Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 11th Oct., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 4th July, 1891-Accepted, 22nd Aug., 1891
retorts forming the subject of a former
which the contents of the trucks are discharged direct into a shoot with which each
retort is provided.
The object of the present invention is to render a single shoot capable of serving
the whole of the retorts of a bench in which the retorts are on different levels.
For this purpose I employ a balanced shoot, the lower end of which may be
brought successively over the mouth of each retort to be charged.
The improved charging arrangement comprises,
(1) An adjustable shoot ;
(2) A fixed or movable charging mouth;
(3) A hopper truck.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this
Specification, Figure 1 of which represents a cross-sectional elevation of the inclined
retorts with the improved charging apparatus applied. Figures 2 and 4 are
elevations, and Figure 3 a plan, of the charging apparatus separately. Figure 5
is a horizontal section, on line 1-2 Figure 4. Figure 6 is an elevation of the
charging hopper.
My improved apparatus comprises a balanced shoot a of rectangular or other
section which is suspended vertically by chains and counterbalanced by weights c,
the chains passing round guide rollers e mounted upon a truck travelling on rails
above the retort,
The shoot a being balanced by the weights e which slide up and down in guide-
ways g, can be raised and lowered by means of the handles with facility.
The shoot is provided on the side next the retort with flap valves and it
terminates at bottom in a bend adapted to correspond with the mouth of the retort.
The shoot is supplied from hopper trucks running on rails laid along the top of
the bench of retorts which trucks may be brought opposite the inclined charging
mouth m fixed, in the present example, to the truck from which the shoot is suspended
to enable each of the trucks to be put in communication with the shoot a.
The trucks may be divided into three compartments, each of sufficient capacity
to contain a charge for one retort, cach compartment being provided with a false
bottom which is held closed by a latch capable of being readily released by lever l
to discharge the contents of the compartment into the shoot.
In Figure 1 the apparatus is shewn as applied for charging the lowermost
retorts n of the bench, the shoot a being here supported in position by a stop k
which is fixed on the shoot and rests on a strap encircling the shoot a and attached
to the charging mouth m.
The shoot is locked in its other position, that is to say for charging the retorts n² n³,
by stops 2k on the shoot engaging with a notch o of a lever hinged to the strap
above mentioned.
The shoot a has as many openings as there are tiers of retorts. These
openings are placed at the same distance apart as that which separates the tiers of
retorts so that communication between the hopper truck may be established with
either tier of retorts. These openings are closed by loosely hinged flaps.

page_text: In the case of benches of retorts placed back to back, the shoot would be adapted
to be rotated so as to serve both benches.
Dated this 11th day of October 1800
A. COLL.
By A. M. & Wm. Clark,
53, Chancery Lane, London, Patent Agents.
JUMI MIN SIMITUATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Charging Inclined Gas Retorts.
1, ANDRÉ COZE, Managing Director of The Gas Company of Rheims (Marne)
France, 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 apparatus for charging inclined gas
retorts forming the subject of a former Patent dated June 20th 1885, No. 7563; in
which cach retort is provided with a separate shoot.
The object of the present invention is to render a single shoot capable of serving
the whole of the retorts of a bench in which the retorts are on different levels.
For this purpose I employ a shoot the lower end of which may be brought to
correspond with the mouth of each retort to be charged while at the same time one
of several openings with which the shoot is provided corresponds with the feed
hopper outlet.
The improved charging arrangement comprises:
(1) An adjustable shoot ;
(2) A fixed or movable charging mouth ;
(3) A hopper truck.
Reference is to be had to the drawings accompanying my Provisional Specifica-
tion, Figure 1 of which represents a cross-sectional elevation of the inclined retorts
with the improved charging apparatus applied. Figures 2 and 4 are elevations, and
Figure 3 a plan, of the charging apparatus separately. Figure is a horizontal
section, on line 1-2 Figure 4. Figure 6 is an elevation of the charging hopper.
The
My improved apparatus comprises a shoot a of rectangular or other section which
is suspended vertically by chains and counterbalanced by weights e, the chains
passing round guide rollers e mounted upon a truck travelling on rails above the
retort. The shoot a being balanced by the weights c which slide up and down in
guide ways can be raised and lowered by means of the handles with facility.
The shoot is provided on the side next the retort with flap valves i and it terminates
at bottom in a bend adapted to correspond with the mouths of the retorts.
shoot is supplied from hopper trucks running on rails laid along the top of the bench
of retorts which trucks may be brought opposite the inclined charging mouth m
fixed, in the present example, to the truck from which the shoot is suspended to
enable each of the trucks to be put in communication with the shoot a. The trucks
may be divided into three compartments each of sufficient capacity to contain a
charge for one retort, said compartments being each provided with a false bottom
which is held closed by a latch capable of being readily released by lever / to
discharge the contents of the compartment into the shoot.
In Figure 1 the apparatus is shewn as applied for charging the lowermost
retorts n of the bench, the shoot a being here supported in position by a stop k
which is fixed on the shoot and rests on a strap encircling the shoot a and attached
to the charging mouth . The shoot is locked in its other position, that is to say
for charging the retorts ² n³ by stops on the shoot engaging with a notch o of
a lever hinged to the strap above mentioned.
The shoot a has as many openings as there are tiers of retorts. These
openings are placed at the same distance apart as that which separates the tiers of

page_text: retorts so that communication between the hopper truck may be established with
either tier of retorts. In the case of benches of retorts placed back to back, the
shoot would be adapted to be rotated so as to serve both benches.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what 1
claim is:
An apparatus for charging inclined retorts placed at different heights, consisting
of a vertically and laterally adjustable shoot having a number of openings equal to
the number of tiers of retorts arranged at such a height that one of the openings
will communicate with the feed hopper when the lower end of the shoot corresponds
in level with the tier of retorts to be charged, substantially as shewn, for the
purpose specified.
Putet
LITES TUIT
A. COZE.
By A. M. & Wm. Clark,
53, Chancery Lane, London, Patent Agents.