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G. LAMBERT. com: ovm? @wanted 5w. 9', 1855 To alt who Be it kno of Mous, inthe Pr (loin of Belgium,

:nid useful l I do hereby clear, and exact descriptio ence being had to the accor f`genera-ted i iicr stages of the gh and he burned pass thron 'which the Aonore vdvan of cmoustion of pass under charge contained i dite the libera-tion The accompany/i GUILLAUME LAMBERT, or Mons, ne.

Speuiiication forming m it may concern: wn that I, GUILLAUME LAMBERT, evince of Hainaut and Kinghave invented certain new in Coke-Ovens; and e foliowing'is a full, n of the same, refernpanyingdrawings, cation.

in combining the gement of fines and smoke and gaseous products n each in its turn during the ear process of ca-leination may in the next, in calcining process is always at a ced stage, and that the products the combined ovens ma oor of theiirst to heat the therein, and thereby expeof the volatile products. ng drawings represent two niprovenients declare that th forming part of this speci bles the ci et, a part oi hey F is pi and the chi so that the the 4il part ci Letters Patent no. ilihii, dated Januar hated betw withl anothee Chim end of the oven B which the section, is also shown in dotted ou 3. 'This fine correspond the oven B, I, under the ov has s. communie means of a iue, J. represented in dotted That part is conceaied ovided wiih nace 'and the chi: 'between the othe may be desired.

' The process of cokin he so conducted th INAUT, BELGlUii/i.

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ovens in the same stach ncy, G. From the front there is a iiue, H, through Fig. 4, is taken, and which tlines in Figs. 2 and s with the ilse of and lends to an arched chamber',

en A, which chamber resember i) under the oven B, and ation with the chimney G by The iines E andi are outlines in Figs. 2 and being under the fine N. in Fig. 4. The chima damper, K, at top, niney G ivith a similar damper, L, communication between one furnney may be opened and that r and the chimney closed, as

een the the tine E g in these ovens should at there might be an interhours between the time of coke-ovens constructed and combined accordval of about ten ing to my invention andhaving my improved charging one oven and that of charging the discharging apparatus applied. other, or that each is charged'at the expira- Figure l is a front elevation. Fig. 2 is a tion of half the time necessary to complete longitudinal Vertical section of one furnace' the coizing of the charge in the'other. That in the line :v x of Figs. 3 and. 4. Fig. 3 is a being so, i `will suppose that the oven B has Similar spending A Bare t by side. T

ually, or of the have doors M opened, exp

ovensA and leave a free passage right through thez Y These large doors, however, are only Vis allowed to necessary to afford facility for discharging: the oven ii, so that i t nia whole charge at ence, @desired a door of the usual si :it one or bothv ends.

rect commu of a line, N

From the front end lue, C, thro Figs. 3 and ted ontiino chamber, l) chamber vco its rear end section of the two furnaces `just recei 4. Fig. is a horizontal a z oi' Fig. 3.

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he ovens, which are arranged side hey are of parallel form longitudisanie size from end to end, and M at each end, which, when all ose the Whole transverse area ofthe damper is. and that L tion ot' Athe hen that is not ze may be used The ovens have a dinieation with each other hy means at the top part of the near end. of the oven A there is a which are taken the sections,

shown in dotand w the oven A D, and are ugh l and which is also a onwarf:

in Fig. 2, leading into :in arched I hey.

, beneath the oven E, w ich said.

mmnnicates through a :i e, E, at 3 a with the chimney which is siti iron; E. to l ved a fresh ch and that the charge i hours, or for about half th Knitted to the coking proc the oven A are all iuted or h as also are the doors at the rear en As much air as is nece products arising fr with them through of their ear or" this combustion escap perature through the ilue O heat hy radiation to tothe e shove-described con the and products of com c tetihy black arrows in Fi 2, those in the ch arge, which is ignited, n A has been for ten e necessary time, suhess. The doors of ermetically closed, d of B. The is raised to open'the chimney iii', is lowered to ciose the chii'nne; G- ssary for the combussnioke and combustible gaseous om the fresh charge of coal enter at the doors in front of the y mix therewith, and pass the ilse N, toheburned in in .vhich'th hon. The incomhnstiblc products e at a very high telninto the chamber nipart a portion of their the oven B as they pass tine E, which leads to the chimrse ot' the air, bastion is indig. 4, numbered amber D'and in made to i ey deposit a portionbrons.

