US1265091A - Stove-room for potteries. - Google Patents

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F. M. KINNARD..

STOVE ROOM FOR POTTERIES.

APPLICATION FILED OCT-2,1916.

1,265,091 Patented May 7,1918.

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STOVE ROOM FOR POTTERIES.

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STOVE ROOM FOR POTTERIES.

APPLICATION FILED OCT-2.1916.

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- FRANK M;VKINNARD, F SEBRING; OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO ('JIEIARIJEJSv L.

SEBRING, OF SEEKING, OHIO.

' STOVE-ROOM FOR BOTTERIES.

To all whom/it may concern:

it kn'own that I FRANK- M. KINNARD, a citizen of the United States,residingat Sebring, in :the ..county--*of Mahoning and State 20f Ohio, have invented a; new anduseful: StoveRoom for Potteries, ofwhich th following-is a specification.

:My invention relates to drying racks and hasv (more:"especial reference to what is known as a Fistoveroom, being a' series' of drying 1 shelves which is: usedin potteries for drying? the wars after *thesame has been molded andprevious to burning the same.

Inuthe ordinaryforms ofs'tove rooms, such as areiat present in usein potteries the drying racks are generally stationary within aninclosed room, aisles being left between each tier-oi shelves to permit the workmen to .passbetween the racks or frames when placing :the green :art'iclesfrom the -molds upon said shelves or in'removing the-dried articles therefrom. A series of steanripipes are located upon the-floor of the stove roomiumaintaininglan even temperature of from 110: I to :i1:20 F. within I the stove roomlconstantly. With this form ofstove room it is necessary in filling 5 or emptying the frames 'foitthe. men to work in the stove roomliand thew'extremely high temperature otrtheuroomniakes it impossible for aman to-stay on :the job longer than an hour at a time. lnaconstructing'lthe above described fOlmrOf stove room it is necessary tospace each rack ofshelvesxsufiiciently trom the adpipes or their. equivalents beneath the drier racks.

/ A. still further'object: isxthe provision of a: stove room of the :character: referredto in which :the temperature of the room is kept: slightly above normal, butwmoderate Specification of Letters l'atent.

Batentedlvlay 7 1918.

Application filed October 2, 1916. Serial No.-123,230.

A still further object is-to provide a stove room of :the character mentioned in which it is' not necessary to incloseithe-drying racks in a separate room from the room in which the molding is done.

My improved form of stove room comprises adrying device arranged t'obelocated within the room': in which the molding: is done. WVith this construction-no steam pipes are used beneath the drying racks as in the form 30f stove roomsat present inruse, it being": :merely necessary to maintain" vthe temperature of the room in which the device is located' slightly above normal, the term peraturle beingisutficiently moderate to allow t'he mento workinithe room without putting any hardship uponithem. My construction comprises stationary endsections which are provided with shelves, a seriesof'tr'acks connectingwsaid end sections" at" their upper .extnemities. 1A series of movable sections are slid'ably: mounted upon: said tracks by means of pulleys or the like, each of saidmovable sections 1: comprising tWo spaced tiersv "of shelves: which maybe moved into position to i allow the men to .pas sbeforerthe particular rack which is being'filled or emptied, the 1 device being" so: constructed that when all .the shelves are filled the movablesec-v tions maywbe spaced from. each other and from the stationary: endsections sufficiently to allow a comp'lete circulationof air around all? sides iofE the molds carrying the green ware. The ientirefidevice, constructed as above brieflyv lpOintBd 0llE',:: may be placed within considerably less floor space than is required -for sit'he present form of stove rooms. Each stoveiroom compriseszsufiicient shelf space to hold :anzentire zdays output oftone man and the :ware is sufliciently dried over night tot-be removedxin'the morning, allowing. the same :to be refilled each day. Y'VVith these objectsin view theinvention consiststin the novelconstruction and arrangement .of parts, hereinafter described, illustratedr in the accompanying :drawings, and particularlypointed" out in the appended claims, itJbeing understood that various changes in the form, proportions, size, and. minor: .details 1 of construction 1 may ==be made within :thec scope of the appended claims; withoutdeparting E from the. spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a device constructed in accordance with my invention, the movable sections being placed in position to allow a workman to fill or empty one of the stationary end sections and the near side of the adjacent movable section, said movable section being also shown in dotted lines in the position in which it is placed after being filled in order to fill the next adjacent movable section.

