US554973A

US554973A - Kiln for drying barrels

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Publication number: US554973A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1896-02-18
Anticipated expiration: 1913-02-18

Description

(No Model.) 3 Sheets-Sheet 1. A. J. BATES. KILN FOR DRYING BARRE LS.

No. 554,973. Patented Feb. 18, 1896.

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ALBERT J. BATES, OF JOLIET, ILLINOIS.

KILN FOR DRYING BARRELS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 554,973, dated February 18, 1896.

Application filed October 9, 1895. Serial No. 565,104. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALBERT J. BATES, a citizen of the United States of America, residing at J oliet, in the county of Will and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Kilns for Drying Barrels, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings, and the letters and figures of reference thereon, forming a part of this specification, in which Figure 1 is a'central vertical section. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section taken on line 1 of Fig. 1, looking down as indicated by the arrows. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of one of the compartments for holding a barrel. Fig. 4: is a side elevation of the swivel-joint of the steam-pipe, having a portion broken away to showthe interior parts. Fig. 5 is a vertical section of the outer wall of the drying-chamber and a side elevation of a portion of one of the radiators of a barrelcompartment. Fig. 6 is a plan view of a plate for closing the perforations in the bottom of a barrelcompartment when opposite the door or opening for admitting barrels. Fig. 7 is a vertical section through the center of the two bearing plates, showing roller-bearings between them for supporting the turn-table having the barrel-compartments.

This invention relates to certain improvements in a steam barrel-drying kiln, which improvements are fully set forth and described in the following specification and claims.

Referring to the drawings, A represents the side walls of a circular case or kiln intended to be made of brick or other masonry and having a roof, as shown in Fig. 1, provided at its apex with a chimney D, provided with a damper E for regulating a downdraft, as indicated by arrows.

B is a circular rotatable floor or table .lo--

cated within said walls A and supported at its center on pedestal H, as shown in said figure, through the medium of the roller-bearings J, located between the circular tracks K and K, as shown in Figs. 1 and 7, the track K resting on the top of the pedestal H and the track K being attached to the under side of the floor B. Said rollers J are held in place by means of a band J passing around them and inclosing them, and to which band they are journaled by means of axle-studs, as shown in Fig. 7.

B is an annular flange secured to the upper side of said floor B at some little distance from its periphery, as shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, which flange forms the inner walls of the barrel-compartments, which compartments are formed by means of the radial partitions B.

Fig. 3 is intended to illustrate in perspective one of the barrel-compartments, and a description of one compartment will be sufficient for all, as all are duplicates of each other.

S is a steam-radiator located within the compartment and is arranged in a semicircular form to conform more to the shape of a barrel than if it were in the form of the compartment.

S is a spiral steam-pipe connected with the upper part of the radiator and arranged to be immediately above the upper end of a barrel when it is in the compartment. The floor of each compartment is perforated, as shown at y in Figs. 2 and 3, for the purpose of permitting a downward circulation of air through the compartment to the space under table or floor B through between the rollers J to pipe G leading to a chimney F, which chimney causes the draft through the barrelcompartments.

The steam-radiators S are each connected by means of the pipes P with an annular steam-pipe M, located within and near the flange B above floor B, or on it, as may be desired. Said annular steam-pipe M is connected with a steam-supply pipe 0 C through the medium of the pipe N and a swivel-joint L L L, (shown more particularly in Fig. 4,) which swivel-joint is ordinary and permits the floor B to turn without breaking steam connection.

The inner side of the kiln is recessed, as shown in Figs. 2 and 5, for the purpose of holding in its recesses a series of steam-radiators T, which radiators are connected by means of pipes l 1 2 2 3 with the steam-sup ply pipes O C. Fig. 5 shows a portion of one of these radiators set in its recess and shows the pipes 2 3 for connecting it with the supply-pipe. The source of steam supply may be from an adjacent steam-boiler. (Not necessary to be shown.)

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