US617925A - Glory-hole - Google Patents

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No. 6|7,925.v l Patented lan. I7, |899.

A. DAuBENMEYl-:RL GLORY HOLE.

Y (Application medreb. 1, 1898.)

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PHOTOUIHO by SACKETTB WILHELN CORR NX f UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ANDREW-- ninfnnmncrnh, oF NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE GLORY-HOLE.-

sPncIFIcA'rIoN forming part of Letters Patent' N9. 617,925, dated January 17, 1899.

' Appleman mea rebmry 1, 1898. Sonnino. 668.759. (No modem Toall wlw/a it may concern: Y

2e it known that LANDREW l') Ai: BENMF YER,

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of Nashville, in the county of lavidsonand l State of Tennessee,l havc'invented certainv new and useful Improvements in Glory-Holes. of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description. l .-j

The invention relates to the manufacture of glassware, and more particularly to gloryholes for fire-polishing the ware. The object of the invention is to provide certain new and useful improvements in gloryholes, wherebyv the 'ware is subjected toma proper and uniform heat and at the same time a large amount of glassware can be handled with great ease and safety and' in a comparatively short time.

The invention'consists of novel features and parts and lcombinations of the same, as willbe described hereinafter and pointed out in the claims. Y

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings,forming a part of this specification,

in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the iigures. Figure 1 is a sectional side elevation of the improvement.' Fig. 2A is `a plan view of the same, the furnace proper alone being shown in section on the line 2 2 of Fig. l. Fig. 3 is a transversesection of. part of -the'- improvement on the l/ine 3 3 of Fig. 1. sectional side leleration of a modified form of support,and s a plan view of thesame. The furnace A/is provided in its lower portion with gtheusual means for generating heat and in its-.Supper portion with a heating-chamber A', ingto which passes the glassware tobe treated. v.

A is preferably made semieir- The furnace cular in plan view, as plainly indicated in Fig. 2, with a transverse diametrical wallv A2.

and a semicircular wall A3, the wall A2 being formed with openin gs A4, terminating at't'heir outer ends in a slot A5, formed in the outer wall A?. v

The glassware to be heated in the heatingchamber A' is placedon supports B, attached to arms B', fulc'rumed on posts C, carried by a table D, made ring-shaped and provided on its under side with wheels E, traveling on a The table l) isalso `provided with a bevel gear-wheel D', in in-esh with a` bevel gear-wheel G, secured on a shaft Il, j onr- Analed in suitable bearings on the framework for the track F.' The outer endof the shaft 'fllis provided with a hand-wheel `I or other means for imparting a rotary motion lto the said shaft. The motion given to the shaft 1l is transmitted by the gear-Wheels G and D to the table l), so that the posts C and supports.

l, with the glassware thereon, are turnedaround and the su pports, 'with the glassware',

' pass through one opening A4 into the heatingchamber A' and through th'e latter and finally o ut of the other opening A4 after the-,glassware is thoroughly heated'in the chamber A'.

vThe arms B' e.\"ten'd' through the sloth, previously mentioned, during the time the support 13, with the'glassware thereon, is inside of the heating-'chamber A', and in order to prevent the eseapetof heat from the heatingychamber by'way of the slot All provide a mantle J, niade ring-shaped, secnred to the table D and fitting close to the outeilwall A of the furnace, as will be readily understood by reference to the drawings.

The arms B' are preferably hinged to the posts C, and-pass through a slot .l' in the mantle .I and rest in the bottom of thp slot, so as to support the arms in a horizontal position, the arms being capable of being sw ung oniward' into the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. l in case the corresponding support not to be used. rlhe arm B' then rests on arailing D2, carried bythe table D. The snpports B are made of various shapes, according to the nature of the glassu-'aro n nder treatment, and, if desired, the supports may he removablycarried by posts C', as indicatedl in Figs..4 and 5, so as to change the posts according ,'to the nature of the glassware. l

The support B2 (illustrated in Figs. l and 5) is attached to an arm B enlargedatf oneend for the passage of die head of the'post C", the neel; portion of said 9 post engagi-ng the narrow'portion 'of' the slot. The arm extends outwardly a suitable distanoeand rests. on a railingDi", and the exeme outerend of the arm is provided with a suitable handle l for pushing the arm lathavinga slot l,

t arma' erallyin and out of engagement with the neck portion -of the post to removethearm and its support Whenever desired. c

-Now it is evident that by the arrangement described the4 glassware to be treated and placed on a support is gradually carried into and through the heating-chambenA ofthe furnace and is subjected to uniform heatfor fire-polishing purposes, theglassware finally passi'r'gio'ut of the furnace, to be then re-4- moved rorii the support and given to a iinisher for further treatment. By the arrangement described the warming-in boys now employedfor heating the glassware in the glory-hole of the furnace are entirely dispensed with, the glassware is uniformly heated, breakage is reduced to a minimum, and the cost of the finished ware is materially reduced. y

Having thus fully described my'invention, I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent- .1. A furnace',- provided witha heatsing-y chamber having a transversewall and a semicircular outer wall,fof which the transverse wall isformed with openings for the entrance and exit of the glassware, and the outer wall heating-chamber, substantial] y as sh own" and is formed with a slot for the passage of the arms carrying the supports for the glassware, substantially as shown and described.v

2. A furnace havingV a heating-chamber,

'the outside wall of which is'formed with a slot and the inside wall is formed with openings for the entrance and exit of the glassware, a tablecapable of revolving around said furnace, and supportsjcarried by said table andadapted to pass through said opening'svand slot to carry the ware. around the described. y Y i f v 3. T he furnace, comprising@ heatingcham-L ber provided with l curved-v all havinga continuous slot, and a 'tr-ans Wall connecting the ends of the c allgnd provided with openings locate endsof said slot 45 and communicating therewith, a movable table adjacent tothe chamber, and supports carried by the tablean'dfarranged to pass through said'slot and openings., l

ANDREW DAUBENMEYER.V

Witnesses:

x F. A. GEAR,

CHAs. E. HOLLIS.

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