US926242A - Method of handling slag, cinder, &c. - Google Patents

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J, B. CLARK.

METHOD OF HANDLINGSLAG, GINDER, 6w.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 2. 1908.

Patented June 29, 1909.

WITNESSES ram. in (m A i -r .2. i I.

METHOD OF HANDLING ELAG, CINDER, 620.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 29, 1999;

To all whom E li may concern.

Be it known llldl 1., JOHN Biennium CLARK, of Cleveland, Cuyuhoga county, Ohio" have invented a new and useful Klcihod for .lrlnndling Slag, Cindc .10., of which the fol- I lowing is a full, clear, and exact doscriplion, rclbrouco hazing had to rho nccoinymnying druwingr, lnrin'ing purl ul lhis spccilicuiion,

Burning n sih u skull or cinder in p ume to ho thou broken up so us to 'ri-corcr uny scrap which may ho [heroin and lo roduce 1L lo snitnhlo SlZLS l'or (Ulllllllllfltll Hill. to ho put to l'uri'hcr use, d 1% lhcn nhorrlcd liy hand inio u sniluhln which: l Ul l'QUiUYZll; E

but il tho pruclico oi. many plants, owing lo lhc rxpcnw of Lrosding lho cinder in this way. and lhc discomfort and danger to the \rorknnin from tho cinder "which is Still hot, lo curry it {0 u dump Where it is allowed to :icinnnnlutc and the scrap is not recovcrci'l. By my iuclhod, l mu ahlo to readily handlo and dispose o'l' tho slug and cinder and lo rucorcr any ucrnp which may be tlierein in a cheap, incxponsivc :uul oliicieni manner.

In acorn-dance with my invention, the unbroken or partially brokcn slug or cinder is placud on u flexible inctullic not and is crushed or broken thorcon in any suitable; manner 21s by the UM, of an ordinary skull cracker. The net is then gathered up around the crushed slag and rings at its oornor portions are engaged with the chain hooks of atraveling crane. The net with itsuontent-s is than curried by the crane to am .desired plac of deposit, or to any suit obi conveyance, and the contents dumped by disengaging one or more of the corner rings- In the drawings, the numeral 2 designates tho ilcxihlo inclullic ucl, which is preferably rmnposod of u plurnlily of meshed or inter \rorcn chains. connoclcd to oulor or bound inn rlniins 2%. The lullor :u-c connected at fhoii" corncr porlionn hy rings -1 which also scrrc us llllzlllS for lhc cngng gcniont thorowilh of tho hooks :"i of the cruno chuins O.

lllllllilllfi lho usual bull or hri-nkcr of an usunl form of skull cracker.

ln oni-ruliou, rho slug not 2 is; first spread upon llnground, lho cinder (lumped upon itfrom lho cur or conroyor and. lho heavy skull cruckcr hull or hrcukor 7 is then droppod upon lho slim to break it up into sir us Silllilblc for coininorcinl use. and lo on- :ihlc the scrap in no oxlruclcd. Tho net 2 is then alhorcd up around lho crushed muleriul and is pirkcd up by the crane and duinpcd into n. suitziblo conveyance to he (inn-rind away for lurl'hcr irculnicut, or niny he dunipod nli any desired point. The lloxi hlc no. may he conslrucled in various ways and any suiiublo crane may be employed for handling the not and its coulenlis.

'lhc :nlrnnhigos of my invention will he uppurcnl since I avoid the nuaessily for shovclingf or olhcr manual handling; of the crushed shin or cinder and thereby ollcct 21 Your grout saving of both timev and labor.

l claim:

1. The inclhod ol handling slug or mill rindor which consisls in placing unbroken slug or cin-ilcr upon. ullcxiblo nictullio not, crushing or hruuking tho slug on the not,

i then gulhcring up l'ho nvi around the crushed or broken Slug, and tin)" conveying the not with fire crushvd ninloriui ihuroin lo tho du- Hircd point and dumping iL, sulisluutiully us dcsrl'ihtrd.

2. The method of handling slug or llllll hinder. which consists in crushing it upon 2 iuulnllio l'lokihlc not, und lhcn hiking up lhc not with lhc orimhvd inn rriul i'hcruin. and conveying liho ncl uni! lhc inulcriul lhcrcin lo .lho dcsircd point. .iulhlnntiully nu dcscribed.

in testimony; whereof, I huvo. hnrcunlo not my hand. 7

JOHN BIC RUA IH) ("lJARK.

l'vitncssos DAN I. GORMTAN, (ll-1U. .ll. lviixn'rin'.

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