Improvements in Apparatus for Moving and Tilting or Turning Over and Lifting Masses of Metal in connection with Cogging and Rolling Mills.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 25th Apr., 1895
Complete Specification Left, 22nd Jan., 1896-Accepted, 14th Mar., 1898
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Moving and Tilting or Turning
Over and Lifting Masses of Metal in connection with Cogging
and Rolling Mills.
We, JOSHUA BUCKTON AND COMPANY LIMITED of Well House Foundry
in the City of Leeds, Tool Makers, JOSEPH HARTLEY WICKSTEED of Well
House Foundry aforesaid Engineer, and GEORGE ANTHONY MILLWARD of
Wednesbury in the County of Stafford Engineer, do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:-
Our invention relates to that class of apparatus used in connection with rolling
mill machinery for moving turning tilting or lifting steel or other ingots slabs
blooms bars or like pieces of metal, so as to bring such pieces into the positions
successively required during the operations of cogging or rolling, wherein a
travelling or sliding truck or carriage is used, capable of being traversed to and
fro underneath the live roller frame or roller table in a transverse direction, that is
to say, parallel with the rollers, by means of a hydraulic or other fluid pressure
cylinder fixed externally to the truck and suitably connected thereto, the said truck
or carriage carrying upon itself a crossbar or bracket on which are formed one or
more fingers projecting vertically upwards in the spaces between pairs of rollers in
the live roller frame, the said crossbar and fingers being capable of vertical
movement by means of one or more hydraulic or other fluid pressure cylinders.
Our improvements consist in mounting upon the main truck or carriage herein-
before mentioned a second sliding truck or frame which second frame carries, a
crossbar with fingers similar to the crossbar and fingers on the main truck with
similar vertical movement by means of one or more hydraulic or other fluid pressure
cylinders and with suitable guides, and its fingers working in the same way between
the rollers of the live roller frame, or else carries instead of a crossbar with fingers,
as many separate cylinders as there are fingers required, the pistons or rams of such.
cylinders or the cylinders themselves, taking the place of fingers, according to the.
method of attachment; for in order to avoid inconvenience from falling scale we
generally prefer to attach the piston or ram to the truck, instead of the cylinder
and introduce the pressure through the centre of the piston or ram so as to cause
the cylinder to rise on its piston or ram and thereby actuate or act as the finger.
And this same method of separate cylinders may be used on the main truck.
The second sliding truck or frame working in suitable guides on the main truck
is capable of being moved horizontally on, and parallel with the movement of, the
main truck by means of a hydraulic or other fluid pressure cylinder fixed on the
main truck or taking its abutment against it, in such a manner that the set of fingers
on the secondary truck or frame may be approached towards or caused to recede
from the set of fingers on the main truck.
Thus in our apparatus either of the sets of fingers can be brought underneath the
edge of an ingot, slab, bloom, bar, or mass of metal, and by a vertical upward
movement of one set of fingers, the mass can be tilted or turned and can be supported
in its new position by the other set of fingers which are approached to a suitable.
distance. Or again a slab or mass of metal can be gripped between the two sets of
fingers and traversed across the rolls to any required position. Or the mass of
metal can be raised bodily by the fingers to allow a truck or trolley to be placed
beneath it.

page_text: The various movements of the fingers and trucks can be performed separately or
collectively and the valve handles are all operated from a convenient platform.
The fluid pressure is conveyed from the valves to the cylinders on the trucks
preferably by means of hinged or swivel jointed pipes.
Dated this Twenty-third day of April, 1895.
JOSHUA BUCKTON & CO., LD.,
T: ALFRED CARPENTER,
Secretary, for the Company.
JOSEPH HARTLEY WICKSTEED.
GEORGE ANTHONY MILLWARD.
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Improvements in Apparatus for Moving and Tilting or Turning
Over and Lifting Masses of Metal in connection with Cogging
and Rolling Mills.