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of thedevice, showing the movable sections in the position in which they are placed after being filled in order to allow circulation of air around all of the molds for the purpose of drying the ware.

Fig. 3 is a section on the line 33, Fig. 1.

Fig. 4: is an enlarged fragmentary sectional view through one of the movable sections.

Similar numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts throughout the several figures of the drawings.

Referring more especially to the construction illustrated in the accompanying drawings, the numerals 1-1, indicate the standards upon which the device is supported, these standards being four in number and located at the four corners of the stove room, A transversely disposed I-beam 2 connects each end pair of the standards 1, at their upper extremities and superimposed upon said I-beams is a plurality of tracks 3. Spaced shelves 4 are provided between each pair of the standards 1 thus forming a stationary rack or tier of shelves at each extremity of the device.

A plurality of movable racks are supported from the tracks 3, theseracks being des ignated by the letters a, b, 0 and d. The construction of each of these movable racks is the same, each rack being preferably com posed of two spaced tiers of shelves 6 and 7, each tier of shelves comprising the vertical end members 5 connected together by suitable tie rods 6 and carrying therebetween a series of shelves 7 Each series 6 and f is spaced apart at their upper and lower extremities by means of blocks 8.

Brackets 9 are provided at the upper extremity of each of the movable racks, said brackets carrying traveling wheels 10 which are mounted upon tracks 3. Each of the movable racks is provided upon each side, at its upper and lower extremities with blocks 11,-said blocks being arranged to contact with each other and with the blocks 12 carried by the stationary end sections when the racks are moved together as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings, these spacing blocks being for the purpose of properly spacing the shelves of adjacent racks in order to allow a circulation of air between the molds carried upon said shelves.

The molds 18 upon which the green ware 14 is carried are each provided upon their under surface with a chamber 15 and each of the shelves 7 is of less width than the diameter'of said chamber, thus allowing a circulation of air entirely around the mold in order to more quickly dry the ware, the sections e and f of each of the movable racks. being spaced apart by means of the blocks 8 space the molds 13, upon adjacent shelves, allowing a circulation of air between the molds When it is desired to fill the stove room the racks a, b, 0 and (Z are moved together as shown in Fig. 1 of the drawings and the tier of shelves eof the section a as Well as the shelves in the adjacent stationary rack are filled first, the workmen having sulficient room to pass between said racks after which the rack or is moved into the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 1, the tier of shelves f of said rack and the tier 6 of the rack 12 being next filled, the rack 6 being then moved into contact with the rack a. This operation is repeated until all of the racks are filled with the ware, after which the racks are separated as shown in Fig. 2 in order to allow the air to circulate freely around all molds in each rack for the purpose of drying the ware.

Each of the stove rooms as above described comprises sufficient shelf space to accommodate an entire days output of one molder and the ware is sufficiently dried over night to be removed in the morning allowing the stove room to be refilled each day as the articles are molded. For the convenience of the workman rods 16 are provided upon the end members of the racks for the purpose of receiving portable shelves which may be placed upon said rods when the dried ware is being removed from the racks and as each of the portable shelves is 4 filled with ware it is removed from the stove room to be burned.

Although the drawings and above specification disclose the best mode in which I have contemplated embodying my invention I desire to be not limited to the details of such disclosure, for, in the further practical application 'of my invention, many changes in form and construction may be made, as circumstances require or experience suggests, Without departing from the spirit of the invention, within the scope of the appended claims.

I claim:

1. A stove room of the character described comprising a pair of stationary, spaced end racks, shelves mounted in said racks, tracks connecting said racks at their upper extremities, movable racks suspended from said tracks, each of said movable racks comprising a pair of spaced tiers of shelves, said shelves arranged to receive molds having chambers in their lower sides, each of said shelves being of less Width than the diameters of said chambers and spacing blocks mounted upon each of said racks.

2. In a drying rack for potteries comprising a pair of stationary end racks, shelves mounted in said racks, tracks connecting said racks at their upper extremities, pairs of co-joined relatively spaced movable racks suspended fromsaid tracks,

tiers of shelves upon each of said racks, the said shelves being designed to receive molds of greater diameter than the Width of said shelves, spacing blocks upon the opposite sides of each of said co-joined pairs of racks, said spacing blocks being adapted to hold said movable racks apart to permit the circulation of air therebetween.

In testimony that I claim the above, I have hereunto subscribed my name;

FRANK M. KINNABD.

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