An Improved Apparatus for Drying Clay or other like Articles or Substances.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 25th Feb., 1893
Con plete Specification Left, 25th Nov., 1893-Accepted, 3rd Feb., 1894
TRUVIDIONAL DIECIFICATION.
An Improved Apparatus for Drying Clay or other like Articles
or Substances.
I. ROBERT TAYLOR Brick Manufacturer Kingston Harton South Shields
County Durham do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
A method of drying clay or other soft substances by steam or fire at a great
saving of fuel.
The floor of the place where articles are to be dried to be levelled or concreted
and metal or iron sheets to be supported by pillars from 3 to 18 inches high whereby
the heat is equally divided all over the surface at an equal temperature thus giving
better results from drying.
Dated thin got da of Dabo1002
ROBERT TAYLOR.
GUMI LEIDDI MUITIATION.
An Improved Apparatus for Drying Olay or other like Articles
or Substances.
I, HANNAH HALL (wife of Joseph Hall) otherwise TAYLOR of Kingston,
Harton, South Shields in the County of Durham, Administratrix of the estate of
the deceased applicant, 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 an improved apparatus for drying clay or other like
articles or substances and consists in a structural arrangement of the hot floor
whereby better results may be obtained in drying the materials placed thereon.
I will explain the improved construction with reference to the accompanying
drawings in which Figure 1 shows a general plan view of a drying floor, Figure 2
being an enlarged plan view of a part of the same showing how the flouring plates
are supported, secured and arranged; Figure 3 is a descriptive section on line y in
Figure 2 and in the following description like marks of reference designate like
parts.
Referring to the drawings, it will be observed that I cover the area of the drying
floor with metal plates M which are supported in T-shaped metal bearers B the
latter being carried on brick walls W around the boundaries of the drying floor
and on brick pillars W' inside the said boundaries.
It will be observed that in order to secure a perfectly level surface of flooring
plates, the upper webs B¹ of certain bearers are continued beyond the side flauges
so that the projecting edges E thus formed may rest on the side flanges of other
bearers while the side flanges of those bearers having such projections abut against
the side flanges of other bearers so as to be level therewith.
The tops of the projecting edges E and plates M are designed to be level with
the tops of the webs B₁ so that the combination of bearers projections and flooring
plates forms one level surface underneath which steam or hot air is caused to
circulate in any convenient manner so as to heat the flooring plates on which the
clay or other like articles are placed for drying purposes.

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The plates M may be panelled on their under surfaces so as to maintain their
strength while increasing their properties for conducting heat to the drying surface.
The floor underneath the drying floor level may be concreted over or brick-paved
so as to maintain the temperature between this floor and the plate-drying floor
above it.
All joints in the metal flooring may be made steam or airtight by the insertion
of china clay or other cement therebetween.
The flooring plates may be bolted to the bearers as shown in Figures 2 and 3,
the bolt-heads being countersunk in the plates and the bolt holes in the bearers may
be oval or elongated to admit of the expansion of the plates when heated.
By the improved construction described a considerable saving in fuel and
improved results in drying may be obtained.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what: manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is :-
1. The improved drying floor for drying clay or other like articles consisting in
the combination of supporting pillars bearers and iron plate-flooring substantially
as herein set forth.
2. The improved drying floor arranged and constructed substantially as and for
the purposes herein described and illustrated in the accompanying drawings.
· Dated this 23rd day of November 1893.
A. CRAWHALL CHAPMAN,
3, St. Nicholas Buildings, Newcastle-on-Tyne, Patent Agent.