Improvements in or relating to Regenerators and other like Heating Apparatus.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 31st July, 1896-Accepted, 5th Sept., 1896
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or relating to Regenerators and other like Heating
Apparatus.
I, JOSEF FRIEDRICH CUSTOR, of Saarbrücken on the Saar, in the German Empire,
Civil Engineer, 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, reference being had to the accompanying drawings and to
the letters and figures marked thereon, that is to say :-
This invention has reference to improvements in or relating to regenerators and other
like heating apparatus, whereby any variations in pressure and temperature of the
heating gases, over the transverse area of the regenerator, are equalized.
Regenerators and other like heating apparatus, as at present constructed, are
defective in that the chimney draught is not uniform throughout their entire
transverse sectional area. Thus, for instance, in Cowper's regenerators, the heating
gases pass much more readily through certain of the cells, while others do not receive
their fair proportion.
Now, in order to obviate this defect, I employ bricks, tiles, or tubes, which may be
arranged in the form of a grating or lattice work, and having perforations or orifices
in them; or I employ bricks or tiles which are so shaped that, when put together,
they form holes or chaunels. Through these orifices, or channels, not only does an
exchange of heat take place, but, what is of greater importance, they also bring about
equal conditions of pressure. Such bricks or tiles, employed in beating apparatus,
allow of regular communication taking place between all the cells, and, at the same
time, form a kind of regulator for the chimney draught. Moreover, the useful area
of the bricks or tiles is increased while, at the same time, their weight is
diminished.
In the drawings,
Fig. 1 shows, in perspective view, a single row of my improved perforated, and
shaped, bricks or tiles, a being the bricks or tiles and q the orifices or perforations
therein; m shows the shaped bricks or tiles which, when put together, form the holes
or channels g.
Fig. 2 is a transverse section of a heating apparatus showing the arrangement of
the bricks or tiles in position.
From this, it will at once be seen that the desired object can be readily obtained
by means of the bricks or tiles of the kind characterized, or of a similar kind.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my inven-
tion, and in what manner the same may be performed, I declare that what
I claim is :-
In regenerators and other like heating apparatus, the construction, arrangement,
and use, of bricks, tiles, or tubes, having openings in them of any desired form, or of
bricks or tiles so shaped that when put together they form holes or channels, thereby
promoting the equalization of the circulation and pressure of the heating gases, as
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page_text: well as diminishing the weight of the bricks or tiles, while, at the same time,
increasing their superficies, substantially as described.
Dated this 31st day of July 1896.
ERNEST DE PASS,
Chartered Patent Agent,
78, Fleet Street, London, and 54, Market Street, Nottingham,
Agent for the Applicant.