chain-stoker furnace grate

  • 1stoker — stokerless, adj. /stoh keuhr/, n. 1. a person or thing that stokes. 2. a laborer employed to tend and fuel a furnace, esp. a furnace used to generate steam, as on a steamship. 3. Chiefly Brit. the fireman on a locomotive. 4. a mechanical device… …

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  • 2Stoker — /stoh keuhr/, n. Bram /bram/ (Abraham Stoker), 1847 1912, British novelist, born in Ireland: creator of Dracula. * * * ▪ machine       machine for feeding coal or other solid fuel into a furnace, usually supporting the fuel during combustion. A… …

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  • 3chain-grate stoker — noun : a wide endless traveling chain that feeds and supports the fuel in a boiler furnace …

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