US1062983A - Gasometer. - Google Patents

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. i i

FREDERICK J. ,IVIAYEIL QF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO STETTINEB CHAMOTTE- FABRIK ACTEN-GESELLSCHAFT VORM. DIDIER, OF STETTIN, GERMANY, A CORPO- aATIoN or GERMANY.

GASOMETER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented May 27,1913.

T 0 lall whom t may concern Be it known that I, FREDERICK J. MAYER, a citizen of the United States, and resident of the borough of Manhattan, city, county, and State ot New York, have invented certain'new and useful ,Improvements in Grasometers, of which the following is a specication.

My invention relates to gasometers Vand has for its object to provide a construction which will insure the uniform distribution of the gas within the gasometer bell, causing all articles of gas to travel a. practically uni orm distance Within the bell, and thus securing a thorough mixture of the gas contained in the bell, with the fresh gas admitted thereto.

A specific embodiment of my invention Will now be described with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a vertical section taken on line 11 of Fig. 2; Fig. 2 is a partial top view, with parts removedand paris in section on line 2-2 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on line 3 3 of Fig. 1; and Fig. 4 is a detail vertical section on line 4r-4 of Fig. 1. V

The gasonietcr illustrated in the drawings comprises a tank 10 0I" any suitable construction, and filled with Water as usual, the low Water level being indicated at 11, and We overflow level at 11H. Into this water is arranged to dip the lower edge of the ometer bell, Which in the construction shown consists of three telescoping sections 12, 13, 14, the inner section 12 having` a roof or top 15. The sections 1.2, 13 are provided with cups 16, 1.7 at their lower ends, and the sections 13, 14 with inverted cups 18, 19 at their upper ends, to seal the joints between the sections as their lower edges rise from the water, in the well-known manner.

At the central portion of the holder or gasomctcr is arranged the stationary inlet pipe 20, open at its upper end, and connected at its lower end with the duct 21 through which the gas is conveyed from the gas-producinp,` plant. The upper end ot' the pipe 20 is above the overflow level 11. To thev central portion ot' the top 15 is secured a dependingv vertical pipe arranged to surround the inlet pipe 20 when the Ybell in its lovvermost position as shown. As the bell rises and with it the pipe 22, the water contained in a cupl 23 at the lower end of said pipe will seal the joint between the pipe 22 and a larger surrounding pipe section 24 having at its upper end an inverted cup 25 arranged to dip into the cup 23. Similarly, there is a still Wi'der pipe section 26 pro vided at its upper end with an inverted cup 27 adapted to dip into the water contained in a cup 28 at the lower end of the pipe section 24. The three pipe sections 22, 24, and 2G therefore constitute atelescopic pipe, corresponding to the telescopic arrangement of the bell sections 1 2, 13, 14. Atl the upper end of the pipe 22 is located a distributing cham'- ber 2S), (accessible 'through a. manhole 30,) from which dhamber radial ducts 31 (eight in the example shown) lead to a peripheral duct 32 arranged Withinthe bell section 12 adjacent to its roof or top 15. The gas from the inlet pipe 2O is compelled to pass into the chamber 29 and then through the radial ducts 31 to the peripheral `duct 32, these ducts and chamber being ixnpcrforate except for their inlet and outlet openings. The outlets from the duct 32 consist of perforations provided in the bottom wall 33 of the duct, preferably around. the entire circum4 ference of the bell. I have shown the bell section 12 provided with a number of vertical interior braces or legs 311, each Icp,` being extended through the peripheral duct 32 so as to subdivide the saine into segmental oonr pertinents which communicate with each other by means of apertures 34 provided in said legs.

