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Description

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SLAG $TEAM GENERATOR? Patented Jan. 1, 1889..

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ORRIN B. PECK, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO THE AMERICAN SLAG FURNACE COMPANY.

SLAG STEAM=GENERATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 895,665, dated January 1, 1889.

Application filed February 20, 1888. Serial- No. 264,606. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.- lar D, against which the door or cover rests;

Be it known that I, ORRIN B. PECK, a citi- I, a track extending into the generatingzen of the United States, residing at Chicago, chamber; J, a water-supply pipe; K, steamin the county of Cook and State of Illinois, exhaust pipe; K, stea1nva1ve; K, blow-off 55 5 have invented certain new and useful Imvalve; L, a steam wash and storage boilerflV,

provements in Slag Steam-Generators; and I Fig. 3, a water-space surrounding the chamdo hereby declare the :following to be a full, ber A; Y, a lining in the chamber A. clear, and exact description of the invention, In making my slag steam-generator I prosuch as will enable others skilled in the art vide a chamber or receptacle, A, which may 60 to which it appertains to make and use the be made of any suitable material and of any same. desired shape, only so it is capable of receiv- The object of my invention is to make a ing a quantity of hot slags and sustainin the steam-generator adapted to be employed in desired internal pressure, and I provide it the generation of steam by bringing water in with suitable water-supply and steam-ex- 6 5 contact with hot slags in a closed chamber haust passages or pipes J and K. It may also provided with suitable steam and water be made or provided with a surrounding pipes and with one or more passages adapted jacket affording a water space or chamber, to be opened and closed, through which. to in- W, as shown in Fig. of the drawings, or troduce hot slags to the generatirig-chamber such *{tlBlFSlJiLGG may only partly cover it. 70 and to remove them when they become cooled. This water serves to collect and utilize the In the drawings, Figure l is a top plan view heat radiated from the chamber and preof my slag steam-genorator, with a portion of Vents the shell A from becoming overheated; the uppers le ot' the shell, broken away, showand I may also provide a lining, Y, (shown in ing the steam-gencrating chamber, the car Fig. 3,) of cast-iron or other suitable mate- 75 containing slag located therein,the cover, and rial, inside the chamber A, to protect the means for supportin it, which are shown in shell A and prevent it from being destroyed section. Fig. a front elevation of Fig. 1, by the intense heat of the slag and steam conshowing the parts whole. Fig. is a vertical tained in the chamber, although this watercrosssection of a modified form of the generspace and lining are not necessary to the 0p 80 3o ating-chamber shown in Fig. '1, showing a eration of the generator, and may be dissurrounding water-space and internal lining. pensed with. I preferably make a cylindri- Fig. 4 is a top plan view of the steam wash cal shell, A, of boiler-iron, thus forming the and storage chamber; Fig. 5, a front cleva chamber A, and leave one end open, 0, tion of Fig. at. around which I secure the ring or collar D, 85 In the drawings, A represents the body or carrying the brackets D,which affords asolid shell of my slag steam-gei'ierator; A, the slag sufficiently-broad surface, X, for the cover or and steam chamber, in which the steam is gendoor to rest or bear against. erated. B is a slag car or receptacle in this The cover or door (1 is to be placed over chamber; B, sla in the said receptacle; 0, the hole or opening G and comes in contact 90 40 an opening or pass ge to the steam-generating with the surface X of the ring or collar D, as

chamber, through which slagslare introduced shown. I also provide a bar or brace, O,

and removed. preferably secured to the cover in a pivoted Cis a door or cover to closethe opening (1; manner, as shown, and adapted to be swung C, a bar or brace to support the cover. or turned around when the cover IS in place, 5

D is a ring or collar around the end of the so that its ends will come under the overshell A; D D, brackets to support and secure hanging or extended brackets D, and be held thebar or brace while in place E, a screw to in place by them. This bar, through the asforce the cover closely to its place; 6, a strap sistance of the strap 2, carries a screw, E, as to assist in holding the screw in place; H, a shown, which bears against the center of the 10c hook through which the cover may be recover C, and when the cover andbar are in moved; as, a smooth surface of the ring or col place serves to press and hold it up-in rigid and close contact with the collar D, thus closing the opening 0" and rendering the chamber A steam-tight.

