Improved Arrangements for Consuming Smoke in and in connection with Furnaces.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 12th Oct., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 9th Jan., 1897-Accepted, 27th Mar., 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Arrangements for Consuming Smoke in and in connection
with Furnaces.
I BENJAMIN ALBISTON Boiler Maker South View High Street Winsford Cheshire
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to improvements in smoke burning In the connection of a
furnace to a flue or flues I employ a square chamber built of best fire brick or other
material with opening for feeding purposes with ordinary iron door or doors and
hinged to iron frame Inside the chamber are three flues two for inlet and one for outlet
The heated chamber or furnace is situated between the boiler or vat or pan and the
chimney and is worked by dampers placed in positions suitable for the purpose of
properly conducting the smoke or otherwise I employ a flue or flues from the fire
or furnace underneath the boiler or vat or pan to conduct the smoke from the fire or
furnace to the iulet into the heated chamber through which it passes and in doing so
ignites and the fumes pass through the outlet flue leading to the chimney I employ
dampers to regulate or turn the current of smoke through a flue or flues which
run at each end of the heated chamber or otherwise during repairs and the smoke
passes up the chimney.
Dated this 10th day of October 1896.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Arrangements for Consuming Smoke in and in connection
with Furnaces.
I BENJAMIN ALBISTON 132 South View High Street Winsford Cheshire Boiler
Maker 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:-
This invention relates to improvements in arrangements and apparatus for consuming
smoke from furnaces and the like. For the purpose of my invention I imploy a specially
constructed consuming chamber or smoke furnace of suitable size with two inlet flues
for smoke and one outlet flues which chamber or furnace and Blues are more
particularly described hereafter.
The consuming chamber or smoke furnace and the flues are placed in some
convenient situation as may be required between the furnaces as fires under the boiler
vat or pan or other medium producing the smoke and the chimney or other main
outlet for the smoke.
I construct the consuming chamber or smoke furnace of a square oblong or other
forin built of firebrick or other material.
The consuming chamber or smoke furnace is provided at each end comunicating
with the smoke inlet flues with iron furnace bars forming fireplaces I fix the top
of these bars level with the bottom of the smoke inlet flues or the bars may be placed
higher or lower as may be required.

page_text: Opposite the end of each fire place I provide an opening for feeding purposes fitted
with iron door or doors hinged to iron frames.
The underside of the fireplaces is open to the external air below the level of the
bottom of the door frames between the two fireplaces.
The level of the bottom or floor of the smoke furnace is raised above the height of
the firebars. the underside below the smoke furnace floor being filled solid with
brick buts or other suitable material.
At each end of and cumnunicating with the smoke furnace as already described I
construct inlet flues to conduct the waste heat and smoke from the furnace or fires
underneath the boiler vat or pan or other smoke producing medium into the consuming
chamber or smoke furnace at the back of the smoke furnace an outlet flue is constructed
to conduct the heat produced by combustion in the smoke furnace for utiligation as
may be required for heating purposes the residue eventualy passing by flues unto the
chimney or other main outlet into the atimosphere.
In connection with the inlet and outlet flues I employ dampers placed in suitable
positions for the purpose of properly regulating the passage of the smoke into
the consuming chamber or smoke furnace by opening and closing the dampers
as required.
1 also construct two other direct smoke flues leading from the smoke inlet
flues outside the consuming chamber or smoke furnace to the chimney or other
main outlet.
These direct smoke flues are also provided with dampers at suitable points and are
intended for employment during repairs to the smoke furnace when the current of
smoke may be directed from the smoke furnace and turned directly into the chimney
or other main outlet.
I provide a slide door of iron or other material on the external face of the consuming
chamber for the purpose of inspection and admission of air as may be required.
In the accompanying drawings
Fig. 1 represents a plan of my arrangement or apparatus.
Fig. 2 represents a section of the apparatus on line A B of plan.
Fig. 3 represents an end elevation and a front elevation respectively.
The letters apply to similiar parts in all the figures.
a. Smoke furnace or consuming chamber.
b. Bottom or floor of the same.
c. c. Fireplaces.
d. d. Feed openings.
e. Slide door.
f.f. Inlet smoke flues.
9. g. Regulating dampers..
L. Outlet flues.
i. i. Direct smoke flues.
K. Chimney.
The manner in which my arrangement and apparatus work is a follows
The dampers g. g being properly adjusted the smoke from the furnace or fires unde
the boiler vat pan or other smoke producing medium enters the smoke inlet flues f
and is carried into the consuming chamber or smoke furnace a over the fireplace c.
therein In passing through this chamber a the combustible gases in the smoke ar
ignited and the remaining products of combustion are conveyed into the outle
flue L at the back of the smoke furnace and thence into the chimney K or othe
main outlet into the atmosphere.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inver
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
claim is
In improved arrangements for consuming smoke in and in connection wit
furnaces the construction of a consuming chamber or smoke burning furnace provide
with inlet and outlet flues furnished with dampers for properly regulating th

page_text: admission of smoke and for the perfect combustion of the same as substantially
described and set forth.
In improved arrangements for consuming smoke in and in connection with
furnaces the provision of means for the utilizing of waste heat from the consuming
chamber as substantially described and set forth.
Dated thie 7th dow of Tanu 1907
BENJAMIN ALBISTON.