US1070514A - Carbureter for stationary engines and other purposes. - Google Patents

Description

C. H. MYERS.

GANBURETBR FON STATIONANY ENGINES AND OTHEN PURPOSES.

EB. 24, 1910. RENBWED 19.11.15.191?.

Patented Aug. 19, 1913.

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attentes] C. H. MYERS.

CARBURETER FOR STATIONARY ENGINES AND OTHER PURPOSES.

APPLICATION FILED PEB. 2431910. RENEWED .TAN.15,1913. mm@ ML,

Patented Aug. 19, 1913.

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CARBU-RETER FOR STATIONARY ENGINES AND OTHER PURPOSES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 211i, 1910, Serial No. 545,773. Renewed January 15, 1913. Serial No. 742,310.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that l, CHARLES H. MYERS, a citizen of the United' States, residing at Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented a new and useful.

izing hydrocarbons for use in the explosive g chamber of stationary combustion engines, and consists in certain novel features of construction and arrangement ot parts which are illustrated in the accompanying 'drawings and will be hereinafter' fully described and then pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a central vertical longitudinal section of a carbureter embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is an end elevation of the same partly broken away. Fig. Sis a view partly in horizontal section and partly in plan of my device. Fig. 4 is a transverse vertical section. Fig. 5 is a detail View hf one ot' the partitions. Fig. 6 is a detail section of the throttle valve arranged in the outlet.

ln carrying out my invention, ll employ a housing or casing l which may be of any desired size-and form and which is provided at one end with an air inlet 2 over which is placed a screen, as clearlyshown in Figs. 1 and 2. Over this air inlet l secure a dome or semi-spherical hood 3 from which rises an air inlet pipe 4 provided at its irpperend with a cup-shaped enlargement 5 provided with a transverse bar 6- at its open upper' end in which is lmounted a threaded shaft or `screw 7 carrying a hand wheel 8.' By turning this hand Wheel, the screw 7 will be caused tovmove through the bar 6 and thereby bring the hand wheel closer to or farther from the open end of the cup 5 and thereby control the inlet of air to the carbureter. This adjustment is eli'ected at the factory and is determined by the size ot' the carbureter and the capacity of the engine to which it is to be fitted and the adjustment is not subsequently changed. ln the upper side of the housing 1, at theend opposite the air inlet, l provide a screened outlet 9 through which the vapor-laden air may pass so as to escape through the pipe 10 to the engine. This pipe 10 leads from a dome 11 which is secured over the outlet opening 9 and the opposite end of the pipe 10 is secured to or formed integral With a valve casing 12 in which is mounted a handcperated valve 13 adapted to cut oli' the outletent-irely or to vary the amount of vapor permitted to escape by being moved more or less from its'seat, as will be readily understood. lllhe seat for this valve 13 is formed on one side of a dome or cup 14 within which l provide one or more screens lo and from which a pipe 16 leads to the en- Within the housing 1, l provide a plurality of superposed compartments or containers 17 and in each of the said compartments or'containers, l provide an absorbent oil holder 18 which is preferably lamp wicking cut into proper lengths and set on end within the compartments soA that the capillary passages will be vertically disposed. rlhe wicking is held in the compartments by a series of rods 19 disposed transversely therein below the mpper edges of the same, whereby oil ted tothe uppermost compartment will be permitted to 'overflow therefrom after saturating the absorbent material and pass into the next lower compartment, where the same action will occur, whereby the several compartments will`be successively supplied with the oil.

ln the form of the invention illustrated in the drawings, the several compartments are provided by a seriesof pans disposed l0ngitudinally within the housing and arranged in staggered relation, as will be most readily understood on reference to Fig. 1l. The lowermost compartment will lill the entire bottom of the housing, while the next superposed compartments will have their longitudinal edges in Contact with each other and with the sides Vof the housing, thereby leaving spaces 20 between the sides of the housing and the compartments and between the compartments,'as clearly shown in Fig. 4, so as to permit a large volume of air to pass over the lower compartment, as will be readily understood. rlhe third horizontal row of compartments will be so disposed that the spaces between the same will be arranged over the subjacent compartments, as clearly shown in Fig. 4 and, consequently, air passing through the said openings will be compelled to travel over the lower compartment, and the saturated absorbent ma` terial therein. The oil is admitted to the uppermost compartments through a valve 21 Patentes aug. raisers.

