Specification of James Robertson : consuming smoke, and removing noxious qualities of gases arising from sewers, drains, &c.

  • Robertson, James.
Date:
1854
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Credit: Specification of James Robertson : consuming smoke, and removing noxious qualities of gases arising from sewers, drains, &c. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Robertsons Mode of Consuming Smoke and other Gaseous Products, $c. Secondly, in constructing furnaces for heating boilers or other vessels, and also stoves, grates, fire-places, or other similar apparatus for heating buildings, rooms, &c. (by the combustion of fuel) with a series of horizontal or nearly horizontal tubes or pipes placed over or behind 5 the position of the fuel, such tubes or pipes having an opening or openings on their upper sides or surfaces, and one or both of their ends communicating with the external air, so that in use oxygen from this source may be supplied in a heated or somewhat heated state, and also in thin strata or streams to the smoke and other gaseous products 10 arising from the fuel, and may effect their consumption by an inter¬ mixture therewith, whilst they likewise are somewhat broken up or divided by being obliged to pass on the exterior of and between the said tubes or pipes in their course or passage to the chimney or flue. Thirdly, in consuming the gaseous products arising from noxious or 15 offensive matter in sewers, &c., that is to say, in destroying or lessening the noxious or offensive qualities of such said products, by causing them to pass through a series of tubes, pipes, or passages heated for the purpose of producing this effect. (First Division).—In illustration of the manner in which I carry 20 into effect the first division of my said Invention, I will refer to the following Figures of the Drawing:—Figure I. is a longitudinal and vertical section through the centre of a furnace constructed accordingly, and for the purpose of heating a cylindrical steam boiler ; and Figure II. a perspective view of the interior of the grate or chamber for the fuel 25 viewed from the front. The corresponding parts in both views are marked with similar letters or characters of reference, h, is the boiler; i, brickwork of the furnace; Tc, the grate or chamber for the fuel; l, fire bars; m, ash pit; and n, chimney. The whole or nearly the whole of the space or flue between the chimney and the part of the 30 furnace where the “ bridge ” is ordinarily situate is occupied by a series of pipes or tubes A, placed longitudinally in such space, and piled over and upon each other so as to fill its entire area, such said pipes or tubes and the spaces between them being the course or passage for the smoke, gases, heated air, &c. between the above-mentioned por- 35 tions of the furnace from the latter to the former. And I prefer to