The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-09-29

Mum d Co., the Washington patent
attorneys, of the proof sheets of
patent smelling furnace which is the
invention of j V. often of lola. IN
addition to being much simpler than
the furnaces now being used in the
saving of fuel can be made by their
use. He estimates that One-third of
the gas is wasted and that if the local
field Is capable of furnishing gas for
twenty years as now used, with his
furnace 1t will last thirty years.
quite an item. So far Mr.. Often has
received no propositions from any
smelling company, but several ex-
perts who have seen the drawings
cay that the invention is valuable,
and there seems to he little doubt
that the inventor will sooner or later
be drawing neat royalty from them.
The specification, forming part of
the letters patent, say in part:
To whom it may concern:
Be 1t known that 1, Joseph Victor
Often, of lola, in the county of Allen
and state of Kansas, have invented
new and improved smelling fur
mace, of which the following Is a full,
clear, and exact description.
This invention relates more par
ticularly to improvements in zinc
smelling furnaces in which natural
gas Is used as fuel.
In the general method of using
natural gas for fuel i'm zinc-smelting
there il an enormous waste of gas and
Considerable expense attached for
msnipulation-that Is, the furnaces
as now constructed require q power
/ plant, with it's attendant expense Of
maintenance, for driving large blow
ers to produce artificial draft for the
/ purpose of consuming the gas; but
such result is far from being accom-.
. pi-hed, as evidenced by the volumes
of smoke emitted from the ch imneys
and the condensation of carbon upon
the retorts. Besides, a high. salaried
man il required to tend the gas and
air supply, which is derived from
separate sources. II there IL an eX-
cess of gas, there will be deposit of
carbon, and If air is IN excess there
is caused a premature failure of the
retorts by the blowpipe action Of the
lntensely-hor flame at each air-open.
| inn In In h,,tlt
the gas is introduced undiluted at
/ one end and the air is forced in in
varying quantities through openings
In the front wall OF the furnace, and
at these openings is where the Low
pipe action is produced. The CHM
ney Is placed at the opposite end
from where the gas enters, the object
being to consume all the gas, but
with the result above mentioned.
An object Of my present invention
is to reduce the cost of construction
and operation of the smelling fur
naces by so constructing them that
the use of blower plant Is made un-
necessary, as 1 find that natural gas
has enough initial pressure about
three hundred and fifty pounds 10
the square inch) TO draw in all the
air necessary through properly
Quoted burners for lite perfect COM
bustion.
A further result or object of my
construction of furnace is to produce
soft glowing or ditfusive heat in
the retort chamber and avoiding all
blowpipe action, and, further, to so
arrange the flue-openings chat the
heated gases pass between and
around each bank of retorts before
passing out at he nue.opening, winch
is opposite from the side of retorts
where the heat t. introduced.