connecting a feed cup 22'with the top of the housing and will pass from the said valve dito further provide for `an even distribution rectly onto the absorbent material in the uppermost compartments. From these com partments, the oil will overflow through openings 23 in one end of the same into the next subjacent compartments and will overtlow lfrom the said compartments through openings 24 at the opposite end thereof, and so on to the lowest compartments. In order and aid in supporting the superposed compartments. They also permit the surplus oil .to spread evenly through the absorbent material and to pass readily from one compartment to the next lower compartment. This spacing of the partitions, furthermore, serves to divide the air current passing over the absorbent material and, consequently,

bring the said air current into intimate contact with the entire surface of the absorbent material, so that the oil held by the said material will be thoroughly vaporized and taken up by the air and a rich hydrocarbon gas supplied to the engine.

It will be understood, of course, -that the device may be made of any desired capacity and is charged with the hydrocarbon oil at such intervals as may be necessary by having the said hydrocarbon simply poured through the cup 22 and the valve 21 connected therewith. A stop cock 27 is pro- 'vided at one end of the housing immediately above the upper surface of the absorbent material in the lowest compartment, and this stop cock is opened when the device is to be charged. The hydrocarbon Howing into andV from the several compartments will eventually reach the lowest compartment and will saturate the absorbent material therein and will then tend to collect on the upper surface of the same.

This excessive oil will escape through the stop cock 27, and the operator will at once close the said stop cock and also stop the charging operation, the said stop cock serving primarily `as a means of informing the operator when the device has been fully charged. It may also be utilized as a drain, and will be found advantageous also when cleaning or repairing of the mechanism becomes necessary. While the partitions 25 may be of any desired character consistent with the operation of the invention, l prefer to construct them of corrugated metal plates in order that the ni'shed structure may have the strength necessary to withstand the vibrations caused by the engine and also to prevent being pulled apart under the severe draft or suction, the ends of the pans are secured directly to the endsof the housing, as shown at 28, so that `the air entering through the inlet 2 will be directed vinitially upon the surface of the absorbent material in the lowest compartment. The air current will then lpass to theop'posite end of the housing and will rise to the overflow opening 241 and pass through the same and then over the surface of the material in the compartment containing the said opening, the ascent of the air directly through the housing being prevented by the end of the next superposed compartment, as willbe readily understood on reference to Fig. 1.

The carbureter, herein disclosed, is charged with hydrocarbon or other volatile fluid in the described manner, and the throttle valve 13 is adjusted according to the demands from the engine andthe conditions under which work is being performed. The en gine, having been set in motion, will draw air through the carbureter, and this air will pass over or through the several oil-containing compartments and will vaporize and take up the oil therein so that when the air current passes through .the outlet opening 9, it will be laden with a rich gas or hydrocarbon vapor and, consequently, will supply a highly charged gas to the engine. The gas lthus supplied, will be further mixed with air at the engine before passing into the combustion chamber of the same, and this final air feed will be controlled by the engineer and regulated according to the eXigencies of any particular occasion.

The domes or cup-shaped hoods which are secured over the air inlet and the gas outlet openings provide an enlarged chamber over the said openings in which the. air or vapor may collect and, consequently, serve as a cushion to counteract the pulsations of the engine and prevent the said pulsations disturbing the conditions within the carbureter or causing the oil to leak from the several compartments. The ends of the compartments are inclined inward and downward from the ends of the housing so as to provide spaces within which the air may circulate and pass'from one level to the next level above the same so as to pass over the surfaces of the absorbent holders within all the compartments, and the particular form of absorbent holder preferably used by me utilizes the force of capillary attraction to bring' every drop of the volatile fluid to the surface to be acted upon by the air current.

