US295751A

US295751A - Jesse hall

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Publication number: US295751A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1884-03-25
Anticipated expiration: 1901-03-25

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(No Model.) 2 Sheath-Sheet J. HALL,- Jr.

ROTARY PUDDLING FURNACE.

No; 295.751. Patented M15; 1884.

WITNESSES" 1. Washington. a, c

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JEssE HALL, JR, OF ,IHCENIXVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO THE 1 prroanIXino -oo PANY, or SAME PLACE.

ROTARY PUDDLlNG-FURNACE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 295,751, dated Application filed June .22, 1883. (No model.)

To aZZ whom, it may concern Be it known that I, Jnssn HALL, J 1a, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Phoenixville, Chester county, Pennsylvania, 5 have invented certain Improvementsin Rotary Puddling-Furnaces, of which the following is a specification. My invention consists of certain improvements, fully described hereinafter, in the movable flue-sections between a fixed flue andthe outlet end of a rotary, puddler.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1, Sheet 1, is a view, mainly insection, of a rotary puddler, part of a furnace, and my improved fluestructure for carrying off the products of combustion to a fixed chimney; and Fig. 2, Sheet 2, an end view of Fig. 1, looking in the direction of the arrow.

The rotary puddler A, which is supported on wheels carried bya truck, A, in a manner described in another application for a patent, does not differmaterially from ordinaryrotary puddlers. There is the usual outer shell, a, the inner casing, 12, the water-space c between the two, and the lining d of refractory material. The inlet-opening c of the puddler is surrounded by'a ring, f, with which coincides a ring, f, surrounding the outlet 9 of the furnace l5, and the outlet-opening h of the puddler is surrounded by a ring, j, coinciding with a ring,j, atthe entrance z of the flue structure 0. My invention relates to this structure, the manner of introducing water into the space between the two. casings of the puddler, of moving the latter endwise and free from frictional contact with the furnace, and the mechanism for rotating the puddler and moving it away from or introducing it between. the furnace and flue structure being described in another application for a patent. The permanent elevated chimney D is built on transverse beams on m, secured to longitudinal beams 01., which aresupported by columns p,- or the chimney may be built on any other available supports or frame-work. The flue structure 0 is composed of the outer casing, q, the in, ner casing, 75, and the refractory lining 'v, water being introduced into and circulating with in the space between the two casings. The

flue O is pivoted toor loosely suspended from March as, 884.

thechimney-supporting structure, links K K, as shown in Fig. 2, being in the present instance used forthis purpose, the links being adapted to hooks s 8, one of which is secured to each edge of the flue. The links are preferably inclined, as shown, the threaded ends of the upper links being provided with nuts, by turning which the flue can be so adjusted that its entrance i may coincide with the outlet-opening of the puddler. To a suitable 6o foundation are secured standards E E, through which pass set-screws F F, carrying at their ends plates as, which, by adjusting the screws, are caused to bear against the rear of the flue structure, so thatthe front end of the latter can be moved as close to the rear end of the puddler as the desired free rotation of the same'will permit. The suspension-links are attached to the flue structure at such a point that when it is relieved from the pressure of the screws it will recede from the end of the puddler and permit the same to be withdrawn from between the furnace and flue structure. Thus, if the hooks to which the links are con nected are at the point y, the preponderance of the front portion of the structure will induce the same to move away from the end of the puddler when the flue is relieved from the pressure of the screws. The upper end of the flue structure should be as close to the lower end of the fixed chimney as the required slight movement of the flue structure will permit. At the back of the said structure is an opening provided with a suitable door, in which is a peep-hole for the inspection of theinterior of the puddler.

I am aware that a movable flue-section has been combined with and interposed between the outlet end of a rotary puddler and a fixed flue or chimney. This, therefore, I do not claim; but

' I claim as my invention 1. The combination of the puddler and a fixed vertical chimney, open at the bottom, with the pivoted or suspended flue structure 0, having an opening at the top communicating with the said chimney, and a lateral opening communicating with the outlet of the puddler, all substantially as set forth.

2. The combination of the fixed chimney, I00

I open at the bottom, the rotary puddler, and In testimony whereof Ihave signed n iy name the flue structure pivoted or loosely suspended to this specification in the presence of two sub- 10 beneath the chimney at y, so that there shall scribing witnesses.

be a preponderance of the structure tendin to p keep it away from the puddler, with devi ces- JESSE HALL for forcing the lower portion of the structure \Vitnesses:

against the outlet end of the puddler, all sub- THOs. SHAFFER,

stantially as specified. D. YV. BRowER.