Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 3rd Dec., 1887
Complete Left, 22nd May, 1888
Complete Accepted, 22nd June, 1558
We TELFORD CLARENCE BATCHELOR of 8 Barons Court Road, West Kensington
Middlesex Engineer and ARTHUR LATCH of Biddick Hall South Shields, Durham,
Gentleman do hereby declare the nature of our said invention to be as follows:-
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The object of this invention is to join wire ropes in a novel manner.
For the purpose of our invention we take the two ends of a wire rope and cut out
a portion of some of the wires on one side thus leaving the remaining wires in that
side of the rope projecting and we treat the other end of the rope in a similar way
and then bring the two ends of the rope together. The projecting wires on the
one side are inserted into the spaces on the other side of the rope thus making a
joint.
The jointed rope is then brazed, fused or welded, or otherwise joined so that the
wires adhere together and form a joint or connection.
H. GARDNER,
166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said T. C. Batchelor
and A. Latch.

page_text: We, TELFORD CLARENCE BATCHELOR, of 8 Barons Court Road, West Kensington,
Middlesex, Engineer and ARTHUR LATCH, of Biddick Hall, South Shields, Durham,
Gentleman, 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 this invention is to join wire ropes or tubes, strands, bands, or
cables when made of wire, in a novel manner.
For the purpose of our invention, we take two of the ends of a wire rope or of wire
ropes and we cut out or remove a portion of some of the wires of each of such two
ends, or we cut away a portion of each of the wires of the two ends, if the ropes be of
single coil form, but if the two ends are of multiple coil form we may remove a
portion of all the wires of the different coils externally from one rope and internally
from the other rope, or the other end of same rope, so that one end corresponds
to that of the other ; 01* we treat the ends of a multiple coil rope as above
described in the case of a rope of single coil form.
We then place the projecting wires of each end of the single or multiple coil ropes
into the spaces between said projecting wires or into the spaces left by the cut away
portions of the wires of the two ends to be joined, and we braze, fuse, weld, or
otherwise secure the wires en masse together to form a connection and constitute
a
single rope from the two ropes, or an endless rope from the single rope, so joined
or with ropes composed of more than one coil we may insert the projecting ends of
the several coils into the spaces formed in the two ends to be joined by the cut away
parts and we braze, fuze, weld, or otherwise connect them or cause them to adhere
together to form a joint or connection similar to that before mentioned.
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In each case the wires of the two ends of the ropes or of the same rope are brazed,
fused, welded or otherwise joined en masse the said wires not being brazed, fused,
welded or otherwise joined together singly but are so brazed, fused, or welded, or
otherwise joined as a whole at one operation either in each coil or as regards all the
coils.
The annexed drawings represent some of the ways in which we prepare two ends
of wire ropes, or of a wire rope, for joining them together.
Figure 1 shows two ends of two wire ropes, or of the same wire rope A, B, with
every alternate wire cut away for a short distance from the end..
Figure 2 represents the same two ends with the projecting wires placed in position
for joining.
In these two Figures all the intervening spaces in the two ends are of the same
depth, but at Figures 3 and 4 we show them varying in depth, the intervening wires
left projecting corresponding in length to the depth of the spaces left in the other
end.
Figure 5 shows two ends of two ropes, or of the same rope, in which each wire of
each end is removed anglewise, all the wires of the two ends being brazed, fused,
welded, or otherwise joined together " en masse as at Figure 6 and as described
with reference to Figures 1, 2, 3 and 4.
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Figure 7 shows the end of a wire rope composed of four coils from which the wires

page_text: of the outer coil Care removed to a greater depth than those of the next coil D and
these to a greater depth than the coil E which are again cut to a greater depth than
that of the coil F so that by the removal of the wires in this manner the end of the
rope appears stepped.
Figure 8 represents the end of a rope to be joined to that shown at Figure 7, the
centre of which rope is removed centrally stepwise to form a pocket for the insertion
of the three ends F, E, D, the ends of the outer coils abutting, but the wires of each
coil or either of such coils may he treated as described with reference to Figures 1, 3
and 5, the whole of the wires constituting the ends of the two ropes, or the ends of
the same rope, Figures 7 and 8 being united by fusing, welding, brazing, or otherwise
joining them, said brazing, fusing, welding, or other method of joining them being
effected while the wires of the whole rope or ropes, or of each or either coil are
closely connected and "en-masse."
According to another method of preparing the ends of the rope or ropes for joining
we separate the wires (as shown at Figure 9) so as to form spaces for the interposition
of the other wires of the other end which are similarly spaced or separated and we
then interpose the wires (as shown at Figure 10) and we then braze, fuse, weld, or
otherwise join the two ends thus associated and make a solid connection or join in the
rope at or near one place.
The wires may be of round or of any sectional form as desired.
The methods of connecting ends of wire rope or ropes as above set forth is applicable
to tubes, strands, bands, or cables made of wires.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is:-
1. The joining of two wire ropes, tubes, strands, bands, or cables, when made of
wire, or of the two ends of same rope, tube, strand, band, or cable, by forming a joint,
by removing a portion of the wires or of some of them from each end of the rope,
tube, strand, band, or cable, to be joined and leaving corresponding projections on
each end, then interpolating the ends so prepared substantially as shown in the
drawings annexed and then brazing, welding, fusing, or otherwise joining the wires
of which the joint is composed so as to make a solid connection or joint in the rope,
tube, strand, band, or cable, at or near one place for the purpose described.
2. Separating the wires of the two ends of rope, tube, sirand, band, or cable, when
made of wire to form spaces for the interpolation of the wires of the two ends and
brazing, fusing, welding, or otherwise joining such interpolated wires to form a solid
connection or joint in the rope, tube, strand, band, or cable at or near one place for
the purpose described.
3. Removing the wires stepwise from the several coils of a rope, tube, strand, band,
or cable, made of wires and consisting of more than one coil, and treating the other
end of same rope, or the end of another rope tube, strand, band, or cable for the
reception of the projecting wires or coils of the end of the other or same rope, tube,
strand, band, or cable as described with reference to Figures 7 and 8 whether as there
indicated or by cutting out a portion of some of the wires of each end for interpo-
lating or associating them and joining said multiple coil ends of ropes or the saine
rope, tube, strand, band, or cable, by brazing, welding, fusing, or otherwise making a
solid connection, the ends being joined at or near one place as described.
H. GARDNER,
166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said T. C. Batchelor
and A. Latch.