Apparatus for Crushing and Discharging Olinkers and the like.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 14th Nov., 1892
Complete Specification Left, 24th July, 1893—Accepted, 16th Sept., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Apparatus for Crushing and Discharging Olinkers and the like.
I, PIERRE BONY, of 65 Rue Bugeaud Lyons in the Republic of France,
Engineer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of this invention is to provide an apparatus principally for use in the
stoke holes of steam ships or other confined situations, for receiving and discharging
from the vessel or place ashes and refuse, the said apparatus being also provided
with a
crushing device for reducing clinkers and the like into suitably small pieces
for discharge.
The apparatus is of the following nature; Over a suitable receptacle of sheet iron
or other material is placed a crusher comprising two jaws, one being moved by
power as hereinafter described, the other supported by springs so that should any
very hard piece of material such as a piece of a firebar be thrown in with the
ashes etc. this jaw will give to the pressure and the crusher will not be broken;
such a piece of hard material will be held by the crusher until observed by the
attendant who, after stopping the machine, should remove the hard piece to
be otherwise disposed of. It is preferable to make the crushing faces so that the
interval between them presents a corrugated or zigzag appearance in plan to avoid
straight pieces, such as longer pieces of fire bar etc. falling straight through into the
receptacle beneath the crusher.
Near the crusher is placed a pump the plunger of which is driven by a piston
moving in a cylinder supplied with steam, a cross head on the rod connecting
plunger and piston gives rotary movement through a crank to a shaft connected by
multiplying gear to a second shaft which gives rocking movement to the movable
jaw of the crusher.
The suction pipe of the pump is provided with a stop cock and the delivery pipe
of the pump passes to the bottom of the ash receptacle and is continued beyond the
same to a suitably arranged outlet for discharge.
A movable door or flap divides the crusher from the ash receptacle.
This apparatus is intended to be used as follows; The flow of water to the pump
is shut off by the stop cock and the door under the crusher opened, steam is turned
on to the cylinder and the crusher is set in action. The clinkers and refuse of the
fires are thrown into the crusher and fall into the receptacle thereunder. When
this is filled the attendant closes the door between crusher and receptacle and opens
the stop cock allowing water to feed the pump. The pump washes the water along
the delivery pipe and clears the receptacle carrying away the ashes and other
contents thereof with the stream of water to the discharging orifice at the end of
the delivery pipe. When the receptacle is clear, the water supply to the pump is
cut off. A cock about midway up the receptacle is opened to drain some of the
water therefrom and is again closed and the door under the crusher again opened.
The apparatus is then ready for recharging as before.
Dated this 14th day of November 1892.
R. HADDAN,
Agent for Applicant.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Apparatus for Crushing and Discharging Clinkers and the like.
I, PIERRE BONY, of 65 Rue Bugeaud, Lyons, in the Republic of France,
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 :-
The object of this invention is to provide an apparatus principally for use in the
stoke holes of steam ships or other confined situations, for receiving and discharging
from the vessel or place ashes and refuse, the said apparatus being also provided
with a crushing device for reducing clinkers and the like into suitably small pieces
for discharge.
The apparatus is of the following nature: Over a suitable receptacle of sheet
iron or other material is placed a crusher comprising two jaws, one being moved by
power as hereinafter described, the other supported by springs so that should any
very hard piece of material such as a piece of a fire-bar be thrown in with
the ashes etc., this jaw will give to the pressure and the crusher will not be broken;
such a piece of hard material will be held by the crusher until observed by the
attendant who. after stopping the machine, should remove the hard piece to
be otherwise disposed of. It is preferable to make the crushing faces so that the
interval between them presents a corrugated or zig-zag appearance in plan to avoid
straight pieces, such as longer pieces of fire-bar etc., falling straight through into
the receptacle beneath the crusher.
Near the crusher is placed a pump the plunger of which is driven by a piston
moving in a cylinder supplied with steam, a cross head on the rod connecting
plunger and piston gives rotary movement through a crank to a shaft connected by.
multiplying gear to a second shaft which gives rocking movement to the movable
jaw of the crusher.
The suction and delivery pipes of the pump are provided with a valve and the
delivery pipe of the pump passes to the bottom of the ash receptacle and is
continued beyond the same to a suitably arranged outlet for discharge.
A movable door or flap divides the crusher from the ash receptacle.
This apparatus is intended to be used as follows:
The flow of water to the pump is shut off by the stop cock and the door under
the crusher opened, steam is turned on to the cylinder and the crusher is set in action.
The clinkers and refuse of the fires are thrown into the crusher and fall into the
receptacle thereunder. When this is filled the attendant closes the door between
crusher and receptacle and adjusts the valves allowing water to be discharged by
the pump to the receptacle. The pump washes the water along the delivery pipe
and clears the receptacle, carrying away the ashes and other contents thereof with
the stream of water to the discharging orifice at the end of the delivery pipe.
When the receptacle is clear, the water supply to the pump is cut off and air
pumped to clear the receptacle, the door under the crusher is again opened and the
apparatus is then ready for recharging as before.
The apparatus is illustrated by the annexed drawing in which similar letters
refer to similar parts; Fig. 1 representing a longitudinal section of the apparatus
on the line A B of Fig. 3. Fig. 2 a side elevation and Fig. 3 a section on the
line CD of Fig. 1. Fig. 4 a section of the pump on line E F Fig. 1 and
Figs. 5 to 7 the three valve positions corresponding to the phases of action of the
pump.
a represents the crusher receiving the dust, ashes and slag, n the movable jaw,
m the spring supported jaw, b the charging hopper, c automatically closing door of
the receiver, d the receiver, steam cylinder, directly actuating the pump and
likewise actuating the crusher by the medium of gearing e' crank e and cross
head double acting piston-pump, g valves operated simultaneously by means of

page_text: gearing g', crank commanding the valves, i dial plate, indicating the periods of
function of the apparatus and executing on the dial-plate the same phases
of rotation as are performed by the valves, j inlet pipe communicating with the
sea, delivery pipe for the materials debouching above the water level, is a
manhole to the receiver d, f¹ is an air chamber and a safety-valve to the pump.
The action of the apparatus is divided in three distinct periods or phases, which
are repeated always in the same order.
1. The filling. While charging through the hopper b, the door c being previously
open, the pump sucks sea water and discharges it (Fig. 5) without passing through
the apparatus.
2. Extraction. When the receiver is presumed to be sufficiently full, the door c
is closed and the valves g are turned till the indicator points to "extracting." The
pump then sucks sea-water, discharges the same into the receiver and thence
through the pipe k carrying with it the contents of the receiver.
3. Clearing. The extraction of the matters being finished, as indicated by the
fall of the pressure, shown on a gauge fitted to the pump, the indicating hand is
placed on the point "Clearing." During this period the pump sucks in air and
discharges same into the receiver, until this air has.completely or partially driven
out the water contained in the apparatus; the falling of the pressure observed on
the gauge again indicates the end of this operation.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that
what I claim is :-
The apparatus adapted to crush and discharge clinkers, ashes, slag and the like
from stoke holes of steam-ships, comprising in combination a crusher, preferably
with a spring supported jaw and zig-zag faces to its jaws, a pump driven by the
steam piston and cylinder operating the crusher, a receiver for the crushed refuse
and suction and delivery pipes with valves arranged for the extraction and clearing
of the contents of said receiver substantially as herein described.
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R. HADDAN;
Herbert Haddan & Co.,
18, Buckingham Street, Strand, London, Agent for Applicant.