AN IMPROVEMENT OR IMPROVEMENTS IN FURNACES USED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF IRON;
Year: 1852

page_text: TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, JOSEPH
JONES, of Bilston, in the County of Stafford, Furnace Builder, send greeting.
WHEREAS Her present most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Royal Letters Patent under the Great Seal of the United Kingdom of Great
Britain and Ireland, bearing date at Westminster, the Twenty-fourth day of
January (One thousand eight hundred and fifty-two), in the fifteenth year
of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors, give and grant unto
me, the said Joseph Jones, my exors, admors, and assigns, Her especial
licence, full power, sole privilege and authority, that I, the said Joseph
Jones, my exors, adiňors, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Joseph
Jones, my exors, adiñors, or assigns, should at any time agree with, and no
others, from time to time and at all times during the term of years therein
expressed, should and lawfully might make, use, exercise, and vend, within
England, Wales, and the Town of Berwick-upon-Tweed, my Invention of
"AN IMPROVEMENT OR IMPROVEMENTS IN FURNACES USED IN THE MANUFACTURE OF
IRON;" in which said Letters Patent is contained a proviso that I, the said
Joseph Jones, shall cause a particular description of the nature of my said
Invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, by an instrument
in writing under my hand and seal, to be inrolled in Her Majesty's High
Court of Chancery within six calendar months next and immediately after

page_text: the date of the said in part recited Letters Patent, as in and by the same,
reference being thereunto had, will more fully and at large appear.
NOW KNOW YE, that in compliance with the said proviso, I, the said
Joseph Jones, do hereby declare that the nature of my said Invention, and the
manner in which the same is to be performed, are fully described and ascer-
tained in and by the following statement thereof, reference being had to the
Drawings hereunto annexed, and to the figures and letters marked thereon,
that is to say:-
My Invention consists,-
Firstly, in the use and application of water, or any other suitable liquid or
solution, to single puddling or boiling or heating furnaces used in the manu-
facture of iron, the said water, liquid, or solution being made to run through
a trough near the flue jamb plate of the furnace, and from thence through a
trough between the flue bridge plates, and from thence through a trough at
or near the back wall plate, and from thence into a tank or tanks situated
under the bottom plates of the furnace, and also applying water, liquid, or
solution by causing the same to run through a trough near the bridge jamb
plate of the furnace, and from thence through a trough between the fire
bridge plates of the furnace, and from thence into a trough near the back wall
plate of the furnace, and from thence under the bottom plates of the furnace
into a tank or tanks, the object of the said streams of water, liquid, or solution
being to keep cool and thereby preserve the parts of the furnace to which the
said water, liquid, or solution is applied.
Secondly, in double puddling or boiling or heating furnace, by applying
water or other liquid or solution to the same, by causing the said water, liquid,
or solution to run troughs near the flue jamb plates of the furnaces, and
afterwards through troughs between the plates of the flue bridges, and from
thence through a trough fixed in a partition set near the middle of the furnace,
and from thence into a tank or tanks under the said bottom plates of the
furnace; and also causing a stream of water, liquid, or solution to run through
troughs near the bridge jamb plates, and afterwards through troughs between
the plates of the fire bridges, and from thence through a trough fixed in a
partition set near the middle of the furnace, and from thence into a tank or
tanks under the said bottom plates, the object of the said streams of water,
liquid, or solution being to keep cool and thereby preserve the parts to which
the said water, liquid, or solution is applied.
Thirdly, in connecting a flue from the refinery furnace to a stack, for the
purpose of conveying the heated air and sparks from the said refinery furnace,
and thereby to facilitate the operations of the workman.

page_text: Fourthly, in carrying a flue from a refinery furnace into the flues of a
steam boiler, so as to cause the heated air from the said refinery furnace
to pass through the flues of the said boiler, and thereby generate steam.
Fifthly, in causing a stream of water or other liquid or solution to pass
through a case or trough fixed in the doors of furnaces used in the manufacture
of iron, to keep cool and thereby preserve the said doors.
Sixthly, in causing a stream of water or other liquid or solution to pass
through a trough or case fixed in the slide dampers used in the flues of
furnaces used in the manufacture of iron, for the purpose of keeping cool and
thereby preserving the said slide dampers.
Figure 1 being
My first improvement is represented in Figures 1, 2, and 3.
a front elevation, Figure 2 a vertical section, and Figure 3 a plan, of two
puddling, boiling, or heating furnaces and refinery, the said puddling, boiling,
and heating furnace being constructed according to my Invention. a, a,
Figure 1, are the pipes by which the water, liquid, or solution is introduced
into the trough 6, Figure 3, at the back of the flue jamb plates c and the
trough d, at the back of the bridge jamb plates e; the water passes from the
said trough into the trough f, between the flue bridge plates, and from
thence into the trough g, set near the back wall plate of the furnace; from
this trough the said water runs into the tank or tanks h, under the bottom
plates of the furnace, see Figure 2. The water from the said trough d passes
into the trough i, between the fire bridge plates, and from thence into the
trough near the back wall plates of the furnace; from the trough j the said
water passes into the tank h, under the bottom plates of the furnace, see
Figure 2.
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Figures 4, 5, 6 illustrate the second part of my Invention. Figure 4
represents in elevation, Figure 5 in vertical section, and Figure 6 in plan, a
double puddling furnace and refinery, constructed according to my Invention.
k, k are the pipes by which the water is introduced into the troughs 1, m;
and similar pipes, not shewn in the Drawing, conduct water into the
troughs n, o, Figure 6. The water from the troughs passes into the
trough p, and from the trough p to the trough 7; from the said trough q it
falls into the tank or tanks r, under the bottom plates of the furnace, see
Figure 5. The water from the trough m passes into the troughs, and from
the troughs into the trough t; from the said trought it falls into the tank or
tanks r, under the bottom plates of the furnace, see Figure 5. The water
from the trough n passes into the trough v, and from the trough v into the
trough q; and from the trough q it falls into the tank or tanks r, under the
bottom plate of the furnace, see Figure 5
The water from the trough o

