Specification of John Stanley : machinery for supplying fuel to furnaces, &c.

  • Stanley, John.
Date:
1854
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Credit: Specification of John Stanley : machinery for supplying fuel to furnaces, &c. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Makinson, Extra. Stanley s Improvements in Supplying Furnaces with Fuel, $c. whilst the fluted rollers make one revolution. Machinery of the dimensions herein-before described would answer the purpose of supplying coals of to a fire capable of working a steam engine of from thirty to forty horses power, and for' a less or greater power, or for a narrower or wider fire-place, the dimensions of the various parts may be altered accordingly. The velocity of the fan must 5 also be less or more as the fire may be shorter or longer. The hopper for containing the coals may be made of any dimensions suited to the situation and purpose to which the aforesaid machinery may be applied. From reading this Specification, and examining the annexed Drawings, the construction, operation, and use of the machinery herein-before described will be clearly understood by 10 any competent mechanic. Although I have herein-before described the whole of the machinery in order that the nature of my Invention, and the manner in which the same is to be performed, may be better understood, yet I do not claim the hopper, the fluted rollers, the fan, the wheels, screws, or any other part of the machinery, in their individual characters, as forming any part of my 15 Invention, all of them having been before invented and used for a variety of purposes; but I do hereby declare that my Invention consists in the employ¬ ment and application of the fan similar to the one herein-before described, in conjunction with the hopper, fluted roller or rollers, or with any other mechanical expedient capable of producing a regular supply of coals, so as that the coals so 20 supplied may be, by the fan as aforesaid, thrown upon any fire or furnace. In witness whereof, I, the said John Stanley, have hereunto set my hand and seal, this 22d day of January, One thousand eight hundred and twenty-three. JOHN STANLEY, (l.s.) 25 AND BE IT REMEMBERED, that on the Twenty-second day of January, in the year of our Lord 1823, the aforesaid John Stanley came before our said Lord the King in His Chancery, and acknowledged the Specification afore¬ said, and all and every thing therein contained and specified, in form above written. And also the Specification aforesaid was stampt according to the gQ tenor of the Statute made for that purpose. Inrolled the Twenty-fourth day of January, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and twenty-three. Si LONDON : Printed by George Edward Eyre and William Spottiswoode, Printers to the Queen's most Excellent Majesty. 1854.