Improvements in or relating to Means or Apparatus for Breaking or Crushing Coke, Lime, and the like.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 12th May, 1899
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Date of Application, 12th May, 1899
Complete Specification Left, 20th Nov., 1899--Aucepted, 0th Jan., 1800
Improvements in or relating to Means or Apparatus for Breaking or
Crushing Coke, Lime, and the like.
I, VINCENT ROBERTS, of 11A, Cherry Row, Lincoln Fields, Leeds, in the County.
of York, Heating Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
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This invention relates to apparatus for breaking or crushing coke, lime, or
the like, all of which are included in the term coke." and its object is to
produce a simple, comparatively inexpensive, and efficient machine, that may be
readily operated either by hand or power (preferably-though not necessarily.
so, the former) for breaking or crushing coke into small pieces for use in
heating apparatus, domestic fire-places or ranges, and the like, whereby the coke
may be burnt or used with greater economy than in the ordinary manner.
According to this invention the apparatus consists of, say, a rectangular hopper
or boxlike framework, of any suitable size, made in one, or a number of pieces
bolted or otherwise fixed together. One of the sides of the hopper or boxlike
framework is hinged or pivotted in fixed or adjustable bearings at its upper
end, so that its lower and free end may be capable of being forced or pressed.
inwards by, say, lever mechanism to be presently described, for breaking or
crushing purposes. The whole or any portion of the interior of the boxlike
framework may be provided with angular or other projections or corrugations
arranged so that the said projections or corrugations on one part, say the hinged
or pivotted side will fit or pass into those arranged opposite to them for aiding
in breaking or crushing the coke.
In suitable fixed or adjustable bearings at or near the lower portion of the
hopper, or boxlike framework may be mounted a horizontal shaft. The hori-
zontal shaft is arranged outside of the hinged or pivotted side, and on the shaft
is mounted any desired number of cams, say, for example, two, each arranged
to work against a runner or pulley mounted in suitable bearings arranged in,
or on, or fixed to the hinged or pivotted side.
An intermittent radial reciprocating motion is given to the shaft and cams
by, say, compound levers arranged as follows:-
On the said shaft is mounted a lever which may or may not be provided with
a slotted end. The free or slotted end of this lever is connected, by means of
an adjustable or other connecting rod or bar, to the slotted or other end of a
second lever which is pivotted, at a suitable distance from its slotted or other
end, to the upper portion of the hopper or boxlike framework and its free end
forms a handle for operating by hand the levers, shaft, and cams for actuating
the hinged or pivotted side for crushing or breaking purposes.
Instead of actuating the levers, shaft. and cams by hand they may be operated
by power conveyed thereto by any ordinary and suitable means.
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page_text: Improvements in or relating to Means or Apparatus for Breaking or
Crushing Coke. Lime, and the like.
I, VINCENT ROBERTS, of 11A, Cherry Row, Lincoln Fields, Leeds, in the County
of York, Heating 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:-
This invention relates to apparatus hereafter termed the "crusher" for break-
ing or crushing coke, lime, or the like, all of which are included in the term
coke," and its object is to produce a simple, comparatively inexpensive, and
efficient machine that may be readily operated either by hand or power (prefer-
ably though not necessarily so-the former) for breaking or crushing coke into
small pieces for use in heating apparatus, domestic fire-places, or ranges, and
the like, whereby the coke may be burnt or used with greater economy than in
the present and ordinary manner :-
In the drawings hereunto annexed:
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Fig. 1, is a sectional elevation of a "crusher" constructed according to this
invention.
Fig. 2. a front elevation of a
crusher."
Fig. 3, an end elevation of same.
Fig. 4, a part plan.
Fig. 5, a sectional elevation on line a Fig. 1.
Like parts in all the views are marked with similar letters of reference.
The "crusher consists of, say, a rectangular hopper or boxlike framework A,
of any suitable size, made in one, or a number of pieces bolted or otherwise fixed
together. In the drawings the main portion of the framework A, that is to
say, one of its sides and the two ends, are shown in the drawings made in one
piece. Whilst the other side, which forms and is hereafter termed the movable
jaw B of the "crusher," of the hopper or boxlike framework A, is hinged or
pivoted at bin fixed or adjustable bearings «,-fixed bearings are shown in
the drawings, at its upper end, as shown, so that the lower and free end of the
movable jaw B may be capable of being forced or pressed inwards by, say, lever
mechanism to be presently described, for breaking or crushing purposes. The
whole of any portion of the interior, that is to say, the inner surfaces of the
boxlike framework A and movable jaw B, may be provided with angular or other
projections or corrugations respectively marked A and B. The projections B
of the movable jaw are arranged so that they will fit or pass into the spaces or
recesses between the projections A¹ arranged or formed on side portion of frame-
work A, that is, opposite to the movable jaw, for aiding in breaking or crushing
the coke.
In suitable fixed, or adjustable bearings C,-fixed bearings are shown in the
drawings, at or near the lower portion of the hopper, or boxlike framework A
is mounted a horizontal shaft D. The horizontal shaft D is arranged outside of
the movable jaw B, and on the shaft D is mounted any desired number of
cams E, say, for example, two, as shown, each arranged to work against a runner
or pulley F mounted in suitable bearings 62, arranged in, or on, or fixed to the
movable jaw B.
An intermittent radial reciprocating motion is given to the shaft D, and
cams E by say, compound levers arranged as follows:-
On the said shaft D is mounted a lever G which may or may not be provided
with a slotted end, as shown. The free and slotted end of the lever G is connected, by

page_text: means of an adjustable or other connecting rod or bar H,--a connecting rod of a
fixed length is shown,-to the slotted or other end of a second lever I which is
fulcrummed,--at a suitable distance from its slotted or other end,--to the upper
portion of the hopper or boxlike framework A; and the free end of the lever I
forms a handle for operating by hand, the levers G and H, shaft D, and cams E,
for actuating the movable jaw B for crushing or breaking purposes.
Instead of actuating the levers G and H, shaft and cams E by hand as just
described, the levers may be dispensed with and the movable jaw B operated
by power conveyed thereto by any ordinary and suitable means, such as, say, by the
camis mounted on shaft 1), which is made to rotate in its bearings.
The crusher" may be fixed to, say, a wall or pillar or other convenient
place by means of say, spikes, or bolts, arranged to pass through the holes in
the lugs I cast or otherwise formed on the framework A.
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:-
In means or apparatus for breaking or crushing coke, lime, and the like,
the combination of the framework A constructed as described with a movable
jaw hinged thereto and capable of being operated by hand by means of levers,
and cams, mounted or connected to a rocking shaft, or by power by cams mounted
upon a revolving shaft, all constructed and arranged substantially as herein
set forth and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
Dated this Seventeenth day of November 1899.