We JOSHUA BUCKTON AND COMPANY LIMITED of Well House Foundry
in the City of Leeds Toolmakers, JOSEPH HARTLEY WICKSTEED of Well
House Foundry aforesaid Engineer, and GEORGE ANTHONY MILLWARD of
Wednesbury in the County of Stafford 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:-
Our invention relates to that class of apparatus used in connection with rolling
mills for moving, turning, tilting or lifting steel or other ingots, slabs, blooms, bars,
or like pieces of metal so as to bring, such pieces into the positions successively
required during the operations of cogging or rolling wherein a travelling or sliding
truck or carriage is used capable of being traversed to and fro underneath the live
roller frame or roller table in a transverse direction, that is to say parallel with the
rollers by means of a bydraulic or other fluid pressure cylinder fixed externally to
the truck and suitably connected thereto, the said truck or carriage carrying upon
itself a crossbar or bracket on which are formed one or more fingers projecting
vertically upwards in the spaces between pairs of rollers in the live roller frame the
said crossbar and fingers being capable of vertical movement by means of one or
more hydraulic or other fluid pressure cylinders. Our improvements consist in
mounting upon the main truck or carriage hereinbefore mentioned a second sliding
truck or frame which second frame carries a crossbar with fingers similar to the
crossbar and fingers on the main truck with similar vertical movement by means of
one or more hydraulic or other fluid pressure cylinders and with suitable guides and
its fingers working in the same way between the rollers of the live roller frame or
else carries instead of a crossbar with fingers as many separate cylinders as there
are fingers required, the pistons or rams of such cylinders or the cylinders themselves
taking the place of fingers according to the method of attachment for in order to
avoid inconvenience from falling scale we generally prefer to attach the piston or
ram to the sliding truck instead of the cylinder and introduce the pressure through
the centre of the piston or ram so as to cause the cylinder to rise on its piston or
ram and thereby act as the finger and this same method of separate cylinders may
be used on the main truck.
The second sliding truck or frame working in suitable guides on the main truck
is capable of being moved horizontally on and parallel with the movement of the
main truck by means of a hydraulic or other fluid pressure cylinder fixed on the
main truck or taking its abutment against it in such a manner that the set of
fingers on the secondary truck or frame may be approached towards or caused' to
recede from the set of fingers on the main truck.
Thus in our apparatus either of the sets of fingers can be brought underneath the

page_text: edge of the ingot slab bloom bar or mass of metal and by a vertical upward.
movement of one set of fingers the mass can be tilted or turned and can be supported
in its new position by the other set of fingers which are approached to a suitable
distance. Or again a slab or mass of metal can be gripped between the two sets of
"fingers and traversed across the rollers to any desired position, or the mass of metal
can be raised bodily by the fingers to allow a truck or trolley to be placed beneath
it. The various movements of the fingers and trucks can be performed separately
or collectively, and the valve handles are all operated from a convenient platform.
The fluid pressure is conveyed from the valves to the cylinders on the trucks
preferably by means of hinged or swivel jointed pipes.
And in order that our invention may be clearly understood we will proceed to
describe it by reference to the accompanying drawings:
Fig. 1 Sheet 1 is a longitudinal elevation.
Fig. 2 Sheet 2 a sectional elevation at a, a, and
Fig. 3 Sheet 3 is a plan view of our apparatus.
The same reference numbers or letters apply to the same parts in all the figures.
A is the main truck furnished with wheels F running on suitable rails Gand
capable of being traversed to and fro beneath the rollers B of the roller train or
bed C, by means of the piston E of the hydraulic cylinder D fixed externally to
the truck. This main truck A carries on itself near one end a crossbar or bracket,
formed, in the case shown in the drawings of the cylinder H and the two side.
wings J guided on the bars or guides K. The cylinder H is shown inverted and
made to rise and fall upon its piston or ram L attached to the frame of the main
truck.
But it will be obvious that the piston or ram L may be made to form part of the
crossbar or bracket and the cylinder be attached to the main truck.
Each of the side wings J and the cylinder H carries upon it a strong finger M
and the three fingers are at such a distance apart that they can project up between
consecutive pairs of the rollers B.
P is a secondary truck or slide mounted on the main truck A and carries a set of
fingers N fixed upon a crossbar formed of the wings W and the cylinder S riding
upon the ram T similar to and operated in the same manner as the fingers M on the
main truck A.
