US721275A - Revolving furnace. - Google Patents

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PATBNTED FEB. 24, 1903.

s. s. BARGER. RBVOLVINGY FURNAGB.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 6, 1902.

H0 IODEL.

Y, Witnesses Y UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SILAS S. BARGER, OF EDDYVILLE, ILLINOIS.

REVOLVING FUFINCE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 721,275, dated February 24, 1903.

i Application filed June 6, 1902. Serial No. 110.506. (No model.) Y

To all whom t mrtyconcern: 13, said arms 13 being pivoted at their lower Be it known that I, SILAS S. BARGER, a citiends to the platform 3, the upper' ends of said zen of the United States,'residing at Eddyarms being provided with the rollers 14, which ville, in the county of Pope and State of Illiengage the under surface of the.' rocker 5.

nois, have invented -certain new and use- Adjacent the lever 11 is located the toothed 55 ful Improvements in Revolving Furnaces, of segment 15, and the pawl 16, pivoted on the which the following is a specification, refer.v lever 11, is adapted to engage the teeth of the ence being had to the accompanying drawings. .said segmentinthe manner as shown in Fig. l.

This invention has relationto rocking andr An ordinary grip 1-7 is pivoted to the han- Io revolving furnaces especially adapted to heat dleof the lever 11 and is connected by the 6o syrups or other liquids and at' the same time rod 18 with the lpawl 16. The furnace is opmaintain them in agitation; and it consists in -erated as follows: A re is built in the firethe novel construction and arrangement of its box 6, and the syrup or other liquid is placed parts, as hereinafter described. in the pan 7. The furnace4v and its attach- The object of the invention is to provide a ments may be, revolved on the spindle 2, so 65 furnace adapted to be revolved, so thatthe as to bring the door 9 toward the wind. By door of the fire-box may be brought toward opening the said door a draft is created the wind, and a means is provided for'rockthrough the fire-box 6, which causes the fire to ing the furnace, so that the liquid contained burn briskly, which will heat the said firezo in the pan resting upon the furnace may be box, the pan 7, and its contents. As the liq- 7o` kept in agitation, and a means is provided uid-'is heated the lever 11 may be manipufor maintainingthe furnace in a stationary lated, so as to cause the upper ends of the position, Which may be either horizontal or at arms 13 to move simultaneously toward and an angle. awayfrom the rocker 5, which will cause the In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is fire-box 6 and its attachments to tilt back and 75 a side elevation of the furnace with parts in forth upon the platform 3, and thus the liqsection. Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view uid lin the pan 7 is kept in a state of agitaof the furnace. Fig. v3 is a top plan view of tion. When occasion may require, the firethe pan, showing the arrangement of the parbox 6 and its attachments may be secured in 3o titions therein. Y f a horizontal or slanting position by permit- 8o The furnace and itsattachments are mountting 'the pawl 16 to enter the spaces between ed upon aY foundation 1, the spindle 2 being the teeth of the segment 15. suitably journaled at its-lower end in the said Having described my invention, what I foundation.v An annular'platform 3 is atclaim to be new, and desire tosecure by Lettached to said spindle 2, and upon said platters Patent, is- 85 form are arranged the -parallel tracks 4, the 1. A furnace consisting Yof a fire-box perrockers 5 resting upon the said tracks 4, sai`dmanentlyattached thereto, a platform, said rockers supporting the fired-box 6. -The said Vplatform being-revolubly supported, the top fire-box 6 is elongated horizontally and is proof said fire-box forming a heating-surface.

4o vided with a flat top adapted to hold a 'pan 7, 2. Afurnace consisting of a fire-boxmount- 9o the said pan 7 being provided in itsinterior ed on a platform, a means for rocking said with a series of intermeshing partitions 8, fire-box upon the platform, said platform bewhich are attached at one end to the side of ing revolubly supported, the top of saidV firethepan and extend across nearly to the opbox forming a heating-surface.

posite side in the manner as sho-wn'inFig. 3. 3. A furnace consisting of a fire-box having 95 One end of the fire-box 6 is provided with a rockers, a platform adapted to support said door 9,'and the opposite end is provided with rockers, said platforrnbeingrevolubly mounta fine or stack 10. A lever 11 is fulcrumed ed and a means engaging said rockers to cause at its lower end to the platform 3, said lever the fire-box to tilt,the top of said fire-box form- 5o being connected by the rods 12 to the arms ing a heating-surface.

. l IOO 4. A furnace Consisting ofa fire-box having In testimony whereof I ax my signature rockers, a platform supporting said rockers, in presence of two witnesses. a fire-box mounted on said rockers, a lever fulerumed to said platform, arms pivoted at SILAS S' BARGER 5 their lower ends to said platform, the upper Witnesses:

ends of said arms engaging said rockers and M. T. CHANCY, rods connecting said arms with said lever. JENNIE STONE.

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