US174039A - Improvement in gas apparatus - Google Patents

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n. L. WESTCO TT.

GAS APPARATUS.

N o 174 ,O 39 Patented Feb. 22, 1'8 76. V

' INVEN'II'OR u ATTORNEYS NPETERS, PHOTO-UTMDGRAFHER, WASHINGTON. D (L same.

UNITED STAT-Es" PATENT OFFICE.

f DANIEL L. wnstroo'rcr, or FORT WAYNE, INDIANA.

IMPROVEMENT'IN GAS APPARATUS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 174,039, dated February 22, 1876; application filed December 11, 1875.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, DANIEL L, Wnsroorr,

of Fort Wayne, in the county of Allen and State of Indiana, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Gas Appar-atus; and I do herebydeclare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of the same, reference being had to the annexed drawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a representation of a longitudinal vertical section of my gas apparatus, and Fig. 2 is an end view of the Fig. 3 is a detail view thereof.

This invention has relation to improvements in apparatuses for the manufacture of illuminating-gas from oil, petroleum, or other liquid hydrocarbons, and which are designed for use in dwellings, factories, hotels, or for more extensive application.

It consists in the arrangement and novel construction of the various devices used whereby the simultaneous decomposition of the hydrocarbons and water is secured, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In the annexed drawings, the letter A designates a furnace of the usual construction, within which is fixed a retort, B, of any convenient form or material, and provided with an induction or inlet pipe, or, andran eduction 0r outlet pipe, I). It is also provided with an interior evaporating-vessel, G, having in its bottom a sinuous, tortuous, or spiral channel, a, the purpose of which will hereinafter appear. Outlet 1) is provided with a pipe, D, leading into a condensing-cistern, E, which pipe extends into the said cistern, and is bent over and under into the liquid contained therein, which operates as a seal and forces the gas in its passagefrom the retort into the liquid for the purpose of condensation. The cistern E is provided with an outlet-pipe, d, through which the gas will be discharged into a holder or directly into the supply-pipes. It has also a supply-pipe, F, by means of which the oil to be used is introduced into the cistern, which pipe extends below the liquid contained therein, and is thus sealed. G represents a metallic pipe of suitable dimensions, leading from the cistern E into a receptacle,

E H, being first bent in the form of a siphon,

as shown at e, and then let into the receptacle upon its upper surface. Receptacle H has also a supply-pipe, I, which enters it upon its upper side, is then bent over and under, and then upward, forming a coil, 6, the object of which, as well as of coil 6, is to seal pipes G and I. This receptacle is also provided with a discharge-pipe, J, leading from it into retort B, through the medium of inlet a, which pipe, .when not otherwise inclosed, passes through a loose jacket or case, K, which may sometimes extend around receptacle H, for the purpose of retaining the heat from the retort and furnace around the said pipe and receptacle, for the purpose hereinafter mentioned. I

The operation of the apparatus is as follows: The retort being properly heated, petroleum or other liquid hydrocarbon is delivcred from a suitable tank, by means of a'coclr which regulates the flow at will, through the supply-pipe F into the cistern E. When the 'oil in the latter reaches the level of pipe G, it

will pass through the same into receptacle tained from a convenient tank furnished with a cock which controls the supply at will, which is discharged into the said receptacle through pipe I. The mingled oil and water will then flow, through the heated pipe J, into the retort, and will be simultaneously delivered into the evaporating-vessel G. In passing through the heated pipe J thecommingled oil and water will be partially heated, and will be delivered in this condition into' the evaporating-vessel G, and will run out of the tortuous or spiral channel 0 formed in its bot tom. In passing through this channel the. commingledhydrocarbon and water will be raised to a high temperature being detained in its passage through the same a sufficient time for the purpose, and will be delivered into the retort in proper condition for being speedily vaporized. Thus the oil and water, being in constant proximity, are gradually and simultaneously converted into vapor and intimately diffused, instead of the water being first converted into steam outside and then introduced separately into the retort.

The objectof this peculiar construction is to prevent the depositing of carbon in the retort and to dispense with an auxiliary steam-generator. The gas thus produced will in practice he further enriched by placing a supply of coke or charcoal in a retort in the usuallnanner, and it will pass out, through educt 1), into the condensing-cistern E, where the tar, if there be any, will remain, while the gas will pass out through pipe dinto a suitable receptacle. The tarry residuum thus obtained will he passed with the oil back into the retort, and will be again redistilled.

V I am aware that the manufacture of illuminating-gas by the aid of steamv generated in a separate apparatus is not novel; therefore I make no claim to such invention.

What I claim asvnew, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

The combination, substantially as hereinbefore described, of the retort B, having the interior evaporating-vessel 0 provided with spiral channels, the cistern E, bent pipe G, receptacle H, and feed-pipe J, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name'in the presence of two witnesses.

, DANIEL L. WESTGOIT. Witnesses;

FRED HAYES, S. F. SWAYNE.

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