4From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the, accompanying drawings, the advantages of the construction and of the method of operation will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art to which the invention appertains, and while I have described the principle of operation of the invention, together 4.with the apparatus which I now consider to be the best einlbodiment thereof, I desire to have it understoodv that the apparatus shown is merely illustrative, and that such changes may be made when desired as are within the scope of the claims appended hereto.

I-n my application No. 545,774, for carbureter for household and other uses, filed Feb. 24, 1910, there are shown and described features upon which claims in this case are readable,lbut no claim is made in said applicatio-n broadly to such features which is readable upon the disclosure of the present application.

Having thus described the invention, what I claimas new, and desire to secure by Iletters Patent, is

L In an apparatus of the class described, a container having the space inclosed by its walls filled with absorbent material to a point short of' the free edges of the .walls to i, constitute an unobstructed space between the surface' of. the absorbent material and the plane of the free edges. of the Walls of the container, the said container having passages therethrough from the said free A space to the exterior of the container.

2. vIn an apparatus of the class described, a container provided Within its confines with a series of spaced parallel partitions with the free edges .of the walls ofthe container and the like edges of the partitions all in substantially one plane, and absorbentma- Y terial filling the spaces within vthe container between the partitions and having its eX- posed surface stopping short of the upper edges of the partitions and Walls of the container to provide a series of parallel free spaces coeXtensive with the length of the partitions. A Y

, 3. In an apparatus of the class described', a suitable. casing, a series of superposed containers thereinwith a higher container having its botto-In of less superficial area than the container thereunder, and a filling of.

.absorbent material for each container stopping short of the top of the container.

. and each provided With'a 4. In an apparatus ofthe class described, a suitable casing, and a series of containers therein eachhaving slopin sides and ends lling of absorbent material stopping short of the top of the container and having its upper surface substantially coextensive with the cross sectional area of the container coincident with the surface of the filling material, oneend of each container having perforations above the line of the surface of the filling material.

5. In an apparatus of the class described, an inclosing casing, and a series of containers therein having sloping sides and ends and intermediate longitudinal partitions extending from end to end of each container in substantially parallel relation, and a filling of absorbent material coeXtensive with the space between the walls of each container and the longitudinal partitions therein and stopping short of the top of the container, one end wall of the container being perforated above the surface of the absorbent iilling.

6. In an apparatus of the class, described, the combination with a housing having an air inlet in one end and a gas outlet/at its opposite end, of a series of superposed compartments arranged within the housing in staggered relation and having their ends secured .to and inclined inward from the ends of the housing, the `alternate compartments being provided with openings in their opposite ends, absorbent holders arranged within the said compartments, and an oil inlet in the top of the housing.

7 In an apparatus of the class described, an inclosing casing, and a series of containers therein having sloping sides and ends and intermediate longitudinal partitions extending from end to end ofv each container in substantially parallel relation,

land a filling of absorbent material coeXtensive with the space between the walls of each container and the longitudinal Jparti-l tions therein and stopping short of the to-p of the container, one end Wall of thel container being perforated above the surface of the absorbent filling, and the longitudinal partitions being perforated both above and below the surface of the absorbent filling. y

8. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination of a series of superposed compartments having air passages between adjacent`4 compartments, longitudinally-disposed partitions within the said compartments provided with transverse openings and vertically corrugated, absorbent holders within the compartments and between said partitions, means for admitting an air current to the space between the compartments, means for supplying oil to the holders'within the compartments, and means for carry-l ping short of the outer edges thereon with matching perforations of the partit-ions above the surface of the absorbent material,

and retaining rods secured to the -walls of the container and traversing the matching perforations in the partitions in overlying relation -to the absorbent material.

10. In an apparatus of the class described, superposed containers each expanding toward the top and each provided with longitudinal partit-ions having their upper edges flush with the top of the container carrying them, and absorbent material within each container stopping short of the upper edge ofthe container and filling the container to the height of the upp-er surface of the mass of absorbent material.

