IMPROVEMENTS IN AND MECHANISM FOR CUTTING OR SPLITTING STEEL RAIL AND RAIL ENDS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF THE SAME INTO WIRE, BARS, HOOPS AND FOR OTHER ANALOGOUS PURPOSE
Year: 1885

page_text: We JOSEPH COOKE Wire and hoop Manufactureer and JOHN RUSHTON Manager,
both of the Barrow steel works, Barrow in Furness do hereby declare the nature of
our invention of IMPROVEMENTS IN AND MECHANISM FOR CUTTING OR SPLITTING
STEEL RAIL AND RAIL ENDS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF THE SAME INTO WIRE,
BARS, HOOPS AND FOR OTHER ANALOGOUS PURPOSE :—
Instead of constructing the rolls of a section to cut or split the steel rail whilst
red hot into three longitudal pieces as heretofore and whereby the central piece
is cut to waste our invention consists in constructing the rolls of such a section as
to cut the rail into two pieces and then by subjecting such pieces whilst still red
hot to the operation of other grooved rolls to roll the same into two solid
homogeneous bars. In carrying out our invention we form each of the rolls with
suitable grooves or of a corresponding section to receive the head and bottom of
the rail and midway between these grooves we form an angular projection upon
each roll this combination of grooves and projections serves to sever the rail in the
centre of the web and the two pieces so produced are then whilst still red hot
rolled into solid bars to be used in the manufacture of wire, bars, hoops and similar
manufactures.
It will be apparent that instead of employing rolls for the purpose the splitting
of rails into two pieces as aforesaid could be performed by revolving discs, cutters
or other eqivalent mechanism.
JOHN G. WILSON,
Agent for the Applicants.

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SPECIFICATION.
We, JOSEPH COOKE, Wire and Hoop Manufacturer, and JOHN RUSHTON, Manager,
both of the Barrow Steel Wire Works Barrow in Furness, do hereby declare the
nature of our said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN AND MECHANISM FOR CUTTING
OR SPLITTING STEEL RAIL AND RAIL ENDS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF THE SAME
INTO WIRE, BARS, HOOPS AND FOR OTHER ANALOGOUS PURPOSES," and in what
manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement :—
Instead of constructing the rolls of a section to cut or split the steel rail whilst
red hot into three longitudinal pieces as heretofore and whereby the central piece
is cut to waste our invention consists in constructing the rolls of such a section as
to cut the rail into two pieces and then by subjecting such pieces whilst still red
hot to the operation of other grooved rolls to roll the same into two solid
homogenous bars.
On the accompanying drawing Fig. 1 is a front view (shewn partially broken off)
of a pair of rolls embracing our improvements.
In carrying out our invention we form each of the rolls with suitable grooves a
and b or of a corresponding section to receive the head and bottom of the rail and
midway between these grooves a and b we form an angular projection c upon each
roll. This combination of grooves and projections serves to sever the rail in the
centre of the web when passed in a red hot state between the rolls so constructed
as aforesaid and the two pieces so preduced are then whilst still red hot rolled
into solid bars to be used in the manufacture of wire, bars, hoops and similar
manufactures.
It will be apparent that instead of employing rolls for the purpose the splitting
of rails into two pieces as aforesaid could be performed by revolving discs, cutters,
or other equivalent mechanism but this we should consider to be a modification of
our invention.
Having thus particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
Invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is
1st Cutting or splitting steel rails and rail ends into two pieces substantially
as and for the purposes herein before described.
2nd The improved construction of rolls or their equivalents for cutting or
splitting steel rails and rail ends into two pieces substantially as and for the
purposes hereinbefore described and illustrated on the accompanying drawing.
Dated this 13th day of June 1885,