Year: 1886

page_text: 1. FREDERICK WHITTAKER SCOTT of Atlas Wire Works Reddish in the County of
Lancaster Wire Rope Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to
be as follows:-
Hitherto on the fracture of a wire or wires composing ropes the wire or wires are
liable in usage to detach itself or themselves from its fellow or their fellows thereby
proving a source of weakness to the rope.
The object of my Invention is to prevent the detachment of a fractured wire or
wires from its fellow or fellows and present an uniform wearing surface.
In the construction of Wire Rope T combine two of the wires forming the outer or
inner Wire of a strand or Rope in such a form so as to prevent the escape of a
fractured wire or wires or prevent the detachment of a fractured wire or fractured
wires from its fellow or their fellows.
I bind the two outer or any inner wires with a clip or guard of thin steel or other
suitable metal rolled or otherwise in such a manner so as to grip the wires in pairs
tightly together a number of which are afterwards twisted together forming a strand
or rope.
The edge of the clip or guard is free from the outer periphery of the outside wires
passing beyond the centre of the diameter of the wires so as to securely hold them in
nosition.

page_text: I FREDERICK WHITTAKER SCOTT of Atlas Wire Works Reddish in the County of
Lancaster Wire Rope Manufacturer 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 :—
Hitherto on the fracture of a wire or wires composing ropes the wire or wires is or
are liable in usage to detach itself or themselves from its fellow or their fellows thereby
forming a source of weakness to the rope.
The object of my invention is to prevent the detachment of a fractured wire or wires
from its fellow or their fellows and present an uniform wearing surface.
In the construction of wire rope I combine two of the wires forming the outer or
inner wire of a strand or rope in such a form so as to prevent the escape of a
fractured wire or wires or prevent the detachment of a fractured wire or fractured
wires from its fellow or their fellows.
In order that my invention may be better understood and carried into effect I will
describe the same by reference to the drawings hereunto annexed.
Fig. 1 is a side view and Fig. 2 a cross section showing how I combine two of the
wires a forming the inner or outer series of a strand or rope.
I grip or bind the two wires ab together by means of a clip or guard-e formed of
thin steel or other metal which thin steel I secure upon the wires a rolled or
otherwise formed in such manner so as to grip the wires a tightly together.
The edges cc of the clip or guard e pass beyond the centre of the diameter of the
wires indicated by the line A B leaving the peripheries of the wires from ¹ to c³
exposed.
Fig. 3 is a cross section of a wire rope constructed according to my invention.
The wires or other material & forming the core or inner portion of the rope may be
arranged in any ordinary manner as usual in wire ropes.
The wires or other material d I enclose or surround by wires ab which wires are
gripped or coupled together in pairs by means of a clip or guard of thin steel or other
suitable metal as described in reference to Figs. 1 and 2.
Although I have only shown and described each pair of wires of the outer layers of
wires forming the rope as being gripped or bound together I in some cases propose to
employ wires gripped or bound together to form the inner portion or core of the rope.
If desired the wires forming the inner portion or core of the rope may be twisted in
a direction opposite to that in which the wires ab forming the outer portion of the
rope are twisted but I prefer to form the rope by twisting the wires forming the inner
portion of the rope in the same direction as the wires ab forming the outer portion.
By constructing a rope according to my invention the whole length of each of the
wires forming the wearing portion of the rope is uniformly exposed to friction and
each of the said .wires becomes uniformly worn consequently the wires forming the
rope are much less liable to fracture than the wires forming wire ropes have
heretofore been.

page_text: If any one of the wires a becomes from any cause fractured or broken the
fractured or broken wire is prevented from becoming detached from its fellow wire a
or b as the case may he.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said Invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is
In wire ropes binding or gripping any number of pairs of wires together by means
of a clip or guard of steel or other suitable metal in the manner and for the purposes
hereinbefore described in reference to and shewn in and by the drawings hereunto
annexed.