9 nasce the lower dues being dotied. Ai the expiration of the imenecessary for the culcination of 'the charge in the oven A it is withdrawn and a new charge put in immediately and as qnick'l us possible; hut then the currents require 1.o he reversed, und therefore the demper K is lowered to close the chimney F, and L is raised to open the chimney (l. The doors oi .i5 arethen luted or herineticully closed, andair is adnntiod io Ain suniclent quantities lor the combustion ol.' lthe gaseous products of the coal, and with them passes 'through the llue N, to be burned in B,'Where they deposit a por tion oi" their carbon, and from whence the products ot' combustion pass 'through the' flue li, the ehmnher-l, und the iluc .l to the chimney (i,impartingA a portion of their heat by radiation to the oven l5. The course of the .lasedescribed current is indicated in Fig. Moy

red arrows lettered i'roin u, to 1.'.

'lhe ad vantugvs to he derived from this method ocoinhiningthe ovens in puirsconsist, 1li rst, in effecting th(x curbonizuiion in less time, and, second, in producing u greater quantityy of coke l'rom u given quantiiyo' coul. n ovens which coniuin two tons each l produce a very superior colic in twcntyfour (24) hours, and the coul yields often above eighty (S0) percent. und seldom less ihan seveny (70) per cent. in weight of coke, the quantity oi' Coke vzuying wiih the quality oi' cmd, 'lhiyiqld gre/fly exceeds that produced hy any other apparatus known lo lne.

.instead of placingY the ovens sidc hy side. they muy he placed in pairs onenhovcthe other, with :1 suitable arrungcinentof ilues, and an equally goed resultis obtained; butthis an runccmcnt is not adapted to the employment ofthe discharging nppnrui us l um about to dc scribe.

The discharging april-indus consists ola cust",` iron piston, l, cupuhlc ot' iiiti'ng so us lo pass cnsily ihrouch thc ovens, and mounted on u, uarriugcyi. which runs on u railwuygl li, eX- ti-nding :dong the l'ront oi' the whole range of The carriage is moved to the iront of ldie oren that' is to he discharged and ihe doors in viront'and rear are thrown open. The piston-'rod S should be broad euoughto keep the piston steady, and heavy enough to counterbalance the weight of the piston before it'euters the oven, and the bottoni of the piston and rod muy have friction-rollers applied7 4to enable the piston to run easily through the oven. A pulley, T, is secured to a shaft, U, which runs in bearings in two standards, V V, on the carriage, and a chain, "W, is att-ached to 'the' end of the piston-rod, and'aftei passing under theipulley returns for the purpose of attaching some suitable power, by which it may be drawn forward tel force the piston through the oven and cause the contents to be discharged at the rear end. railway during,r the discharging operation by two stays, X., which swing on the shaft U, and are hooked to enter two rings, Y Y, which are secured on the front 'of every oren. rIhe piston is drawn back by dragging. on a chain, Z, attached dircctl y to thc end of the rod.

l do not claim combining a series of cokeovens so as to be operated conjointly by the heut and Volatile products of one passing to the next; neither do I claim heating the charge hy means of the escapingproducts of combustion passing through i'lues wholly or partly surrounding the ovens; hut

'What l claim :is my in vention, and desire to secure Vhy Letters Patent, The manner herein described of combining the ovens by nxeaus of ues and passages.' whereby the smoke and gaseous products gem eraied in euch during` the earlier' stages i' the culoining process are burned in the next, where the process is et a more advanced stage, and the whole of the products of the combustion of the combined ovens are returned under ihe iirst, or that in which the process is least advanced, to assislfin heating the charge/contained iherein and expedite the liberation of the volatile'. products.

,1. LAMBERT.

Witnesses:

(li-mamas Marr,

M". G. Liimni.

The carriage is held on the y

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