Qis a hydraulic or fluid pressure cylinder and R is the piston thereof provided
for the purpose of moving the secondary truck or slide P to and fro on the truck A
so as thereby to cause the set of fingers N to approach towards or recede from the
set of fingers M. The cylinder Q may be fixed to the truck A and the piston to
the slide P or vicd versa.
Suitable fluid pressure is conveyed to the cylinders H. S and Q by means
of swivel jointed pipes which allow the truck A slide P and fingers M and N
to perform their movements freely and without the disturbing unbalanced pressure
which might result from the use of telescopic pipes.
We do not however confine
ourselves to the use of swivel jointed pipes as telescopic pipes or flexible hose
metallic or other may be employed. Neither do we confine ourselves to the use of
one cylinder only for raising and lowering each set of fingers, or to the use of one
cylinder only for moving the secondary truck or slide P on the main truck A, or
moving the main truck itself.
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When the fingers are actuated vertically by a cylinder with a single acting piston
or ram, we make the weight of the cylinder and the wings forming the crossbar
sufficiently heavy to bring down the crossbar when the fluid pressure is exhausted..
We do the like when more than one cylinder is employed. In those cases however
where we employ double acting pistons the excess of weight in the crossbar is not
required, and in some cases separate cylinders without crossbars may be found the
most convenient.
When as shown in the drawings the cylinders H and S are inverted and travel
on the pistons L, T we admit the fluid pressure supply through the fixed pistons L
and T, and preferably by means of pipes Z which have perforations at or near their
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page_text: upper ends which enable the cylinders to free themselves from accumulations
of air.
The valves Y for controlling all the movements of the apparatus are preferably
arranged in one place so that all the handles are under the control of one man and
may be of any suitable well known construction preferably slide valves.
The secondary slide or truck P instead of sliding horizontally on plane surfaces
as shown in the drawings may travel on wheels or rollers or may be fitted with
wheels or runners arranged to travel on suitably formed rails or surfaces formed on
or attached to the main truck A.
In apparatus so constructed as aforesaid the following movements amongst
others may be effected namely:-Each set of fingers can be raised or lowered
independently.
The set of fingers carried by the secondary truck or slide P can be approached
in a horizontal plane towards or caused to recede from the set of fingers carried by
the main truck A.
The main truck A can be traversed to and fro horizontally and these various
movements can be performed singly or several or all of them simultaneously.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we do not confine ourselves
solely to the details of construction shown in the drawings but we declare that what
we claim is.
(1.) In apparatus for moving and tilting or turning over and lifting masses of
metal in connection with cogging and rolling mills the combination and arrangement
on one main truck with a secondary sliding truck or carriage mounted thereon of
two sets of fingers one or both of which may consist of fingers mounted on a
crossbar or bracket or of separate cylinders or the pistons thereof used as fingers
one set being carried directly on the main truck and the second set on the secondary
sliding truck or carriage each set being capable of independent vertical motion by
means of fluid pressure cylinders also of parallel motion in a horizontal plane by the
like means for the purpose and substantially as hereinbefore described.
(2.) In apparatus as first aforesaid the combination and arrangement on one
main truck with a secondary sliding truck or carriage mounted thereon of two sets
of fingers one set being carried directly on the main truck and the second set on
the secondary sliding truck or carriage each set being capable of independent
vertical motion by means of fluid pressure cylinders also of parallel motion in a
horizontal plane by the like means for the purpose and substantially as heroinbefore
and in the drawings described.
(3.) In such apparatus as first aforesaid the arrangement and use of a secondary
sliding truck or carriage for the purpose and substantially as hereinbefore and in
the drawings described.
(4.) In such apparatus as first aforesaid improved according to our invention and
in combination with a crossbar or bracket constructed as hereinbefore described the
use of suitably formed guides for the outer fingers or the ends of crossbar or
bracket as shown in the accompanying drawings.
(5.) In such apparatus as first aforesaid improved according to our invention the
general construction and combination of parts substantially as hereinbefore and in
the drawings or in one separately from the other described.
Dand shin 01 de of To
1000
JOSHUA BUCKTON & CO., LD.
For the Company,
T. A. CARPEnter,
Director.
J. H. WICKSTEED.
GEORGE ANTHONY MILLWARD.