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tatrd tant @anni (timbre 'nonna TAYLOR, or MONTREAL, CANADA.

Laim Patent No. 102,619, aan May 3, 1870.

IMPRGVEMENT IN APPARATUS FOR THE COMBUSTION OF PETROLEUM AND OTHER HYDRGCARBQN LIQoIDs.

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The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part of the same To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HoMnn TAYLOR, of the city of Dumfries, in that part of Great Britain called Scotland, at present a resident ot' Montreal, Canada, have invented a new and useful Apparatus for the Generation and Combustion ofthe Gases contained in Ptroleumand other Hydrocarbon Substances, and utilizing them in furnaces for steam-boilers or, for other analogous purposes. The following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings making part ot' this specication, in whiclrl Figure l is a transverse elevation, with the front of the inclosing wall removed;

Figure 2, a longitudinal elevation, with the side of the inelosure removed Y Figure 3, a plan view of figs. 1 and 2,

Figure 4,.a port-ion ofthe series of burners, toillustrate the means of regulating and controlling the dame therefrom ;v

Figure 5, a plan view of a group of burners, with their reverberators;

Figure 6, a vertical section -of iig. 5; andy Figure 7, a vertical section of a single burner.

The letters of reference indicate the same parts in the different figures.

A is the gasometer, receiver, or mixing-chamber, which may be used also as a gas-generator, as hereinafter described. It may be of cast metal, boiler-plate, or other-material, provided with a man-hole, and of a size to suit the furnace-space where it is to be used.

The gasometer A is divided into several compartments by horizontal partitions a, b, and c. In the present instance there are four compartments, d e f g. The lower partition a prevents any communication with the compartment above, except at its edges, where narrow slots are cut out, leaving only suiicieut metal to serve the purpose of attaching it to the sides of the ga'someter and holding it in position. The next partition b is united to the gasometer on all sides, and has an aperture of suitable size at or near its center. 'Ihe next above, c, is imperforated in the center for a space of three or four times the area of the aperture in the remainder of its superficies being perforated with small holes, this arrangement causing the gases to be thoroughly mixed in their progress upward. Immediately beneath the "partitions a and h coils of perforated pipe x are placed, which convey the mixed steam and gas from c, by means of the pipe 0, and distribute it through their apertures, thereby thor# oughly mixing it with the contents of A. i

` In the top of the gasometer A burners t are xed, communicating directly with the interior of the same, without the agency of pipes of any kind, which, if used, would be liable` to obstruction by carbonization.

These burners are, inthe present instance, arranged in groups of four, each group surrounded by an annular reverberator, made of suitable metal, for the purpose of concentrating the heat about ,the burners to facilitate the'combustion ofthe gas issuing therefrom.

Inside of the gasometer'A, in contact with its top, and so placed as to coincide with the respective rows of burners, are the slides a. They move in guideways, and have holes corresponding with nicety to the apertures of the burners, each group of holes having an extra equidistant hole in aline with theothers in theA direction of the movement of the slide. The function of the slides is *to-regulate and control the amount of heat in the furnace. Of course, when all the apertures coincide, the greatest amount of gas will be consumed,'and the maximum of heat evolved. When the slide is moved a proper distance two burners in each group a're out oiT, reducing the heat one-half; when moved so`that only the extra hole coincides in each group with one of the burners, three-fourths are cut off; and when the extra hole and two others coincide, only one-fourth of the supply is out ofi'.

B isa gas-generator, which may be made of plate iron or cast metal, provided with a flange at one end, to which a removable head is bolted. A perforated pipe or coil of pipes, k, is placed inside for the purpose 'of conveying and distributing the oil or other duid to be vaporized, which enters through the feed-pipe n (provided with a graduated stop-cock) from a suitable resel'VOll'.

The pipe fm conveys the gas to the gasometer'A.

q is an outlet-pipe, through which any excess of' oil which has entered the generator may be withdrawn.

A similar gas-generator, U, is.placedy in the firechamber D, the oil, 85o., being supplied. toit through the feed-pipe Z. It communicates with the gasometer A by means of the pipe 0, which extends nearly to the bottom of' the gasometer.

