Patent Model - Improvement in Apparatus for Feeding Furnaces with Fuel
Maker and role
George Deacon, Patentee
Dillwyn Smith, Assignee
Production date
Jun 20 1871
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Media/Materials
Steel, iron
Measurements
3 1/2 x 12 x 11" (8.9 x 30.5 x 27.9cm)
Description
Deacon's invention "consists of certain improvements... in apparatus for automatically feeding furnaces with fuel, the mechanism employed being of such simple and effective character that it is not liable to get out of order, while it can be so regulated as to project the fuel onto any portion of the grate-surface, and thus enable a perfectly level fire to be constantly maintained." (Patent Number 116,165)
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Object number
2015.14.1312a,b
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