Surrounding the spacoin which the pipe sections 22, 24 and 2G are adapted to move, is an annular outlet pipe 3C) terminating above the overliow level 11a so as to communicate with thclgas space of the bell` and connected at one point with the outlet 'duct 36 through which the passes to the place of eonsumption or use. A. manhole 4:2 is provided in the roof lo at a point vertically above the connection of the outlet pipe 35 with the duct 35. The upper portion of this outl t pipe R5 nn. I be braced by a suitable framework 37 riting on the lloor of the gasonicter and also adapted to engage the roof 15 of the bell section 12, when said section is in ils 'innermost position. Gutterlilc channels 38 at the top of said iframeA Work, are adapted to receive the radial ducts 81, so that the framework 37 will not engage the decis, thus avoiding any danger .of-crushing them the beams 38a which forni the side walls) of the channels 38,5 'hich engage the roof l5 between the ducts. In order that the pipe sections-22, 2l, 26 may move with as little friction as possible, wheels or rollers 39 may be secured to the lower portions of said pipe sections, to run on suit ble vertical guides4 40, el()a se cured on' thea inner sides of the pipe sections 24, 26 and of the outlet pipe irespectively. Similarly, rollers 39 mayr be secured to the upper portions of the pipes 24, 26 and 25, to travel along suitable guides on the outer surfaces of the pipe sections 22, 2l and 26. In order that Water may have free access to the space surrounded by the outlet. pipe, so as to fill the cups of the pipe sections 22 and 24, Water ducts 41 extend through the outlet pipe` at suitable points.

In the drawings, the relative proportions of certain parts, and especially the thickness of the metal, have been exaggerated for the sake of clearness.

The incoming gas passes from the inlet pipe 20 through the telescoping pipes 22, 24, 2G of the bell to the chamber 29, the radial ducts 31 and the peripheral duct 32, the entire channel or passageway through which the gas flows being iinperforate up to the pointI Where the gas is allowed to pass into the interior'ot' the bell through the perforated bottom wall 33 of the peripheral duct. The entire body of thegas is therefore compelled to travel to the peripheral openings in the bottom Wall 33; From these openings the gas travels within the gasometer bell to the centrally located opening at the upper end of the outlet pipe 35. It Will be seen that all the outlets in the Wall 33 are at practically equal distances from the upper end of the pipe 35, and thus I secure a uniform distribution of the gas Within the bell and a uniform agitation and mixing of the incoming gas with the gas previously contained in the gasometer.

Various modifications may be made with out departing from the nature of my inverition as set forth in the appended claims.

l claim: i

1. A gasometer provided with a bell hav ing a central distributing chamber at the top and a pipe leading to said chamber, ducts extending outwardly from said chamber, a peripheral duct connected With the outer ends of said ducts and communicating With the interior of the bell, a central inlet pipe arranged to deliver gas to the pipe-ofl the bell, and an annular outlet pipe surrounding said inlet pipe at a sufhcient distance to leave a space for the pipe of the bell.

2. A gasometer comprising a tank having an inlet pipe and an annular outlet pipe surrounding said inlet pipe, a hell having a 38 carry cross pieces vided with pipes Ator the depending pipe arranged to receive gas from the inlet pipe, and ducts for leading the gas from said depending pipe to the peripheral portion ot' the bell, and constructed to disn charge into the bell only at the peripheral portion thereof.

3. A gasometer comprising a tank having an inlet pipe and an annular outlet pipe surrounding said inlet pipe, and a bell pro- 'ided with mean-s for receiving gas at its central portion and discharging said gas into the bell only at its said means being imperiorate between the central and the peripheral portions of the bell.

4. A gasometer comprising a tank having an inlet pipe and an outlet pipe both located at the central portion of the tank, and a bell provided with means for receiving gas at its central portion and discharging said into the bell only at its peripheral portion, said means being tween the central and the tions oi' the bell.

5. A gasometer comprising a tank having an inlet pipe and an outlet pipe both located at the central portion of the tank, and a bell provided` with means for receiving at its central portion from said inlet pipe, means for discharging the gas into the interior of the nell at its peripheryl in a number of jets, and .impcrtorate ducts for leading the gas from the central receiving means to the peripheral discharging means. (i. A gasometer comprising a tank pr0- admission and eduction of gas respectively, a bell provided With means for receiving gas at its central portion, with means for discharging the gas into the interior of the bell at its periphery, and with impor-forato ducts for leading` the gas from the central receiving means to the peripheral discharging means, and a stationarv support arranged to engage the upper part ol' the position, at peintelater:

' to e peripheral p0rly ot said ducts, ngc the d i 7. A gasoin comprising a tank provided with a i trai pipe, an annular pipe surrounding said central pipe, a duct eX tending through said annular pipe to supply Water to the spare between said two pipes, and a bell provided with a gas-conveying pipe arranged to tit between said central .pipeand said annular pipe.

In-testimony whereof I have signed this speciication in the presence of twosubscribing Witnesses. .4

FREDER-CK J. MAYBE,` l/litnesses:

Larmes E. SMrrn, l L, C.. Fniccns. i,

bell in its lowermost peripheral-portion, l

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