E is a superheater, which consists of a tubular vessel extending from the front of the apparatus by one side and the back to the opposite angle, where it enters the gas-generator. From the forward end of A a pipe, O, extends down to the gasometer A, for the purpose of supplying superheuted steam and gas thereto. The superheater is supplied with steam through the pipe p from the boiler, (not shown,) or from any other convenient source. A pipe, Z, leads from the superheater E to the coils of perforated tubes x in the gasometer A.

As a supply of oxygen by steam or air or both is necessary at the commencement of the process, a steamgenerator, F, is provided for temporary use. Itis formed like thc gas-generator B, or in any other convenient form.

Alll the stopcocks used are supplied with graduated arcs or quadrant-s, which, iu'connection with the handles acting as indexes, indicate the extent of the supply through the respective pipes.

For the double purpose of giving an additional supply of oxygen to the flame, and promoting a current or dlaught without admitting cold air, I use a thin perforated cover of iron orcast metal, G, (a portion of which is shown in tig. 3,) over the whole surface of i the top of the gasometer A, through which the reverberators protrude, leaving a space of au inch, more or less, for the admission of steam, heated air, or both mixed.

G is provided with a flange by which it is secured to A. The steam and air are supplied through pipes, which may be 'in the form of a coil, placed under or beside the gasometer, where they will become heated.. Air may b`e forced into this coil by suitable means, and steam can be obtained from any convenient source.

Instead of the perforated cover G, a series of perforated pipes, as shown at H, can be used as a substiwill enter the gasometer A, the cocks fr and t being' closed. Then, by opening the cock u, oil is admitted to B, and, passing through the perforations in the iuterior pipe, is instantly vaporized on the heated bottom, and the gas and steam together ascend into the gasomctcr through the pipe m, lig. ff. The gas, as it issues from the burners, may then be lighted, the preliminary process described being continued until steam can bc had from the main boiler above, (not shown then, by opening the cock fu, 1, it will be admitted into the superhcater E, and from thence to the gasgencrator C; then, by opening the oil-cock w, the vaporization will commence in the in )er generator C. The gases will then be conveyed by le pipe O to the lower compartment cl of the gasometcr, and the further mixing thereof will proceed as already described, aud the permanent work of the furnace be in full operation.

Having thus fully described my invention,

That I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patcnt, is

l. The within-described process, by means of which petroleum and other hydrocarbon substances are va- As soon as the steam is up in the generator F,

pox-ized by being passed through a perforated pipe 7c, whence they fall upon the heated surface of the gasgenera'tor B, and pass thence into the gasometer or mixer A, substantially as shown and described.

2. The within-described process, by means of which steam is obtained in the steam-generator F, and, in conjunction with the gaseous products of petroleum or other hydrocarbon substances, passes into the gasometer or mixer A, substantially as shown and described.

3. The within-described process, by means of which steam and the gaseousv products of petroleum are thoroughly intermixed by means of the partitions c, b, and c, and utilized by means of the-.burners t', sul stantially as shown and described.

et.. The within-described process, by means of which superheated steam is obtained and supplied to the gasgenerator 0where it comes in contact with the gas cous products of petroleum or other hydrocarbon substances, and such superheated steam and products in conjunction is supplied by means of the pipe 0 and perforated pipes sv, to the gasometer or mixer A, wherein it is thoroughly intel-mixed by means of the partitions a, b, and c, and then utilized' by means of the burners t', substantially as shown and described.

5. The auxiliary gas and steam-generators, in combination with the gasomcter A, in the manner and for the purpose described.

(i. rl`he combination of the groups of burners with their respective reverberators, for the. purpose set forth.

7. The combination of the perforated cover G, or its equivalent, with the gasomct-er A, for the purpose set forth.

8. The arrangement of the perforated partitions a, b, and c, in relation to each other, to the perforated pipes x, and to the gasometer A, as described, for the purpose set forth.

S). The combination of the burners li with their reverberator and with the perforated coyer G, as shown and described.

l0; 'lhe auxiliary gas-generator 0,'in combination with the gas-generator B and gasorneter A, `substantially as shown and described.

11'. The perforated slide h, for regulating the supply of gas, arranged and operated substantially as shown and described. Y

In testimony that I claim the foregoing improvement in furnaces for the combustion of petroleum and other hydrocarbon substances, as above described, I

have hercuntoset my hand and seal this 5th day of January, 1870.

' HOMER TAYLOR. [n s.] lVitnesses:

THOMAS It. Jonsson, JOHN Ensox.

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