IMPROVED METALLIC BAND-BOX FOR REHEATING SCRAPS OF IRON, STEEL, AND OTHER METAL to be as follows:
Year: 1884

page_text: Steel, and other Metal.
I, EDWARD HALE, of Hartington Road, Liverpool, in the County of Lancaster,
Iron Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention for
"IMPROVED METALLIC BAND-BOX FOR REHEATING SCRAPS OF IRON, STEEL, AND
OTHER METAL to be as follows:-
"
This invention relates to improved metallic band boxes composed of iron, steel
or other metals, and the charging or filling of the same with iron, or steel scraps,
or other metals, for easier transit, and purposes of heating, rolling, hammering, or
otherwise fashioning.
By existing modes of piling scraps of iron and other metals for heating and
rolling, the scraps are placed in heaps near the furnace mouth, as by the ordinary
system of piling they cannot conveniently be moved a greater distance after being
piled. Strips of wood are often used for the bottoms upon which to pile and
carry scraps to their destination in the furnace; or the larger pieces of scraps are
sometimes selected for that purpose forming the bottoms, and outsides of the piles,
the small scraps being placed inside, and the whole bound together with hoop iron
bands, and so placed in the furnace. These bands often prove objectionable and
defective, being burnt off, thus allowing the piles to fall to pieces. The ends of the
piles are also open, and injuriously exposed to the fire.
The present invention seeks to obviate difficulties inherent in the existing
modes of piling, iron, steel or other metals, for purposes of heating, rolling,
hammering or otherwise fashioning, also facilitating the transit of such materials
by preparing band boxes and filling the same with suitable materials for manu-
facturing into finished articles, iron steel, or other metals, the boxes are composed
of parts so fashioned as to be easily put together, and completely closed and made
fast, by riveting or otherwise, thus protecting the metals enclosed from the injurious
effects of the flames while being heated.
The boxes are composed of iron, steel or other metallic strips, strongly bound or
riveted together, light in weight hence easily bent, punched, and manipulated,
handy in transit, and may be charged or filled with the materials where scraps of
iron, and other metals are accumulated, the boxes may be closed when filled and
made ready for transmission to the rolling mills, or for exportation,

page_text: The boxes may be made of strips or plates of iron, steel, or other metals, and
pressed into shapes of boxes, and bound together with bands, or with the strips or
plates punched, bent, or cut, thus forming the several parts of boxes, and which
may be punched and fastened together with rivets, or other fastenings, taking care
to have the ends, and every part of the boxes closed, and the materials enclosed,
thus protected from loss, and oxidation. The boxes may be made of various sizes
and shapes, and the strips of such thicknesses as may easily be pressed into shapes,
or bent, punched and fastened or otherwise manipulated, and filled, or charged
with suitable metals, for the necessary requirements of traders.

page_text: I; EDWARD HALE of Hartington Road Liverpool in the County of Lancaster
Iron Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of my said invention for IMPROVED
METALLIC BAND BOX FOR RE-HEATING SCRAPS OF IRON, STEEL, AND OTHER METAL
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 improved metallic band boxes composed of iron steel or
other metals, and the charging or filling of the same with iron or steel scraps or
other metals for easier transit, and purposes of heating rolling, hammering or
otherwise fashioning.
By existing modes of piling scraps of iron and other metals for heating and
rolling, the scraps are placed in leaps near the furnace mouth, as by the ordinary
system of piling they cannot conveniently be moved a greater distance after being
piled. Strips of wood are often used for the bottoms upon which to pile and
Carry scraps to their destination in the furnace; or the larger pieces of scraps are
sometimes selected for that purpose forming the bottoms, and outsides of the piles,
the small scraps being placed inside, and the whole bound together with hoop iron
bands, and so placed in the furnace. These bands often prove objectionable and
defective being burnt off, thus allowing the piles to fall to pieces. The ends of the
piles are also open and injuriously exposed to the fire.
The present invention seeks to obviate difficulties inherent in the existing modes
of piling iron, steel or other metals for purposes of heating, rolling, hammering or
otherwise fashioning also facilitating the transit of such materials by preparing
band boxes and filling the same with suitable materials; for manufacturing into
finished articles, iron, steel or other metals the boxes are composed of parts so
fashioned as to be easily put together and completely closed and made fast by
riveting or otherwise, thus protecting the metals enclosed from the injurious effects
of the flames while being heated.
The boxes are composed of iron, steel or other metallic strips, strongly bound
or riveted together, light in weight hence easily bent, punched, and manipulated,
haudy in transit and may be charged or filled with the materials where scraps of
iron and other metals are accumulated. The boxes may be closed when filled, and
made ready for transmission to the rolling mills, or for exportation.
The boxes may be made of strips or plates of iron, steel or other metals, and
pressed into shapes of boxes and bound together with bands, or with the strips or
plates punched, bent or cut thus forming the several parts of boxes, and which may
be punched and fastened together with rivets, or other fastenings, taking care to
have the ends, and every part of the boxes closed, and the materials enclosed, thus
protected from loss and oxidation. The boxes may be made of various sizes and
shapes, and the strips of such thicknesses as may easily be pressed into shapes, or

page_text: bent punched and fastened or otherwise manipulated and filled or charged with
suitable metals, for the necessary requirements of traders. One form of box is
shown in accompanying drawings.
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
A new and improved metal band box which may be perfectly closed, composed
of iron steel or other metallic strips, bent, cut or punched, and fastened together
with rivets, studs or other fastenings, and which by these means may be filled or
charged at places where the scraps and other materials are accumulated and made 1
ready for removal, at such places thereby protecting the enclosed materials from
loss of weight, oxidation and other injuries in the course of transit and in the
process of heating, rolling, hammering or otherwise manipulating.