IMPROVEMENTS IN STOVES OR APPARATUS FOR DRYING OR HEATING BRICKS OR OTHER ARTICLES
Year: 1884

page_text: I, JAMES PARKER, of 8 Hill Street, Kilmarnock, in the County of Ayr, North
Britain, Fireclay Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of any said invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN STOVES OR APPARATUS FOR DRYING OR HEATING BRICKS
OR OTHER ARTICLES" to be as follows:—
My said Invention relates to stoves or apparatus for drying or heating bricks and
more especially to the heating of such stoves or apparatus by means of steam which
may be the exhaust steam from a steam engine or otherwise inexpensively obtained;
and my Invention is also advantageously applicable in all cases in which the
temperature obtainable by means of steam is sufficient for drying or heating articles
of any kind.
"
Stoves of the kind referred to have constructed beneath the floor flues like those
which have long been used for drying or heating by means of fire gases froin a
furnace. Such flues have formerly been covered by "covers or slabs of firebrick
or common brick; but when steam is blown into such flues the covers of the flues
become saturated with moisture due to the condensation of the steam which
seriously hinders the action of the heat on the bricks or other articles placed on or
above the floor. Iron plates have been used as covers for the flues but have been
found objectionable because of their too rapidly losing the heat imparted to them.
By my present Invention the difficulties indicated are satisfactorily overcome by
covering the flues with " covers or slabs of fire brick or common brick glazed on
the under surface and upon the edges. Any kind of glazing may be used for the
purpose but it must be applied with care so as to completely cover the surfaces
subjected to the contact of the steam. With these improved "covers
"the heating
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by steam is rendered practically successful and unobjectionable, as the moisture
does not penetrate into or through the " covers.
Dated this thirteenth day of March 1884.
EDMUND HUNT,
Applicant's Agent,

page_text: I, JAMES PARKER, of 8 Hill Street Kilmarnock, in the County of Ayr, North
Britain, Fireclay Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of my said invention
for "IMPROVEMENTS IN STOVES OR APPARATUS FOR DRYING OR HEATING BRICKS
OR OTHER ARTICLES" and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be
particularly described and ascertained in and by the following statement, that is
to say :-
My said Invention relates to stoves or apparatus for drying or heating bricks and
more especially to the heating of such stoves or apparatus by means of steam which
may be the exhaust steam from a steam engine or otherwise inexpensively obtained;
and my Invention is also advantageously applicable in all cases in which the
temperature obtainable by means of steam is sufficient for drying or heating articles
of any kind,
"
Stoves of the kind referred to have constructed beneath the floor flues like those
which have long been used for drying or heating by means of fire gases from a
furnace. Such flues have formerly been covered by covers or slabs of firebrick
or common brick; but when steam is blown into such flues the covers of the flues
become saturated with moisture due to the condensation of the steam which
seriously hinders the action of the heat on the bricks or other articles placed on or
above the floor. Iron plates have been used as covers for the flues but have been
found objectionable because of their too rapidly losing the heat imparted to them.
By my present Invention the difficulties indicated are satisfactorily overcome by
covering the flues with "covers" or slabs of firebrick or common brick glazed on
the under surface and upon the edges. Any kind of glazing may be used for the
purpose but it must be applied with care so as to completely cover the surfacos
subjected to the contact of the steam. With these improved "covers
"the heating
by steam is rendered practically successful and unobjectionable, as the moisture
does not penetrate into or through the "covers."
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 stoves or apparatus for drying or heating bricks or other articles and which
are heated by means of steam passing through flues formed beneath the floor; the
covering of the said Blues with " covers or slabs of firebrick or common brick
which are glazed on their under sides and edges substantially as and for the
purpose herein before described.
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