An Improved Appliance for Collecting Fur and other Incrustation or Deposit in Kettles, Boilers, and the like.
Year: 1896

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Appliance for Collecting Fur and other Incrustation
or Deposit in Kettles, Boilers, and the like..
We EDWARD ARTHUR BUCK of 24 Albert Street Barnsbury and CHARLES
JOHN BUCK of 2 Penton Place Pentonville both in the County of Middlesex
Engineers do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of our invention is to provide a simple and cheap but extremely
efficient and serviceable appliance for collecting fur and other incrustation or
deposit in kettles boilers and the like from and out of the liquid that is therein
especially while this liquid is under the influence of heat.
To carry out this object we make one two or more discs or blanks of any suitable
size and shape especially of a circular shape and of any suitable material especially
of sheet metal and particularly tin and these discs or blanks are maintained parallel
with each other and at a desired small distance apart by one or more studs or
pillars or blocks or the like by which they are secured together. When two
discs only are to be used one central pillar only is preferably fitted and the discs
are of the same diameters and the peripheries thereof are most conveniently flanged
or turned up outwardly or away from each other. When more than two discs are
to be used a common central pillar can likewise be fitted and the top and bottom
discs are preferably of the same diameters having similarly flanged peripheries
while the middle disc or discs can conveniently be of a smaller diameter or
diameters and the periphery or peripheries thereof can be flanged or be plane and
flat as may be preferred. When only one disc is to be used a central or other
pillar will obviously not be necessary and the periphery thereof may be flanged on
When blanks of
one or both sides as may be desired or may be plane or flat.
other shapes are to be used they can be treated and fitted in the same manner with
one or more studs or pillars or blocks or the like and with or without flanges on
their edges.
We also make a long coil of any suitable material especially of metallic wire
and particularly tin which can most conveniently be covered with cotton or other
thread or other similar substance or device and this coil is secured to and on and
round the peripheries or edges of the discs or blanks and particularly to those
peripheries or edges if any that are flanged in such wise that the convolutions of
this coil are all at certain desired small distances apart and the diameter of this
coil is such that these convolutions preferably extend or project a little beyond or
above and below: the discs or blanks when the same are properly secured together
as aforesaid. When one disc or blank only is to be used the coil will similarly be
secured there around and will of course extend- or project a little beyond the 'two'
faces of the same.
When flanged discs are used as also on some other occasions it
may not be necessary to secure the coils on their peripheries or edges but it will,
suffice to strain or put in tension these coils there around when only the ends of
the same will need to be secured thereto.
This appliance so made can be placed loosely in the kettle or boiler or the like
in the liquid and will rapidly collect to itself any fur or other incrustation or
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page_text: deposit that may be formed or produced or a large proportion of the same when it
can be taken thereout and be cleaned and then again deposited therein if desired.
Dated this 23rd day of January 1896.
HART & Co.,
168, Fleet Street, London, E.C., Agents.
An Improved Appliance for Collecting Fur and other Incrustation
or Deposit in Kettles, Boilers, and the like.
We, EDWARD ARTHUR BUCк and СHARLES JOHN BUCк late of 2 Penton
Place, Pentonville, both of 24 Albert Street, Barnsbury London, 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:-
The object of our invention is to provide a simple and cheap but extremely
efficient and serviceable appliance for collecting fur and other incrustation or
deposit in kettles boilers and the like from and out of the liquid that is therein,
especially while this liquid is under the influence of heat.
To carry out this object we make one two or more dises or blanks of any suitable
size and shape especially of a circular shape and of any suitable material especially
of sheet metal and particularly tin and these discs or blanks are maintained
parallel with each other or thereabouts and at a desired small distance apart by
one or more studs or pillars or blocks or the like by which they are also secured
together.
When two discs only are to be used one central pillar only is preferably fitted
and the discs are or can be of the same diameters and the peripheries thereof are
most conveniently flanged or turned up outwardly or away from each other.
When more than two discs are to be used, a common central pillar can likewise
be fitted and the top and bottom discs are preferably of the same diameters having
similarly flanged peripheries while the middle disc or discs can conveniently be of
a smaller diameter or diameters and the periphery or peripheries thereof can be
flanged or be plane and flat as may be preferred.
When only one disc is to be used a central or other pillar or the like will
obviously not be needed and the periphery thereof may be flanged on one or both
sides as may be desired or may be plane and flat.
When blanks of other shapes are to be used they can be treated and fitted in the
same manner with one or more studs or pillars or blocks or the like with or without
flanges on their edges.
We also make a long coil of any suitable material especially of metallic wire
and particularly tin which can most conveniently be covered with cotton or other
thread or other similar substance or device and this coil is secured to and on and
round the peripheries or edges of the discs or blanks and particularly to those.
peripheries or edges if any that are flanged in such wise that the convolutions of
this coil are all at certain desired small distances apart and the diameter of this
coil is such that these convolutions preferably extend or project a little beyond
or above and below the discs or blanks when the same are properly secured together
as aforesaid.
When one disc or blank only is to be used the coil will similarly be secured
there around and will of course extend or project a little beyond the two faces
thereof. When flanged discs are used as also on some other occasions it may not
be necessary to secure all the convolutions of the coils on their peripheries or.
edges but it will suffice to strain or put in tension these coils there around when
only the ends of the same will need to be secured thereto.

page_text: This appliance so made can be placed loosely in the kettle or boiler or the like
in the liquid and will rapidly collect to itself any fur or other incrustation or
deposit that may be formed or produced or a large proportion of the same when it.
cau be taken thereout and be cleaned and then again deposited therein if desired.
In order that our invention may be understood we will now refer to the annexed.
drawings in which for purposes of illustration we have shown one form of carrying
out our invention.
Figure 1. is a side elevation of our invention.
Figure 2. is a cross section through line -y in Figure 1.
a and a¹ are two discs shaped as shown in the cross section Figure 2, and con-
nected together by any convenient means such as soldering, rivets, pins or the like,
at or about b. c is a spring which may be of any suitable material and is twisted
or coiled as shown being covered with cotton or other suitable material; the ends.
being secured to the discs a & a¹ in any convenient manner such as being passed
through apertures in same. The appliance is placed in a kettle or boiler and
prevents the incrustation which would otherwise take place upon the inside of the
kettle or boiler as the deposit is collected by the appliance. Of course it will be
seen that any convenient number of discs and coils may be employed in conjunction.
with one another.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
The improved appliance substantially as described and illustrated.
Dated this 17th day of September 1896.
E. EATON,
Agent for Applicants.