US86255A - Cyrus smith - Google Patents

Description

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Car Heater.

No. 86,255. I Patented lab. 26, 1869 PETERS, PHOTO-LITHOGRAPNER, WASHMGTUN D C W 5mm gaunt out. ,5

CYRUS SMITH, OF H ER M'ON MAINE. otters Patent No. 86,255, dated January 26, 1869.

W RAILROAD-CAR HEATER.

The Schedule. referred to in these Letter Patent and making part of the same.

To all whom it may conce it much above blood-heat, on account of its position be- Be it known that I, CYRU SMITH, f H in low the fire, the space between the fire and the top of the county of Penobscot, State ofMaine, have invented e reservoir, and e' that there 18 110 {meet na new and improved Stove fo 10ers,- and I do hereb munication between fire-box A and reservoir O. This declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact decoustl'uctiomthefl, avoids the Continual gehemiiion of scription thereoi, reference being had to the accompa- Swain; n8 n'inst tniin P when the Watenin-nh is nying drawings, in which-- the fire, forheatod air rises.

Figure 1 is a central longitudinal ti l section There being no direct communication from fire-box through line a b of fig. 2. A to the reservoir, there can be no difficulty arising F gure 2 is a transverse vertical section through from the ashes falling into the reservoir. Again, the line x 3 of fig. l. influence of top K, on the surface of the water, pre- The object of my invention to produce a stove for Vents y l l through F by the 'Y J of use in railroad-cars, so constructed as to avoid the danthe Stoveger of conflagration by the upsetting of the stove, when if this Stove, with n fine bu within and ever an accident occurs, overturning or partially overthe tank filled p y fiiieii: is t fails turning the car. i upon its side, the water at once forces itsclf, by its own My invention has been suggested to me by the nug t, g the hoins at flooding hhe Whole morons painful accidents which have recently occurred Space P and which; being "P at its p, on various railways, where the uff i dl f lif discharges its contents into S. \Vhon the stove went and limb have been greatly increased by the eonflagrtv one Oi'ihe Siiiins h h ni'lsel'i y its own tion which has ensued from tho overturning of heated g s inns Shutting the funnel-hole that no stoves. water or fuel would, escape therefrom. This action Inventions have been made to provide a ain t h is essential, for if funnel. E were left fi'ee, tl1e danger successive calamities, but they do not eifoctuallyaecomnot be and this (nosing in ii also plish the purpose sought. cures a complete flooding of the tire, effectually extin- Gost is not so much of an object, in an invention of e' g this nature, as eii'ectiveness in at once extinguishing The Sliding h run on f one Ending in the fire in the stove, immediat l 1 1 it p one direction,the other in the other, so that no matter even turning on its side. which way the stove falls, one or the other slide or Th nat f my i ti consists in providing valve, by its own weight, slides into place and closes means for securely retaining the fire, cinder-s, and coals is there iinhiiiiil' Oi these slides Ciosihg E within a railroad-car stove, when used in combination m the 'y i g of the as they run in with a reservoir of water u d th ii -1 and clines, and it requires nearly as much slant of thestove tending beyond the surface of the bottom of the fireto close them as Wonhi he required to throw the fire box, on all sides, the reservoir so connected with the Ont-0f the box stove that it shall not interfere with the practical use The H is constructed in any snihl'hin manner, of the stove in the ordinary manner, but which will with the necessary p g (haughtempty its contents upon the fire, on the stove being There is no ge m explosion when a stove s overturned, either wholly or partially, and not only Overturned; {is has been described: for the draught deluge the tire with Water, but that the water shall be holes are sufficientfor the necessary escape of gases retained within the enclosure of the firebox, thus comfnrnleii y h heating of the plctely preventing any conflagration, I do not claim any particular construction of the In the draWingsbody of my stove, nor a water-tank under a railroad- A represents fire-box, open at top. car stove; nor do I -claim, broadly, the use of a guard; B, a box, larger than fire-b0 ,-which h t Over or over the mouth of the collar, as these devices have encloses A, leaving space, S, on sides, back, and top I y been used; but I of fire-box, but not in front. 7 What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Lotis a tank or reservoir, under the fire-box A and n Patent, cover B, projecting on all sides beyond the surface of The l g Wives h acting in inclines 5 for B, or it may be of same size at bottom surface of B. the P p described; in combination with 110K B and is'a grate. reservoir 0, substantially as and for the purposes set E is the funnel. forth.

h It are automatic valves or slides, which move in The reservoir 1 conhiiinnieii as desciibedaih inclines L. bination with box B, open-top fire-box A, and sliding K is the top of reservoir 0, valves h h, the whole constructed and operating sublhis is provided with holes, F, b t fi b A stantially as and for the purposes set forth and de and outside box B. i scribed.

m is the valve or water-hole, for supplying the res In testimony whereof; I have Signed my 113 hie to. crvoir. this specifieati n, in the presence of two subscribing t is a stop-cock, or any means by which water can Witnessesbe withdrawn from the reservoir. Witnesses:

H is the door of the stove. CARROLL D. WRIGHT,

Water contained in reservoir 0 cannot be heated ALEX. N. REDMAN.

oYnos SMITH.

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