Improvements in smoke consuming furnaces / [Edward Thornton].

  • Thornton, Edward.
Date:
1902
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Credit: Improvements in smoke consuming furnaces / [Edward Thornton]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    A.D. 1901 N° 21,296 Date of Application, 23rd Oct., 1901—Accepted, 1st May, 1902 COMPLETE SPECIF10ATT0X. “Improvements in Smoke Consuming Furnaces i, 25 30 We, Edward Thorxtox, of Coitsville, in tlie County of Mahoning, and State of Ohio, United States of America Mechanic, and George1 Sameer Smith of Coitsville, in the County of Mahoning, and State of Ohio, United States of America, Mechanic, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what 5 manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement : A furnace constructed in accordance with our invention is particularly adapted to consume all the combustibles contained in the fuel thereby increas- ing the temperature of heat and obtaining a considerable savirg of the con- ] 0 sumption of fuel. The object of our invention is to construct a furnace of this character with means to supply air and steam to the fire box, from beneath the grate-bars, causing the fire to burn more evenly and increasing the temperature of the same without an additional charge of fuel for obtaining this purpose, or in J5 other words, thoroughly consuming all the combustibles contained in the fuel, thereby obtaining this increased temperature and generating steam more rapidly at a considerable saving in the consumption of fuel. A further object of the invention is to provide the bridge wall of the furnace with a series of steam and air channels for projecting air and steam against 20 the flame as it crosses the bridge-wall of the furnace, thereby arresting the smoke and combustibles as the same are drawn towards the fuel and causing the consumption of the same; furthermore, arranging at the top of the bridge- wall, in alinement with the steam and air channels, a perforated pipe, through which air is projected and meets the air and steam as they leave the channels of the bridge-wall, this assisting materially in the consuming of the fuel and combustibles as the same are drawn towards the fuel, furthermore, forcing the same to a great extent back upon the fire, which also assists in the con¬ sumption of the combustibles contained in the fuel. •K A further object of our invention is to construct a furnace of this character which will be extremely simple in construction, strong, durable, efficient in its operation, and comparatively inexpensive to manufacture. With the above and other objects in view, the invention finally consists in the novel construction, combination and arrangement of parts to be hereinafter more fully described and specifically pointed out in the claims. 35 In describing the invention in detail, reference is had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and wherein like numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several views, in which:—* Figure 1, is a side view, partly in section, of a furnace equipped with our improved device. 40 Figure 2, is a cross sectional view, partly in section, taken on the line 2—2 of Figure 1. Referring to the drawings by reference numerals 1 indicates the side* walls of a furnace, 2 the rear walls, and 3 the front walls. The reference numerals 5 indicates the door to the fire box, and 0 the door to the ash pit. The furnace 45 is provided with a series of suitable grate-bars T, a bridge wall 8, and a boiler 9 secured therein in any desirable manner. \Price 8^.]