page_text: passes into the trough w, and from the trough w into the trough t; and from
the trought falls into the tank or tanks r, see Figure 5. The course of the
water is indicated in Figures 3 and 6 by arrows.
The third part of my Invention is illustrated by Figure 7, the said Figure
representing a vertical section of a refinery furnace constructed according to
my Invention.
x represents the refinery furnace, and y is the flue by which
the heated air, sparks, and products of combustion are carried from the said
refinery by the flue z.
The fourth part of my Invention is illustrated in Figure 8. The said
Figure 8 represents a vertical section of a refinery furnace and a steam boiler,
constructed according to my Invention, that is to say, furnished with a flue 1,
for the purpose of causing the heated air and products of combustion to pass
through the flues and around a steam boiler, for the purpose of generating
steam in the said boiler 2. The direction of the heated air is indicated by the
arrows in the said Figure.
The fifth part of my Invention is illustrated by Figures 9, 10, and 11, the
said Figures representing elevation, vertical section, and plan of a furnace
door constructed according to my Invention. 3 is the outer case of the door,
in which are two slots 4, 4. 5 is a trough containing the water; the said
trough is furnished with two spouts 6, 6, which enter the slots 4, 4, in the
case 3; a stream of water may be kept constantly running through the said
trough 5 from a pipe branching from the pipe k, Figure 4, which said
branching pipe may be furnished with joints, so as to permit it to be moved
out of the way when it is wished to move the said door 3, or the said trough 5
may be supplied with water by a flexible pipe. The water enters at one of the
spouts 6, 6, and passes out at the other.
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The sixth part of my Invention is illustrated by Figures 12, 13, and 14, the
said Figures representing an elevation, vertical section, and plan of a sliding
damper constructed according my Invention. 7 is the outer case of the
damper; 8, a trough in the interior of the said case 7 for the 1
purpose of
holding water. The water is introduced at the pipe 9, and flows out from the
pipe 10. The water is supplied to the pipe 9 by a flexible pipe, or in any
other way which the situation of the damper may render convenient.
Having now described the nature of my said Invention, and the manner in
which the same is to be performed, I wish it to be understood that I do not
confine myself to the exact methods of carrying my Invention into effect
herein described, and illustrated by the accompanying Drawings, as the same
may be varied without departing from the nature of my said Invention.
But I claim,

page_text: Firstly, the use of water or other liquid or solution applied in troughs, fixed
near the flue jamb plates, bridge jamb plates, and back wall plates of single
puddling, boiling, or heating furnaces, and also in a tank or tanks under the
bottom plates of the said furnaces, for the purpose of cooling and preserving
the inside plates of the said furnaces.
Secondly, the use of water or other liquid or solution applied in troughs
near the flue jamb plates, bridge jamb plates, and partitions of double puddling
furnaces, and also in a tank or tanks under the bottom plates of the said
furnaces, for the purpose of cooling and preserving the inside plates of the said
furnaces.
Thirdly, the use of a flue for carrying off the heated air, sparks, and products
of combustion from a refinery furnace.
Fourthly, the economising the heat of a refinery furnace, by passing the
heated air from the same through the flues of or around a steam boiler.
Fifthly, the use of water or other liquid or solution applied in a trough or
troughs to the doors of furnaces used in the manufacture of iron, for the
purpose of cooling and preserving the same.
Sixthly, the use of water or other liquid or solution conveyed in a trough
or troughs into slide dampers employed in the flues of furnaces used in the
manufacture of iron, for the purpose of cooling and preserving the same.
In witness whereof, I, the said Joseph Jones, have hereunto set my
band and seal, this Fifteenth day of July, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and fifty-two.
Eurolled the Sixteenth day of July, in the year of our Lord One
thousand eight hundred and fifty-two.