Improvements in Foundry Ladles for Pouring Molten Metal.
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Dec., 1886.
Complete Left, 1st Apr., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 3rd May, 1887.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Foundry Ladles for Pouring Molten Metal.
We JOHN CRAVEN of the Victoria Foundry, Leeds, in the County of York,
Engineer, and WILLIAM CHAPMAN, of the Victoria Foundry, Leeds, in the County of
York, Foreman Moulder, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
It consists in so forming the ladles used in carrying molten metal from the furnace
to the mould, that, in pouring the metal out, the scoria which floats on the top shall
not run into the mould along with the metal, but shall be kept in the ladle to the last.
For this purpose a hole is made in the side of the ladle near the bottom, and a kind of
spout is attached outside the ladle, and communicating with this hole at one end, and
rising to about the height of top of ladle at the other end, so that in pouring the metal
out, it is done through the spout, and as the scoria floats on the top of the metal it
will be the last to arrive at the spout.
Dated this 11th day of December 1886.
JOHN CRAVEN.
WILLIAM CHAPMAN.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Foundry Ladles for Pouring Molten Metal.
We, JOHN CRAVEN of Victoria Foundry Leeds in the County of York, Engineer
and WILLIAM CHAPMAN, of the same place, Foreman Moulder 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 consists in so forming the ladles used in carrying molten metal from
the furnace to the mould, that in pouring the metal out the scoria which floats on the
top shall not run into the mould along with the metal but shall be kept in the ladle to
the last. For this purpose a hole is made in the side of the ladle near the bottom and
a kind of spout is attached outside the ladle and communicating with this hole at one
end and rising to about the height of the top of ladle at the other end. So that in
pouring the metal out it is done through the spout and as the scoria floats on the top
of the metal it will bo the last to arrive at the spout.
The drawings accompanying this specification shew these improvements applied,
Sheet 1 to large ladle and Sheet 2 to small ladle. Sheet 1 shews a side elevation
and sectional elevation of a large ladle. It will be seen that in both cases two of the
spouts are shewn so that the ladle is in equilibrium and in the larger case the spouts
are each formed in two pieces-the lower piece being united by rivets or bolts to the
ladle and the upper part being bolted to it-so that it can be easily removed when
the relining of the ladle has to be done. By this means the spouts are kept a reason-
able size and when they are too long for the man's arm to pass through them (as is
the case in large ladles) the upper part is lifted away whilst the lower part' is being
relined.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said invention
and in what manner the same is performed we declare that what we claim is :-
1. The use of two spouts formed outside an ordinary ladle.
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2. The use of a spout or spouts formed in two pieces-the lower piece attached to
the ladle permanently and the upper piece removeable.
DL: 01-L
CML 1007