Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Jan., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 2nd Oct., 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 2nd Nov., 1888
I, RICHARD RUSSELL GUBBINS of 17 Park Road, New Cross, in the County
of Kent, Engineer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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By means of this invention the present processes of cutting and piling the
"puddle" or "muck "bar previous to reheating and rolling may be dispensed with,
and in order the more clearly to illustrate my improved method, I will briefly describe
the mode heretofore exclusively practised-The iron consisting either of "scrap
"puddled" iron having been hammered sufficiently is rolled into a flat bar, about one
inch thick by four or five inches wide, and as long as possible. This is then cut into
lengths of about twenty inches which are repiled about five or six deep and reheated &
rolled as before My improvement consists in winding up the above described bar,
round a revolving block, into a long coil and flattening the said coil.
The various parts or laminations will then be in contact with each other, as much or
more than they would have been, had they been dealt with in the old method herein
first described The subsequent treatment of the long coiled pile, is the same as it has
been heretofore.
In carrying out my invention I provide a vertical shaft which is free to revolve and
which can also slide up and down vertically in its bearings.
I drive this by bevil gearing, and I also have means for raising it vertically and for
permitting it to fall at pleasure. Upon its lower end is the block round which the
* muck "
or puddle' "bar is to be coiled; a deep notch in the block receives the end
of the bar as it comes hot from the Rolls, and on rotary motion being given to the
shaft, the bar is speedily wound up, round and round the block. The rotation is then
stopped and the shaft raised, by the above described means, when the coil can be easily
disengaged-The shaft and forming block are then raised and dropped a few times on
it to flatten it and knock it together, and it is then returned to the furnace to be reheated
and rolled into finished iron.
It will be noted that the entire operation is done very rapidly, on a very hot bar
and that great economy of heat and time is thus effected.
Dated this 2nd day of January 1888.

page_text: 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:-
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By means of this invention the present process of "cutting" and "piling" the
"puddle or muckbar previous to reheating and rolling may be dispensed with,
and in order the more clearly to illustrate my improved method, I will briefly describe
the mode heretofore exclusively practised.
The iron consisting of either "scrap
or "puddled" iron having been hammered
sufficiently is rolled into a flat bar, about one inch thick by four or five inches wide,
and as long as possible, this is then cut when cold into lengths of about twenty inches
which are repiled about five or six deep and reheated and rolled as before.
My improvement consists in winding up the above described bar round a revolving
block, into a coil and flattening the said coil together edge-wise.
The various parts or laminations will then be in contact with each other as much or
more than they would have been, had they been dealt with in the old method
herein first described. The subsequent treatment of the coiled pile is the same as it
has been heretofore.
In carrying out my invention I provide a vertical shaft A, which is free to revolve
in bearings as shown, and which also slides up and down vertically through the bevil
wheel B, with which it revolves. Motion can be given to said bevil wheel by means
of the pinion B¹ and pulley D.
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I also provide means for raising it vertically and for permitting it to fall at pleasure.
Which is done by shifting the band from the loose pulley J on to the pulley J' fixed
to the drum E thereby putting the drun in motion to wind up the wire rope or chain
attached by a swivel which leads over pullies to the shaft A, and raises the shaft. The
band may be returned to the loose pulley and the shaft falls by its own weight
into its former position, or strikes a blow on the "muck" "
ΟΙ puddle" coil. Upon
its lower end is the block E, round which the "muck or "puddlebar is to be coiled ;
a deep notch H, in the block F, receives the end of the bar as it comes hot from the
rolls, and on rotary motion being given to the shaft A, the bar is speedily wound up,
round and round the block F. The rotation of the shaft A is then stopped and the
shaft raised by the aforesaid described means, when the coil I can be easily disengaged
and placed on edge under it; the shaft and forming block are then dropped on it to
flatten and knock it together and it is then returned to the furnace to be reheated and
rolled into finished iron.
It will be noted that the entire operation is done very rapidly on a very hot bar and
that great economy of time and heat is thus effected.
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.

page_text: Figure 1. represents the side elevation of the machine.
Figure 2. denotes the plan of the top of the machine bevel gearing and over head
motion, with the fixed pulley marked D, and the loose pulley marked J.
Figure 3. represents the front elevation.
Figure 4. is the block with the "muck" or "puddle" bar coiled round, the end of
which is inserted in the deep notch marked H. .
Figure 5. denotes the coil removed from the block and flattened and knocked
together, to be returned to the furnace to be reheated and rolled into finished iron.
Figure 6. is a circular block with six notches inserted therein.
Like letters refer to like parts in each of the figures.
A. The shaft. B. The bevelled wheel.
C. The wire rope or chain. D. The fixed pulley.
E. The drum. F. The block.
G. The over head pulley shaft. H. The notches.
pinion. I Brickwork.:
Bi The bevelled driving pihe pulley fixed to the drum.
J. The loose pulley.
I. The "muck" or "puddle" coil. K. The swivel.
I do not confine myself particularly to the vertical shaft shown herein, as it may
evidently be arranged in horizontal bearings if desired, in which case the coil
can be knocked off and flattened under a steam hammer or by any other desired
manner.
Having now fully described the nature and object of my said Invention, and in
what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is :-
First The combination of the shaft A, with the block F. working in either vertical
or horizontal bearings, substantially as herein described and according to the accom-
panying drawings.
Secondly: The shaft A, and block F in combination with the drum E, rope
or chain Cor any other suitable lifting mechanism, substantially as and for the purpose
set forth.
Thirdly The coiled flattened pile I, Figure 5, produced as herein before described
as a new article of manufacture, and according to the accompanying drawings.
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J. P. BAYLY,.
18, Fulham Place, W.,
Agent for the Applicant.