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 226
ll be seen from Fig. 87, the grate proper consistsof a number of thin plates set on edge in V-grooves. Thesehook over a trussed web, and are held in place by a key-rod slipped in from the end. They are, therefore, easily re-moved. One of the principal advantages of the sectionalgrate-bar tops is,… … Fig. 87 roney stoker Showing Construction of Grate 214 Steam Engineering The new type of guard prevents the fire from sliding intothe ash-pit when the dumping grate is operated. As thelower end of the guard is now raised, instead of cuttingthrough the fire, as formerly, it not only makes it…
