Improved Feed Water Heater for Steam Boilers.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Nov., 1892
Complete Specification Loft, 47th Aug 1003 Accented
23rd Sept
1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improved Feed Water Heater for Steam Boilers.
We JOHN LEWIS MAJOR of Sculcoates Hull Chemical Manufacturer and
JAMES HENDERSON of Sandal Wakefield Ironfounder do hereby declare the
nature of this invention to be as follows:-
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Our improvement consists in feeding the water into an open trough or troughs.
The said trough or troughs are suspended or fixed inside the boiler, in any way
found convenient, with the top above the water line.
The said trough or troughs may be fitted with partitions so as to increase the
circulation of the water which discharges into the boiler at the termination of the
said trough or troughs.
The object of this improvement is to obtain an increased temperature before the
discharge of the water into the boiler and to facilitate the deposit of sediment in
the said trough or troughs which may be easily removed.
Dated this Sixteenth day of November 1892.
J. LEWIS MAJOR.
JAMES HENDERSON.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improved Feed Water Heater for Steam Boilers.
We JOHN LEWIS MAJOR, of Sculcoates, Hull, Chemical Manufacturer, and
JAMES HENDERSON, of Sandal, Wakefield, Ironfounder, both in the County of
York, 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 :-
The object of this improvement is to obtain an increased temperature before the
discharge of the water into the boiler, and to facilitate the deposit of sediment into
a trough or troughs, which may easily be removed.
Fig. 1. is an elevation of feedwater trough within boiler.
Fig. 2. is a cross section of Fig. 1.
Fig. 3. is end view of outlet end.
Fig. 4. shows the joining connection of troughs.
Our improvement consists in feeding the water into an open trough or troughs A.
The said trough or troughs A. are suspended or fixed inside the boiler B, by
employing hangers from the top of the boiler, or by placing the troughs on bars
which rest upon the longitudinal stays of the boiler, where such stays are employed,
or in any way found most convenient, the trough or troughs being so placed that
the top C is always above the water line D. in the boiler.
The said trough or troughs may be fitted with partitions or division plates E, so
as to increase the circulation of the water, which discharges into the boiler at the
termination F. or any other suitable point of the trough or troughs.
The troughs may be of various suitable sizes and shapes, and of any suitable
material.
A settler or filter may be employed for passing the water through before it enters
the boiler.

page_text: A sludge cock or cocks may be connected with the bottom of the troughs for
drawing off any sediment.
More than one series of troughs may be employed in the boiler, being connected
at suitable points.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is :-
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For feedwater heaters, the use and employment of an open trough or trough
within boilers, the top of which is above the level of the water line in the boiler, for
the purposes shown and described.
Dated this Sixteenth dow of A1002
JOHN E. WALSH,
Savile Street, Hull, and Crossley Street, Halifax,
Agent for the Applicants.
JOHN E. WALSH,
Savile Street, Hull, and Crossley Street, Halifax,
Agent for the Applicants.