Improvement in Construction of Brick Kilns for Saving of Coals and Labour in Burning Bricks.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 25th Feb., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 24th Nov., 1892-Accepted, 25th Feb., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvement in Construction of Brick Kilns for Saving of Coals
and Labour in Burning Bricks.
JOHN LODGE 11 Lincoln Street Gateshead on Tyne Manager of Brick Works:
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
By inserting a top & bottom row of flues in the kiln, each flue having a separate
chimney & damper, the flues being partitioned off inside the kiln to prevent one flue.
checking the draught from any of the others, by inserting these two rows of flues,.
the fires are burning two ways in the kiln at one time, the steam is got out much
quicker from among the bricks & they get more regularly burned, should the fire
be acting a little more in one part of the kiln than another, the damper can be shut
& check that part & taken to the part that has not sufficient fire, the fires can be.
taken to any one part of the kiln by having these two rows of flues & dampers,
the dampers of all but one could be shut off & the fires all taken into that flue &
no fire would pass through among the bricks that lead to these flues that are shut
off if it was required.
Dated this 22nd day of February 1892.
JOHN LODGE.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvement in Construction of Brick Kilns for Saving of Coals
and Labour in Burning Bricks.
JOHN LODGE 11 Lincoln Street Gateshead on Tyne, Manager of Brick Works,.
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 :-
By inserting a top and bottom row of flues in the kiln marked A, each flue
having a separate chimney & damper, the flues being partitioned off inside the kiln
to prevent one flue checking the draught from any of the others, by inserting these.
two rows of flues, the fires are burning two ways in the kiln at one time, the steam.
is got out much quicker from among the bricks and they get more regularly burnt,.
should the fire be acting a little more in one part of the kiln than another, the
dampers marked B can be shut & check the fire at that part and taken to the part.
that has not sufficient fire, the fires can be taken to any one part of the kiln by
having these two rows of flues & dampers, the dampers of all but one could be
shut off and the fires are taken into that flue and no fire would pass through among
the bricks that leads to these flues that are shut off, if it was required. Feeding
chanibers marked C are inserted at the back end of the kiln & shelves marked D
are provided to receive the coals from these chambers, when the kiln gets heated
from the firing at the other end, the coals on these shelves ignite which assist in.
burning the bricks at that part of the kiln.
The flues, dampers, feeding chambers & shelves marked A. B. C. D. respectively
on inside end elevation, Drawing No. 2, are shewn on longitudinal vertical section.
through E F of No. 2 drawing on Drawing No. 4, also the flues, feeding chambers
& shelves marked A. C. D. on inside end elevation Drawing No. 2 are shewn on.
plan through G H of No. 2 drawing on Drawing No. 5.
The plans, elevations, & sections accompanying this Specification are as follows.
No. 1 ground plan.
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page_text: No. 4 longitudinal vertical section.
No. 5 plan of flues, feeding chambers & shelves through G. H. of inside end
elevation.
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 improvement in the construction of brick kilns by inserting the two rows of
Hlues with separate, chimneys and dampers also inserting the feeding chambers
& shelves.
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JOHN LODGE.