US601888A - Gas-washing apparatus - Google Patents

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(No Model.)

A. BEACON. GAS WASHING APPARATUS.

No. 601,888. Patented Apr. 5, 1898.

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GAS-WASHING APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 601,888, dated April 5, 1898.

Application filed May 13, 1897;

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALBERT E. DEACON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvem ents'in Gas-Washing Apparatus, of which the following is a specification.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple, economical, and efficient apparatus for washing and cleansing blast-furnace and similar gases; and the invention consists in the features, combinations, and details of construction hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a vertical sectional elevation of a portion of a furnace with an apparatus for washing and cleansing gas constructed in accordance with my improvements attached thereto in operative position Fig. 2, an enlarged sectional view of the water-distributer, and Fig. 3a front elevation of the metal'strip used in providing the water-outlet.

In constructing an apparatus in accordance with my improvements I provide a cupshaped disk A of the desired size, having its inner face a arranged, preferably, in a vertical plane, so that a sheet of water may flow down the same and be carried off by means of a drip or waste pipe B. To provide the sheet of water, I use an inlet or feed pipe G, which is connected by means of a flexible tube a with any source of water-supply. I provide the inner end of this tube with awater-distributer D, which has threaded en gagement therewith and prevents it from turning by means of the pin 01. The disk is provided with a threaded nipple E, which is screwthreaded therein and which supports the' inner end of the Water-distributer and practically forms a continuation of,the feed;pipe for purposes more fully hereinafter described. This threaded nipple is provided withseveral radial openings e, which allow the water to force its way into the inside of the distributer and drip down its surface cl and out through the opening 01 onto the face of the disk. To provide the opening 01 Iinterpose a strip of metal F between the distributer and the face of the disk, which prevents the lower end of the distributer from contacting the Serial No. 636,274 (No model.)

disk, thus providing the desired width of opening. 7.

.It is oftendesirable to clear out the inletopening 61 when it has become clogged with sediment, dirt, or foreign substances, and in order to do this all that is necessary to do is to turn the pipe C, which action rotates the distributer on the threaded nipple, provides a larger inlet-opening, and flushes or cleanses the inlet-opening of all sediment and foreign substances. By turning the pipe C in an opposite direction the distributer is forced back again into its operative position, as shown in Fi 2.

v The gas is led into the chamber of the cupshaped disk preferably by means of an elbow G, Which has its discharge-opening g ar-' ranged in front of the disk, so that as the gas enters the chamber it contacts the downflowi'ng sheet of water in such a manner that the dust, dirt, and foreign substances are caught by the water and carried down and offthrough the waste-pipe. I further provide a housing or casing H, which entirely surrounds the opening of the gas-pipe and the outlet-opening A of the cup shaped disk, so as to confine the gas after it has been cleansed and to carry it over and around through such chamber, where it emerges through the outlet H into the furnace I or other desired receptacle, whereit may be consumed.

, In order to protect the disk from the fierce heat of combustion, I. make itv preferably double, so as to provide a water-jacket a which is in communication withv the waterinlet by means of the perforations a and secures a circulation of water therethrough. I In operation the water is turned on in the feed-pipe C, enters the chamber of'the distributer, and is forced out through the opening d down and over the face of the disk in a steady sheet. The.gas being turned on enters the chamber of the cup-shaped disks and contacts the downflowing sheet of water, where it is thoroughly cleansed. It then rises and flows through thechamber .of the casing out through the opening H and into" the furnace or other place where it is desired toc'onsume the same.

I claim 1. In a gas-washing apparatus, the combination of a disk or similar element, a nipple screw-threaded in the upper portion thereof and provided with longitudinal lateral openings, a Water distributer secured to the threaded nipple and provided with a supplyopening at one portion thereof, a feed-pipe screw-threaded into and connected with the water-distributer so that such distributer may be rotated therewith, a waste-pipe for carrying off the water, and a gas-supply pipe arranged with its outlet-opening adjacent to the surface of the disk, substantially as described.

2. In a gas-washing apparatus, the combination of a disk provided with a Water-jacket, a water-distributer arranged in the upper portion thereof so as to flow a sheet of water down and over the inner surface of the disk, a water-discharge pipe connected with the lower portion of the disk, a gas-supply pipe arranged with its outlet adjacent to the face of the disk, and a casing provided with an outlet surrounding the disk and outlet of the gas-supply pipe to compel the gas after being cleansed to pass out through the outlet of such casing, substantially as described.

ALBERT E. DEAGON.

Witnesses:

THOMAS B. MoGREGoR, THOMAS A. BANNING.

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