IMPROVEMENTS IN TREATING METAL
Year: 1870

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Matthew Habershon, of the Firm of J. J.
Habershon and Sons, of Holmes' Mills, Rotherham, in the County
of York, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN TREATING METAL
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Matthew Habershon
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 12th August 1870.
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I, JOHN MATTHEW HABERSHON, of the Firm of J. J. Habershon and
Sons, of Holmes' Mills, Rotherham, in the County of York, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN TREATING
METAL WIRE TO PREVENT Loss OF HEAT DURING ROLLING OR REDUCING," to
be as follows:-
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According to the usual methods of rolling metallic wire the wire is
allowed to be spread upon the floor after leaving the rolls, whereby it
loses its heat and at the same time often becomes entangled; this has

page_text: been found to be injurious to the metal as it necessitates its being
reheated in order to re-roll or finish it. Now the object of my Inven-
tion is to retain the heat in the wire during the process of rolling, so that
I avoid the evil consequences resulting from the present methods, and
this I accomplish in the following manner :-I secure the end of the
wire as it leaves the first pair of rolls upon a revolving drum or drums
which take up the the wire in a hot state so that it coils itself in layers
thereon, whereby the heat which it contained is kept in it. The drum
or drums may be enclosed in a suitable casing or jacket, to which the
heat from a fire or other source may be applied, or they may be open.
When the full length of wire has passed through the first pair of rolls,
and onto the drum or drums, the action is reversed, and the wire passed
through fresh rolls, when it is taken up by another drum. or drums,
and so on until the wire is sufficiently reduced. By this means wire
need only pass through the heating furnace once, that is, for the first
pair of rolls. I am enabled by the above process to produce longer
lengths of wire and of a better finish than heretofore.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent,
filed by the said John Matthew Habershon in the Great Seal Patent
Office on the 10th February 1871.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOHN
MATTHEW HABERSHON, of the Firm of J. J. Habershon and Sons, of
Holmes' Mills, in the County of York, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Twelfth day of August, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy, in the thirty-fourth
year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and
grant unto me, the said John Matthew Habershon, Her special licence
that I, the said John Matthew Habershon, my executors, administrators,
and assigns, or such others as I, the said John Matthew Habershon,
my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time agree
with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter
during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make,
use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain

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and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for
IMPROVEMENTS IN. TREATING; METAL WIRE TO PREVENT LOSS OF HEAT DURING
ROLLING OR REDUCING," upon the condition (amongst others) that I, the
said John Matthew Habershon, my executors or administrators, by an
instrument in writing under my, or their, or one of their hands and
seals, should particularly describe and ascertain the nature of the said
Invention, and in what manner the same was. to be performed, and cause
the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent Office within six calendar
months next and immediately after the date of the said Letters
Patent.
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NOW KNOW, YE, that I, the said John Matthew Habershon, do hereby
declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement thereof, reference being had to the Drawings
hereunto annexed, that is to say :-
According to the usual methods of rolling iron and steel wire the
wire is allowed to be spread upon the floor after leaving the rolls, whereby
it loses its heat. Now the object of my Invention is to retain the heat
in the wire during the process of rolling, so that. I avoid the evil con-
sequences resulting from the present methods, and this I accomplish in
the following manner: -I secure the end of the wire as it leaves the
first pair of rolls upon a revolving drum, which takes up the wire in a
hot state so that it coils itself in layers thereon, whereby the heat which
it contained is kept in it. The drum may be enclosed in a suitable
casing or jacket, to which if desired the heat from a fire or other source
may be applied, or the drum may be employed without a casing or jacket.
When the full length of wire has passed through the first pair of rolls.
and on to the drum, the action is reversed, and the wire passed through
fresh rolls, when it is taken up by another drum, and so on until the
wire is sufficiently reduced. By this means I am enabled to produce
longer lengths of wire and of a better finish than heretofore. The form
of drum which I prefer to use for receiving the wire as it comes from the
rolls is shown at Figures 1 and 2 of the accompanying Drawings. The
drum is composed of two discs A, A, bent or dished outwards at their
periphery, as shown, these discs at their centre are rivetted to a boss B
which is keyed on to a shaft C, and are also held at the desired distance
apart from one another by rivets and distance pieces D ranged at

page_text: distances apart from one another around a circle concentric with the
shaft C. The drum is enclosed within a casing E, formed in two halves,
which are bolted together at their periphery. Each half of the casing
has at its centre a boss bored to receive the shaft C. On the exterior
of each half of the casing are projections F which are bolted to the top
of the side standards of the framing G; H is a hopper mouth attached
to the casing E. Each half of the casing is also formed on its inner
face near its periphery to project over the edges of the side discs A. of
the drum so as to prevent the wire from escaping off the drum should
the wire at any time be allowed to become slack as it is being wound on.
The casing also assists in retaining the heat of the wire, and serves
as a shield to prevent the end of the wire as it is being led on to the
drum from escaping in case it should not be caught up by the revolving
drum.
I would however remark that although I prefer to enclose the drum
with a casing, as above described, a drum may be used without such
casing. The casing may also as before stated be heated if desired, but
ordinarily this is not required. The axis C has a crank handle upon
it to allow of its being turned by a boy when the wire is to be wound
on to it. The drum might however be otherwise driven if desired.
The end of the wire as it comes from the rolls is introduced into the
mouth of the hopper H whilst the drum is turned slowly by its crank
handle. The end of the wire entering through the hopper mouth
passes between some or other of the pins D of the drum, and as the drum
is rotated it is thereby seized and the wire is wound up upon the
drum. As soon as the length of wire has passed through the rolls and
has been wound onto the drum its free end is again introduced between
a fresh pair of roll grooves and is unwound from the drum according
as it is drawn in by the rolls, and having passed through the rolls is
received on to another drum, and so on in succession until the rolling
process is completed.
Having thus described the nature of my Invention, and the manner
in which I prefer to carry the same into effect, I would have it understood
that what I claim, as my Invention of improvements in treating metal
wire to prevent loss of heat during rolling or reducing, is, the winding
the wire as it is delivered from the rolls on to a drum and the unwinding
it from such drum and passing it again between rolls as herein described,

page_text: by which process of collecting on a drum between the successive
rollings the wire is kept for a longer time in a heated state fit for
rolling and longer lengths may be rolled than heretofore has been
practicable.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Matthew Habershon, have
hereunto set my hand and seal, this Fourth day of February,
in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-
one.
JOHN MATTHEW HABERSHON. (L.S.)