IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OF APPARATUS FOR THE ROLLING OF WIRE RODS
Year: 1862

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Henry Bennett, of Wombridge Iron Works, in the
County of Salop, Iron Master, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN
MACHINERY OF APPARATUS FOR THE ROLLING OF WIRE RODS."
Scaled the 13th January 1863, and dated the 18th September 1862.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Henry Bennett at the
Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition, on the 18th
September 1862.
I, HENRY BENNETT, of Wombridge Iron Works, in tho County of Salop,
Iron Master, do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "In-
PROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR THE ROLLING OF WIRE RODS," to bo
as follows:-
My Invention consists in arranging a pipe of cast or wrought iron or other
metal, and a series of them. so that as soon as the iron enters through one
hole of the rolls the pipe conducts it into the next, and so on from one hole to
another until the piece or rod of iron or metal to be rolled is in several
grooves
The iron or metal coming out of the rolls rather flat and having to
be put into the next holo edgeways, I have the pipe so made that the iron or
metal may enter flatways and come out edgeways at the other end, and so
be conducted in its proper form into the next hole, and these pipes or con-

page_text: ductors may be fastened to a moveable carriage, so that the same can be drawn
back, or the iron or metal would accumulate between the delivery hole and the
one that is taking it.
By my Invention each hank or rod of iron or metal may be rolled much
longer than at present without deteriorating the quality, thus obviating the
necessity of welding two pieces together, the long length of each piece of wire
being a great advantage in the drawing process. The quick way in which the
wire can be rolled will cause each piece to be turned out and finished so very
hot that the wire will require no annealing.
My Invention is applicable for the rolling of iron, steel, and other
description of wire.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent, filed
by the said Henry Bennett in the Great Seal Patent Office on the 18th
March 1868.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, HENRY
BENNETT, of Wombridge Iron Works, in the County of Salop, Iron Master,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her Letters
Patent, bearing date the Thirteenth day of September, in the year of our
Lord One thousand eight hundred and sixty-two, in the twenty-sixth year of
Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said Henry Bennett, Her special licence that I, the said Henry
Bennett, my executors, administrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the
said Henry Bennett, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any
timo agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times there-
after 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 "IMPROVEMENTS IN
MACHINERY OR APPARATUS FOR THE ROLLING OF WIRE RODS," upon the condition
(amongst others) that I, the said Henry Bennett, my executors or adminis-
trators, 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.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Henry Bennett, do hereby declare the
nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed,
to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following state-
ment:-
My Invention consists in arranging a pipe or conductor of cast or wrought
iron or other metal, (or when necessary, a series of pipes or conductors) so
that upon the iron or other metal being entered in one groove or hole of the rolls
the said pipe or conductor will act so as to conduct the wire into another
groove or hole, and so on by using several conductors, from one groove or holo
to another until the piece or rod of iron or metal to be rolled is in several
grooves or holes at once. As the iron or other metal comes from between the
rolls rather flat, it has to be placed in the next groove or hole edgewise,
therefore I construct the said pipe or conductor so that although the iron or
metal may enter flatways it may come out edgeways at the other end and be
conducted in its proper form into the next hole or groove; and these pipes or
conductors may be fastened to a moveable carriage or traversing arrangement,
so that the pipes or conductors may be drawn back when required, to prevent
the iron or metal accumulating between the delivery hole or groove and that
receiving it.
By my Invention each hank or rod of iron or metal may be rolled much
longer than at present without deteriorating its quality, thus obviating the
necessity of welding two pieces together, the long length of each piece of wire
being a great advantage in the drawing process. The quick way in which
the wire can be rolled will cause each piece to be turned out and finished so
very bot that for many purposes the wire thus rolled will require no annealing.
My Invention is applicable for the rolling of iron and steel wire as well as
wire of other descriptions.
Having thus described the nature of the said Invention and intimated the
manner in which the same is to be put in practice or performed, I now in
compliance with the said condition in the aforesaid Letters Patent contained
proceed to particularly describe and ascertain in what manner the same is to
be performed, wherein I shall refer to the accompanying Drawings, by the
words, figures, and letters following, that is to say:-
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Fig. 1, front elevation of the train of rolls, with one of my said pipes or

page_text: side view, of a different form of conductors applied to another part of the train of
rolls hereafter described; Fig. 3* being a detail view; Fig. 4, partial side view
of another conductor hereafter described; Fig. 4* being a detail view; Fig. 5,
another arrangement of conductor and adjuncts; Fig. 5* a detail view.
In the said Drawings A denotes the bed plate for the reception of the train
of rolls; B, the housings or framing of the rolls; C, the rolls; D, the coupling
boxes and axle connections; E denotes the pipe or conductor which proceeds
from a hole or groove of the set of rolls on the left hand to a hole or groove of
the set of rolls on the right hand; this pipe or conductor is secured by a
strap F to the upright portion of the movable carriage G, the said carriage
being provided with a handle II for giving motion thereto; I, part of a beam
or framing on which is the wheel K, which has its bearings in the sling or
divided part of the pendant rod L, which slides on each side of the said beam
or frame I; to this pendant rod the lever handle M is jointed as shewn, the
said lever having at one end the conductor N, which differs from that shewn at
Figs. 1 and 2, inasmuch as it is a pipe cut open forming a curved trough; this
conductor is intended to bo used in conjunction with that shewn in Figs. 1
and 2, to circulate the wire through some two grooves or holes of a set of
grooves or holes of the kind shewn to the left hand of Fig. 1. The said
conductor, Fig. 8, being open as aforesaid allows the wire to be disconnected
therefrom immediately the wire is turned into the next groove. O, (Fig. 4)
another conductor or pipe conveying the metal for wire from grooves or holes
in the same set of rolls, as in the case of the arrangement shewn at
Fig. 8, but by this arrangement the metal for wire is entered between from
the back of the rolls; the mode of suspending and working this arrangement is
the same as at Fig. 3. The internal form of this conductor or pipe as shewn
at Fig. 4*, is a twisted oval, so that its longest axis is vertical in the lower
part, and its shortest axis vertical in the upper part. P (Fig. 5) shews a
different form of conductor or pipe; this consists of two short pipes p, p, fitted
and opening to the case P with semicircular end, in which is a wheel or pulley
shewn by the dotted circle, the axle of which wheel has its bearings in the
lever handle M, which is suspended by the rod L, with wheel K working on
the beam or frame I, as shewn in Fig. 3, and herein-before described, but for
better suspension this lever handle M is aided by a chain shewn in the Drawing.
Fig. 5* shews a transverse section of the part P; p, p, being the pipes, and g
the wheel or pulley. Various conductors can be used in conjunction so as to
carry the wire through various rolls in such serpentine or other course, as may
be thought desirable.

page_text: Having now described the nature of the said Invention and in what manner
the same is to be performed, I hereby declare that I claim the improvements in
machinery or apparatus for the rolling of iron rods consisting in the conductors
for the metal for wires together with the appliances thereto belonging, as
herein-before set forth and referred to.
In witness whereof, I, the said Henry Bennett, have hereunto set my
hand and seal, this 7th day of March, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and sixty-three.
0 Witness,
GERRARD BLACKBAND.
HENRY BENNETT. (L.S.)