US38812A - Improved steam-boiler - Google Patents

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NITED STATES PATENT CEEICE.

IMPROVED STEAM-BOILER.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 38,812, dated June 9, 1863.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, WELLsLY W. CRANE, of Auburn, in the county ofC-ayuga, in the State of New York, have invented a new and Im- `proved Mode of Constructing Steam-Boilers;

and I do hereby declare that the following is a full and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters ot' reference marked thereon.

The nature of my invention consists in constructing steamboilers in a peculiar manner, for the purpose of increasing the fire-surface, whereby I am enabled to construct steamboilers of sm aller dimensions, obtaining at the same time a larger number ofhorse-power, and likewise to evaporate a greater quantity of water with less fuel than any other description of boiler known.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed t0 describe its construction.

First, I employ a cylinder or shell with a fire-box attached in the usual manner, for the external part of my steam-boiler; second, I employ a smaller cylinder, than the firstnamed cylinder to form the external surface of my combustion-flue; third, I employ a smaller cylinder than the aforesaid second cylinder to form the internal surface ofmy aforesaid combustion-ilue, the two last-mentioned cylinders being attached to the inside headsheet of the tire-box, as shown in the accompanying drawing, and which form crownsheets to the aforesaid fire-box.

Figure lrepresents a steam-boiler with my invention attached. Fig. 2 is a section of the same.

A, Fig. 2, represents the grate-bars, and B the fire-box.

C, Fig. 1, and C C, Fig. 2, represent my combustion-flue.

c, Fig. 1, and c c, Fig. 2, represent the cylinder forming the external surface of my aforesaid combustion-Hue.

D, Fig. 1, and d d, Fig. 2, is the cylinder forming the internal surface of said combustionflue.

E E, Fig. 2, represent the inside head-sheet of fire-box with the two cylinders C and D attached, and its center cutout to the inside diameter of cylinder D, Fig. 1, and d d, Fig. 2, for the purpose of giving' free circulation for the water in said boiler.

F F F F F F, Fig. 2, represent the small flues; G G G G G G G, the water-space, and H H H the steam-space.

1 1, Fig. 2, represent the cylindrical rings connecting' the two cylinders D and C together, forming circulating-openings to all parts of the aforesaid boiler. The upper set or last returndues F F F are for the purpose' of snperheating the steam.

What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The cylinder D, or its equivalent, in combination with the cylinder C and fire-box B, for the purposes herein set forth.

Witnesses: WELLSLY W. CRANE.

J. SEGOINE, J AcoB R. How.

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