AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE MANUFACTURE OF METAL ROPES to be as follows:
Year: 1885

page_text: We, TELFORD CLARENCE BATCHELOR Engineer of 2 Castletown Road West
Kensington and ARTHUR LATCH Agent to Sir George Elliot of 23 Great George
Street Westminster both in the County of Middlesex do hereby declare the nature
of our invention for "AN IMPROVEMENT IN THE MANUFACTURE OF METAL ROPES
to be as follows:-
"2
Our invention relates to an improvement in the manufacture of metal ropes and
consists in laying the strands into the rope without twisting or laying the wire
into the strand the effect being that each wire presents a greater continuous length
of its surface for wear than is the case in metal ropes manufactured in the ordinary
manner.
For this purpose we sometimes place the bobbins in groups on a machine
ordinarily used for metal rope making purposes, the bobbins in these groups corre-
sponding in number to the wires in the strands. From these bobbins they are led
to dies or plates placed at a suitable distance from the head of the machine these
plates or dies by suitable mechanism being kept in the same relative position as
the bobbins from which the wire passes.
The wires coming through these groups of perforations converge in their
respective groups to holes in a lay plate these holes corresponding in number to
the strands of which the rope would be composed and of the exact size of the
strand when the wires composing it are in their correct position and laying closely
together. Immediately on leaving this lay plate the strands are closed into the
rope in the ordinary manner.
We do not confine ourselves to any particular section of wire.

page_text: An Improvement in the Manufacture of Metal Ropes.
We TELFORD CLARENCE BATCHELOR Engineer of Castletown Road West Ken-
sington and ARTHUR LATCH Agent for Sir George Elliot of 23 Great George
Street Westminster both in the County of Middlesex 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 :-
Our invention relates to improvements in the manufacture of metal ropes or
cables and consists partly in laying or twisting the strand into the rope without
twisting or laying the wire into the strand the effect being that each wire presents
a greater continuous length of its surface for wear than is the case in metal ropes
manufactured in the ordinary manner.
For this purpose we sometimes place the bobbins in groups on a machine
ordinarily used for metal rope making purposes the bobbins in these groups corre-
sponding in number to the wires in the strands.
From these bobbins the wires are led to groups of guiding slots, grooves
channels or guiding surfaces tops rollers or perforations placed in a convenient
position on the machine these groups of guiding slots channels grooves, tops,
rollers, or perforations corresponding in number to the wires in the strands and
being of such a form as shall prevent the turning around of the wires and yet not
alter the shape of the wires in their passage through these guiding slots grooves
tops rollers or perforations and so will always ensure the same side of the wire
keeping on the outside of the rope or strand.
In the use of shaped guiding slots, grooves, channels or perforations for other
than round wire, we do not confine ourselves to any particular make of wire ropes
or cables.
The guiding slots grooves channels tops rollers or perforations may be by suitable
mechanism kept in the same relative position as the bobbins from which the wire
passes.
The wires coming through these groups of guiding slots grooves channels tops
rollers or perforations converge in their respective groups to holes or tubes in lay
plate these holes or tubes corresponding in number to the strands of which the
rope would be composed and of a size that shall closely fit the strand when the
wires composing it are in their correct position and laying closely together.
Immediately on leaving the lay plate the strands are closed into the rope in the
ordinary manner.
In the use of guiding slots grooves tops rollers or perforations (with the excep-
tion of round wire) we do not confine ourselves to any particular section of wire or
the number of the wires in the rope or strands.
And in order that our improvements may be clearly understood and readily
carried into practice we will proceed to describe the drawings hereto annexed.

page_text: travel before being closed into the rope by the revolving lay plate c, shown
separately by Figure 2.
The tubes brevolve indepently of the lay plate and are free to revolve with the
strands and adjust themselves to any alteration of lay.
d (Figure 3) is a guiding plate formed with perforations corresponding with the
section of the wire or of such form as shall prevent the wire turning round in its
passage through it.
Figure 4 shows one of the methods of guiding and prevents the wires composing
a strand or rope from turning round in the process of forming the strands e. e. are
pairs of rollers carried by brackets or supports e¹ mounted upon the plate e². In
place of a pair of rollers e one roller only may be employed a suitable guiding
surface being combined therewith.
Figure 5 shows another method of guiding the wires forming a strand by means
of grooves channels or guiding surfaces ff formed in a guide plate or top f¹ with
which a covering gland f2 is combined for the purpose of preventing the wires
from turning round.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what
we claim is
1st The improved manufacture of metal ropes by laying or twisting the strands
into the rope without twisting or laying the wires (of any section except round)
into the strands substantially as herein before described and illustrated by the
drawings hereto annexed.
2nd The use and application of guiding slots grooves channels guiding surfaces
tops rollers or perforations for guiding the wires and preventing them from turning
round in the manufacture of metal ropes or cables constructed of any section of
wire except round substantially as and for the purpose herein before described
and illustrated by the drawings hereto annexed.
Dated this 15th day of December 1885.