
one or both of its their ends turned up for purposes described.
Thirdly The employment of rollers-H and I for pressing the wire-ropes-after
the introduction of the binder in manner substantially as shewn-and-described.
In witness whereof we the said John Lang and James Lang have hereunto
set our hands and seals this fifth day of July in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and eighty three
JOHN LANG.
(LS.)
JAMES LANG. (L.S.)

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Lang of Stoneleigh Terraco Wakefield in the
County of York, and James Lang of Mottram Road, Hyde, in the County
of Chester for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE METHOD OF AND
APPARATUS FOR MAKING FLAT WIRE ROPES
"
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Lang and James Lang
at tho Oflice of the Commissioners of Patents on the 6th January 1883.
JOHN LANG of Stoneleigh Terrace, Wakefield in the County of York, and
JAMES LANG of Mottram Road, Hyde in the County of Chester. "IMPROVEMENTS
IN THE METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR MAKING FLAT WIRE ROPES
DJ
This invention has for its objects:-1 The making of Flat Wire Ropes
thoroughly straight, and of uniform thickness and breadth and tension; and
2nd of dispensing with the stitching wires or strands which are at present used
in their construction
In the construction or binding of Flat Wire Ropes upon our improved system
we propose using a bench so made that the round ropes which are laid parallel
upon it are then compressed to a certain uniform width by means of dies operated
upon by hydraulic power or otherwise; and this exact width and pressure are
maintained to the end of the rope, six feet more or less being placed under the
pressure at one time
The rope is then opened up in the usual manner by the pricker and needle
previous to stitching, but instead of having continuous stitching wires singly or
in strands as at present, we bind the ropes together by means of specially prepared
singly or doubly flanged ties as found most suitable and made by preference of
steel. In order to prevent the hammering to level the ropes after the stitch or
binding has been made, we propose passing the rope under a roller or rollers to
press it to a uniform level.
By these improvements we shall be able to make a rope perfectly straight, the
binding of a stronger and more lasting material, and one which will prevent the
rope from splitting as is frequently the case with ropes as at present constructed―
These improvements will also be the means of preventing that internal injury
which is caused to the rope by its constant pressure and friction upon the stitching
wires when the rope is at work

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said John Lang and James Lang in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 6th July 1883.
John Lang, of Stoneleigh Terrace Wakefield, in the County of York, and
JAMES LANG, of Mottram Road, Hyde, in the County of Chester "IMPROVEMENTS
IN THE METHOD OF AND APPARATUS FOR MAKING FLAT WIRE ROPES
"
This Invention has for its objects:-Firstly. The making of Flat Wire Ropes
thoroughly straight, and of uniform thickness, breadth and strength; and Secondly
of dispensing with the stitching wires or strands which are at present used in
their construction.
In the construction or binding of Flat Wire Ropes upon our improved system
we propose using a bench so made that the round ropes which are laid parallel
upon it are then compressed to a certain uniform width by means of dies operated
upon by hydraulic power or otherwise; and this exact width and pressure are
maintained to the end of the rope, six fect more or less being placed under the
pressure at one time.
The rope is then "opened up" in the usual manner by the pricker and needlo
previous to stitching, but instead of having continuous stitching wires singly or
in strands as at present, we bind the ropes together by means of specially prepared
singly or doubly flanged binders as found most suitable and made by preference
of steel. In order to obviate the necessity of hammering the rope to level it after
the binder has been inserted, we propose passing the rope under a roller or rollers
to press it to a uniform level.
By these improvements we shall be able to make a rope perfectly straight, the
binding stronger and more lasting, and one which will prevent the rope from
splitting as is frequently the case with ropes as at present constructed. These
improvements will also bo the means of preventing that internal injury which is
caused to the rope by its constant pressure and friction upon the stitching wires
when the rope is at work.
In order that our Invention may be better understood, reference is made to the
accompanying sheet of Drawings illustrative thereof, wherein Fig 1 is sectional
elevation of machine, shewing the various rollers, under and between which the
wire rope travells. In order that the various parts of the apparatus may be well
understood, the cross sections Figs 2, 3, and 4 are made on an enlarged scale,
Fig 2 being a cross section through a, b in Fig 1, and Fig 3 a cross section
through c, d.
The several ropes which form the fint rope to be operated upon are placed on
the bed or table A which is provided with a number of horizontal feeding rollers
B and C working in suitable bearings formed on or connected to the table or
bench. In order to form a series of small ropes or strands into one flat rope, the
said small ropes are laid upon the table as shewn in section Fig 3, and to insure
their being drawn through the inachine in a straight line and in one uniform
width, a pair of vertical or side rollers D and E are employed between which the
several ropes are passed, forming a parallelorgram and compressed ready for and
previous to being bound together by binders hereinafter explained. The side
rollers D and E may be provided with screws, exentrics or similar means so as to
be adjustable in width to suit the various widths of ropes, but when once adjusted
the side pressure remains the same until the whole length of rope has passed. In
order to bind the rope together so that it will remain the same width after leaving
the machine, we place between the strands a steel binder G having its ends turned

page_text: up or flunged as seen clearly in Fig 4, which when once inserted, the ropes can
have no lateral movement whatever. After the binders G have been introduced
into the said flat rope it is passed under a pair of larger rollers H and I and
subjected to considerable pressure whereby the rope is compressed to its proper
thickness. The upper roller H can be made to slide up and down in its bearings,
by screw and lever J so as to receive various thicknesses of rope, and by means
of springs or buffers, will compress into one uniform level the inequalities in
the thickness of the rope caused by the insertion of the pricker or need!e.
It will thus be seen that by the employment of mechanism, such as is herein
shewn and described, that the present injurious mode of hammering the rope after
stitching, in order to level it, is now dispensed with, and the said rope is kept
at a uniform pressure throughout, and when completed will present a perfectly
straight appearance; and further the width of the said rope will be kept parallel
when in use, by means of the flanged binders introduced through the said rope.
Having now shewn and described our Invention and the manner in which the
same has to be performed and carried into practice, we would have it understood
that we do not confine ourselves to the exact details herein shewn and described,
as some of them may be varied without departing from the main features thereof―
what we claim however as our Invention is-
Firstly The employment of horizontal and vertical rollers for forming and
pressing the ropes before binding into a parallelogram, for purposes substantially
as described.
Secondly-The use and employment of the binder G having one or both of its
ends turned up for purposes described.
Thirdly-The employment of rollers H and I for pressing the wire ropes after
the introduction of the binder in manner substantially as shewn and described.
In witness whereof we the said John Lang and James Lang have hereunto
set our hands and seals this fifth day of July in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and eighty three
TOUN LANG
JOHN LANG
ì
JAMES LANG. (LS.)