Improvement in the Filling of Scoops for Charging Retorts in Gas Works.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 13th Aug., 1890
Complete Specification Left. 12th May, 1897-Accepted, 31st July, 1897
Date of Applica 11, Town Aug.
Complete Specification Left. 12th May, 1897-Accepted, 31st July, 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvement in the Filling of Scoops for Charging Retorts in
Gas Works.
CHARLES WILLIAM LYON, Engineer, Thornhill Lees Dewsbury Yorkshire, GEORGE
DEIGHTON Gas Engineer Gas Villa Ripon Road Harrogate Yorkshire. We do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This Invention has for its object an Improved method of filling Scoops for
Charging Gas Retorts with Coal, in such a manner as to require less labour than
heretofore. Instead of depositing the Coal on the Retort House Floor & filling the
Scoops by hand shovels as is usually done, we provide a truck or Hopper Wagon to
carry a quantity of Coal designed in such a manner that the coal will gradually fall
to the bottom of the Hopper in proportion to the amount taken out, at the bottom
of the Hopper or side or end is provided an opening which may be fitted with slide
door or not as desired, oposite this opening a shaft revolves carrying a number of
blades fixed in such a manner that the coal as it leaves the Hopper by gravitation
falls on to these blades & they earry it forward & fill the scoop which is laid on
suitable bearings parallel with the blade or feeding shaft, the blade arrangement
regulates the amount of Coal put into the Scoop & is provided with Wheel Gear
worked by hand or other power.
Dated this 10th day of August 1896.
CHARLES WILLIAM LION.
GEORGE DEIGHTON.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvement in the Filling of Scoops for Charging Retorts in
Gas Works.
CHARLES WILLIAM LYON, Engineer, Thornhill Lees, Dewsbury, GEORGE DEIGHTON,
Gas Engineer Gas Villa Ripon Road Harrogate Yorkshire. We 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 :-
This Invention has for its object an Improved method of filling Scoops, for charging
Gas Retorts with Coal, in such a manner as to require less labour than heretofore,
instead of depositing the coal on the Retort house Floor & filling the Charging
Scoops by shovel as is usually done, we provide a truck or Hopper Wagon to carry a
quantity of coal made in such a manner that the coal will gradually fall to the
bottom of the Hopper, in proportion to the amount taken out, at the bottom of the
hopper, or side, or end is provided an opening which may be fitted with a door or
not as desired, opposite the opening a shaft revolves carrying a number of blades fixed

page_text: in such a manner that the coal as it leaves the hopper by gravitation falls on to the
blades & they carry it forward and fill the scoop which is laid on suitable bearings
parallel with the blade or feeding shaft, the blade arrangement regulates the amount
of Coal put into the scoop and is provided with Wheel Gear worked by hand or other
power.
Fig. 1 shews end view of part of Hopper Wagon fitted with the scoop filling
arrangement. A is the scoop which rests on the runners B which are fixed as
shewn on the Angle Irons C. On the revolving Shaft D are keyed two castings E to
which are bolted two, three or more blades, on the drawing three blades F', are shewn,
the shaft D is carried by two bearings G which are fastened to the Framework of the
Wagon.
The end of the shaft D is fitted with a spur wheel H which runs in Gear with an
Idle wheel J which again runs in Gear with a spur wheel K, to this spur wheel is
bolted the handle L by which the machine is worked by hand power. By turning
the handle L in the direction shewn by the arrow on the spur wheel K Fig. 1, the
motion will be communicated by the spur wheel J to the spur wheel H which is
keyed on to the shaft D which carries the blades F, as the Coal falls on the blades F
it is carried forward and falls by gravitation into the scoop A. Above the blade
arrangement F is fixed a Door M working on the pin N so as to admit of large coal
being carried over by the blades F. It is not necessary for the Hopper carrying the
scoop to be the length of the scoop, as the scoop rests on the runners B, when the
portion of the scoop opposite the Blade arrangement is filled, the scoop may be pushed
forward on the runners B and another portion of the scoop filled.
Having now particularly described & ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is :
1st. A Hopper Wagon constructed for supplying or filling scoops with coal, by the
use of the blade arrangement substantially as herein described with reference to
Figs. 1 and 2.