Twentieth century handbook for steam engineers and electricians, with questions and answers; a practical nontechnical treatise .. (1916)
Swingle, Calvin F. (Calvin Franklin), b. 1846 · Chicago, F.J. Drake & company · leaf 222
s 209 The fuel is aided in its downward movement by the con-stant motion of the grates, one grate of each pair beingmoved up and down by a rocker at the lower end. Motion is imparted to the various moving parts of thisfurnace by means of a reciprocating bar extending acrossthe outside of the entire… … Fig. 84sectional perspective of the roney mechanical stoker The Roney stoker consists of a set of rocking steppedgrate bars, inclined from the front toward the bridge wall.The angle of inclination is 37°. A dumping grate oper-ated by hand is at the bottom of the incline for the purposeof receiving…
