IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF STOVES FOR SINGEING FABRICS
Year: 1878

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Stordy and Frederick Hampson, both of Manchester,
in the County of Lancaster, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE
CONSTRUCTION OF STOVES FOR SINGEING FABRICS."
Sealed the 20th December 1878, and dated the 19th October 1878.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Stordy and Frederick
Hampson at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 19th October
1878.
JOHN STORDY and FREDERICK. HAMPSON, both of Manchester, in the County of
Lancaster. "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF STOVES FOR SINGEING
FABRICS."
The object of this Invention is to utilize the waste heat from the furnace
employed for heating the half cylinder (over which the fabrics pass when being
singed) for producing steam or hot water, or both, so that the same furnace and
fuel serve for both purposes.
The Invention consists chiefly in surrounding the furnace and the sides of the
flue with a wrought-iron boiler so constructed and arranged that the said boiler.
forms the walls and crown of the furnace and the sides of the flue, of which the
half cylinder used for singeing the fabrics forms the top. The boiler is to be fitted
with safety valve, water-pressure gauges, feed pipe, and taps for drawing off the
hot water as required; and if the boiler is intended for producing steam for driving
an engine, or for other purposes, a steam chest and steam pipe and taps must also
be fitted thereto.
SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said John Stordy and Frederick Hampson in the Great Seal Patent Office
on the 19th April 1879.
JOHN STORDY and FREDERICK HAMPSON, both of Manchester, in the County
of Lancaster. "IMPROVEMENTS IN THE CONSTRUCTION OF STOVES FOR SINGEING
FABRICS."

page_text: employed for heating the half cylinder or singeing iron (over which the fabrics pass
when being singed), for producing steam or hot water, or both, so that the same
furnace and fuel will serve for both purposes.
The Invention consists chiefly in surrounding the furnace and the sides or bottom
(or both the sides and bottom) of the flue with a wrought-iron boiler so constructed
and arranged that the said boiler forms the walls and crown of the furnace and the
sides or bottom (or both sides and bottom) of the flue, of which the half cylinder
used for singeing the fabrics forms the top.
Such being the nature and object of our said Invention, we will now proceed
to explain more in detail the manner in which the same is to be or may be per-
formed or carried into practical effect, and in order that the same may be clearly
understood we have annexed hereunto a Sheet of Drawings illustrative thereof, and
have marked the same with figures and letters of reference corresponding with
those in the following explanation thereof.
Fig. 1 in the annexed Drawing is a longitudinal section of a combined furnace,
singeing iron, and boiler constructed according to our Invention; Fig. 2 is a vertical
transverse section thereof through about the line A, B, in Fig. 1; and Fig. 3 is a
similar section through about the line C, D, in the same Figure.
Similar letters of reference indicate the like parts, of the apparatus in all the
Figures.
a, a, is the furnace surrounded by the wrought-iron boiler b, b; c, c, is the flue,
the top of which is formed by the half cylinder or singeing iron d, d. Thic top of
a water tank e, e, forms the bottom of the flue, the said tank being connected to the
boiler by a pipe or pipes at f, f. Flues g, g, pass under and around this tank, and
dampers are provided at h, h, so that the products of combustion from the furnace
a, a, may be caused to pass straight through the flue c, c, until the singeing iron
d, d, has attained the required degree of heat, and then the dampers can be so
arranged as to cause thein to pass along the flues g, g, under and around the
tank e, e.
The boiler is to be stayed in the usual manner, and fitted with safety valve,
water and pressure gauges, and taps for drawing off the hot water as required, and
if the boiler is intended for producing or generating steam for driving an engine,
or for other purposes, a steam chest, as shown at i, i, and steam pipe and taps,
must also be fitted thereto.
Having now described the nature and object of our said Invention, together with
the manner in which the same is to be or may be performed or carried into practical
effect, we would remark in conclusion that we claim as our Invention the combina-
tion with a singeing stove of a wrought-iron boiler for producing steam or hot
water, or both, substantially in the manner herein-before particularly set forth, and
described and illustrated by the Drawings annexed.
In witness whereof, I, the said John Stordy (on behalf of myself and the said
Frederick Hampson), have hereunto set my hand and seal, this Seven-
teenth day of April, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred
and seventy-nine.
JNO. STORDY. (L.S.)