US1097243A - Acetylene-generator. - Google Patents

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J. W. LEEGH. AGETYLENE GENERATOR. APPLIOATION FILED IEB.14, 1913.

1,097,243. Pat nted May 19, 1914; v

51mm JOHN (J. LEEQH.

JMJW- 1 I r/v JOHN ,W. LEECI-I, OF SALINA, KANSAS.

ACETYLENE-GENERATOR.

Specification of Letters latent.

Patented May 19, 1914.

Application filed February 14, 1913. Serial No. 748,487.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, JOHN W. Lnnon, a citizen of the United States, residing at'Salina, in the county of Saline and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Acetylene-Generators, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to improvements in gas generators, and more particularly to that class of generators which are adapted to generate gas for induction into the cylinders of an internal combustion engine of an automobile, to assist in starting the same.

An object of this invention is the provision of a generator comprising two sections, one of the sections being adapted to receive carbid, and the other section receiving liquid which is adapted to be fed to the carbid, whereby a hot gas is generated which is adapted to flow into cylinders of an engine.

A further object of this invention is the provisionof the generator consisting of an upper section and a lower section, the upper section being composed of two compartments, one to contain water and the other to contain a liquid composition, and means disposed between the sections whereby the liquid contained in the compartments may be fed simultaneously into the lower compartment in different quantities.

With these and other objects in View, my invention consists in the novel constructions, combinations, and arrangements of parts to be hereinafter more fully described, claimed and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which,

Figure 1, is a side elevation of the upper section of the casing. Fig. 2, is an elevation showing the sections connected. Fig. 3, is an elevation of the screen mounted in the lower section. Fig. 4, is a top plan view of the lower section of the casing. Fig. 5 is a longitudinal section of the lower end of the upper casing and parts carried thereby.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates the upper section of the generator casing, and 2, the lower section thereof. The lower extremity of the upper section is formed with an outstanding peripheral flange 3, which is adapted to rest upon the upper edge of the lower section 2, and disposed between the flange 8 and the lower section is the gasket 4 to provide a tight oint therebetween. The lower section 2 is provided at its upper end with a plurality of outstanding ears 5, in which are pivotally mounted the lower ends of the bolts 6, the bolts being adapted to engage in slots 7 formed in the flange 3. Wing nuts 8 are threaded on the upper end of the bolts 6, and are adapted to bear against the upper face of the flange 3, to securely connect the sections of the casing together. The upper section 1 is provided near its lower end with a transverse partition 9, and extending be- 7 tween the transverse partition and the upper wall of the section is a vertical partition 10, whereby the upper portion of the section is divided into two compartments. The partition 10 is disposed to one side of the center of the section thereby forming a small compartment 11 which is provided with a suitable filling opening 12, and a larger compartment 13, which is also provided with a filling opening 14. The partition 9 is provided with openings 15 and disposed between the partition 9 and the bottom 16' of the section is a Valve casing 17, which is provided with suitable supports 17 having pipes 18 adapted to engage in the openings 15 in the partition 9. The lower wall 16 is also formed with openings arranged in vertical alinement with the openings 15, and disposed in the openings are the outlet pipes 19 of the supports 17. A suitable valve 20 is arranged in the valve casing, the valve bemg provided with openings 21 and 22, which are adapted to register with the pipes 18 which in turn register with the openings 15 in the compartments 11 and '13 respectively.

The opening 21 is relatively smaller than the opening 22, so that while the liquids from the compartments are allowed to flow simultaneously into the lower section, a smaller amount of liquid will flow through the opening 21 than through the opening 22 in the valve. If desired a screen 28 may be secured in the lower section near the upper end thereof, to prevent any foreign matter from entering the gas outlet pipe '24, which is secured in the lower wall 16 of the upper section and extends through the side wall thereof, whereby it may be secured to a suitable pipe leading to the intake pipe or manifold of an engine, (not shown).

It will be seen that by the above described construction, the lower Wall 16 of the upper section 1 serves as the bottom 0r floor of the air compartmentbelow the upper liquid containing compartments of said sections and when the section 1 is placed upon the lower section 2, said lower wall 16 serves as a cover for said lower section 2. It will also be understood that by providing the 5 lower or air compartment in the section 1, the liquid within the upper compartments will be protected from the eiiects of the hot gases generated in the lower section 2.

The operation of my invention is as fol- 1O lows: In the practical use thereof the lower section of the casing is secured to the frame of an automobile, and is adapted to contain a quantity of carbid, whereupon the upper section 1 of the casing may be secured to the lower section by the fastening bolts or screws 6. The compartment 11 of the up per section is filled with a combustible liquid composition, and the compartment 13 thereof is iilledwith water or in cold weather with a mixture of water and alcohol to pre vent freezing. The liquid composition which 1 preferably use in connection with the generator consists of the following ingredients; carbon bi-sulfid, washed sulfuric ether, gasolcne, picric acid, and sal-ammoniac mixed in their proper proportions. The ether and carbon bi-sulfid form volatile liquid which vaporizes readily, and at the same time the carbon bi-sulfid disguises the odor of ether as well as increases the explosive power of the mixture; V1 hen the outlet pipe 2%. is connected to the carbureter of the automobile, the device is ready for use, and upon rotating the valve 20, the liquid composition and the water will be allowed to flow into the lower section 2 of the casing. The water mixing with the carbid, generates a hot acetylene gas, the heat from this gas vaporizing the liquid composition, and the compound gas is adapted to flow into the cylin- 'ders of the engine through the outlet pipe 24. It will be understood that the hot gaseous fuel in the cylinders will aid materially in the starting oi the engine.

WVhile the construction illustrated is the preferred embodiment of my invention, it will be understood that minor changes in construction may be resorted to without departing from the spirit thereof, or sacrific ing'any of its advantages as determined by the scope of the appended claim.

Having thus described my invention what I desire to claim and secure by Letters Patent is:

A device of the character described, comprising a casing, including an upper section having a lower wall and a horizontal partition above and parallel with said lower wall, a vertical partition in said upper section and dividing same into two compartments of unequal size, a lower section, the lower wall of the upper section serving as a cover for the said lower section and the space between said lower wall and horizontal partition constituting a valve chamber, the larger compartment of the upper section being designed to contain a liquid to react with carbid in the lower section and the smaller compartment adapted to contain a volatile liquid, distinct conduits establishing communication between said compartments and the lower section and the conduit between the larger compartment and the lower section being larger than the other conduit, and valve mechanism in said valve chamber controlling said conduits.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in the presence of two witnesses. JOHN "W. LEEOH.

Witnesses: V M. W. CAVE,

H. C. CAVE.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. O.

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