Device to pack coal in coke ovens

Claim 1

IN A PLANT FOR THE CARBONIZATION OF COAL FINES, A CHAMBER WHEREIN THE FINES ARE CHARGED, A MOVABLE FRAME, CARRIED BY SAID MOVABLE FRAME, A DEVICE FOR GENERATING MECHANICAL VIBRATIONS, A HERSE PROVIDED WITH PARALLEL METALLIC BARS, MEANS FOR CONNECTING SAID HERSE TO SAID VIBRATING DEVICE FOR IMPARTING LONGITUDINAL VIBRATIONS TO SAID RODS, SAID RODS BEING ARRANGED PREPENDICULARLY TO ONE OF THE WALLS OF SAID CHAMBER AND BEING SLIGHTLY SHORTER THAN THE WALL OF THE CHAMBER WHICH IS PARALLEL TO SAID HERSE, MEANS PROVIDED ON SAID MOVABLE FRAME FOR INTRODUCING AND WITHDRAWING THE SAID HERSE INTO AND FROM THE CHARGE OF COAL FINES IN SAID CHAMBER, THE SPACINGS BETWEEN TWO SUCCESSIVE PARALLEL RODS OF THE HERSE BEING SUBSTANTIALLY EQUAL TO THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE WALLS OF THE CHAMBERS WHICH ARE PARALLEL TO THE PLANE CONTAINING THE HERSE, WHEREAS THE POWER OF THE VIBRATING DEVICE IS ADAPTED TO IMPART VIBRATIONS TO THE WHOLE OF THE BULK OF THE FINES WITHOUT SUBSTANTIALLY REACHING THE WALLS OF THE CHAMBER.