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    • FMECHANICAL ENGINEERING; LIGHTING; HEATING; WEAPONS; BLASTING
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  • nccted with the lower compartment f of the cou- My invention relates to steam und vapor-engines denser, and by a pipe,j, with the tank C, for forcing and my object is to introduce certain improvements the condensed liquid from the condenser into the upon the means heretofore employed to econoinize 1ank.
  • the smoke-stack G of the boiler B may also be LA I will n'rst describe my improvements in connecconverted into a tank for vaporizing the volatile liquid. lion with all that is necessary to a full understand- For this purpose the smoke-lines k k pass through a ing ⁇ thereof, and then clearly point them ont in my vessel, l, which is, by pipes m m, connected with the k claim. 4trink C, so that the heat ot' the products of combus- A in the draining represents a steam-engine, of tion, passing through the lues 7c, maybe utilizedfor suitable construction, connected by the steam-pipe vaporizing the liquid inthe vessel land tank. o, with a boiler, B, ot'suitable kind.
  • connection or combination of the tank and .lhe exhaust-pipe b ofthe engine is carried into smoke-stack is not necessary but desirable.

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atleet @titten JoEL A. n. ELLIS, or sPmtiErELD, VERMONT.
Letters Patent No. 108,574, dated October 25, 1870.
IMPROVEMENT IN COMBINED STEAM AND GAS-ENGINES. Y
r l The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent: and making part o! the same.
y. Tf1 all 10710) i "my GUNCWN: liquid passing into the lower compartment f of the Bc it known that I, J one A. H, ELLIS, ot' Spriugi condenser, whence it is returned to the tank '0. field, in the county ot' Windsor and State of Yer- The water in the condenser maybe used for the mont', have invented a new and improved Combined feed-water of thc boiler, and is, therefore, advantagesteam and Gus-Engine; und I. do hereby declare onsly heated by the exhaust vapors from the cnr that the following isa full, clear, and exact descripgine 1).
tion thereof, which will enable others skilled in the The water-chambcrof the condenser is, therefore,
nrt to nlnke and use the saine, reference being had bya pipe, g, connected with the feed-pnmnRwheh to the accompanying drawing forming part ot' this fort-es the water into the boiler, through a pipe, 7l.
specification, in which the drawing represents a pcr- The saine, or another pump, is, by a pipe, i, couspcctive view ol'iny improved compound exigirle. nccted with the lower compartment f of the cou- My invention relates to steam und vapor-engines denser, and by a pipe,j, with the tank C, for forcing and my object is to introduce certain improvements the condensed liquid from the condenser into the upon the means heretofore employed to econoinize 1ank.
the heat. The smoke-stack G of the boiler B, may also be LA I will n'rst describe my improvements in connecconverted into a tank for vaporizing the volatile liquid. lion with all that is necessary to a full understand- For this purpose the smoke-lines k k pass through a ing` thereof, and then clearly point them ont in my vessel, l, which is, by pipes m m, connected with the k claim. 4trink C, so that the heat ot' the products of combus- A in the draining represents a steam-engine, of tion, passing through the lues 7c, maybe utilizedfor suitable construction, connected by the steam-pipe vaporizing the liquid inthe vessel land tank. o, with a boiler, B, ot'suitable kind.
such as gasoline, or other hydrocarbon, and is carried Having thus described my invention,
The connection or combination of the tank and .lhe exhaust-pipe b ofthe engine is carried into smoke-stack is not necessary but desirable. Either the upper part of a tank, (i, containing rola-tile liquid, may be used independent of or without the other.
iu spiral `windings to the lower part of' said tank, and I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters tinally opened to thc atmosphere or suitable rccep- Patenttnele 1. A condenser, E, for steunt and vapor-engines,
The heutot' the exhaust steam passing through divided b va false-bottoni, e, into a Wutcechanber the tank will convert the liquid contained in the above, and a hydrocarbon-clianiber below, combined saine into vapor. with vapor-pipe coils il, as and for the purpose de- '.lhis vapor is, through a pipe, e, carried to au enscribed.
eine, D, oi" suitable construction, operating the saule 2. The boiler B, having a smoke-stack, G, pro. by its expansive torce. The engine l) exhausts vided with hydrocarbon-chamberland lucs k, as and through a pipe, d, into a condenser', li. v for the pul'pose described. l This condenser is iillcd with water above its false JOEL A. H. ELLIS. r bottom e, and receives the coiled pipeJ l1, as shown. "itnesses:
' .lhc vapors in the pipc (l will give off their heat ,A. V. BRIESEN,
tothe water und become condensed,-ti1c condensed T. B. MOSHER.
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