Improvements in Apparatus for Rolling and for Shearing or Cutting Bale Ties and Hoops and the like.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Mar., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 13th Dec., 1895-Accepted, 25th Jan., 1896
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Rolling and for Shearing or Cutting
Bale Ties and Hoops and the like.
I ALFRED HUGHES of 9 Quay Street Stalybridge in the County of Lancaster,
Roller, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to the construction of rolling mills for rolling cotton and
other bale ties, and barrel hoops, the objects of the said improvements being
principally to enable bale ties or hoops of different sizes and of long or short lengths
to be rolled always from blooms or billets of the same weight and size, instead of
having special billets for each size as heretofore, and to dispense with the necessity
for changing the rolls for each change of size as usual.
The invention also dispenses with some of the manual labor usually required for
turning and reversing the bars and hoops.
The rolls are arranged in four sets the last of which consists of a pair of
automatic cross cutting shears which travel a short distance with the hoop iron
cutting the ties or hoops to the necessary lengths whilst the rolls are in motion
before going through the hard rolls.
The furnace is provided with a sloping trough leading to the first set of grooved
rolls, and this trough is provided with rollers (driven by an endless chain) which.
cause the bloom or billet to be drawn down the trough and presented to the first
groove of the first set of rolls. An attendant receives the bloom or billet at the
other side and returns it through the first groove of the back pair of rolls, over the
top of the front pair.
The bar then passes through an automatic guide (hereinafter described) which bends
it downwards and directs it back again through the second groove of the front pair
of rolls, where the attendant again receives it, and so on till the first set of four
grooved rolls have reduced the bar to the required size, the grooves being all
reducing grooves only, there being no necessity (according to my invention) for
what are known as "close holes."
From the last reducing groove the attendant bends the bar or band back and
passes it through a pair of grooved rollers forming the back pair of the second set
of rolls, and thence it passes round another automatic guide and back between the
front pair of this set which are plain flattening rollers.
He then turns it one quarter round and sends it back again on edge through the
third set of rolls which also are plain.
Another attendant (who may be merely a boy) receives the bar or band thus
completely formed, turns it one quarter round and passes it back through a pair of
plain delivery rolls which form part of the fourth set, which delivers it between
the pair of cutting rolls above mentioned.
These rolls do not revolve excepting when required to cut the band across into
the proper lengths for ties or hoops, the axis of the driving roll being only
connected to the driving shaft at intervals by means of a clutch box, which the same
attendant boy puts into gear as soon as the desired length has been delivered.
One of the rolls is made with a flattened part so that the band can pass freely
through and each of them is provided with a cutting knife edge.
When the required length of band has been delivered the boy puts the clutch
into gear and the rolls make one revolution, the two knife edges revolving
therewith and cutting through the band whilst in motion.

page_text: The clutch is thrown out of gear automatically by means of a fixed incline the
instant that the exact revolution has been completed.
The automatic guides are each composed of a curved trough carried by a frame
running on wheels on horizontal rails, and constantly drawn forwards towards the
rolls.by a weighted chain passing round a pulley. This curved guide is held up
close to the rolls by means of a catch, and as one pair of rolls delivers the bar or
band quicker than the other pair takes it up the attendant releases the catch by
means of a treadle and the metal pushes the guide backwards thus raising the
.weight and taking up the "slack."
As soon as the rolls begin to work together the weight draws the guide back to
its original position where it is held by the catch until again released by the
attendant.
Dated this 12th day of March 1895.
GEO. DAVIES & SON,
4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester, Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Rolling and for Shearing or Cutting
Bale Ties and Hoops and the like.
I ALFRED HUGHES, of 9 Quay Street Stalybridge in the County of Lancaster,
Roller, 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 construction of rolling mills for rolling cotton and
other bale ties, and barrel hoops, the objects of the said improvements being
principally to enable bale ties or hoops of different sizes, and of long or short
lengths to be rolled always from blooms or billets of the same weight and size
instead of having special billets for each size as heretofore, and to dispense with
the necessity for changing the rolls for each change of size as usual. The invention
also dispenses with some of the manual labor usually required for iurning and
reversing the bars and hoops.
The nature of my said invention and the manner in which the same is to be
performed or carried into practical effect will be readily understood on reference
to the two sheets of drawings hereunto annexed and the following explanation
thereof.
Fig. 1 on Sheet 1 of the drawings is a plan view of a train of rolls constructed
and arranged according to my invention, showing also its position with regard to
the furnace.
Fig. 2 on Sheet 2 of the drawings is a vertical section taken transversely through
about the line A-B' on Fig. 1 and drawn to a somewhat larger scale.
Fig. 3 is an elevation and Fig. 4 a vertical section of the cutting rolls hereinafter
referred to.
The rolls are arranged in four sets A, A+, B, B+, C D+ and D, the last of which
consists of a pair of automatic cross cutting shears which travel a short distance
with the hoop iron (as hereinafter described) cutting the ties or hoops to the
necessary lengths whilst the rolls are in motion and before going through the
hard roll.
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The furnace a is provided with a sloping trough leading to the first set of
grooved rolls A, and this trough is provided with rollers c (driven by an endless
chain d) which cause the bloom or billet to be drawn down the trough 6 and
presented to the first groove of the front pair A. of the first set of rolls. An
attendant receives the bloom or billet at the other side and returns it through the
first groove of the back pair A+ of this set of rolls, over the top of the front pair A
which are lower (see Fig. 2).

