Improvements in Machinery and Apparatus for Conveying Coke, Coal, Stone, and other Material.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 1st May, 1899
Complete Specification Left, 1st Feb., 1900-Accepted, 17th Mar., 1900
Improvements in Machinery and Apparatus for Conveying Coke, Coal,
Stone, and other Material.
I, WILLIAM JOHN JENKINS, Civil Engineer, of 125, Thrumpton Lane, East
Retford, in the County of Nottingham, do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion to be as follows:-
This invention for improvements in machinery and apparatus for conveying
coke, coal, stone and other material relates to improvements in apparatus for
which Letters Patent No. 23770 of 1895 were granted to Joseph de Brouwer in
which the coke falls into a trough and is carried forwards by cross bars extending
between two parallel chains forming the conveyer; and has for its objects the
reduction of wear and tear and the addition of means for renewal without
disturbing the general structure of the conveyer.
This invention consists in the addition to the floor or bottom of the trough or
gutter of the conveyer of a plate of any required thickness and two angle or
Hat metal strips or runners for holding the plate in position and for forming
surfaces upon which the wearing portion of the chains run when working. The
trough or gutter may be of any convenient shape but instead of the material to
be conveyed resting directly on the bottom of the gutter I interpose a renewable
plate for the purpose of taking up the wear which may arise from the constant
friction between the material and the bottom of the gutter. This plate is made
in pieces of any convenient length and laid in the bottom of the gutter and each
piece has both ends tapered off in the same direction so that one end overlaps the
next piece while the other end is overlapped by the corresponding taper of the
following piece. The pieces are held in position on the bottom of the gutter or
trough by means of two angle or flat bars, one bolted or otherwise fixed so as
to be easily movable to one side of the gutter or trough while the other is fixed
in exactly the same manner to the other side. These strips form the wearing
surfaces upon which the chains run and thus serve the two purposes.
This invention also relates to the chains used in connection with the other
parts to form a conveyer as specified in Letters Patent No. 23770 of 1895. With
the object of simplifying the chain the side links are forged or cast with bosses on
each end which bosses meet in the centre of the corresponding block link and
are then held together by means of a small rivet passing through the bosses of
the two side links to keep them from coming apart when in work.
Dated this 1st day of May 1899
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
40, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., igenis.

page_text: Improvements in Machinery and Apparatus for Conveying Coke, Coal,
Stone, and other Material.
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I, WILLIAM JOHN JENKINS, of No. 125, Thrumpton Lane, East Retford, in the
County of Nottingham, Civil Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
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This invention of improvements in conveying apparatus relates to improve-
ments in apparatus for which Letters Patent No. 23770 of 1895 were granted to
Joseph de Brouwer and has for its objects the reduction of wear and tear and
the addition of means for renewal without disturbing the general structure of
the conveyor. This invention consists in the addition to the floor or bottom of
the trough or guiter of the conveyor of a plate of any required thickness and
two angle or flat metal strips or rurners for holding the plate in position and for
forming surfaces upon which the wearing portion of the chains run when work-
ing. The trough or gutter may be of any convenient shape but instead of the
material to be conveyed resting directly on the bottom of the gutter I interpose
a renewable plate for the purpose of taking up the wear which may arise from
the constant friction between the material and the bottom of the gutter. This
plate is made in pieces of any convenient length and laid in the bottom of the
gutter and each piece has both ends tapered off in the same direction so that one
end overlaps the next piece while the other end is overlapped by the correspond-
ing taper of the following piece. The pieces are held in position on the bottom
of the gutter or trough by means of two angle or flat bars, one bolted or other-
wise fixed so as to be easily movable to one side of the gutter or trough while the
other is fixed in exactly the same manner to the other side. These strips form
the wearing surfaces upon which the chains run and thus serve the two purposes.
This invention also relates to the chains used in connection with the other
parts to form a conveyor as specified in Letters Patent No. 23770 of 1895. With
the object of simplifying the chain I make the block links in the same form
shewn in the aforesaid specification and drawing, but the side links are forged or
cast with bosses on each side link which bosses meet in the centre of the corre
sponding block link and are then held together by means of a small rivet passing
through the bosses of the two side links to keep them from coming apart when
in work.
In the accompanying sheet of illustrative drawings Fig. I is a transverse section
of a conveyor trough constructed according to this invention and Fig. 2 is a
longitudinal section of the same. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of a chain for
conveyors constructed according to this invention and Fig. 4 is a plan partly in
section of the same.
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The bottom of the trough a is lined with metal plates or strips having the
ends tapered off as shown at c. The plates bare kept in place by the angle irons d
bolted to the sides of the conveyor. The angle irons d serve also as a bearing for
the conveyor chains. The conveyor chain consists of block links e, side links f
and rivets g-
The side links fare formed with bosses h that work in and meet
in the centre of holes at the ends of the block links. The rivet g keeps the part
in place.
The invention is also capable of being applied to a cast iron trough in the
same manner for the same purpose,

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is:-
1. A conveyor trough consisting of a trough proper, renewable bottom plates,
and side angle irons substantially as described for the purpose specified.
2. The improved conveyor trough substantially as described with reference to
the drawings.
3. A conveyor chain substantially as described with reference to the drawings.
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
40. Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents.