US660480A - Coke-oven. - Google Patents

Description

No. 660,480. Patentad 0012.23, I900.

E. A. BABBAGEL COKE OVEN.

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UNITED STATES PATENT Orr1ca--- EDWIN A. BABBAGE, OF OAMBRIA, WYOMING.

COKE-OVEN.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 660,480, dated October 23, 1900.

Application filed March 21, 1900. '3eria1 No. 9,570. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWIN A. BABBAGE, a citizen of the United States, residing at 0ambria, in the county of Weston and State of \Vyoming, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Coke-Ovens; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

The object of this invention is the saving of expense in time and laborin the manufacture of coke, particularly when the coal from which the coke is derived is hard to fuse.

The primary purpose of the invention is to compactly arrange the ovens and to utilize a certain percentage of the waste or escaping heat as a means for heating them.

For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof and also to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction of the means for effecting the result reference is to be had to the following description and to the drawings hereto attached.

While the essential and characteristic features of the invention are necessarily susceptible of modification, still the preferred embodiment of theinvention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a top plan view of a section of a battery or double row of coke-ovens, show- The ovens are arranged in two rows 1 and 2, constituting a battery, and are disposed as close together as possible in order to utilize the heat to the best possible advantage and economize space. The ovens of each row are in a straight line, and those of one row are located opposite the spaces between the ovens of the other row. Considered individually the ovens are of ordinary construction and of the beehive type, their crowns being provided with the usual opening 3, through which coal is supplied, and adapted to be closed by a cap or cover. As shown most clearly in Fig. 1, the battery of ovens is located between parallel walls 4. of brick or masonry, the intervening spaces between said walls and the ovens being filled with earth, so as to retain the heat and provide a substantial structure. The coke is withdrawn from the ovens through the side door 5, and the products of combustion find an outlet through a flue or passage 6, leading from the oven at a point diametrically opposite the door 5 and about in line with the top thereof. This fl ne orpassage 6 communicates with a vertical passage or stack 7, located about in line with the openings 3 of the row ofovens opposite that from which the passages 6 lead. This disposition of the stacks 7 enables them to clear the track 8, upon which the car carrying the coal is adapted to run. compactness of arrangement and economy of space likewise result from arranging the stacks 7 in line with the openings 3 and between adjacent ovens. The heat radiated from the passages 6 and 7 serve in a measure to maintain the battery of ovens at a high temperature, which results in a saving of time and labor in the coking process. Pillars or columns 9 of brick or masonry are disposed at each side of the inner ends of the passages 6 and rise vertically and are bonded at their upper ends and bridge said passages and constitute supports for the rails of the track 8. These pillars 9 rise to a short distance above the crowns of the ovens, whereby the rails of the track 8 are sufficiently elevated for the unobstructed traffic of the car thereover in each direction. The pillars have a staggered arrangement and are alternately disposed so as to form supports for the rails at regular intervals.

The base portions of the ovens are placed as close together as consistent for strength, and by reason of their beehive or dome-shaped formation their upper portions are spaced apart, and in the spaces formed between adjacent ovens of a row are locatedthe passages 6 and 7, the elevation thereof being such as to admit of said spaces being occupied thereby. When the ovens are started, the openings 3 in their crowns are closed. Hence the smoke and gases, as well as the heat, are confined and the unconsumed products of combustion are forced into contact with the flame, which causes ignition of the gases and material increase of heat, which facilitates the fusing and coking of hard coal. The ascending gaseous heat and the like are deflected by reason of the closed top and are compelled to descend to the passages 6 before finding an outlet. Hence the coke is produced in a less time and at less expense than is possible by the ordinary construction of oven generally in use and is of better quality. Moreover, it is possible to obtain a higher percentage of coke from a given quantity of coal than is possible by ovens as generally constructed and operated.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is 1. Ina battery of coke-ovens, parallel rows of ovens having the ovens of one row located opposite the spaces between the ovens of the adjacent row and having smoke passages leading from the ovens of the respective rows into the spaces formed between adjacent ovens of the opposite row, substantially as set forth.

2. In combination, a row of coke-ovens having smoke-passages leading therefrom about horizontally in the same direction, thence vertically, a second row of coke-ovens located opposite the spaces between the firstmentioned row and having smoke-passages leading therefrom in an approximately-horizontal position, thence vertically, the vertical passages of one row of ovens coming 0pposite the spaces formed between adjacent ovens of the opposite row, substantially as specified.

3. A battery of coke-ovens, disposed in parallel rows having the ovens of one row opposite the spaces formed between the ovens of the other row, smoke-passages extending from the ovens of one row and located in the 1 spaces formed between adjacent ovens of the other row, pillars locatedat the sides of the passages and projecting above the crowns of the ovens, and rails supported upon the pillars, substantially as described.

4. A battery of ovens, comprising parallel walls, two rows of ovens arranged between the walls with the ovens of one row opposite the spaces between the ovens of the other row, said ovens having door-openings lead ing through the aforesaid walls, smoke-passages leading from the rear walls of the ovens at a point about opposite the door-openings and in line with the top portions thereof and communicating with vertical passages or stacks located between adjacent ovens and in line with the openings formed in the crowns thereof, pillars at the sides of the horizontal portion of the passages and extending thereover and to a point above the crowns of the ovens, and rails supported upon said pillars, the spaces between the longitudinal Walls and the ovens being filled with earth or the like, substantially as and for the purpose setforth.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

'EDWIN A. BABBAGE.

Witnesses:

S. H. SMITH, CLYDE A. MULLIN.

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