Secured to the cover is a hook,- ll, through which it may be lifted or moved from place by a suitable crane or other convenient means. I preferably provide tracks I I, extending through the opening 0 into the chamber A, although I leave a sufficient break or space in the track at its entrance to the chamber to allow of the proper manipulation of the cover or door 0, and I provide a car, B, adapted to contain slags and to be run into this chamber; or, if desirable, this car may be dispensed with, the tracks removed, and the slags allowed to How int-o or otherwise be placed in the chamber, and be removed or discharged therefrom by shoveling, or dumping, or other ways.

Vhile I have particularly described and shown one design of a steamgenerator, I do not wish to be confined to the use of this particular mechanical design, shape, or means of .operating or handling the parts, which may readily be variedas, for example, the openin g to the generating-ch amber may be smaller, and two or more openings substituted for the one, and the means of covering or closing it may be arranged in any convenient way, as by a hinged cover, or a cover run on a suitable track, with various means of securing it in place over the opening or passage.

As an example of another design of my generator, I refer to my application for United States Letters Patent for a process of generating steam by bringing water and slag in contact in a closed chamber, filed September 26, 1887, Serial No. 250,678. Y

Of course it will be understood that the proper water and steam pipes and valves are supplied to the steam-generating and steam receiving and washing chambers, where needed.

To wash or cleanse the steam generated in the chamber A and to equalize its temperature, I employ a chamber or drum, L, adapted to hold steam and containing a quantity of water, and connect it to the chamber A by the pipe K or other suitable steam-passages. This drum or chamber also serves as a steamstorage chamber. The steam generated in the chamber A passes through the pipe K and into and through the water in the chamber or drum L. It will be understood that the pipe K should connect with the chamber L below its water-line, thereby bringing all the steam in contact with and through the water.

In operating my steanngenerator I remove the cover or door 0, place a desired quantity of hot or molten slag or other similar material in the chamber A by means of the earl or other receptacle, when one is used, and replace the door, securing it with the screw E, and then in troduce water into the chamber in contact with the hot slag, by means of the pipe J, thereby converting it into steam and cooling the slag.

The steam passes through the pipe K to the chamber or vessel L and is cleansed, from which place it may be drawn for use. If desirable, there may be employed, separate storage and wash and cleansing chambers for the steam; or when the chamber L is not used the steam may be drawn for use directly "from the chamber A. \Vhen the slag has become so cooled as to no longer convert the water into steam, the door or cover 0 maybe opened, the slag removed, and hot slag put in its place. lVhen the chamber L or other steam-storage is used, the steam may be prevented from escaping through the chamber A while open by the proper use of the valve K in the pipe K. The chamber L may also be used as a steam-storage receptacle to afford a continuous supply for use, if desired. When desirable, two or more of these generatingchambers may be operated together and connected to the wash or storage chamber L, the chambers A being successively supplied and emptied of slag, whereby a more continuous supply of steam will be afforded to the storagechamber.

\Vhat I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A slag steam-generator consisting of a chamber provided with suitable water-supply and steam-exh aust pipes, in combination with a vessel adapted to receive heated or molten materials, said vessel being constructed to be placed in said chamber, and means for closing the chambers, substantially as described.

2. A slag steam-generator consisting of a jacketed chamber provided with suitable water-supply and steanrexhaust pipes, in combination with a vessel. adapted to receive heated or molten materials, said vessel being constructed to be placed in said chamber, and means for closing the chambers, substantially as described.

3. A slag steam-generator consisting of a chamber provided with rails on the interior of the chamber and with suitable water-supply and steam-exhaust pipes, and means for closing the chamber, in combination with a wheeled vessel adapted to receive heated or molten materials and to be used in connection with the aforesaid chamber in the generation of steam, substantially as described.

4. The combination of a slag steanrgenerator having one or more steam-generating chambers and adapted to receive hot or molten materials and provided with suitable watersupply and steam-exhaust pipes or passages, and means for closing the said chambers, with a steam-receiving drum or chamber having a steam pipe or passage communicating with the steam generating chamber or chambers, whereby the steam may pass from the generating-chambers to the storage or receiving chamber, substantially as described.

5. The combination of a slag steam-generator having one or more chambers wherein steam is generated by bringing water into direct contact with hot or molten material, with IIO haust pipes or passages, a lining in said chamber to protect the shell or walling that forms the chamber and prevent it from being destroyed by the intense heat of the slag or the steam wi thin, substantially as described.

I n testimonywhereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

ORRIN l3. PEGK.

lVitnesscs:

H. W. Foss, J. WI HOWELL.

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