Improvements in Apparatus for Heating Green-houses and other Buildings with Water.
Year: 1891

page_text: Date of Application, 22nd Aug., 1891-Accepted, 26th Sept., 1891
COMPLETE STUITIVATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Heating Green-houses and other
Buildings with Water.
I, LUCIEN LINDEN, of 100, rue Belliard, Brussels, in the Kingdom of Belgium,
Director of the Société d'Horticulture do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described
nd ascertained in and by the following statement :-
My invention relates to an apparatus for heating green-houses and other buildings
with water.
I will proceed to point out the advantages of the present invention.
(1) My apparatus is provided with three separate fire places B, which can act
together or one or more alone according to the amount of heat required. A
considerable economy in the fuel may therefore be effected and the heat suitably
distributed in the green-houses buildings and the like..
(2) The interior of my improved apparatus comprises a special combination of
tubes and horizontal return water passages J, against which the flames impinge,
and which present a much greater heating surface than that provided in the
apparatus heretofore used for similar purposes.
J
This arrangement causes the flames as well as the smoke, to circulate for a
greater length of time in the apparatus and allows all the return water passages
and the pipes or tubes H containing the water to be brought into direct contact
with the heat produced.
The pipes or tubes H are placed in rows and between these the return water
passages Ꭻ are situated as illustrated in Figure 4.
These water passages may be made of various shapes, according to the arrange-
ment of the tubes, which is clearly shown in the drawing.
(3) Each fire place is provided below the grate with a plate M of sheet metal
adapted to slide in two grooves, so that when a fire place is not in operation the
respective plate may completely close the passage for the air and ensure the
necessary draught for supplying the fire places in action.
When one or more of the fireplaces are lit, these sliding plates must be
completely withdrawn.
(4) A door O provided at the lower part of the chimney, enables the apparatus
to be cleaned by water introduced under pressure into the fireplace and which as it
flows out carries with it into the ash pit all the deposits of soot and dust which may
have been deposited upon the return water passages and the pipes or tubes.
(5) The return tubes E attached to the bottom part of the boiler are provided at
their extremities with a pocket or receptacle K, having an escape valve in which
the deposits of all kinds formed in the water are collected daily and which thus
prevent a stoppage as also a twisting of the tubes so injurious in other systems of
boilers.
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In the accompanying drawing the apparatus is shown one tenth full size but it
be made of any desired dimensions.
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Figure 1 is a front elevation of the apparatus.
Figure 2 a longitudinal section.
Figure 3 a side view.
Figure 4 a tranverse section.
A, is the boiler in front elevation.
B, fire places.
C, chimney.
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page_text: H, pipes and tubes in the interior of the apparatus filled with water.
J, return water passages against which the flames impinge.
K, pocket or receptacle for the removal of deposits of any kind formed by the
water.
M, sliding plate below the grate for regulating the draught and intercepting the
passage of the air.
O, door for cleaning the apparatus.
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 :-
First. A heating apparatus having three or more fireplaces with a special
arrangement of tubes H combined with return water passages against which the
flames impinge, placed between rows of tubes as herein before described and shown
in the accompanying drawing.
Second. The general arrangement of the heating apparatus characterized in
Claim 1 with return tubes E, provided with a pocket or receptacle K for cleaning
purposes.
HASELTINE, LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, Agents for the Applicant.