Improvements in the Furnaces of Steam Generators and Heating Furnaces.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 25th June, 1896
Complete Specification Left, 23rd Mar., 1897-Accepted, 24th Apr., 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Furnaces of Steam Generators and Heating
Furnaces.
I RICHARD SLOANE RICHARDS 2 Cleveland Road Ealing Middlesex Coal
Merchant do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention relates to a contrivance for supplying coal or other fuel in the form
of dust or in a fine state of division to the furnaces of a Cornish, Lancashire,
multitubular or other boiler or to a smelting, baking or any other description of
furnace and specially consists of the application of a jet or jets of steam or
compressed air placed opposite to or over the furnace doors or in any other
convenient position for the purpose of mechanically supplying fuel to the furnace
which may be regulated either by hand or automatically.
Opposite to or in any situation adjacent to the mouth of the furnace I place one
or more hoppers for receiving the fuel the lower end of the hopper being fitted
with a rotating worm, serrated rollers or other device for agitating the fuel and
thereby causing it to descend continuously through a delivery tube, at the lower
end of which is placed the above mentioned steam or air jet for discharging the
fuel.
I also propose to employ a suitably shaped plate or plates (and also deflectors
when necessary) for the purpose of properly spreading and distributing the stream
of fuel produced by the jet or jets.
June 15th 1896.
RICHARD SLOANE RICHARDS.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in the Furnaces of Steam Generators and Heating
Furnaces.
RICHARD SLOANE RICHARDS 2 Cleveland Road Ealing Middlesex Coal
Merchant 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:-
My invention relates to a contrivance for supplying coal or other fuel in the
form of dust, or in a fine state of division, or in the form known as small coal the
the furnace of a Cornish, Lancashire, multitubular or other boiler, or to smelting,
baking, or any other description of furnace, and specially consists of the application
of a jet or jets of steam or compressed air placed opposite to or over the furnace
door, or in any other convenient position for the purpose of mechanically supplying
fuel to the furnace, which may be regulated either by hand or automatically.
Opposite to or in any situation adjacent to the mouth of the furnace I place
one or more hoppers for receiving the fuel the lower end of the hopper being

page_text: fitted with a rotating, serrated rolls or other device for agitating the fuel and
thereby causing it to descend continuously through a delivery. tube at the lower
end of which is placed the above. mentioned steam or air jet for discharging
the fuel.
I further propose to employ a suitably shaped plate or plates (and also deflectors
when necessary) for the purpose of properly spreading and distributing the stream
of fuel produced by the jet or jets.
I dont confine myself to the precise form of apparatus.
The improved process and apparatus for supplying fuel to furnaces substantially
as described.
Dated this 23rd day of March 1897.
RICHARD SLOANE RICHARDS.