Improvements in Means or Appliances for Facilitating the Operations of Charging and Drawing the Charges of certain Gas Retorts.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application. 1st July. 1890
Complete Specification Left, 25th Mar., 1891-Accepted, 9th May, 1691
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Means or Appliances for Facilitating the Operations
of Charging and Drawing the Charges of certain Gas Retorts.
I, JOHN RUSCOE, of Albion Works, Henry Street, Hyde in the County of
Chester, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My invention relates to improvements in means or appliances for facilitating
the operations of charging and drawing the charges of inclined or obliquely set gas
retorts, and my improvements, broadly stated, consist in combining with the door
or lid of the retort the stop block which regulates the position of the coal in the
retort and prevents it from descending into the mouthpiece.
In carrying out my improvements I combine the two parts by suitably con-
necting the stop block to the inner side of the door or lid of the retort in such a
manner that when the door or lid is opened after the coal has been carbonized and
before the retort is drawn, the stop block is withdrawn also; and, when the door
or lid is again closed, the stop block is by the same movement replaced ready for
the next charge.
may pivot the stop block to the door or lid or suspend it loosely therefrom or
attach it in any convenient and suitable way, and I may provide it with an anti-
friction roller or rollers in order to prevent any difficulty in forcing it back into its
place when closing the door or lid.
Deted this 20th dow of Luna 1000
H. B. BARLOW,
Agent for Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Means or Appliances for Facilitating the Operations
of Charging and Drawing the Charges of certain Gas Retorts.
1, JOHN RUSCOE, of Albion Works, Henry Street, Hyde in the County of
Chester, 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 :-
My invention relates to improvements in means or appliances for facilitating the
operations of charging and drawing the charges of inclined or obliquely set gas
retorts, and my inprovements, broadly stated, consists in combining with the door
or lid of the retort the stop block which regulates the position of the coal in the
retort and prevents it from descending into the mouthpiece.
And in order that my invention may be fully understood and readily carried into
effect I will describe the accompanying two sheets of drawings reference being had
to the figures and letters marked thereon.
Fig. 1 is a sectional elevation of an inclined gas retort the door or lid of which
has a stop block combined with it according to my invention.
Fig. 2 is a similar view showing an alternative arrangement of a combined retort
door and stop block, and
Fig. 3 is a plan of Fig. 2.
In these views a designates the retort, the door or lid and c the stop block.
In Fig. 1 the stop block is shown provided with a hook d which engages a
hollow projection e on the lid b. The stop block c has a projecting finger or
fingers c¹ so as to keep its front end at an angle corresponding to the incline of
the retort a, and in order to prevent any difficulty in forcing it back into its place

page_text: hen closing the door or lid b, an antifriction roller or rollers may be mounted on
he front end of the stop block.
In Figs. 2 and 3 the stop block c is hinged at f to a bracket a secured to the
door or lid b, the joint at f being so arranged that the stop block c can be turned
freely back in an upward direction but is only allowed to fall a certain distance
downward.
By combining the stop block with the door or lid in the manner shown and
described or in an equivalent manner it is obvious that when the door or lid
is opened after the coal has been carbonized and before the retort is drawn
the stop block is withdrawn also; and that when the door or lid is again
closed the stop block is by the same movement replaced ready for the next
charge.
It will be readily understood that the drawings are only intended as illustrations
of two out of the many modes in which the stop block can be combined with the
door or lid of a retort and that I do not desire to be in any sense limited to the
precise details shown and described as the same may be varied or modified without
departing from my invention.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed 1 declare that what I
claim is
The combination with the door or lid of an inclined or obliquely set gas
retort, of the stop block connected to the inner side of said door or lid sub-
stantially in the manner herein set forth or in an equivalent manner for the purpose
specified.
Dated this outh M
1001
H. B. BARLOW,
17, St. Ann's Square, Manchester, Agent for Applicant.