US36076A - Improvement in suqak-evaporajors - Google Patents

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`that the following isa'true andexact descripktion of the same, Vrefers reference marked th In `the annexed drawings, l sent's a longitudinal section andFig. 2 exhibits a plan View of the same. i B and B2 represent the two liet-air cham- ;Lhers, extending lengthwise over the furnace A, the top betteln-of Bi.

purpose of transferring tei-iai, such 4do not'con c hamfered to ieceive UNITED .SAT1-3s PATENT J. L. CROWLEY Ann L. J. JoHNsoN, OF MARION, IOWA.

'IMPRO'VEM ENT 1N SUGAR-EVAPORATORS.

Be it known that we, J. L. CROWLEY vand L. J. JOHNSON, of Marion, Linn county, and Stateof I'O'iva, vhave invented certain new and useful Improvements in Apparatus for EvaporatingSael/iarineJuicesfandweherebydeclare neebeing had to the acdrawin'gs, and to the letters of ereon. f

companying Figure ll repre-v of the 'furnace with the evaporating apparatus imposition,

of l2.2` being alittle .lower than the 'Q is 2m eyrlperator. with apartitioii Ainliiie with the flrrnaceand dividing :C into ftwoz equal compartments-.each being 'equa-l' inqlengtli and width with B2, over which it is placed. The sliding door`or'ga`te c is" adjusted to the center ofl thev partition for the' the sii-nip from one compartment te the other when necessary. j

D` is a purifier made 'a little larger 'than' liet-ain chamber lrand nesting immediately on it; At th'eend fof D are two-'.conduits, pp, to convey tlieprepared juice into the eyaporator f i yE is a movable trame, fitted accurately .in purifier D, and .is furnished with the' arms eje to facilitate itsremovalwhen desi-red., The sides 'and ends .of frame E may be made either of sheet metal or of any strainer" maf as is represented by G or F. Vle ne Ourselves to, one frame,as-sev eral may be fused, euch with its 'appropriate strainers. Halfway of the. depth of Ythe frame E the perforated metal plate is placed, and represented by G, and resting' inside Beneath G, and near the bottom ci' 13 is the strainer F, the edges oj Alfbeing it. This strainer can' loev easily removed andinade to serve the purpose cfa skimmer. The gallows consists Volfatto-- two simportersv n a, fastened to 'thesides `of the furnace A and unitedubyl the cross-tie E, p which .passesV .diagonally over To this.

plan view. V strainers arranged in theform of on steps tal part being in line cross-tie",ahpuiley may be.. attached for the which the action of the lire on the purifier l) and the evaporator C can be increased and diminished at pleasure. Any number oftliese dampers may be used.

Keonstitutes the angular iiue situ ated between the two liot-aircliambers J J, as shown in Fig. 3, are partitions in the-hot-air chambers, and serve to guide. the heated air in its passage through the liot-air chambers, and make a continuons line from one side of K, the point ot' its admission, then along the' partition J in B', returning on the opposite sideof J toj'tlue K, and to the cl1iinney yM'. ,t f

L represents n cross-plate eeveringthe rear Aof the furnace/, having' two openings. l Z,

marked with dotted lines in Fig. 2, one opening communicating with. the furnace and the other with hot-air chamber Bi l M is a movable chimney made to slide in L through the groovesV m aand is adjustable 4either tothe hot-air chamber or toY the fur- The two Figs. 8 8 represent two views oi'nests of strainers, N being a vertical section and *Sa This nest consists of. a series ,of

steps, beginl,ning with 'strainer No. l., coarse, and ending with No. 3, iine, and can be adjusted beneath A the, conduit of either compartment ei todraxv off and strain the Sirup. The sha-nii at the end of N enters the sheath under C, and may be supported at the opposite end by legs.- Y R is the doorunder the cliiinney hinged an the bottom and intended for the removal of* ashes. P is the door at tlie Opposite end ofthe i'urnaeefor the admission of fuel. l

Q, Q Q Q are elbows, the upper or liorizon- Witli the top et air- -cliainber Bi, and securely iiistened'to it' and thelowcr part attached to tlie legs of furnace. Upon these the hot-air chamber C is made to slidehsothat either-of its compartments ma in turn bebrouglitover the furnace A.

Having thus accurately' described our .ininvention, what We claim, and desire te secuire 'by Letters Patent, isf:

1. The movable frame E, `11 Combination '3. The nest 0fl strail'ners N with the adjustable strainer and skimmer F, herein set forth. l the .metallic skimmer G, and the frame 11,01)-

i A l x I ,l J. L. CROWLEY.-

the mamar and fol tht. hpulposa i i .L 'J JOHNSON;

2. The angular l.Hue K, in combination-with Vv'itnesses, A the 'owning Z Z and the adjustablewhimney A. B. DUMONT, M. F01' the purpose herein specified. T. R. GIBSON.

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