Improvements in Machinery for Removing Scale from Iron and Steel Bars, and for Delivering such Bars on to Platforms or Stages, or into Trams, Trucks, or other Vehicles.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 8th Apr., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 7th Feb., 1893-Accepted, 18th Mar., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Machinery for Removing Scale from Iron and
Steel Bars, and for Delivering such Bars on to Platforms or
Stages, or into Trams, Trucks, or other Vehicles.
We,
RICHARD PHILLIPPS, of Penrhewtyn House, Neath, in the County of
Glamorgan, Iron and Tin Plate Manufacturer, and WILLIAM PHILLIPS, of
26 Walters Road, Melyuerythan, Neath, aforesaid, Millwright, do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to the removal of scale from metal bars and is specially
applicable to dealing with iron and steel bars intended to be rolled into sheets or
block plates and ultimately to be made into tinplates.
According to this invention the bars, as they are cut into suitable lengths as
heretofore, are, while hot, raised by arms rotating in suitable frames, and by these
arms are carried up horizontally and tipped over inclined bearers by which they are
guided into a trough containing cold water. From the water trough the bars are
raised by rotating arms similar to those before mentioned and are carried up and
tipped over inclined bearers by which they are delivered on to a platform or stage,
or into trucks, trams or other vehicles.
As is well understood, the immersion in water frees the bars from the greater
part of the scale, and further removal of scale is assisted by the shock received by
the bars in being tipped as aforesaid by the second set of rotating arms.
It will be seen that under this invention the bars are mechanically deposited in
the water bath and mechanically taken therefrom and conveyed to the platform or
side stage, or to trucks or other vehicles.
Economy in labour, and time is effected and the scale is removed from the bars in
more uniform manner.
Dated thin 7th day of A 1000
NICHOLAS WATTS,
Bristol Bank Buildings, Bristol, Chartered Patent Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Machinery for Removing Scale from Iron and
Steel Bars, and for Delivering such Bars on to Platforms or
Stages, or into Trams, Trucks, or other Vehicles.
We, RICHARD PHILLIPPS, of Penrhewtyn House, Neath, in the County of
Glamorgan, Iron and Tin Plate Manufacturer, and WILLIAM PHILLIPS, of
26 Walters Road, Melyncrythan, Neath, aforesaid, Millwright, 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 :-
This invention relates to the removal of scale from metal bars, and is specially
applicable to dealing with iron and steel bars intended to be rolled into sheets or
block plates and ultimately to be made into tinplates.
According to this invention, the bars, as they are cut into suitable lengths as
heretofore, are, while hot, raised by arms rotating in suitable frames, and by these
arms are carried up horizontally and tipped over inclined bearers by which they
are guided into a trough containing cold water. From the water trough the bars
are raised by rotating arms similar to those before mentioned and are carried up
and tipped over inclined bearers by which they are delivered on to a platform or
stage, or into trucks, trams or other vehicles.

page_text: As is well understood, the immersion in water frees the bars from the greater
part of the scale, and further removal of scale is assisted by the shock received by
the bars in being tipped as aforesaid by the second set of rotating arms.
Referring to the accompanying drawings,
Fig. 1 thereof represents a part end view and part vertical transverse section of
a machine constructed, for scaling bars, in accordance with this invention.
Fig: 2 is a plan without the inclined and curved bearers a, a¹ seen at Fig. 1.
The bars, cut as heretofore in suitable lengths, are, (by the rollers e rotated by
suitable gearing; that shown in the drawing forming no part of this invention,)
carried along until one end abuts on the stop block d, Fig. 2. While in this
position each bar is, in turn, picked up by the arms e keyed upon the shaft f
carried in bearings on girders placed at suitable intervals. The shaft with the
arms e is rotated by suitable gearing and the bars carried up by the arms e are
tipped over the bearers or guides a and rest in angular supports or ledges provided
therefor at intervals in the trough or bosh h which contains cold water in which the
bars are immersed.
Immersion of the hot bars in the cold or cool water partially frees them, as is
well understood, from scale. The bars are picked up out of the water by the
arms el keyed upon the shaft i supported in bearings on the girders j and rotated by
suitable gearing. By the arms e¹ the bars are tipped over the bearers or guides a¹
by which they are directed into a truck such as h, or on to a platform or stage. By
the shocks occasioned by thus tipping and by striking against one another and
against the truck or stage or platform or other place of delivery the bars are further
freed from adhering scale.
It will be seen that under this invention the bars are mechanically deposited in
the water bath and mechanically taken therefrom and conveyed to the platform or
side stage, or to trucks or other vehicles.
Economy in labour, and time is effected and the scale is removed from the bars in
a more uniform manner.
1 Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
The improved machine for removing scale from iron and steel bars and from bars
of other metal hereinbefore described, consisting of a water trough or bosh such
ash into the water in which the bars while lying horizontal are directed to fall over
bearers or guides such as a by rotating arms such as e which pick up the bars in
turn from one side of the machine: the bars being removed from the said trough by
rotating arms such as e¹ and tipped over similar bearers or guides and finally allowed
to fall into a truck or on to a stage or platform, substantially as set forth and shewn
in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this 4th day of February 1893.
NICHOLAS WATTS,
Chartered Patent Agent.