US181886A - Improvement in ore-roasting furnaces - Google Patents
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- 229910052753 mercury Inorganic materials 0.000 description 8
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- F—MECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
- F27—FURNACES; KILNS; OVENS; RETORTS
- F27B—FURNACES, KILNS, OVENS, OR RETORTS IN GENERAL; OPEN SINTERING OR LIKE APPARATUS
- F27B1/00—Shaft or like vertical or substantially vertical furnaces
- F27B1/005—Shaft or like vertical or substantially vertical furnaces wherein no smelting of the charge occurs, e.g. calcining or sintering furnaces
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- My invention relates to certain improve ments in furnaces for roasting ores which contain volatile substances of value, such as the ores of mercury.
- My invention consists in the introduction above the fire-arches of a prism-shaped deflector, which serves as a combined distrib- "Figure l is a longitudinal vertical section of my furnace. section.
- A is the body of my furnace, which may be built in any suitable form up to the fire-places.
- B O are the arches, through which the heat reaches the ore in the interior of the furnace.
- a distributer D.
- This distributer is prism shaped, having one of its angles uppermost, so as to present two diverging sides to the body of ore as it moves downward; and it may be made of iron, brick, firetiles, or any material which is most suitable, and it extends entirely across the body of the furnace. It has its lower side entirely open Fig.
- the diagonal upper sides of the distributer D act as deflectors, and the fine ore and earthy matter will be thrown to the sides, while the larger ore will, after passing distributer, tend to the center.
- the steam pipe or passage G is placed about six or seven feet above the distributer D, and leads into a condenser, as shown. It enables me to utilize all the heat which passes through the ore above the exit-pipe to dry the ore before it passes the distributer D, where the reduction practically begins.
- the device is also of great assistance to the condensers, because, instead of allowing all the heat to rush into the condenser, as in ordinary furnaces, a large part of it passes above the exit-pipe, and becomes latent in converting the water of the ore into steam.
- This steam may either pass directly to the main condenser, or it may beled into separate condensers, so that the steam and vapors may be condensed separately from the mercurial fumes.
- My device acts as a separator, because the steam and other fumes or vapors are carried off above the distributer D at a heat of less than 400, while the mercury is volatilized at a higher heat below this distributer. and is carried to the condensers by itself. It takes about one-fourth of the fuel, and makes less soot, also a better product of mercury, than other forms of furnace. The mercury is easier to condense than when in the presence of steam, which tends to float and carry off some portion of the mercurial vapor.
- the prism-shaped distributer extending across the furnace in a line with, and connecting with, the pipe F, so as to act both as a distributer and fume-conveyer, as described.
Description
omen STATES JOHN WINTERBURN, OF CAMBRIA, CALIFORNIA.
. IMPROVEMENT IN ORE-ROASTING FURNACES.
Specification forming-part of Letters Patent No. 1.81.886, dated September 5, 1876 application filed July 13,1876.
To all whom it may concern:
Be it known that I, JOHN WINTERBURN, of Cambria, San Luis Obispo county, State of California, have invented an Improved Ore- Roasting Furnace; and I do hereby declare the following description and accompanying drawings are sufficient to enable any person skilled in the art or science to which it most nearly appertains to make and use my said invention without further invention or experiment.
My invention relates to certain improve ments in furnaces for roasting ores which contain volatile substances of value, such as the ores of mercury.
My invention consists in the introduction above the fire-arches of a prism-shaped deflector, which serves as a combined distrib- "Figure l is a longitudinal vertical section of my furnace. section.
A is the body of my furnace, which may be built in any suitable form up to the fire-places. B O are the arches, through which the heat reaches the ore in the interior of the furnace. At a point about four feet above the arches is placed a distributer, D. This distributer is prism shaped, having one of its angles uppermost, so as to present two diverging sides to the body of ore as it moves downward; and it may be made of iron, brick, firetiles, or any material which is most suitable, and it extends entirely across the body of the furnace. It has its lower side entirely open Fig. 2 is a transverse vertical where it crosses the furnace, and connects with the exit-pipe F, so as to allow the vapors which arise from the roasted ore to pass into it readily, and be drawn into the condenser E through the said pipe F, which forms a continuation of the prism-shaped distributer.
The diagonal upper sides of the distributer D act as deflectors, and the fine ore and earthy matter will be thrown to the sides, while the larger ore will, after passing distributer, tend to the center. i
- By this construction I am enabled to reduce, in anordinary furnace, fromone-fourth to onehalf of its full capacity of fine ore and earthy matter without other treatment. As the exitpassage is directly beneath the distributer, it can never become choked, and all the fumes which arise from the ore beneath that level will be easily collected by the single pipe F.
' The steam pipe or passage G is placed about six or seven feet above the distributer D, and leads into a condenser, as shown. It enables me to utilize all the heat which passes through the ore above the exit-pipe to dry the ore before it passes the distributer D, where the reduction practically begins.
Much of the ore comes to the furnaces in a wet condition, and it is absolutely necessary to dry it before it can be satisfactorily reduced in ordinary furnaces, making considerable extra expense for fires and the handling of the ore.
In my device the ore is fed into the furnace from time to time, as it is needed, without any previous drying or separation; and the heat of the fire, as it escapes above the exit and distributing-flue D, serves to thoroughly dry it before it passes down to the point where reduction begins. Practical use proves that with this device wet ore can be reduced with the same facility and speed that can be accomplished with dry ore in ordinary furnaces, and with dry ore the capacity is nearly doubled.
The device is also of great assistance to the condensers, because, instead of allowing all the heat to rush into the condenser, as in ordinary furnaces, a large part of it passes above the exit-pipe, and becomes latent in converting the water of the ore into steam. This steam may either pass directly to the main condenser, or it may beled into separate condensers, so that the steam and vapors may be condensed separately from the mercurial fumes.
My device acts as a separator, because the steam and other fumes or vapors are carried off above the distributer D at a heat of less than 400, while the mercury is volatilized at a higher heat below this distributer. and is carried to the condensers by itself. It takes about one-fourth of the fuel, and makes less soot, also a better product of mercury, than other forms of furnace. The mercury is easier to condense than when in the presence of steam, which tends to float and carry off some portion of the mercurial vapor.
Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-
1. The prism-shaped distributer, extending across the furnace in a line with, and connecting with, the pipe F, so as to act both as a distributer and fume-conveyer, as described.
JOHN WINTERBURN. 14. s.]
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P. A. FORRESTER, I. H. FINE.
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