Improvements in and connected with Grate Bars.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Jan., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 10th Nov., 1893-Accepted, 16th Dec., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Grate Bars.
I, ZEPHANIAH WILLIAM BAUGH, of No. 12 Bratt Street, West Bromwich, in
the County of Stafford, Commercial Traveller do hereby declare the nature of my
said invention to be as follows:-
My invention has for its object improvements in and connected with grate bars
and refers to the bearers for supporting the hanging bars of puddling and other
grates and furnaces by which the bars are retained in position without fear of
tilting or twisting out of the vertical.
In carrying my invention into effect I form the ends of the grate bar with a
circular or other shaped flange under the square end to receive which I provide a
bearer which is provided with slots or indents which are shaped to fit the underside
of the flange and are so arranged that when the end of the bars are in the slots
they are practically fixed in the required position. The ends of the bearer may
be formed additionally high so that the top will come flush with the top of the bar.
My bearer may be used in connection with any grate bars but is particularly
applicable to grate bars which are divided up into sections by oblique slots the
sections being supported by the before mentioned flange.
Dated this 21st day of January 1893.
GEORGE BARKER,
77, Colmore Row, Birmingham, Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and connected with Grate Bars.
I, ZEPHANIAH WILLIAM BAUGH of No. 12 Bratt Street, West Bromwich in
the County of Stafford, Commercial Traveller, do hereby declare the nature of my
said invention and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly
described and ascertained in and by the following statement :—
My invention has for its object improvements in and connected with grate bars
& refers to the bearers for supporting the hanging bars of puddling & other
grates & furnaces by which the bars are retained in position without fear of tilting
or twisting out of the vertical.
In carrying my invention into effect I form the ends of the grate bar with a
circular or other shaped flange under the square end to receive which I provide a
bearer which is provided with slots or indents which are shaped to fit the underside
of the flange & are so arranged that when the end of the bars are in the slots they
are practically fixed in the required position. The ends of the bearer may be
formed additionally high so that the top will come flush with the top of the bar.
My bearer may be used in connection with any grate bars but is particularly
applicable to grate bars which are divided up into sections being supported by the
before mentioned flange.
In order that my invention may be clearly understood and more easily carried
into practise I have appended hereunto a double sized sheet of drawings upon
which I have fully illustrated the nature of my said improvements.
Figure 1, is a general sectional view of a furnace grate having my improvements
applied thereto.
Figure 2, is a perspective view of one form of my bearer with the bars in
position.

page_text: Figure 3, is a part perspective view of the same bearer with the bars removed.
Figure 4, is a vertical section through Figure 1.
Figure 5, is a sectional elevation of the bearer A in Figure 4.
Figure 6, shews my improved bearer made applicable to ordinary grate bars.
Figure 7, is a similar view to Figure 6 with the grate bars in position.
In carrying my invention into effect I form the ends of the grate bar B with the
circular or other shaped flange or projection 61 to receive which I provide the
bearers A having slots or indents a so shaped as to receive the projections 6¹ of
the bars which when placed in position are prevented from moving in any direction
while it will be seen that they can readily be replaced or removed as may be
required while in the case of the example shewn by Figures 1 and 4 the bars A
can be readily withdrawn from the front in the direction of the arrow W. The
ends a² of the bearers may be formed additionally high so that the top a² will
come flush with the top of the bars and apertures a may be formed in the bearers A
to allow a current of air to pass through and thereby assist to keep them cooler..
In Figures 6 and 7 my bearer A is formed to receive the ordinary square ended
grate bars the slots or indents a' being formed square to receive the ends of the
bars thus retaining them in position.
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 :-
1st. The improvements in & connected with grate bars substantially as and for
the purpose herein set forth & shewn upon the accompanying drawing.
2nd. In and connected with grate bars the bearers A having slots or indents
substantially as and for the purpose herein set forth and shewn.
Dated this 9th day of November 1893.
GEORGE BARKER,
77, Colmore Row, Birmingham, Agent for Applicant.