Improvements in Machines for Rolling Metal Articles such as Rim Steel, Wheel Rims, Mud Guards, and the like.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Apr.,
1897
Complete Specification Left, 3rd Jan., 1898-Accepted, 5th Mar.,
1898
Improvements in Machines for Rolling Metal Articles such as Rim
Steel, Wheel Rims, Mud Guards, and the like.
I, RICHARD SMITH-CASSON, of Exchange Chambers, New Street, Birmingham,
in the County of Warwick, Merchant and Manufacturer, do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:
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My invention relates to certain improvements in machines for rolling metal
articles such as rim steel, wheel rims, mud guards, and the like.
The machine consists of a pair of housings fixed on a suitable stand. The
housings have three sets of slots and are fitted with two pairs of sectioning rolls
one in front of the other and a roll to bend or straighten the strip as it leaves the
machine. The sectioning rolls are mounted on spindles, the bottom roll spindle
turning in bearings solid with the housing, the top roll spindles running in bearing
blocks which are fitted in the slots in the housings and are adjustable vertically
by screws in the usual way. The bending or straightening roll spindle runs in
blocks fitted in like manner in slots, but in this case the slots are continued to the
bottom of the housings so as to allow of the bending or straightening roll working
either under or over the strip passing from the rolls. The sectioning rolls are
geared and driven the bending or straightening roll ruus free. The first pair
of rolls partly sections the strip, the second pair finish the section and the bending
or straightening roll delivers the strip either turned to the radius of the wheel or
in straight lengths.
Improvements in Machines for Rolling Metal Articles such as Rim
Steel, Wheel Rims, Mud Guards, and the like.
I, RICHARD SMITH-CASSON, of Exchange Chambers, New Street, Birmingham,
in the County of Warwick, Merchant and Manufacturer, do horeby 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 certain improvements in machines for rolling metal
articles such as rim steel, wheel rims, mud guards, and the like.
To clearly explain my invention reference is made to the accompanying drawings
in which:-

page_text: Fig. 1 represents a side elevation of the machine.
Fig. 2a sectional elevation of same.
Fig. 3 an end elevation, and
Fig. 4 a plan of same, while
Fig. 5 is an end elevation where the rolls overhang.
The machine consists of a pair of housings A fixed on a suitable stand. The
housings have three sets of slots a b c and are fitted with two pairs of sectioning
rolls B, C, one in front of the other, and rolls D to bend or straighten the strip
us it leaves the machine. The lower sectioning rolls B, C, are mounted on
spindles d, e, turning in bearings solid with the housing, the top roll spindles f, y,
running in bearing blocks which are fitted in the slots in the housing and are
adjusted vertically to suit the thickness of the strip by screws in the usual way.
The bearings of the straightening roll spindles h, i, run in blocks fitted in like
manner in slots, but in this case the slots are continued to the bottom of the
housings so as to allow of the bending or straightening rolls being independently
adjusted. The bearing blocks in which the spindles of these rolls run are prefer-
ably so arranged that the centres of the spindles are not in the centre of the blocks,
so that the rolls are not vertical one above the other but can be set to curve the
strip up or down. The sectioning rolls B, C, are geared and driven, the bending
or straightening rolls run free. The first pair of rolls B partly sections the strip,
the second pair C finish the section and the bending or straightening rolls D, D,
deliver the strip either turned to the segment of a circle as indicated at j, Fig. 2,
or in straight lengths, depending upon how the separate and independent rolls
are adjusted.
The relative position of the delivery rolls can be easily altered by either reversing 2
one or both pairs of bearing blocks. In rolling straight lengths the nature of the
section affects the longitudinal shape of the strip as it leaves the sectioning rolls,
and any curve caused by sectioning can be counteracted, and the strip finished
in a straight length by adjusting the relative position of the delivery rolls. If the
strip naturally leaves the sectioning rolls in a straight length the delivery rolls
are not required.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said in-
vention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. In a machine for rolling articles such as rim steel, wheel rims, mud guards 3
and the like; two or more pairs of rolls feeding from one to the other, the first
pair adapted to partially section the strip and the remaining rolls to finish such
section, substantially as described.
2. In a machine for rolling articles such as rim steel, wheel rims, mud guards
and the like, the combination with the sectioning rolls of independently operated 4
bending or straightening rolls, substantially as described.
3. The machine for rolling articles such as rin steel, wheel rims, mud guards and
the like, substantially as described and as illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Dotad the 1st day of Tanna 1900
PHILIP M. JUSTICE,
55 and 56, Chancery Lane, London, Chartered Patent Agent,
For the Applicant.