Apparatus or Machinery for Rolling Metallic Rings or Hoops for the Manufacture of Wire.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 27th Feb., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 26th Nov., 1891-Accepted, 9th Jan., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Apparatus or Machinery for Rolling Metallic Rings or Hoops for the
Manufacture of Wire.
1, BENJAMIN MOUNTAIN, of Castleford, in the County of York, Nail Manu-
facturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of my invention is the manufacture of brass, copper or other metallic
wire from rings or hoops of the aforesaid metals by rolling.
I employ a ring rolling mill consisting of suitable rotating rollers upon which
the required pressure can be imparted so that when the rings of metal are placed
between them, such rings are reduced in section as required, so that longer or
greater lengths of wire can be obtained from such rings than at present.
Dated this 24th day of February 1891.
JOHN E. WALSH,
Royal Exchange Chambers, Boar Lane, Leeds, Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Apparatus or Machinery for Rolling Metallic Rings or Hoops for the
Manufacture of Wire.
1, BENJAMIN MOUNTAIN, of Castleford in the County of York, Nail Manu-
facturer, 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 object of my invention is the manufacture of brass, copper or other metallic
wire from rings or hoops of the aforesaid or other metals by rolling.
According to my invention I employ a ring rolling mill consisting of suitable
rotating rollers upon which the required pressure can be imparted so that when
the rings of metal are placed between them, such rings are reduced in section and
enlarged in diameter as required, so that longer or greater lengths of wire can be
obtained from such rings by cutting the same up spirally than by the method now
in use and at considerably less cost.
DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS.
Fig. 1. is an end elevation of my ring rolling mill for the said purpose,
Fig. 2. is a side elevation of Fig. 1.
A. is a frame upon which are mounted rolls B and C. The roll B, (which
is made preferably of steel) being loose upon a fixed shaft D (or a stud) and is
employed for rolling or operating upon the inside of the ring or hoop which
is placed upon it, and is hereinafter referred to as the "interior" roll. The
roll C is fixed upon the revolving or main shaft E, and is employed for rolling
er operating upon the outside of the ring or hoop and is therefore hereinafter
referred to as the "exterior" roll. The exterior" roll is capable of adjustment
in the slide K so as to regulate its distance from the "interior" roll as required by
the thickness of the ring or hoop being rolled, and to impart the required rolling
pressure by means of hydraulic ram F consisting of cylinder and piston as ordinary,
the pressure imparted by the said hydraulic ram F being removed, when required,
by means of a smaller or similar hydraulic ram G also consisting of cylinder and
piston as ordinary, and commonly called a withdrawing ram." H are guide
plates for holding or supporting the ring or hoop being rolled, so as to keep such
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page_text: from slipping too much one way, and such guide plates are capable of being
adjusted by means of lever J and bevel gear L.
M are coupling boxes for joining the shaft E.
The mill is driven by means of engine or other shaft N, upon which is a pinion O
which gears with wheel P, upon the main or revolving shaft E.
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-
(1.) A machine for rolling metallic rings or hoops for the manufacture of wire,
operating so that the said rings or hoops are reduced in section, and enlarged in
diameter, whereby greater or longer lengths of wire can be obtained from such
rings or hoops, than by the method now in use substantially as set forth.
(2.) In a machine for rolling metallic rings or hoops for the manufacture of
wire, the combination of a fixed shaft or stud having a loose or revolving roll
thereon for rolling the interior of the ring or hoop, and a fixed roll upon a revolving
shaft for rolling the outside of the ring or hoop, the said rolls operating so that the
rings or hoops are reduced in section and enlarged in diameter, whereby greater or
longer lengths of wire can be obtained from the rings or hoops, than by the method
now in use substantially as set forth.
(3.) The use and employment of ring rolling mills, for the manufacture of wire,'
as set forth and described.
Dated this 25th day of November 1891.
JOHN E. WALSH,
Royal Exchange Chambers, Boar Lane, Leeds, Agent for the Applicant.