IMPROVEMENTS IN WIRE ROPES
Year: 1882

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Franz Carl Guilleaume
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 15th June 1882.
FRANZ CARL GUILLEAUME, of Cologne, Rhenish Prussia, in the Empire of
Germany, "IMPROVEMENTS IN WIRE ROPES."
My Invention relates to improvements in Wire ropes, and it consists chiefly in
making the said wire ropes of a hollow or tubular construction, which for various
hereinafter stated purposes, is found to be of great advantage.
As a substitute for the rigid boring rods in general use which being made in
short lengths, require to be screwed or otherwise jointed together to form a long
rod, my improved hollow wire rope offers the advantages that it has no joints, and
being flexible it can be wound round a drum, and therefore can be lowered into
or raised out of the bore hole in the least possible time, whilst the tubular
construction of the rope, allows it to be utilised in supplying water under pressure
to the boring tool, the water may also remain under pressure while the rope is
raised or lowered during the progress of the work.
Secondly The Hollow wire rope may be used as a suction pipe for various
purposes, by a slight modification in the construction.
Thirdly The Hollow wire rope may be used for the passage of solid substances,
such for instance of an Electric conductor, which being made separately, and being
a distinct and independent line, is necessarily free from the strains, jerks, or the
stretching of the wire rope, which causes so rapidly destroy the electric conductors
which are made solid with, or form a component part of the Rope. If however in
my improved arrangement the Conductor from some cause becomes defective, it
can be withdrawn from the interior of the rope, and after being repaired, may be
replaced, or a new conductor may be substituted for it, and vice versa if the hollow
rope first gives way, the sound conductor can be withdrawn and inserted in a new
rope.

page_text: In carrying out my invention for boring purposes I construct the rope in the
following manner; I provide a tubular core of indiarubber or other suitable water-
proof material, and I coil round it a wire of any suitable section and material,
I cover the coiled wire, with a sheathing of spun Yarn or other soft or elastic
material, and upon that I weave or otherwise secure the wire rope proper, which
may consist of a number of wires laid spirally round the centre portion, or of wires
stranded together, or by a rope consisting of several strands of wire.
The sizes, strength, and other details of construction may be varied according
to the nature of the work the rope is required for.
For the second purpose, namely suction pipes, the coil of wire, which I have
described as being outside the tubular core should be placed within the core, so
as to support and prevent it from collapsing.
For the third purpose-namely the passage of solids, the hollow core of india-
rubber or other material may be dispensed with altogether.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed
by the said Franz Carl Guilleaume in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
14th December 1882.
FRANZ CARL GUILLEAUME, of Cologne, Rhenish Prussia, in the Empire of
Germany "IMPROVEMENTS IN WIRE ROPES
"
My Invention relates to Wire ropes, and it consists in the manufacture of a
specially constructed hollow wire rope, and in its application to certain specific
purposes, namely; lifting or hoisting, and also as a conductor or conveyor of fluids,
and as a suction pipe, for which purposes it has many advantages.
As a substitute for the rigid metal boring bars or rods which are used for
mining and well sinking operations, the hollow wire rope entirely avoids the great
loss of time occasioned by the screwing together, and unscrewing of the joints
which connect the parts of such rigid rods together; the tubular hollow core may
be also utilised in conveying a stream of water under pressure, to the boring tool,
and without being disconnected from the pump, or other water supplying apparatus,
it may be coiled round a winding drum and by this means be sunk deeper into, or
raised out of, the bore hole with great facility.
For such purposes it is of course necessary that the rope must be of sufficient
strength to carry the boring tool, and to withstand the concussions to which the
nature of the work will subject it. The hollow core must also be waterproof and
strong enough to bear the load or pressure of the head of water within it.
Secondly the hollow wire rope of my improved construction, may by a modifi-
cation in the arrangement of the parts, be also used as a suction pipe for various
purposes.
In the manufacture of hollow wire rope for the first named purpose I construct
it in the following manner, and in order that my invention may be fully and
clearly understood, I will refer to the annexed sheet of drawings and to the letters
and figures marked thereon, simply premising that the same letters, indicate
corresponding parts in all the figures.
I provide a tubular core Fig. 1. A of indiarubber or other suitable waterproof
material, and I coil round it a wire B of any suitable material and cross section,
but by preference I use it round, I then cover the said wire coil with a sheathing
of spun yarn or other soft or elastic material C, and upon that I weave or otherwise
cover, and secure, the wire-rope proper D which may consist of a number of wires
laid spirally round the central portion; or of wires stranded together; or by a rope
consisting of several strands of wire.
I do not bind myself to the size of wire, nor to the dimensions of the various
parts of the hollow rope, as it is obvious that these must be varied according to
the required strength of the rope, and the nature of the work it is required for.
For hollow wire ropes to be used as suction pipes, see Fig. 2, the coil of wire B
hereinbefore described as being outside the tubular core, is placed within the core A,
so as to support it and prevent it from collapsing, the remainder of the covering is
constructed in the manner before described.
Having now described, and fully ascertained the nature of my said invention,
and the manner in which it may be carried into practice, I wish to state in
conclusion that what I consider to be novel and original, and of my invention, and
therefore claim as the invention secured to me by the hereinbefore in part recited
Letters Patent is,
First, The manufacture and use of hollow wire ropes constructed with a central
hose or core, surrounded by a coil of wire, and finally covered by the wire rope
proper for the purposes, and substantially as described and illustrated in Fig. 1.

page_text: Second, The manufacture and use of hollow wire suction ropes, with the central
core consisting of a coil of wire, covered or encased in a waterproof hose, and finally
by the wire rope proper, substantially as described and illustrated in Fig 2.
In Witness Whereof I the said Franz Carl Guilleaume have hereunto set
my hand and seal this Eleventh day of December, in the year of our
Lord One Thousand Eight hundred and Eighty two.
F. C. GUILLEAUME (L.S.)