US926702A - Apparatus for charging gas-retorts. - Google Patents

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E. G. B. KORTING. APPARATUS FOR GHARGING GAS RETORTS.

APPLICATION FILED MAR. 27, 1908.

Patented June 29, 1909.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ERNST GEORG BERNHARD KRTING, OF MARIENDORF, NEAR BERLIN, GERMANY.

APPARATUS FOR CHARGING- GASTRETORTS.

Patented June 29, 1909.

Original application led June 19, 1907, Serial No. 379,700. Divided and this application filed March27, 1908.

- Serial No. 423,605:`

To all whom it 'may concern:

Be it known'thatl, ERNST GEORG BERN- 'gas retorts with a mixture of coarse and fine coal in such 'a manner as to dispose the coarse coal in a continuous layer adjacent to and in contactalong its entire length, with a continuous layer of fine coal. The object of this arrangement is to secure a uniform evolution of gas inasmuch as distillation proceeds more rapidly in the layer of coarse coal and the gases produced in the fine coalcan escape transversely'into the adjacent layer of coarse coal, where the large intcrstices afford an ample outlet for the gas.

My present application is a division of one filed by me in the United States Patent f Ollcc on June 19th, 1907, Serial No. 379,700.

The accompanying drawing illustrates in` yertical section an apparatus embodying my invention.r .l

From thc distant receptacle a` containing a mixture of coal of different sizes, the material is transferred in the ordinary way into a hopper car l). This car having been brought to the proper position, coal is discharged therefrom into a. receiver d vlocated `at a levelab'ove the upright retorts c contained'in an ovenor 'furnace r. By means of a partition e. the receiver d. is divided into two separate chambersf and g, one of which for instance f, is designed to receive the coarse coal while the other chamber, g, receives the fineco-al. In order to accomplish the separation or grading of the coal an inclined sieve h. is provided in the upper ortion ofthe receiver d., so that thecoal fa ing from the hopper car b. will be sorted automatically, the coarse coal rolling or sliding down the sieve into the chamber f. while the fine coalpasses through the sieve into the chamber g. Atits lower endthe receiver d, which is stationary, is rovided with adjacent outlets from the ciambers and g, whichoutlets are adapted to be c osed by valvesc'. Below the receiver d I provide, according to the presentinvention, one'or more distributing or` charging tunnels '1a.

mounted to travel on rails 7c. and divided by a partition a, into two compartments, o and p arranged in re istry with the chambers f and g respective y of the receiver d. Each of the said com artments has its individual outletcoiitrolle by a slide q, the two outlets of each funnel being in registry with. one of the sets of retorts c. To feed the different sets of retorts, some of the funnels fm.. may be bent to the left and others 4to the right. The capacit f of each funnel m. will be a charge for t ie retort.

The operation is therefore as follows; -the `mixture of coal passes from the` container a and the hopper car b into the receiver d, where by means of the. sieve 7iy it is sorted into two grades separately contained in the respective chambersf and g, then by a proper 4 manipulation `of the Slide valve i the proper amount of coal for afsinglc charging of one of the retorts will -bc transferred to the funnel m. The two grades of coal will be kept separate, the upper end of the artition n being in the same plane with the lower end ofthe partition e. Then after bringing the funnel m. with its outlet vertically above one of the retorts c. the slide q is pulled open to allow the two sizes of coal to pass out simultaneously while still remaining separate, that is, without becoming mixed. Thus the retort will contain the two grades or sizes of coal in separate layers or columns, the coarse coal being shown aslforming a column at the left and the fine coalan equally high column at 'the right. Vi'hcn the furnace is heated the gas distilled from the tine coal will pass transversely into the adjacent portion of the column of coarse coal over the whole heightof the retort and willrapidly escape. upward through the interstices and passages existing Within the column of coarse coal. I .thereby avoidthe danger of losing gas rnd -lso of` bulging the retort, such as might exisi if the gas were confinedin spaces from which esca e was difficult.

he drawing illustrates an apparatus in which only two grades or sizes of coal are employed. It will be evident, however, that anybody skilledin the art could modify the apparatus so that three or more grades of coal could be used and transferred to the retort to form asmany layers or columns therein. It will yalso be understood that myjin; ventionmay be applied in conjunction with retorts which are notvertical.

' I claim as my invention 1. In an .apparatus for charging retorts, the combination of a receiver having separate chambers and separate discharges for each of them, a ldistributing funnel arranged to transfer'the'coal from said receiver to the retort and provided with compartments each of -v which corresponds with a/chamber of the receiver, the outlets of both compartments beceiver having separate chambers, a funnel v .having compartments arranged to reg1ster With the chambers of theA receiver, the outlets of said compartments being adj acentlto the retort in the charging position and having an aggregate Width not exceeding that of the retort, and means for controlling the discharge from the receiver and from the funnel res e'ctively.

3. .-T e combination With the retort, of a plurality of chambers adapted to containl fuel of different grades, compartments equal in number to said chambers and each arranged to receive materialv from one oi said chambers, the outlets aid compartments being adjacent to eaciA and to the receiving end of the the charging position, means-for co @lling the passage of the material from chambers to said compartments, and means for controlling the discharge ct the material from said compartments.

4. The combination of the retort, the re-` ceiver having individual chambers with outlets located adjacent to each other, a funnel having compartments the upper ends of Which are in receiving relation to the said outlets of the receiver and the outlets of which are located adjacent to each other and close to the retort in the charging position, and means for controlling the discharge oi' material from the receiver and from the 'funnel respectively.

5. T e combination of stationary chambers adapted to contain material of ditierent grades and having their outlets adjacent to each other, a distributing funnel arranged to travel under said outlets and having a number of compartments corresponding to said chambers, and means for controlling the discharge of material from the said chambers and from the funnel respectively.

6. The combination of the retort, afre-I ceiver having individual chambers and means whereby fuel will be distributed to said chambers according to its size, a funnel having compartments in receiving relation to said chambers and outlets located adjacent to each other and to the inlet of the retort in the charging position, and means for controlling the outlets of the said chamber and funnel compartments respectively.

In testimony whereof I have signed this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

ERNST GEORG BERNHARD KRTING.

Witnesses HENRY HASPER, WOLDEMAR HAUPT.

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