Smoke and Economising Fuel.
Year: 1885

page_text: Smoke and Economising Fuel.
EPHRAIM TAYLOR of Blakey Moor Blackburn in the County of Lancaster,
Manufacturer of Fuel Economisers & Washing Machines do hereby declare the
nature of my invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN FURNACES AND OPEN FIRE PLACES
FOR CONSUMING SMOKE & ECONOMISING FUEL to be as follows:-
My Invention consists in the first part in construction of Furnaces belonging to
Steam Boilers with a cavity or box in the following manner. Placed immediatly
behind the bridge & in conjunction with the bridge this cavity or box has a opening
into the Furnace. I place underneath the fire bars a tube or tubes horizantaly
one end of which enters the cavity for the purpose of conveying oxygen into the
cavity the cavity being left open as to allow the oxygen to escape into the fire
box and over the fire. The front end of the tubes are bellmouthed and a regulator
is attached if required.
My Invention consists secondly. For Locomotive Boilers, I place a tube or
tubes from the front through the smoke box into the Furnace for the purpose of
conveying oxygen into the Furnace when travelling. These tubes have a regulator
attached.
My Invention consists thirdly For open Fire Places I place a cavity immediatley
at the back of the fire leaving the cavity open at the bottom & a open space into
the fire at the top so as to bring the oxygen from underneath direct on the top of
the fire.

page_text: Smoke and Economising Fuel.
I EPHRAIM TAYLOR of 74 Blakey Moor Blackburn Lancaster, Washing Machine
& Coal Economiser Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of my invention
for CONSUMING SMOKE AND ECONOMISING COAL and in what manner the same
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement :—
My invention consists in the first part in construction of Furnaces belonging to
Steam Boilers with a cavity or box in the following manner. Placed immediatley
behind the bridge and in conjunction with the bridge this cavity or box has
openings into the Furnace. I place underneath the fire bars, a tube or tubes
horizantaly one end of which enters the cavity for the purpose of conveying 1
oxygen into the cavity, the cavity being left open as to allow the oxygen to escape
into the fire box and over the fire. The front end of the tubes are bellmouthed &
a regulator is attached if required.
My invention consists secondly. For Open Fire Places I place a cavity
immediatley at the back of the fire leaving the cavity open at the bottom and a
open space into the fire at the top so as to bring the oxygen from underneath
direct on the top of the fire. In order that my Invention may be fully understood
I will now proceed to explain it by reference to the accompanied Sheet upon which
Figure (1) is a longitudinal section of a Boiler Furnace with my improved bridge
Figure (2) is a cross section and Figure (3) and (4) are detail sectional views of
the bridge seperatley. The same letters of reference indicate the same parts in all
figures. The bridge (A) is formed of tile with slots passing through as shown
inclined The object of this is to still further heat the top of the bridge and so get
a more complete combustion of smoke. The lower part of the bridge plate (B)
I construct of metal of the form shown in Figure (4) the cavites or box therein
shown are constructed so as to bring the oxygen in the incoming air directley in
contact with the fire in the direction of the enclined form of the bridge (A) thus
enabling the greatest amount of heat to be obtained before passing the bridge and
by this means affecting a complete combustion of smoke.
Figure (7) is a cross section of an open fire place with my improved smoke
consumer.
Figure 5 is an enlarged view of smoke consumer shewing the direction given to
the current of air and in passing through the slots shown comes directley in contact
with the fire and by this means affects a complete.combustion of smoke. Figure (6)
is an enlarged view of my smoke consumer showing opening through for the
purpose of heating ovens or Bath Boilers.

page_text: Having thus described my Invention and the best means I am acquanted with
for carrying the same into practical effect, I declare that I claim
Firstly. A Furnace Bridge constructed for Steam Boilers as shown in the
accompaned drawings.
Secondly. I claim a cavity formed behind the fire in Open Fire Places as shown
& described in the accompanied drawings.