11. In an apparatus of the class described, a suitable casing, a series of parallel partitions dividing the lower portion of the interior of the casing into a series of parallel channels, absorbent material filling the spaces between the partitions and stopping short of the upper edges thereof, containers with their bottoms in engaging relation with appropriate ones of the longitudinal partitions, other longitudinal partitionsin each container dividing the latter into a series of longitudinal channels, masses of absorbent material illing each channel and each container up to a point short of the upper edges of the 'container and partitions therein, means for the introduction of liquid hydro-carbon into the casing, means for the introduction of air into the lower portion of the casing, and means for the escape of the air and of the hydro-carbon gases from the top of the casing.

12. In an apparatus of the class described, a casing designedl to be in substantially horizontal position when in use, a longitudinal series of corrugated and perforated partitions located in the bottomv of the casing and in spaced relation one to the other with their upper edges in substantially one plane,

-a filling of absorbent material coeXtensive with the spaces between the partitions and stopping short of the upper edges thereof to form a series of parallel channels between the upper surface of theV absorbent material and the top edges of thev partitions, containers vhaving inclined Side and end walls and arranged in superposed staggered relation within the casing above the -partitions in the lower part thereof, each container having longitudinally disposed spaced perforated and corrugated partitions therein dividing the containerinto longitu* dinal channels, absorbent material filling the spaces between the partitions in each container and stopping `short of the ,top

thereof, each container also having one end wall perforated above the surface of the absorbent material therein, an air inlet for the casing at a point immediately abovethe absorbent material in the bottom ofthe casing, an outlet for enriched air atthe top of the casing, and meansfor the introduction of a hydro-carbon liquid into the casing at the top thereof.

13. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination with a compartment, of perforated corrugated partitions arranged within the same, and absorbent holders ary ranged within the said compartment be tween the said vpartit-ions, the latter being extended above the absorbent material.

14. In an apparatus of the class described, the casing, superposed compartments arranged therein and having inclined ends,

absorbent holders arranged within the comi partments, and perforated partitions located within the compartments and also having inclined ends, some o-f the perforations in the partitions being covered and some uncovered by the absorbent holders.

15. In an apparatus of the class described, a casing designed to be in substantially horizontal position when in use, a longitudinal series of corrugated and perforated partitions located in the bottom o-f the casing and in spaced relation one to the other with their upper edges in substantially one plane, a filling of absorbent material coeX` tensive with the spaces between the partitions and stopping short of the upper edges thereof to form a series of parallel channels between the upper surface of the absorbent material and the top edges of the partitions, containers having inclined side and end walls and arranged in superposed staggered relation within the casing above the partitions in the lower part thereof, each container having longitudinally spaced perforated and corrugated partitions. therein dividing the containerinto longitudinal channels, absorbent material filling ,the spaces between the partitions in each container and stopping short of the top thereof, each container also having one end wall perforated above the surface of the absorbent material therein, an air inlet for the casing at a point immediately above the absorbent material in the bottom of the c'sing, an outlet for enriched air. at the top of the casing, means 4for the introduction of a disposed hyrdocarbon liquid into the casing at the l top thereof, and a valved outlet in the 'casing communicating therewith at a point above the upper surface of the mass of absorbent material in the bottom of the casing.

16. In an apparatusof the class described,

a container provided-within its confines with- Lor/0,514c

partitions, the partitions both Where coincident With the filling of absorbent material and beyond the expo-sed surfaces of the same being perforated, and one Wall of the container having passages opening into the channels formed by the spaces between the partitions beyond the surface of the absorbent material.

17. In an apparatus of the class described, a container for a volatile liquid having absorbent'material With an exposed surface substantially coextensve with the area of the plane of the container coincident with the surface of the absorbent material, the

said absorbent material having capillary passages terminating at the exposed surface thereof with the ends substantially perpendicular to the direction of travel of air over the exposed surface of the absorbent material.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixed my signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

CHARLES H. MYERS.

Witnesses JOHN II. SIGGERS, DAVID R. WAGNER.

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