Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 8th June, 1886.
Complete Left, 8th Mar., 1887.
Complete Accepted, 7th Apr., 1887.
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I JAMES BARTLE of the Western Foundry and Engineering Works, Lancaster
Road, Notting Hill, Middlesex, Ironfounder, do hereby declare the nature of this
invention to be as follows:--
The object of this invention, is to construct or arrange an apparatus that it has
a swinging action about a hinge pin and also a block moveable in a slot and
provided with a set screw by the combined action of which the handle or closing
lever of a gas retort cover or lid can after insertion in the lug be locked in position.
The invention is particularly identified with what is known as the Tangye-Morton's
Retort Lids, in which the lid is, after being closed against the mouth of the retort
caused to slide horizontally in contact by an eccentric on the lid hinge pintle to
make a good face joint sealing.
According to my invention, I hinge to the "catch side" of the retort mouth a lug
having a slot within which a block is free to slide and be set by a screw pin the head
of which is on the outside of the end piece, this having an extension serving as a
handle by which the lug can be swung round. Between the moveable block and
the back of the slot an opening is left of sufficient size to admit the end of the closing
lever, this end being so shaped that the block holds it firmly when the screw pin
is set.
The moveable block in the lug can be set to suit any sized lever-end and its swinging
action permits it to meet the lever end at any angle and also to accommodate itself to
suit the shape of the lid.
By this invention the connection bolt of the levers is a permanent fixture and does
not require the usual adjustment.
H. GARDNER,
166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said J. Bartle.

page_text: Handles of Gas Retort Covers or Lids.
I, JAMES BARTLE of the Western Foundry and Engineering Works, Lancaster
Road, Notting Hill, Middlesex, Ironfounder 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:-
The object of this invention is to construct or arrange an apparatus that it has a
swinging action about a hinge pin and also a block moveable in a slot, and provided
with a set screw by the combined action of which the handle or closing lever of a gas
retort cover or lid can after insertion in the lug be locked in position.
The invention is particularly identified with what is known as the Tangye-Morton's
Retort Lid, in which the lid is, after being closed against the mouth of the retort
caused to slide horizonially in contact by an eccentric on the lid hinge pintle to make
a good face joint sealing.
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According to my invention, which will be clearly understood by reference to the
annexed drawings, I hinge to the "catch side of the retort mouth a luga (sec
Figures 1 and 2) by a hinge pin a', or otherwise having a slot within which a block c
is able to slide on upper and lower curved slides d, d, and be set by a screw pin the
head of which is on the outside of the end of the lug a, this end having an extension g
serving as a handle by which the lug can be swung round. Figure 3 is an elevation
of a Tangye-Morton Retort Lid h with the lug a attached, the dotted lines showing the
said lug a swung round. Between the moveable block c and the back of the slot an
opening is left of sufficient size to admit the end of the closing lever i, this end being
shaped so that the block holds it firmly when the screw pin is set.
C
The moveable block e in the lug a can be set to suit any sized lever-end and its
swinging action permits it to meet the lever-end at any angle and also to accomodate
itself to suit the shape of the lid.
By this invention, the connection bolt of the levers is a permanent fixture and does
not require the usual adjustment.
I have shown my invention as applied for securing a Tangye-Morton Retort Lid, but
it is applicable to all retort lids requiring such mode of fastening.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is :—
The swinging or pivotted appliance shown in Figure 1, in which is a recess for the
reception of the handle or closing lever of a retort lid and a moveable block operated
by a screw for fastening the lid close against the mouth of the retort as hereinbefore
described.
H. GARDNER,
166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said James Bartle.