US288919A - Henry beeee - Google Patents

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(No Modem' .n :H BREER. APPARATUS 'RDESICGTING FERTILIZ'ERS.

.Patented Nov. 2o, laas.

QW l 9 no 2 0. N

'HENRY BREER, OF DE VITI,

FFICE.

NEV YORK, ASSIGNOR TO CAROLINE H. BREER, OF SAME PLACE.

APPARATUS FOR DESICCATING FERTILIZERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 288,919, dated November 20, 1883.

Application filed September 1,1883. (No model.)

To all whom t 17a-ty concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY BEBER, of De .Vitt, in the county of Onondaga, in the State of N ew York, have invented new and useful Improveniente in Apparatus for Dcsiccating Animal Matter, of which the following, taken in connection-with the accompanying drawings, is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to the class of desiceating apparatus for which I have obtained Letters Patent ofthe United States, No. 255, 925, and is designed more particularly as a further improvement on the construction shown in the pending application, ied March 9, 1888.

The object of my present invention is to facilitate the movement of the substance under treatment toward the gate or discharge-door at the end of the desic-cating-cylinder, and also to collect and carry off such liquid as may leak 2o from the ends of the desiccating-cylinder, and

to that end my invention consists in the coinbination, with the rotary desiccatingcylinder, of the devices hereinafter fully described, and specifically set forth in the claims.

In the annexed, drawings, Figure l is a longitudinal vertical section of a desiccating apparatus provided with my improvements, a por tion oi the desiccating-cylinder being broken away to illustratethe devices connected to the 3o interior thereof; and Figs. 2 and 3 are vertical transverse sections taken, respectively, on lines a and y y in Fig. l.

Similar letters of reference indicate correspendi ng parts.

A represents the furnace or fire arch of the apparatus. B is an elongated combustionchamber communicating with the fire-arch, and C denotes the rotary desiccating-cylinder exten ded the length ofthe combustion-chamber 4o and j ournaled in suitable boxes in the end walls of said chamber, the combustion-chamber being built around the cylinder G, so as tocompletely inclose the same and have a space between them forthe circulation ofthe products of 4 5 combustion, which are caused to enter the cylinder at the upper part of the farther end thereof and escape to the chimney D at the front end oi' the apparatus, as indicated by arrows in Fig. 1 of the drawings. A plate, E, secured 5o to the end wall of the combustionchamber,

closes the greater portion of the rear or farther end of the cylinder C, and forms the necessary inlet vfor the products of combustion at the upper portion of said cylinder. The lower portion ofthe plate E is constructed with a door, F, 5 5 through which to discharge the contents of the cylinder. A chute, el, is provided at opposite end of the cylinder for introducing thereto the animal mattei' to he desiccated. A pulley or gear-wheel, I, attached to the outer end of 6o the trunnion or axle of the cylinder, and connected with a suitable motor, imparts rotary motion to the cylinder C, while the contents thereof are subjected to the heat of the products of combustion ilnpinging upon the exterior of the cylinder and circulating through the interior ofthe same. Chains e e, extended across the interior of the cylinder, serve to ,thoroughly agitate and break up the animal Y their sides to the anges a, so as to project radially from the cylinder-shell. Each set of said scoops is connected at the free ends thereof by a rod, r, which is extended to the end of the cylinder, so as to be accessible through So the door F. By means of said rod the scoops b b can be swung into any desired angle of inclination, and thus cause them to cast the animal matter with greater or less force toward the discharge end or door F of the cylinder C, 8 5 and thus remove the contents of the cylinder as rapidly as it becomes desiccated.

In order to maintain the surroundings of the desiccating apparatus dry and clean, I form in the end walls of the combustion-chamber 9o B two channels, c c', respectively under the two ends of the cylinder C, so as to collect the leakage therefrom, said channels being extended through the side wall, where suitable provision can readily be made for taking care of said leakage.

Having described my improvements, what Iclaim is- 1. In combination with the rotary cylinder, scoops hinged to the inner periphery of said roo 2 essere cylinder, and adjusting-rods connected to said of the cylinder, substantially as and for the scoops7 for regulating the inclination thereof7 purpose set forth. substantially as speciiied. In testimony whereof I have hereunto signed 2. rIlhe combination, with the rotary cylinmy narne and afXed my seal7 in the presence 15 5 der C, ofthe longitudinal iianges a, angle-irons of two attesting Witnesses, at Syracuse, in the b, pivotcd at the end of one of their sides on county of Onondaga, in the State of New York, the flange a, and the rod i", connected to the this 23d day of August, 1883.

free ends of the angle-irons, substantially as HENRY BREER. [L s] described and shown. Witnesses: Io 3. In combination with the rotary cylinder FREDERICK H.r GIBBS,

C, the'channels c e', arranged under the ends i WILLIAM CHANDLER RAYMOND.

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