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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
JOSEPhI FURNAS MILES, OF PARIS, TEXAS.
WATER-HEATER.No. 908,301.
Specification of Letters Patent..
Application filed May 7, 1908. Serial No. 431,394.T' all whom it may concern.:
Be it known that I, JOsEPH F. MILES,'a
citizen of the United States, residing at
Paris, in the county of Lamar and State of
5 Texas, have invented certain new and useful
Improvements in Water-Heaters; and I doI
declare the following to be a full, clear, and
exact description of the invention, -such as
will enable others skilled in the art to which
10 it appertains to make and use the same.
This invention relates to an improved
smoke consumer and water heater, for
radiators.
The object of th. invention is toprovide
15 a water heater of this class adapted to be
connected with the smoke stack of a furnace
to receive the smoke and gases passing there-
through, which are utilized for heating the
return feed water for the heating system.
20 With this and other objects in view, the
invention consists of certain novel features
of construction, combination and 'arrange-
ment of parts as will be more fully described
and particularly pointed out in the appended
25 claims.
The accompanying drawing represents a
side elevation, partly in vertical section of
this improved smoke consumer and auxiliary
water heater, showing the same applied to
30 the smoke stack of a furnace.
In the embodiment illustrated a. heater 1
is shown arranged adjacent to a furnace
smoke stack 2, having a damper 3 arranged
therein, preferably near its lower end and a
35 pipe 4 is connected with the smoke stack 2
and projects into the heater 1 terminating
preferably at a point midway of the width
thereof. This pipe 4 is also provided with a
damper 5 for regulating the amount of
40 smoke to be passed into said heater. A
suction fan 6 is also preferably arranged
within the pipe 4 and is designed to draw in
the smoke from the stack 2 and force it out
into the heater. A return pipe 7 connects
45 the top of said heater with said smoke stack,
to carry off the gases and smoke after the
heat has been extracted therefrom.
A water tank 8 is preferably arranged at
the upper end of said heater and has arranged
50 therebelow a plurality of deflecting plates as
9 which serves the double function of de-
flectors for the smoke and as water distrib-
.uters for the water which flows over the edge
of said tank onto the said plates and passes
55 downwardly into the heater. The water in
its passage over these plates which are heatedPatented Dec. 29, 1908.
by the smoke and other products of combus-
tion, receives heat therefrom and accumu-
lates in said heater 1 until it reaches a pre-
determined point shown at 10 for a purpose 60
herdinafter to be described. A pipe 11 opens
at one end through the top of said heater 1
and discharges into the tank 8, the other end
thereof extending into the heater' and tm'-
minating at a point below the normal water es
level 10 thereof and is designed to convey the
water from the lower portion of the heater
upward and discharge it again into the tank
S thereof, keeping up a continuous circula-
tion of the water in the heater that's de- 70
signed to heat a water-containing coil ar-
ranged in the heater and hereinafter de-
scrihecl..
A strainer 12 is arranged in the pipe 11
preferably near its lower end for straining 75
the water as it comes from the heater and a
pump 13 is also arranged in said pipe for
drawing the water from the heater and.-forc-
ing it upward to be discharged at the upper
end thereof into .the tank 8. A double coil 80
of pipe 14 is disposed 'in said heater and the
end 15 thereof extends into a drum 16 and is
arranged in the form of a coil 17 and passing
Out of said drum is connected with a radiator
(not shown) forming the feed water pipe for s5
the radiator. A pump 18 is preferably con-
nected with said pipe 15 between the drum
16 and the radiator to assist in the circula-
tion of the water. An engine exhaust pipe
19 opens into the drum 16 at one end and the 90
exhaust steam passing through said drum
assists in the heating of the water in the coil
17 arranged therein. A pipe 22 is connected
with the other end of the drum for conveying
the exhaust from the engine into the heater 95
1 below the deflector plates therein as clearly
shown in the drawings.
The return pipe from the radiator is shown
at 21 and is connected with the other end of
the coil 14 to convey the return water into 100
said coil where it is heated and again passed
through the pipe 15 to the radiator and the
circulation is kept up in this manner. An
air chamber 22 is connected with the pipe 21
in the usual manner. A water tank 23 is 105
connected with the pipe 21 and is provided
with an automatic valve 24 at its connection
with said pipe 21. A pipe 25 leads from the
water main to the tank 23 and is provided
with an automatic valve 26 operated by a 110
float 27 disposed in the tank 23 and which is
designed to turn on and cut off the water
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Miles, Joseph Furnas. Water-Heater, patent, December 29, 1908; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth514603/m1/2/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.