US843251A - Coke-discharging apparatus. - Google Patents

Description

- PATENTED FEB. 5,1907.

L. ALBRECHT.

COKE DISGHARGING APPARATUS.

APPLIUATION FILED JAN. 31, 1906.

Wu WL 551 a LEWIS ALBRECHT,

rrnn sTAirnfs PATENT OFFICE.

F- Bhi frI-MoRE, MARYLAND.

COKE-DISC HARGINQ APPARATUS.

I facilitate the removal of cooled coke from the front of the retort-benches to some place ex-' terior of the retort-house. I

A secondary object of the said invention is to prevent excessive drenching of the heated coke during the discharging operation, as will hereinafter fully appear.

With these objects in view the present invention consists, iirst, in the combination, with a transferable coke-receiving and discharging apparatus, of an endless conveyerbelt extending parallelly with the front of the bench of retorts, or in a direction parallel with the path taken by the transferable dis-. charging apparatus in being moved from one set of rctorts to another, and to the outside of the retort-house, upon which the quenched and practically cooled coke is deposited.

The said invention consists, secondly, in means for limiting the quantity of water to which the heated coke is directly subjected, independently of the quantity of water fureasily moved along track-rails b, which are nished for quenching and cooling purposes, as hereinafter described.

In the further description of the said invention which follows reference is made to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof, and in which Figure 1 is a partly-sectional side view of a bench of retorts, together with the appliances forming the subject of the present invention. Fig. 2 is a view of Fig. 1 looking in the direction indicated by the arrow in full lines. Fig. 3 is a sectional side view, on an enlarged scale, of a part of the apparatus; and Fig. 4,

a view of Fig. 3 looking in the direction indicated by the dotted arrow.

Referring now to the drawings, 1 repre sents a bench of retorts, and 2 the retorts, which are shown in dotted lines, and of the inclined description. 4

3 is a box supported in an inclined position by means of a suitable frame 5, having wheels awhereby the whole structure may be laid in front of the bench of retorts in the re tort-house. The box 3 is provided with a series of laterally-projecting coke-receivers 7, which extend nearly'to the bench l, and in Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed January 31, 1906. Serial No. 298,733.

Patented Feb. 5, 1907.

consequence of the inclined osition of the box these receivers are of diilerent lengths, as shown in Fig. 1 of the draw ings.

Within the box 3 is an endless conveyorbelt 9, carrying buckets '10, which in the operation of the ap aratus move in the direction represented y the arrow in broken lines in Fig. 1. The means for driving the conveyer may be of any approved description. In the drawings the upper shaft 0 of the conveyer is shown as driven from another shaft (1 by means of the gearse and f, and it is de signed to apply an electric motor to the shaft d; but the motor is not shown, as its employment for the purpose described forms no part of the present invention. The lower end of the box 3 is made water-tight and supplied 1131'! water to such depth as will admit of the immersion of the buckets 10 and the chain-belt carrying them as they pass around the lower shaft g of the conveyor. 12 is a water-tank having a proper pipe connection with a spraying apparatus 13, the nozzles h of which enter the box 3 and are so placed as to discharge water over and into the buckets 10 as they ascend. Th buckets 10 are made of a convenient size fa conveying coke discharged into the box 8, and to prevent their holding more water than is re uisite they are provided with overflow-ho es as shown Figs. 3 and 4.

15 is a pipeto carry oil steam generated in to some place outside of the building. As

the endless conveyer-belt 19 extends longitudinally of the bench of retorts, coke may be delivered thereto at any point within its length, and no auxiliary apparatussuch, for instance, as wheeled cars-have to be placed to receive it. By the combination of a discharging ap aratus proper with an endless conveyer-bet extending in a direction parallel with the course followed by the said .discharging apparatus in moving along the front of the benches considerable manual labor is dispensed with and the entire discharging operation much simplified. The

shaft 9 of the conveyor is also utilized in connection with the gears, which collectively are represented by k, as means to efl'ect the r0tation of one set of thewheels a, which may be set in motion by any appropriate devices when it is required to transfer the apparatus from one vertical set of retorts to another.

T eoperatio'n of this invention is as fol-- -I5 ets of the conveyer are supplied with water to a'uniform height in passing around the V lower end of the box 3, and this water, to'

gether with that sprayed upon the coke as it carried upward in the box, is so regulated in quantity that'the coke is discharged in a practically dry and comparatively cool conditionand without being reduced to small pieces by sudden contraction. 'At the completion of the operation just described the apparatus'is moved in front of the next set of retorts' to be discharged, when the same operation is repeated. I claim asmy invention- -1. A transferable coke receiving and dis ocharging apparatus adapted to be used in connection with a bench of gas making re torts, comprising a box placed inan inclined position, an endless chain situated within the box carrying buckets, means to operate the the quantity of Water neld by 1 endless chain and its buckets, and an appliance whereby-water is sprayed upon the said buckets, and the coke contained therein, as

the same traverse the'said box from the receiving to the discharging end the box,

combined with an endless conveyenbelt extending in a direction parallel with. the path takenv by the said discharging apparatus in being moved from one vertical set of retorts to another, the said conveyer-belt being ad'- jacent to the delivery end of the ischarging apparatus, and' thereby adapts to receive; the discharged coke and ca T theaway from the bench of retorts, snbstan as specified.

transferable conereceiving and ms ally 2. A charging apparatus adapted to be used 1 -connection with a bench of gas-inahi n torts, comprising abox placed in in position, an endless chain sit 1-. boxcarrying buckets, mes, s endless chain and its buci ance whereby water is spr buckets and the coke containe t the same traverse the said ceiving to the disehe said buckets dependentlthe mnti plied to the same, 1

Witnesses THOMAS G. T

1 WM. T. HOWAR

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