Twentieth century handbook for steam engineers and electricians, with questions and answers; a practical nontechnical treatise on the care and management of steam engines, boilers and electric machinery (1922)
Swingle, Calvin Franklin, 1846- [from old catalog] · Chicago, F. J. Drake & company · leaf 222
209 • The fuel is aided in its downward movement by the cpn-stant motion of the grates^ one grate of each pair beingmoved np 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 stokee 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…
