Improvements in Feeding Devices for Rolling Mills.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd Jan., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 4th July, 1889-Accepted, 28th Dec., 1889
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
[Communicated from abroad by THE PROPRIETORS OF THE COPENHAGEN HORSE-
SHOE MANUFACTORY, Copenhagen, in the Kingdom of Denmark.]
Improvements in Feeding Devices for Rolling Mills.
I, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the firm of Haseltine, Lake & Co., Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings, in the County of Middlesex do hereby declare the nature
of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relatos to rolling mills designed to be used in connection with the
manufacture of horse shoes, and has for its object to facilitate the placing of the blanks
received from the furnace or elsewhere in the proper manner before the rollers.
The said invention consists of a disc of metal furnished along the edge with
perpendicular pins or spikes. The disc can either rotate round a standard or be
firmly connected therewith, in this case the standard itself is caused to rotate in a
stand, the said stand is firmly attached to the front of the rolling mill.
In the course of the manufacture the objects or pieces of iron are suitably placed
on the disc and are prevented from sliding down by the projecting spikes. The man
who attends the rolling mill turns the disc till an iron blank is in the proper position,
after which it is carried into the rolling mill.
In the manufacture of horse shoes a feeding disc of this kind will be found almost
indispensable if the rolling mill keeps pace with the other machines. The method
of feeding by hand as heretoforo practised retards the speed manufacture
considerably.
Dated thi 00-11T1000
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Feeding Devices for Rolling Mills.
I, HENRY HARRIS LAKE, of the firm of Haseltine Lake & Co., Patent Agents,
Southampton Buildings 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 :-
This invention relates to rolling mills designed to be used in connection with
the manufacture of horse-shoes, and has for its object to facilitate the placing of
the blanks received from the furnace or elsewhere, in the proper manner before
the rollers.
In the accompanying drawing
Figure 1 is a side elevation of a rolling mill with the improvements applied
thereto.
Figure 2 is an end elevation of the same.
The said invention consists of a disc a of metal furnished along the edge with
perpendicular pins or spikes. The disc a can either rotate round a standard 8 or be
firmly connected therewith. In this case the standard itself is caused to rotate in a
stand c; the said stand c is firmly attached to the front of the rolling mill.
The feeding disc is attached to the front side of the rolling mill and the said rolling
mill is situated to the right of the furnace where the iron for the horse shoes is
being headed.
The attendant who takes up a position in front of the rolling mill has a pair of
tongs with which he takes hold of iron pieces from the furnace. These pieces have to

page_text: be placed between the rollers in a distinct position. Were it not for the feeding disc
however the attendant would either grasp the iron piece with the tongs in a distinct
manner or turn his arm and hand until the piece obtained the proper position in front
of the rollers. This handling which apparently does not require much time, would
however in the regular manufacture of horse shoes have the effect that the attendant at
the furnace would not be able to keep pace with the other machinos the result of
which would be stoppages in the operations.
This is avoided by the use of the feeding disc. The attendant takes with the tongs
the iron blanks from the furnace and places them on the disc, a, the said blanks being
prevented from sliding off by the projecting spikes. The position of the iron piece is
therefore of no consequence. The only important point being to place it as quickly
as possible in front of the rolling mill. The disc is then turned until the iron piece is
in the right position against the rollers, that is to say, until its longitudinal axes is
perpendicular to the rollers, when by means of the tongs it is carried in between the
sai rollers.
In the manufacture of horse-shoes a feeding disc of this kind will be found almost
indispensable, if the rolling mill keeps pace with the other machines. The method of
feeding by hand as heretofore practised retards the speed of manufacture considerably.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed as communicated to me by my
foreign correspondents I declare that what I claim is :-
A feeding device for rolling mills for rolling small articles, consisting of a disc a, a
fixed or rotary standard and a stand call as above described and shown in the
accompanying drawing.
DL:
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, Agents for the Applicant.