AN. IMPROVEMENT OR IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF STRIP AND HOOP IRON
Year: 1857

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Thomas Ward, of Great Bridge, in the County of
Stafford, Roll Turner, for the Invention of "AN. IMPROVEMENT OR
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF STRIP AND HOOP IRON."
Sealed the 29th October 1857, and dated the 18th June 1857.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Thomas Ward at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 18th
June 1857.
I,. THOMAS, WARD, of Great Bridge, in the County of Stafford, Roll Turner,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "AN IMPROVEMENT OR
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF STRIP AND HOOP IRON," to be as
follows:-
. My said Invention consists of the following method of piling iron in the
manufacture of strip and hoop iron-I take three or other suitable
number of bars, the middle one being of less width than the outer
ones. I take two other bars, having in transverse section the figure
of the letter T; I place one of the said bars at each side or edge of the
pile of iron, so that the cross piece of the said T-shaped bar shall cover
the side or edge of the pile. The whole is raised to a welding heat, and
welded into a compact mass by rolling. By my method of manufacture a
superior kind of iron can be used to form the edges of the pile, which is of

page_text: great advantage both when the strip is to be used for the manufacture
of tubes and for various other purposes. Instead of using T-shaped iron, as
described, one or more pieces of angle iron can be used to form the edges of
the pile, with the same or nearly the same effect.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Thomas Ward in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
15th December 1857.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, THOMAS
WARD, of Great Bridge, in the County of Stafford, Roll Turner, send
greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Eighteenth day of June, in the year of our Lord
One thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven, in the twentieth year of Her
reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto me,
the said Thomas Ward, Her special licence that I, the said Thomas Ward,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said
Thomas Ward, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time
agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter
during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make, use,
exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland,
the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for "AN IMPROVEMENT OR
IMPROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF STRIP AND HOOP IRON," upon the con-
dition (amongst others) that I, the said Thomas Ward, my executors or
administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of
their hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature
of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was to be performed,
and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six
calendar months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters
Patent.
NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Thomas Ward, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement thereof, that is to say:-
My Invention consists of the method or methods, herein-after described and
illustrated in the accompanying Drawing, of piling iron in the manufacture
of strip and hoop iron. I take three bars of iron, marked respectively a, b,

page_text: and c, Figure 1, the said bars being represented in transverse section in the
said Figure. The middle bar 6 is of less width than the bars a, c, as repre-
sented. I take two other bars, marked respectively d and e, Figure 1, the
said bars having in transverse section a figure somewhat resembling that of
the letter T. I place the said T-shaped bars on the sides or edges of the pile
of iron, in the manner represented in Figure 1, that is to say, in such a
manner that the cross pieces of the T-shaped bars shall cover the sides or
edges of the pile. The bars a, b, c, d, and e having been arranged, as repre-
sented in the transverse section, Figure 1, the whole is raised to a welding
heat, and welded into a compact mass by rolling.
I sometimes modify my Invention in the manner represented in Figure 2,
that is to say, instead of the T-shaped pieces d, e, Figure 1, I substitute the
angle iron f, g, h, i, the said bars of angle iron being placed as represented
in the said Figure 2, the pairs of bars f, g, and h, i, respectively forming
T-shaped pieces, as will be understood by an inspection of the Drawing. In
other respects the pile of bars, Figure 2, resembles that represented in
Figure 1.
Figure 3 represents in transverse section another modification of my Inven-
tion. In this modification the bars k, l, forming the top and bottom of the
pile, are narrower than the bar or bars m, n, constituting the middle of the pile.
In this modification the pairs of bars of angle iron o, p, and q, r, are placed
together edge to edge, as represented, instead of side to side, as shewn in
Figure 2.
I sometimes further modify my Invention in the manner illustrated in
transverse section in Figure 4, that is to say, I enclose the edges of the bar
or bars constituting the middle of the pile by means of the bars s, t, the said
bars s, t, having a trough-like form, or having in section, as represented, the
figure of three sides of a rectangular parallelogram.
It will be seen by comparing Figure 3 with Figure 4, that the bars in
Figure 4 has exactly the figure of the pair of bars o, p, in Figure 3, and the
bar t in Figure 4 has the figure of the pair of bars q, r, in Figure 3.
Although, for convenience of description, I have herein described and
represented, in the accompanying Drawing, piles of iron composed of. three
or four bars, yet my Invention may be carried into effect by the use of any
other convenient number of bars; but I believe my Invention will be
sufficiently understood by the description herein given.
Having now described the nature of my Invention, and the manner of
carrying the same into effect, I wish it to be understood that I do not limit
myself to the precise details herein described and represented, as the same may

page_text: be varied without departing from-the nature of my Invention; but I claim, as
my Invention, the improvement or improvements in the manufacture of strip.
and hoop iron, herein-before. described and illustrated in the accompanying
Drawing, that is to say, piling the bars of iron to-be manufactured by rolling
into strip and hoop iron, in such a manner that, by the use of any description
of T-shaped or other angle iron, the edges of the pile shall be covered by the
said T-shaped or other angle iron.
In witness whereof, I, the said Thomas Ward, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this Fourteenth day of December, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and fifty-seven.
THOMAS WARD. (L.S.)
Witness,
GEORGE SHAW.