Improved Rotary Squeezer for Puddled Iron for Operating upon the Puddled Ball or Bloom and Preparing same for Forge Rolls.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Dec., 1898-Accepted, 11th Mar., 1899
Improved Rotary Squeezer for Puddled Iron for Operating upon the
Puddled Ball or Bloom and Preparing same for Forge Rolls.
I, WILLIAM LEES, of 2, Earle Street, Manchester Road, Ashton-under-Lyne,
Engineer, 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:-
The arrangement of a rotary squeezer combined with the application of a hori-
zontal motion arranged each side the rotary so that upon the puddled ball or bloom
(which is rolled by circumfrential or rotary motion into a cylinderical form)
leaving the rotary squeezer the ends of the bloom are compressed as required.
EXPLANATION OF LETTERS OR FIGURES ON DRAWINGS.
Fig. 1. Side elevation of improved rotary squeezer or combined shingler.
A. Revolving drum or cylinder, shown in dotted lines.
B. Casing or frame.
C. Trunk shown by dotted lines.
D. Table on which the puddled ball is placed.
E. Puddled ball, in dotted lines, showing gradual reduction.
G. Tups or horizontal compressors.
H. Showing, in dotted lines, end of bloom after leaving mouth of trunk, resting
on bed or block between compressors.
Fig. 2. Front elevation of improved rotary squeezer or combined shingler.
A. Revolving drum or cylinder.
B. Casing or frame.
C. Trunk.
D. Table on which puddled ball is placed.
E. Puddled ball just entering trunk.
F. Circular revolving dic's.
G. Horizontal compressors.
Fig. 3. Shows one method of roughing the revolving drum or cylinder.
Fig. 4. Plan showing tups or compressors.
The apparatus or machine termed improved rotary squeezer or combined shingler,
s strong, simple, and easily adjusted to produce a bloom of any required length
& dia. within the size the machine has been constructed for.
The machine can be arranged to deal with the puddled ball from a Danks
uddling furnace. The machine as shown on drawing is arranged and set to
oll and compress a puddled bloom two feet long by six inches dia.
The horizontal motion is worked by the circular dic's which give great strength
nd simplisity.
The dic's as shown on drawing are set to an angle of three inches out of streight
ine, this gives a combined stroke of six inches.
The importance of the horizontal motion is that the ends of the bloom may be

page_text: made solid without looking to this being done by over filling the trunk and by
much pressure against the sides of trunk.
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:
1. The arrangement of a vertical rotary squeezer combined with the application of
a horizontal motion arranged each side the rotary, so that the puddled ball or
bloom (which is rolled by circumfrential or rotary motion produced by the friction
of the revolving cylinder pressing the puddled iron against the curved back of
trunk and is thus reduced to the required dimensions) leaving the rotary squeezer,
the ends are compressed as required.