Improvements in Piling Wrought "Scrap Iron."
Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 28th May, 1888
Specification Accepted, 29th June, 1888
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION..
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Improvements in Piling Wrought "Scrap Iron."
I, RICHARD RUSSELL GUBBINS, of 17 Park Road, New Cross, in the County of
Kent, Engineer" 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 a new method of preparing wrought scrap iron for the
heating furnace, and consists of means and appliances for condensing or packing
the said scrap iron in masses, bales, piles or the like, in such wise that it resists the
wasting action of the fire to which it is exposed during the preliminary process of
working. The wrought scrap iron having been first sorted and cut to a suitable size,
and cleaned free from rust, zine or tin coating, or the like, is then placed in the
furnace, marked A, where it is brought to a dull red heat, it is then drawn out of the
furnace by the door a², and by means of the shoot or trough B, directed into
the mould C, the said mould being secured on an anvil block, and as soon as the
aforesaid mould is full a drop hammer D¹ is allowed to fall on it, and the blows
thereof force the scrap tightly into the mould C. This operation is repeated until the
mould C, is full.
Ties or bands c, c', are first placed in grooves in the mould, and are now bent over
so as to meet on top of the bale, pile, or the like, thus securing it all snugly and
firmly together. The front of the mould C, is then removed and the finished pile is
easily discharged from the said mould, and is then ready to be heated and rolled in
the usual manner now in common use. If preferable I construct my apparatus in
such a manner, that two or more furnaces are connected to the mould C, as while the
contents of one furnace are being packed, the contents of the others are becoming
heated, and thus the packing or moulding process may be carried on continuously.
The furnaces are constructed with a door in each side, through one of which the
material is charged, termed the feed door, and discharged through the opposite door,
and down the shoot in the manner hereinbefore stated. I am aware that thin iron
cuttings have been packed in moulds before, and 1 wish it to be distinctly understood
that I do not claim such a process as my invention.

page_text: And in order that my invention may be thoroughly understood, I now proceed to
describe the accompanying drawings thereof, reference being had to letters and
figures marked thereon."
Figure 1 represents a sectional view of the apparatus I employ.
Figure 2 is a front elevation of the apparatus.
Figure 3 represents a pile, when removed from the mould.
Like letters refer to like parts in each of the figures.
A the furnace. B the trough or shoot. C the mould. c, c, the grooves in the
mould. c, c', the tie bands. D the anvil block. D₁ the hammer. E door to dis-
charge the material. F the parallel supports for guides to be fixed thereto. G guide
for the hammer to work up and down in. a' the feed door. a' the discharge door
opening. the pile or bale.
Where the light iron is too soft, as is not unfrequently the case, this may be
corrected by adding or mixing through the pile, small pieces of steel such as old
springs, bessimer rails. tin sheet cuttings, which in the subsequent heating and rolling
process, becomes intimately incorporated with the iron.
Having now fully described the nature and object of my invention, and the manner
in which the same is to be performed, I claim as new and novel the following:
First The combination of the furnace A, with the trough B, or its equivalent, and
the mould C, and the ties c¹, c¹ round the pile H, with a steam or drop hammer D',
substantially herein described and according to the accompanying drawings.
Secondly: The combination of the apparatus constructed by two or more furnaces
connected to the mould C, to carry on a continuous process, substantially herein
described.
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Thirdly I claim the pile, bale, or the like, produced in the manner herein before
described, as a new article of manufacture substantially described.
C
1000
J. P. BAYLY,
Agent for the Applicant.