page_text: The bar then passes through an automatic guide E (hereinafter described) which
bends it downwards and directs it back again through the second groove of the
front pair A of rolls and below the back pair A+ where the attendant again.
receives it and so on until the first set of four grooved rolls have reduced the bar to
the required size, the grooves being all reducing grooves only.
From the last reducing groove of the set of rolls A the attendant bends the bar
or band back and passes it through a pair of grooved rolls B+ forming the back
pair of the second set of rolls to reduce it to the required "size" and thence it
passes round another automatic guide and back between the front pair B of this
set which are plain flattening rollers.
He then turns it one quarter round and sends it back again on edge through the
third set C which are also a pair of plain rollers set further part.
Another attendant (who may be merely a boy) receives the bar or band thus
completely formed, turns it one quarter round, and passes it back through a pair of
plain delivery rollers D+ forming part of the fourth set which delivers it between
the pair of cutting rollers or shears D above mentioned.
These rollers D do not revolve excepting when required to cut the band across
into the proper lengths for ties or hoops, the axes of the driving roll being only
connected to the driving shaft by means of a clutch boxe which the same attendant
boy puts into gear by means of a lever f, moved by a projection f+ on a hand wheelft
weighted at f', (see Fig. 14 detached) as soon as the desired length has been
delivered.
One of the rolls D (see Fig. 4) is made with a flattened part at g so that
the band can pass freely through and each of them is provided with a cutting
knife edge h.
When the required length of band has been delivered the boy puts the clutch
box e into gear, and the rolls D make one revolution in the direction in which the
band is passing, the two knife edges / revolving therewith and cutting through the
band whilst in motion.
The clutch box e is thrown out of gear by means of a fixed incline i (see Figs. 1
and 3), the instant that the exact revolution has been completed, the boy having
previously released the hand wheel ƒ, and allowed the projection f+ to drop out of
the way of the lever f.
The automatic guides hereinbefore referred to (see also Fig. 2 enlarged) are
each composed of a curved trough k carried by a frame running on wheels Zon
borizontal rails m, and constantly drawn forward towards the grooved rolls A or B
by a weighted chain n passing over a pulley o. This curved guide k is held close
up to the rolls by means of a catch p, see Fig. 2, and as the back pair of rolls
commences to deliver the bar or band quicker than the front pair takes it up the
attendant releases the catch p by means of the treadle 9 and the metal pushes the
guide k backwards along the rails m thus raising the weight by the chain n and
taking up the slack."
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As soon as the rolls begin to work together the weight draws the guide k back
into its original position where it is held by the catch p until again released by the
attendant.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
First. The general construction and arrangement of the train of rolls for rolling
and cutting off bale ties, hoops and the like substantially as herein before described
and illustrated by the drawings annexed.
Secondly. I claim especially the apparatus for receiving and automatically
reversing and returning the bars or bands from and to the rolls and taking up the
"slack" substantially as described and illustrated, and
Thirdly. I claim the construction and arrangement of the cross cutting shears

page_text: revolving and at same time moving forwards with the band for cutting the same
into lengths.
Dated this 11th day of December 1895.
GEO. DAVIES & SON,
4, St. Ann's Square, Manchester, Agents for the Applicant.