Twentieth century hand-book for steam engineers and electricians, with questions and answers .. (1905)
Swingle, C. F. [from old catalog], Horstmann, Henry Charles, 1858- [from old catalog], Tousley, Victor Hugo, 1875- [from old catalog] · Chicago, F. J. Drake & co. · leaf 354
plate, against which the upper ends of the inclinedgrates rest. On the central part of this plate is aninverted open box. This is termed the stoker box, MECHANICAL STOKERS 343 and it is moved back and forth across the face of thecoking plate by means of a shaft with pinions thatmesh into racks… … FIGURE 117. WILKINSON STOKER. of this motion of the stoker boxes the coal is pushedforward to the edge of the coking plate and fromthence it slowly passes down over the inclined grates 344 ENGINEERING toward the center of the furnace. At this point [heslowly rotating clinker breaker grinds the…
