Coke breeze bonded by portland cement

Claim 1

THE METHOD OF FORMING A FUEL BRICK ADAPTED FOR USE AS A FUNEL IN CUPOLA AND OTHER MELTING PROCESSES WHICH COMPRISES THOROUGHLY MIXING COKE BREEZE, PORTLAND CEMENT AND WATER IN THE FOLLOWING PROPORTIONS: ONE CUBIC YARD COKE BREEZE, 1.1 TO 2 CUBIC FEET PORTLAND CEMENT, AND 8 TO 16 GALLONS OF WATER, FILLING AN OPEN TOP MOLD WITH SAID MIXED COKE BREEZE, PORTLAND CEMENT AND WATER, RAPIDLY VIBRATING THE MOLD FOR FROM 10 TO 15 SECONDS, REMOVING THE FORMED GREEN BRICK FROM THE MOLD AND ALLOWING THE BRICK TO TAKE AN INITIAL SET FOR FROM 2 TO 3 HOURS, THEN GRADUALLY APPLYING STEAM TO A CLOSED CHAMBER IN WHICH THE BRICK IS PLACED UNTIL THE STREAM PRESSURE REACHES 90 TO 110 POUNDS PER SQUARE INCH, THE RATE OF APPLICATION OF STEAM BEING SUCH THAT THE STATED PRESSURE IS REACHED IN A PERIOD OF FROM TWO TO THREE HOURS, THEN HOLDING AT SAID PRESSURE FOR APPROXIMATELY 4 HOURS AND THEN REDUCING THE PRESSURE TO ATMOSPHERIC IN A TIME OF ABOUT 1/2 TO ONE HOUR.

Claim 2

THE METHOD OF FORMING A FUEL BRICK ADAPTED FOR USE AS A FUNEL IN CUPOLA AND OTHER MELTING PROCESSES WHICH COMPRISES THOROUGHLY MIXING COKE BREEZE, PORTLAND CEMENT AND WATER IN THE FOLLOWING PROPORTIONS: ONE CUBIC YARD COKE BREEZE, 1.1 TO 2 CUBIC FEET PORTLAND CEMENT, AND 8 TO 16 GALLONS OF WATER, FILLING AN OPEN TOP MOLD WITH SAID MIXED COKE BREEZE, PORTLAND CEMENT AND WATER, RAPIDLY VIBRATING THE MOLD FOR FROM 10 TO 15 SECONDS, REMOVING THE FORMED GREEN BRICK FROM THE MOLD AND ALLOWING THE BRICK TO TAKE AN INITIAL SET FOR FROM 2 TO 3 HOURS, THEN GRADUALLY APPLYING STEAM TO A CLOSED CHAMBER IN WHICH THE BRICK IS PLACED UNTIL THE STREAM PRESSURE REACHES 90 TO 110 POUNDS PER SQUARE INCH, THE RATE OF APPLICATION OF STEAM BEING SUCH THAT THE STATED PRESSURE IS REACHED IN A PERIOD OF FROM TWO TO THREE HOURS, THEN HOLDING AT SAID PRESSURE FOR APPROXIMATELY 4 HOURS AND THEN REDUCING THE PRESSURE TO ATMOSPHERIC IN A TIME OF ABOUT 1/2 TO ONE HOUR.