Improvements in Means for Delivering Coke from Coke Ovens into Trucks.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 5th May, 1892
Complete Specification Left, 20th Jan., 1893—Accepted, 25th Mar., 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Means for Delivering Coke from Coke Ovens into
Trucks.
I, RICHARD DE SOLDENHOFF, of 91 St. Mary Street, Cardiff, in the County
of Glamorgan, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
Heretofore, with very few exceptions, the coke hooked, pushed, or drawn, out of
coke ovens, is delivered to a bank in front thereof, and from that bank it is put into
trucks by forks, or it is first placed in barrows and then wheeled into the trucks.
An operation of this kind is a very expensive one, besides being very laborious.
I have therefore devised the following mechanical contrivances for substituting that
part of hand labour by machinery.
According to my invention I employ a carriage fitted with an engine and boiler,
and I provide such carriage with a table, which is capable of receiving the coke as
it is discharged from the ovens and of delivering it to the trucks in either a
continuous or an intermittent manner, the engine being so geared with the carriage
and table as to be capable of giving motion to either as may be required.
One method of carrying the invention into effect is by mounting a travelling
table consisting of an endless chain on a carriage capable of moving along the front
of the ovens on rails. The chain rests at the two ends upon drums, and is
supported intermediately of such drums by a series of rollers. The chain is composed
of links arranged so as to leave longitudinal spaces between them not exceeding
balf an inch in width, so that all the breeze gets separated from the solid coke.
The carriage which carries the said endless chain, carries also a steam engine and a
boiler, and the gearing is arranged in such a way that it gives motion to the endless
chain or to the carriage at will and either backward or forward. When the coke
is. delivered on to the endless chain, the latter starts and delivers the coke into a
truck or trucks situated on the siding running parallel to the ovens. The coke
may be trimmed by this arrangement by moving the carriage in the way it is
wished to have the coke delivered into the truck.
Or I may employ a strong carriage running parallel to the ovens on rails and in
the centre of which is situated a small steam engine and boiler. The whole of this
is enclosed in a turret, or is otherwise protected. Around the outside of the engine
and boiler, and upon the carriage, is mounted an annular travelling table placed on
rollers. To the turret or other fixed part is fixed a V or other shaped casting or
wiper, two points of the circumference of the turret being the base of the V. The
road upon which the table moves is so arranged that one point of the table may be
placed in front of the oven. The coke to be hooked, forced or drawn out, is
delivered on to the table and the latter moves gently in order to receive the whole
of the coke. When the coke out of the ovens has been put on the table, it is, in the
rotation of the table, brought to the V or other shaped casting or wiper, which
forces it off the table into the truck. By this arrangement the coke on the
revolving table will be pushed into the trucks by the revolving motion of the table.
The table is automatic. The engine is so geared with the table and carriage as to
be capable of revolving the table or of moving the carriage in either direction, as
required.
Or the carriage is provided with a floor or table on the same level as the floor of
the ovens.
The coke is hooked, pushed or dragged out of the ovens and delivered
The said floor or table is hinged strongly to the
The carriage is provided with two uprights, and
on to the said floor or table.
carriage on the furthest end.

page_text: each of those with pulleys. The end of the table nearest to the ovens is provided
with two chains, which pass over the pulleys situated on the tops of the uprights,
and these chains are attached to a-shaft preferably situated under the table on the
carriage. A small engine and boiler are, as before, situated on the carriage, but at
the side of the table, so that when the coke is delivered to the table and the trucks
are ready to be charged, the engine is started, so as to cause the chains to raise the
table, thereby causing the coke to slide into the trucks. Other suitable arrange-
ments of gearing from the engine to the table may be employed. The engine may,
at will, be clutched to the shaft, or unclutched from it and to the carriage, and in
this last case the carriage will move along the ovens, as before explained.
Dated this 5th day of Mar 1905
R. DE
SOLDENHOFF,
By Harris & Mills,
23, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Means for Delivering Coke from Coke Ovens into
Trucks.
I, RICHARD DE SOLDENHOFF, of 91 St. Mary Street, Cardiff, in the County
of Glamorgan, 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 :-
Heretofore, with very few exceptions, the coke hooked, pushed or drawn out of
coke ovens, has been delivered to a bank in front thereof, and from that bank it has
been put into trucks by. forks, or it has been first placed in barrows and then
wheeled into the trucks. An operation of this kind is a very expensive one, besides
being very laborious. I have therefore devised the following mechanical
contrivances for substituting that part of hand labour by machinery.
According to my invention I employ a strong carriage running parallel to the
ovens on rails, and in the centre of which is situated a small steam engine and
boiler. The whole of this is enclosed in a turret or is otherwise protected.
