US850939A - Coke-oven. - Google Patents

Description

NoL 850.939. 'PATBNTED APR. 2s, 1907.

' J. KBRSCHGBNS, DEC'D.

A. KABRSOHGENS, ADMINISTRATOR.

COKE OVEN.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 8. 1906.

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J. KERSCHGBNS, DEGD. A. xEnsoHGnNs, ADMINISTRATOR.

COKE OVEN. APPLIUATION FILED SEPT. 8. 1996.

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f f um ATTORNEYS UNTED STATES PATENT @Fli'ii OF JOSEPH KERSCHGENS, DECEASED.

Y COKE-OVEN.

Speocaton of Letters Patent.

'Patented April 23, 1907.

Application filed September 8,1906. Serial No. 333.852.

To au whom, t may concern.-

j Be it known .that JOSEPH Knasenenivs,

deceased, formerly a citizen of the United States, and resident of Charleroi, in the county of Washington and State of Pennsylvania, did

invent a new and useful Coke-Oven, of which the following is a specieation.

This invention relates to cokelovens; and its object is to provide meanswhereby the gaseous productsof the coal may be conducted fromra lurality ofovens through a common conduit, from which they can be re-V moved for heating and other purposes. Y

With the above and other objects i'nview the invention consists of certain novel 'features of construction andA combinations of parts, which will be hereinafter more fully described, and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings is shown the preferred form of the invention.

f In said drawings, Figure l is a view, partly in elevation and partly in section, of the ovens; and Fig. 2 is a section from front to rear thereof.

Referring to the ligures by characters of reference, 1 is a housin of vbrickwork, in which are formed a num er of similar par- -allel ovens 2, which extend through the brickwork and are provided With doors 3 at the two ends thereof. Inletopenings 4 open into the tops of the ovens and have closures 5" at ltheir upper ends. A track 6' extends along the brickwork close to these openings, and cars containing coal for the ovens are adapted to be moved therealong into posi'- tion to ldischarge the coal into any one of the openings. Outlet-ports 7 are formed in the walls of the ovens and communicate with iiues 8, which extend downward Within said walls and under the bottoms of the ovens and then open into discharge-conduits 9, one of these conduits being provided for each oven. A main or collecting conduit 10 is arranged below and in front of the ovens, and the discharge-conduits all open in to it. Each of the discharge-conduits 9 has a door 11, mounted. in guide and supporting cleats 12, and these doors are adapted to be raised into recesses 13, formed in tlie'top of the conduit l0. A track 14 extends over the conduit 10, and a truck 15 is adapted to travel thereon, said truck carrying a windlass 16, having a. cable or chain 17 wound thereon and adapted to be placed in engagement with any one of the closures 11. A stack 18 extends from one end of the conduit 10 and is provided with a. suitable dam er 19 for regulating the flow of gases througii the stack. A gas-out let 20 is preferably located below the stack and Within the conduit 10 for conducting the enerated gas to points where it .may be used or various purposes. y

It is thought that the o eration of the ovens will be thoroughly undbrstood in view of the foregoing description. Coal is discharged into each of the ovens 2 and iired in the usual manner,A the damper A9 beingl left open for a predetermined period, so as to permity the products of combustion to pass outward from the ovens through iiues 8 and conduits 9 and thence upward to stack 18. Air is of course admitted to the-ovens in any preferred manner. After this combustion has been continued for a proper period the admission of air to the ovens is stop ed and the damper 19 is closed, whereu on t e coking in the oven's will continue. rlhe gas generated by heating the coal iiows the lues 8 and into the dischargefconduits 9, Whichmay be opened by moving the windlass 16 above the closures 1 1 and raising them downward through therewith and then-locking them in any preferredmanner. The of the ovens will thus be mon outlet 20,' and a considerable saving in the cost of the ovens will thus be made. 4Should it be desired to empty or lill any one 'of the ovens, this necessity of closing down the remaining ovens, as itis merely necessary to close the discharge-conduit of the oven to be shut down. Moreover, the close proximity of the other furnaces will prevent .the oven from cooling to any great extent while the same is being emptied or filled. Itis of course understood that the walls of the ovens will retainthe heat to a sufficient degree to fire all subsequent charges of coal which may be placedv within the ovens after the removal of hot coke therefrom.

The preferred form of the invention has be( a set forth in the foregoing description; but th inventor did not limit himself thereto, as he tgas generated in all can be done without the was aware that modifications may be made therein without departing from the spirit or sacrificing the advantages thereof, and he therefore reserved the right to make such changes as fairly fall Within the scope of the claims.

What is claimed is l. 'l`h e combination with a pluralit)v ol` ovens. each oven havingI :t llue in the bottom thei'eol and independent -llues in its Walls openingl into the bottom flue; of a collectingconduit disposed below the ovens, astaek coinmunicating' with said conduit, a disehaigeconduit extending from the bottom llue of each oven and into the collecting-conduit, a vet-ti 'nity-movable valve for closing communication between each dischaige-comluit and the collecting-conduit, a track disposed in front of the ovens and above the collecting-conduit, and n'ieans movable upon the track for actuating the valves.

2. The coml' i1mtion with a plurality o'l' ovens, each oven having a llue in the bottom thereof and independent tlues in its wallsl openingr into the bottom flue; of a collecting-- conduit disposed below the ovens, a stack at one end ol' the collooting-conduit, means -lor closingr communication between the stack and conduit, ar valved gas-outlet within the collecting-mmdnit, a diseharge-ciinduit extending` from the bottoin tlue ol' each oven to the Colleeting-conduit, a Verticallynu-wable valve for closing,r communication between each discharge and thehcollectint' conduits,a track infront of the ovens and above. the eolleeting-eonduit, and means upon the track for actuatingr any one olA theI valves.

In testimony whereof l have signed my naine to this'specification in the presence of two witnesses.

litnesses Nounou) (lALLi-tnAN,

J. F. (lilAtFAN'i,

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