An Improvement in Regenerative Gas Furnaces.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 19th June, 1889
Complete Specification Left, 19th Mar., 1890-Accepted, 3rd May, 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in Regenerative Gas Furnaces.
I RICHARD SMITH CASSON of The Round Oak Iron Works, Brierley Hill in the
County of Stafford Iron Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows :-
In regenerative gas furnaces for the manufacture and treatment of iron and steel
as at present constructed, it is customary to place the regenerative chamber below the
melting chamber or hearth of the furnace.
In the furnace constructed according to my invention the regenerative chamber is
placed above, or over the crown of the melting chamber by which a considerable
saving in erection is effected. The furnace is also easier to repair and costs less to
maintain as owing to the position of the regenerative chamber, slag melted brickwork,
metal &c. cannot get into same.
Dated the 19th June 1889
PHILIP M. JUSTICE,
55 & 56, Chancery Lane, London, Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improvement in Regenerative Gas Furnaces.
I, RICHARD SMITH CASSON of The Round Oak Iron Works, Brierley Hill, in the
County of Stafford, Iron Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement:—
In regenerative gas furnaces for the manufacture and treatment of iron and steel
as at present constructed, it is customary to place the regenerative chamber below the
melting chamber or hearth of the furnace.
In the furnace constructed according to my invention the regenerative chamber is
placed above, or over the crown of the melting chamber by which a considerable
saving in erection is effected. The furnace is also easier to repair and costs less to
maintain as owing to the position of the regenerative chamber, slag, melted brickwork,
metal &c. cannot get into same.
To clearly explain the nature of my invention I have illustrated in the accompanying
drawing one form of regenerative furnace constructed according to my invention,
though it will be understood that many other arrangements may be employed, the one
in question being simply given as an illustration.
In the drawings --
Fig. 1 represents a sectional elevation of an open hearth furnace above which are
supported the regenerative chambers.
Fig. 2 is a sectional plan view of same, and
Fig. 3 is a sectional end view.
In this furnace the gas and air regenerative chambers A, B, of which there are two
sets as usual, are supported above the furnace C by suitable horizontal girders D
carried by uprights E, the gas and air after being heated in their respective chambers
in its passage through the previously heated chequer brickwork, passing to the
Furnace C, the heat from which is utilized before passing to the chimney flue to heat
the chequer work in the second set of chambers through which the gas and air
espectively are then passed by reversing the gus and air valves in a manner well
inderstood.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
A regenerative gas furnace having its regenerating chambers placed above the
furnace portion, substantially as and for the purposes described.
Dated this 19th day of March 1890.
PHILIP M. JUSTICE,
55 & 56, Chancery Lane, London, Applicant's Agent.
PHILIP M. JUSTICE,
55 & 56, Chancery Lane, London, Applicant's Agent.