US655092A - Device for removing pitch from tuns or casks. - Google Patents

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No. 655,092. l Patented .Iuly 3|, |900.

-C. F. F. KPFING.

DEVICE FUR BEM'OVING FITCH FROM'TUS 0R CASKS.

(Application med Nov. 24, 1899.) (No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet I.

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C. F. F. KPPING. DEVICE FUR REMOVING PITCH FBDM TUNS 0R CASKS.

(Appucmon med Nov. 24, 1899.)

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NITRD e STATES! NPnrnitat OFFICE.

CARIJ FRIEDRICH FRANZ KPPING, or CHEMNITZ, GERMANY.

Dawes #oa REMOVING PII'H FROM TuNs' vou oAsKs.

- snoIFcArIoN forming pel-t of Letters Patent No. 655,092, dated July 31, 1900.

Application tiled November 24,1899. Serial No. 738,136. (No -model.) e Y employed for this purpose.

The invention consists in the construction, novel combination, andarrangement of parts, fully described hereinafter and specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal sectional view of the' improved construction. Fig. 2 is a top plan view of the same, the cask being shown in horizontal section.

Like letters refer to like parts throughout both views.

Referring to the drawings, A represents a vertically-arranged cylindrical coke-oven of usual construction and provided at its upper part with a cylindrical coupling a, suitably secured in the wall of the oven. On this coupling is adapted to rotate an elbowed arm b, suitably held on said coupling-for instance, by means of pins or the like engaging a circular groove on the coupling--and carrying the pipe c. Upon the latter is arranged the perforated nozzle CZ, having its free end turned downward and extending into the tun or cask and adapted to rotate and move on said pipe. eis a suction-head adapted to rotate on c and rigidly connected with the downwardlyextending pipe f, extending movably into the revoluble elbowed pipe g, adapted to rotate on the stationary pipe Zz, leading to the smokeconduit. carriage adapted to move in two directions and permitting of the easyv manipulation of tuns or casks. Z is a worm gear-wheel keyed upon the revoluble elbowb and meshing with a screw m. n is a-hand-wheel onsaid screw for actuating the same.

The operation of the improved construction is as follows: The tun or cask is rolled upon the carriage t' k, so that the usual door theree' lo represent a double or combined of Ais at the top and that the bung-hole is at the bottom. (See dotted-line position.) Then the movable elbowed arm b is brought in a of the latter engages the suction-head e. 6 5

(See full-line position.) Now the pipe c and nozzle d extend into the tun or cask, While the door of the latter ils closed by means of the suction-head e'. The combustion-gases coming from the coke-oven A pass through the coupling a, the elbow b, the pipe o, and the nozzle CZ into the tun or cask and produce the melting of the old pitch, and as the bung-hole of any tun or cask is always at the bottom the melted pitch flows readily out from the tun or cask. The smoke produced in the operation is sucked through the door, the suction-head e, and the pipes f g Zt into the chimney by the natural draft therethrough.

The suction-head e and the pipes f and g are moved as follows: When the elbowed arm b is rotated on, the coupling a by means of the hand-wheel n, the screw fm, and wormwheel Z, the suction-head e and the pipe f will move about the pipe c, while the pipe f moves Within the elbowed pipe g, whereby the latter isrotated on the stationary pipe h.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. In apparatus of the character described, the combination with a suitable oven, a coupling secured to said oven, an elbowed pipe revolubly mounted on said coupling, atubular extension on said pipe adapted to project into the cask, means for conducting smoke from the latter, means for manipulating the cask, and means for actuating said elbowed pipe, substantially as set forth.

2. In apparatus of the character described, the combination with a suitable oven, of a coupling secured in the Wall of the oven, a pipe revolubly mounted on said coupling, an

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extension on said pipe adapted to project into the `movable parts described, and means for the cask; a. suction-head revoiubiy mounted movingcasks to and from the suction-head, ro on said extension and communicating with substantially as described.

the doorway of the Ycask a pipe communicat- 1 n 5 ing with said suction-liead and adapted to CARLFRIEDRICH FRAM KOPPIG' slide'into a second pipe,aJ conduit communi-V Witnesses:

eating with. the' chimney and receiving the l M; FEGHNER,

end of said second pipe, means for actuating RICHARD SCHEIBNER.

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