Improvements in Means Employed in Charging Coke Ovens.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Apr., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 16th Jan., 1891-Accepted, 28th Feb., 1891
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Means Employed in Charging Coke Ovens.
I, RICHARD DE SOLDENHOFF, of 71, St. Mary Street, Cardiff, in the County
of Glamorgan, Civil Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be
as follows:
When coke ovens are provided with more than one charging hole, the usual
practice is to lay down tram roads on the top of the ovens for each line of charging
holes, and to feed each charging hole with a tram for each road, so that in case of
three charging holes, there are three tram roads and not less than three trams.
This arrangement causes a large amount of labour, as each of the trams has to be
pushed by a man.
The present improvement suggests a single tram provided with two or more shoots
corresponding to the several charging holes. The tram stands upon four wheels,
which run upon a single pair of rails.
The tram is worked by an endless rope, which is connected to, and disconnected
from the tram at will. The endless rope is worked either by a special small steam
engine or by an engine driving the other machinery next to the coke ovens
installation.
The tram is provided with a small platform upon which a man stands, and
from which he can actuate the levers to connect or disconnect the endless rope to
or from the tram.
With this arrangement the operation is as follows:
The tram will be brought by means of the endless rope under the bunkers, or to
any other place to feed the tram with coal. The man riding upon the tram will
then fill it up with coal and connect the rope with the tram, which latter will then
be taken up to the ovens, and when the tram arrives at the oven which is to be
charged, the rope will be disconnected, the man will open the charging holes of the
ovens, draw back the slides of the tram shoots, and fill the ovens.
Dated pr ΣΑΡΗ 1000.
R. DE SOLDENHOFF.
By Harris & Mills,
23, Southampton Buildings, London, Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Means Employed in Charging Coke Ovens.
I, RICHARD DE SOLDENHOFF, of 71, St. Mary Street, Cardiff, in the County
of Glamorgan, Civil Engineer, 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:-
When coke ovens are provided with more than one charging hole, the usual
practice is to lay down tram roads on the top of the ovens for each line of charging
holes, and to feed each charging hole with a tram for each road so that in case of
three charging holes, there are three tram roads and not less than three trams.
This arrangement causes a large amount of labor, as each of the trams has to be
pushed by a man.
The present improvement suggests a single tram provided with two or more shoots
corresponding to the several charging holes or with a single shoot corresponding in
length to that of a charging opening in the top of each oven.
The tram stands upon four wheels, which run upon a single pair of rails.

page_text: The tram is worked by an endless rope which is connected to, and disconnected
from the tram at will. The endless rope is worked either by a special small steam
engine or by an engine driving the other machinery next to the coke ovens
installation. The tram is provided with a small platform upon which a man stands
and from which he can actuate the levers to connect or disconnect the endless rope
to or from the tram.
And in order that my said invention may be more clearly understood and readily
carried into effect I will proceed aided by the accompanying drawings more fully to
describe the same.
Figure 1. is an elevation partly in section representing my invention applied to a
series of coal bunkers, a range of steam boilers, a range of coke ovens, a bridge or
viaduct over the boilers, a tram line over the bridge and coke ovens and a tram car
or wagon.
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Figure 2. is a plan of the same and
Figure 3. is a cross section drawn through one of the coke ovens.
A A represent the coke ovens, a a a three charging holes to each oven, B Ba
range of boilers, C C a series of coal bunkers, DD a bridge or viaduct leading
from the coal bunkers to the coke ovens, E E a single line of rails running from
the coal bunkers over the bridge or viaduct and over the coke ovens.
To run on said single line of rails E EI employ a single tram car or wagon F
provided with three shoots fff corresponding in distance, apart to that of the three
charging holes a, a, a.
In cases where the ovens have each only a single charging opening the tram car
or wagon will be provided with only a single shoot of length to correspond with
that of said opening.
The tram car or wagon F is provided with four wheels which run on the rails E E
it is worked by an endless travelling rope or chain G, which is connected to and
disconnected from the tram car or wagon at will by any well known and suitable
arrangement of apparatus capable of being quickly operated by the attendant. I
have not represented any such apparatus as various forms thereof are well known
and will readily suggest themselves to an engineer.
The endless travelling rope is worked either by a special small steam engine or
by an engine driving the other machinery next to the coke ovens installation.
The tram car or wagon F is provided with a small platform (not shown) upon
which a man stands and from which he can actuate the levers employed to operate
the apparatus for connecting or disconnecting the endless travelling rope or chain G
to or from the tram car or wagon:
With this arrangement of apparatus the operation of filling the tram car
or wagon F and of discharging the same into the coke ovens E E will be as
follows:-
The tram car or wagon F will be connected by the attendant with the endless
travelling rope G and will be thereby brought under the coal bunkers CC or to
any other place to feed the same with coal when it will be disconnected from the
travelling rope or chain. The man riding on the tram will then fill it up with coal
and again connect the travelling rope with the tram car or wagon which latter will
then be taken up to the coke ovens A and when the tram car or wagon arrives over
the charging holes a a a of the oven which is to be charged it will be disconnected
from the rope, the man will then open the charging holes a, a, a, of the oven, draw
back the slides of the tram shoots and fill the oven.
The slides of the tram shoots ƒ may be constructed fitted and operated in any
well known and convenient manner.
I would here remark that the endless travelling rope or chain G may be operated
as represented in the drawings by a strap or band from a steam engine passing
around one of the pulleys H and thereby giving motion to the shaft H which
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page_text: latter by bevel gearing gives motion to the vertical shaft I on which the rope or
chain pulley is fixed.
Other suitable arrangements of apparatus may however be employed for giving
motion to the endless travelling rope or chain G.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that
what I claim is:
1. The improved means employed in charging coke ovens consisting of a single
tram car or wagon to contain the entire charge for a single oven such tram car or
wagon being provided with as many shoots as there are charging holes to each oven
and running on rails to and from the coal bunkers and over the coke ovens combined
with mechanical haulage substantially as herein described and shewn.
2. In means employed in charging coke ovens the use of a single tram car or
wagon to contain the entire charge for an oven such tram car or wagon being
provided with as many shoots as there are charging holes to each oven and running
on rails to and from the coal bunkers and over the coke ovens substantially as
herein shown and described.
3. In means employed in charging coke ovens the employment of mechanical
haulage in combination with an oven charging tram car or wagon running on rails
to and from the coal bunkers and over the coke ovens substantially as herein shown
and described.
R. DE SOLDENHOFF.
By Harris & Mills,
23, Southampton Buildings, London, Agents.