Who invented the Anthratube coal boiler

Does any one know who invented what is now known as the Axeman-Anderson Anthratube
and who built the first one

The original design came from down below, I am convinced of this. I'm trying to put together an "Axeman Undercover" team to find out about this guy Anderson, he may in fact be the Devil himself. The fires of Hell run on anthracite, where else could you get a design that is unworkable to produce the kind of output that thing does?

Found this link, kinda cool

http://books.google.com/books?id=SGgxj7 ... #PPA109,M1

Actually this was the Coal Feed Tube for the boiler.

W. S. Anderson and J. E. Axeman
Filed Nov. 19, 1949
Patent #2,665,796

Image/Excerp Taken from:
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/2665796.pdf

(Richard, hopefully this is okay to post?)

WNY wrote:Actually this was the Coal Feed Tube for the boiler.

W. S. Anderson and J. E. Axeman
Filed Nov. 19, 1949
Patent #2,665,796

Image/Excerp Taken from:
http://www.freepatentsonline.com/2665796.pdf

(Richard, hopefully this is okay to post?)

More clues as to the identity of the evasive Anderson, Coaledsweat!

actually on the patent site, I found a coal stoker/pusher mechanism, dated like 1925? Interesting stuff

here you go. Is this what you are looking for?

Excerpt taken from http://www.freepatentsonline.com

Patent #3207131

Flyer5 wrote:

WNY wrote:1948 They could be building the boiler that I just sold .I almost feel I should have kept that one just for the bragging rights to the oldest one . Cool !!!

I think they started production in 1946.

I'll keep digging....

I was burn in Shamokin, PA. I can remember when I was a kid seeing signs posted...We Burn Coal...
When oil became readily available and cheap, businesses were changing over to oil.
This wasn't a problem outside the coal region, but within, it meant jobs. The people would boycott
those that changed to oil, so up went the signs...We Burn Coal...

Oil was cutting into the sales of coal ( jobs ). So to help out the coal industry Penn State designed the anthratube
boiler. The first one was built by Bethlehem Steel. But Axeman-Anderson tries to take all the credit.
The book doesn't say how A.A. got the rights to build the anthratube. The patent on the tube was 1+years
after the start of production but the boiler always had the tube. anthratube...coal tube...

WNY wrote:here you go. Is this what you are looking for?

Excerpt taken from http://www.freepatentsonline.com

Patent #3207131

That's not the Anthracite coal burning Anthratube, it's a gun type oil burner!

Yes, the BOILER was an J.E. Axeman design....then probably slightly re-designed for coal use.

According to the Companies History they Formed in 1944

http://www.axeman-anderson.com/history.html