Improvements in the Construction and Arrangement of Mechanical Retorts for the Destructive Distillation or the Revivification of Animal, Vegetable, and Mineral Matters.
Year: 1886

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Sept., 1886.
Complete Left, 11th June, 1887.
Complete Accepted, 12th July, 1887.
Improvements in the Construction and Arrangement of Mechanical
Retorts for the Destructive Distillation or the Revivification of
Animal, Vegetable, and Mineral Matters.
I THOMAS ROUET of "Cree-Fleet," Kew, Surrey, Merchant do hereby declare the
nature of my said invention to be as follows:-
This invention relates to certain detail improvements in the construction or arrange-
ment of the apparatus or mechanical retorts patented by James Lyle on the 21st June
1883 No. 3087 and consists
First. Of a new method of driving or working the revolving plates, i.e. I drive the
central shaft K from the bottom and thereby dispense with the top gear previously
described.
Secondly. I dome shape the top of the retort and build it in sections of a com-
bination of angle or T iron and fire brick which sections when fitted in position are
luted with fire clay and covered with the same to any desired thickness to retain a
high degree of heat within the upper part of the retort so that the material entering
from the shoot or hopper is rapidly dried and brought into a state for destructive
distillation or revivification.
Thirdly. To placing the furnace or heating medium as a structure outside from the
retort and causing the first travel of the heat therefrom to impinge upon the uppermost
part of the retort and travel downwards to an outlet in which an exhauster may be
fitted to induce the draught.
H. GARDNER,
166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said T. Rouet.

page_text: Improvements in the Construction and Arrangement of Mechanical
Retorts for the Destructive Distillation or the Revivification
of Animal, Vegetable, and Mineral Matters.
I THOMAS ROUET of "Cree-Fleet" Kew, Surrey, Merchant, 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, reference
being had to the annexed drawing :-
:-
This invention relates to certain detail improvements in the construction or arrange-
ment of the apparatus or mechanical retorts patented by James Lyle on the 21st June
1883 No. 3087 and consists
First. Of a new method of driving or working the revolving plates i.e., I drive the
central shaft K from the bottom and thereby dispense with the top gear previously
described.
Secondly. I dome shape the top I of the retort and build it in sections of a com-
bination of angle or T iron I' and fire brick I" which sections when fitted in position
are luted with fire clay and covered with the same I¹¹ to any desired thickness to
retain a high degree of heat within the upper part of the retort T so that material
entering from the shoot or hopper E is rapidly dried and brought into a state of
destructive distillation or revivification.
Thirdly. To placing the furnace L or heating medium as a structure outside from
the retort T and causing the first travel of the heat therefrom to impinge upon the
uppermost part of the retort and travel downwards to an outlet P in which an
exhauster may be fitted to induce the draught.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I claim is.
The several detail improvements above described for the purpose set forth and
substantially as represented in the annexed drawing.
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H. GARDNER,
166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the said T. Rouet.