Improvements in the Construction of Regenerative Chambers for Furnaces and other purposes.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 15th Oct., 1891
Complete Specification Left, 15th July, 1892-Accepted 20th Aug., 1892
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Construction of Regenerative Chambers for
Furnaces and other purposes.
I DAN RYLANDS of Shepcote, Stairfoot, near Barnsley in the County of York
Glass Bottle Manufacturer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:
:-
My present invention has for its object the obtaining of means for making use of
the heat which passes through regenerative chambers connected with furnaces or
with other heat-requiring media.
According to my present invention I place or fix in these regenerative_chambers
any suitable number of retorts of any suitable size or shape, and I arrange
these retorts in such a way that they act as substitutes for ordinary fire-brick
checker work with which such regenerative chambers are usually filled.
Where so required there may be any suitable number of checker bricks
placed between the retorts or over them, and the retorts may also rest upon
checker bricks.
In some cases the retorts instead of being placed horizontally, may be placed
vertically, but in this case the regenerative chambers would have to be on each side
of the furnace instead of being underneath it.
DAN RYLANDS.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Construction of Regenerative Chambers for
Furnaces and other purposes.
I DAN RYLANDS of Shepcote Stairfoot near Barnsley in the County of York,
Glass Bottle 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 :-
My present invention has for its object the obtaining of means for making use of
the heat which passes through regenerative chambers connected with furnaces or
with other heat requiring media.
According to my present invention I place or fix in these regenerative chambers
any suitable number of retorts of any suitable size or shape, and I arrange these
retorts in such a way that they act as substitutes for ordinary fire-brick checker
work with which such regenerative chambers are usually filled.
Where so required there may be any suitable number of checker bricks placed
between the retorts or over them and the retorts may also rest upon checker bricks.
In some cases the retorts instead of being placed horizontally may be placed
vertically but in this case the regenerative chambers would have to be cn each side
of the furnace instead of being underneath it.
In the drawings accompanying this Specification,
Figs. 1 and 3 are elevations in sections showing arrangements of the setting of
horizontal and vertical retorts in the regenerating chambers of a furnace after the
manner of my invention.
Fig. 2 is a half plan view taken on line a a Fig. 1.
In Figs. 1 and 2, b are the gas and ce¹ the air regenerating chambers of a
Siemen's furnace provided with the usual air and gas ports or flues d d; ee are
retorts set horizontally, the space between the retorts being set with checker bricks

page_text: as shown. In Fig. 3, the retorts are set vertically, the regenerative chambers
being placed on either side of the furnace.
The retorts in this latter case are prolonged through the air and gas flues ff. by
the addition of the pipes g. Sliding or other doors ii are provided for the
purpose of emptying the retorts into the waggon shown, j is the charging
platform.
In some cases it may be preferable to use retorts of sufficient length to pass
through one air and one gas chamber instead of one chamber only, or the retorts
may be set diagonally which if the retorts are of length sufficient to pass through
one air and one gas chamber will materially facilitate the discharging of the
contents of the retorts.
It will be seen that the placing of the retorts in the regenerating chambers will
in no sense impair the utility of the chambers; as the retorts however set will
absorb and give off heat as efficiently as the ordinary checker brick arrangement;
and that any work the retorts have to perform will be done without the expenditure
of any extra cost in fuel.
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 :
The use of horizontal, vertical cr other retorts in substitution for or in connection
with the fire-brick checker work in regenerative chambers for furnaces and
other purposes substantially as illustrated at Fig. 1, 2 & 3 and for the purposes
herein described.
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