Around the outside of the engine and boiler and upon the carriage is mounted an
annular travelling table placed on rollers. To the turret or other fixed part is fixed
a V or other shaped casting or wiper, two points of the circumference of the turret.
being the base of the V. The road upon which the table moves is so arranged that
one point of the table may be placed in front of the oven. The coke to be booked,
forced or drawn out, is delivered on to the table and the latter revolves gently in
order to receive the whole of the coke. When the coke out of the ovens has been
put on the table, it is, in the rotation of the table, brought to the V or other shaped
casting or wiper, which forces it off the table into the truck. By this arrangement
the coke on the revolving table will be pushed into the trucks by the revolving
motion of the table. The table is automatic. The engine is so geared with the
table and carriage as to be capable of revolving the table or of moving the carriage
in either direction as required.
And in order that my said invention may be more clearly understood and readily
carried into effect, I will proceed, aided by the accompanying drawings, more fully
to describe the same.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
Figure 1 is a vertical section and Figure 2 is a plan partly in section. of the
arrangement I adopt in carrying my invention into effect.
In both figures like parts are indicated by similar letters of reference.
a a represent the floors of a series of coke ovens arranged in a row.
b is a truck;
which runs on rails c c parallel with the fronts of the ovens, and d is a coke delivering

page_text: carriage, which runs on rails e e also parallel with the fronts of the ovens, and
between the latter and the rails c c.
In front of each oven is a trough or shoot a', on to which the coke is first delivered,
and the outer edge of such trough or shoot extends a short distance over the outer
edge of the annular revolving table f mounted on the carriage d in the following
manner. On the underside of the table fare two annular rails f' formed with
flanges, and such annular rails frest and travel upon two sets of rollers d¹ &
carried by the carriage d, the flanges f serving to keep the annular table ƒ in
proper position on said rollers d¹ d³.
The carriage d has fixed in the centre thereof a steam boiler g and a pair of
cylinders h h, which latter, by their pistons, give motion to a crank shaft i. The
carriage is provided with wheels dd running on the rails e e, and such
wheels d d are fixed to axles dd, one of which latter receives motion from the
crank shaft i by gearing i, j, j', d, by which means the carriage d is caused to
travel in the required direction along the rails e e.
The annular table has on its underside an annular rack f³, into which gears a
pinion fixed on a shaft k, which latter receives motion from the crank shaft i by
gearing, k. By these means the annular table is capable of being rotated to
receive the coke from the ovens and to deliver it to the trucks.
The engine and boiler are preferably protected by a turret 1 surrounding the
same, and such turret carries a V shaped casting or wiper m, which latter, as the
coke is brought against it by the rotation of the table f, causes such coke to be
swept off the said table into the truck for the time being in position to receive
the coke.
The shaped casting or wiper m may be fixed to the turret 7, but it is preferably
mounted by its base in grooves formed in the turret, and it is capable of being
raised and lowered by a chain n' and crab winch n worked by hand as shown; or
the chain n¹ may be operated by suitable gearing from the engine.
The various gearings giving motion from the engine to the annular table f, to
the running wheels and to the wiper m, are so arranged that any of them
can be thrown into or out of gear and the direction of motion reversed when required.
I have not thought it necessary to show these arrangements as they are well
understood and separately form no part of my present invention.
The apparatus herein shown and described is fitted with horizontal engines and
boiler, but, if desired, vertical engines and boiler may be used and other arrange-
ments of gearing adopted without departing from the peculiar character of my
invention.
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. In apparatus for delivering coke from coke ovens into trucks, the combination
of a carriage d with wheels d running on rails e e parallel with the oven fronts, a
revolving annular table mounted on such carriage, a motor and suitable gearing
on the apparatus giving forward motion to the carriage d and rotary motion to the
annular table f, a casting or wiper m fixed to the engine turret or casing 1 on the
delivery side of the carriage and acting to sweep off the coke from the annular
table as the latter brings the coke into contact with the same, and means for
raising and lowering the casting or wiper m, substantially as herein shown and
described.
2. An automatic apparatus for delivering coke from coke ovens into trucks, such
apparatus consisting essentially of a carriage d with wheels d' running on rails e e,
an annular revolving table f mounted on such carriage, which table receives the
coke from the coke ovens on one side of the carriage and, by bringing the coke
against a fixed wiper on the other side of the carriage, delivers the coke to a truck,
substantially as herein shown and described.
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page_text: 3. In means for delivering coke from coke ovens into trucks, the combination
and arrangement of apparatus substantially as herein shown and described.
Dated this 20th day of January 1893.
R. DE SOLDENHOFF,
By Harris & Mills,
23, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents