Engine Chimneys and Chimneys of all Kinds.
Year: 1887

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Engine Chimneys and Chimneys of all Kinds.
I CARL AUGUST FRIEDRICH WILHELM EBELING Manufacturer of Bernburg in
the Dukedom of Anhalt and German Empire 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 the invention hereinafter described is to arrest the flying ashes soot
and sparks from the smoke and gases escaping from the chimney and to carry them
off separately therefrom.
And in order that my invention may be easily understood and readily carried into
practice I will proceed to describe the same with reference to the accompanying
sheet of drawings.
With the tube piece a (of cylindrical or conical form according to the shape of the
chimney) this improved catcher is set in the chimney. The tube a is widened at b
to the tube piece c with sloping bottoms and contains in fixed or adjustable and
close connection with its outer wall c the funnel d which is open at the bottom and
forms a partition. Centrally to the funnel d and below the partition d, a funnel e is
placed which leaves sufficient space between the outer wall of the tube piece c and
the funnel d to permit the heated gases to circulate or pass round the funnel e.
Above the partition d is the cap closed at the top and having sufficient play in
the tube piece c. A cap g covers the catcher at the top.
The funnel e runs out below in a tube which leads to the ash box, to the flue, or
to any other collector and the object of which is to carry off the soot or ash
particles caught. By the arrangement of the funnels d and e the caps and and
the part e cylindrical channels I, II, III, and IV are obtained through which the
smoke and gases are led in a broken way and are thus compelled to give off the ash
and soot particles and sparks which they carry with them and to conduct same to the
funnel e and its outlet tube h.
In order to avoid a violent outrush of soot ash or sparks in consequence of a strong
draught a ring shaped plate is placed above the funnel d 'the object of which is
that the sparks ashes and soot carried up deposit themselves in the space formed

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a shut off plate k in the form of a cylinder case is provided which partially shuts off
the channel IV and catches the solid particles carried up by the smoke, these fall
over the cap and the funnel d or plate i into the funnel h."
The inclinations of the funnel d and plate the funnel e and the cap fare arranged
so that the arrested solid particles can easily fall down into the tube h.
The funnel d and the cap f can be made adjustable so as to enlarge or diminish at
will the free sections for the smoke and gases and thus to be able to regulate the
draught. Their adjustment can be effected by levers chains or by other means.
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 spark catcher, consisting of the tubo pieco c with cap g in which the adjustable
funnel d sloping downwards and open is placed the central funnel e which is set and
has play in the tube piece c and with its outlet tube serves to carry off the ashes
soot and sparks and the adjustable cap which is likewise set and has play in the
tube piece é also the ring i and the cylinder by which arrangement the smoke and
gases are compelled to traverse a path broken in many places and thus to give off
the ash particles soot and sparks which they may carry with them substantially as
set forth.