Improvements in and connected with Ladles.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 4th Jan., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 4th Oct., 1890-Accepted, 8th Nov., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Ladles.
I, CHARLES LAMBERT BATH, of Port Tennant Copper Works, Swansea, in the
County of Glamorgan, Copper Smelter, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
My invention relates to an improved ladle which is especially applicable for use in
connection with the ingot moulding apparatus described in the Specification filed with
my application for Provisional Protection dated July 30 A.D. 1889, No. 12113 but
which also applicable for other purposes.
The bowl of my improved ladle may be of any desirable shape but the handle
instead of being made solid, as heretofore, is made tubular, the tube extending into
communication with the bowl in such a manner that the contents thereof can be
discharged through the said tubular handle.
To enable the ladle to be readily manipulated it is preferably pivotted in the mouth
of the furnace in such a manner that after the bowl has been filled with molten metal
the said ladle can be tipped to discharge the contents in the manner described.
Dated the 4th day of January 1890.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Ladles.
I, CHARLES LAMBERT BATH, of Port Tennant Copper Works, Swansea, in the
County of Glamorgan, Copper Smelter, 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 :—
My invention relates to an improved ladle which is especially applicable for use in
connection with the ingot moulding apparatus described in the Specification of Letters
Patent granted to me dated July 30 A.D. 1889, No. 12113, but which is also
applicable for other purposes.
The bowl of my improved ladle may be of any desirable shape but the handle
instead of being made solid, as heretofore, is made tubular or hollow so as to form a
gutter or channel extending into communication with the bowl in such a manner that
the contents thereof can be discharged through the said channel or gutter.
To enable the ladle to be readily manipulated in conjunction with the ingot moulding
apparatus hereinbefore referred to it is preferably pivotted in the mouth of the furnace
in such a manner that, after the bowl has been filled with molten metal, the said
ladle can be tipped to discharge the contents in the manner described.
To enable my invention to be fully understood I will describe the same with
reference to the accompanying drawing in which :-
Figure 1 illustrates in sectional elevation a portion of a reverberatory furnace.
having mounted in the mouth thereof a ladle constructed according to my invention,
the said ladle being shewn as arranged for pouring into the ingot moulds arranged
as described in the aforesaid Specification; and,
Figure 2 is a longitudinal section of the ladle detached.
a indicates the walls of the furnace, b the mouth thereof, and c the cup or basin in
the floor of the furnace into which the molten metal flows.
d is my improved ladle the handle or shank of which is made hollow so as to form
a gutter or channel, as indicated by dotted lines in Figure 1, and in section in
Figure 2.

page_text: The ladle is suitably supported on pivots in a bracket e in the mouth 6 of the furnace
in such a manner that, in order to discharge the contents thereof, it is only necessary
to move the said ladle from the position shewn in full line in Figure 1 to the position
shewn in dotted lines.
It is to be understood that any form of joint may be employed for connecting the
ladle to the said bracket.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
A ladle the shank of which is hollow so as to form a gutter or channel, substantially
as, and for the purpose, hereinbefore described and illustrated in the accompanying
drawing.
th day of October 1890.
G. F. REDFERN & Co.,
4, South Street, Finsbury, London, Agents for the Applicant.