US1109085A

US1109085A - Carbureting apparatus.

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Publication number: US1109085A
Application number: US64042011A
Authority: US
Inventors: Gustave Franz Schmidt
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1911-07-25
Filing date: 1911-07-25
Publication date: 1914-09-01
Anticipated expiration: 1931-09-01

Description

G.F.SCHMDT. AGARBURE'IING APPARATUS. APPLICATION FILED JULY25,1911.

Patented Sept. 1, 1914.

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Continuation of application SeralfNo. 488,896, 1ed'Ap`ri1-9,'i1909. f Serial No. 640,420.y

To all iii/0m t may concern.'

e it known that I, GUsTAvE FSGHMIDT, at present lresiding in county of1Cook,-andState of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful'lm'prove- `ments in Carbureting Apparatus, of which the following is aspecitication. y

` vMy invention yrelates to certainnewand useful' improvements in that type' of carbureting apparatus adapted to generate gaseous fluid from gasolene 'and other similar hydro-carbon iiuids. l l In its generic nature,- kthe invention has for 'its object to provide anfapparatus where'- is immediately will be fullyvaporized and mixed-with aii" conditions that will prevent the tem-y under perature within the `carbureter or mixing and vaporizing mechanism from dropping` below a deiinite degree. f

The invention further provides means whereby either dry gas maylbe generated or wet gas, or both.

novel details of construction, combination and arrangement of parts, all of which will be first fully described, and then be specilically pointed outfin` the appendedclaims, reference being `had to the accompanying drawings, in which f i Figure 1, is a side elevation of one form of t-he invention, wherein the entire mechin 'asingle machine. F ig.' 2, is a vertical section "on Fig. 1; Fig. 3, is a `vertical section on lthe lineB-S of Fig. 2. f Fig. 4, is a vertical 'section on the line 4`4 of Fig. 2. Fig. 5, isa detail side elevation ofthe conveyor drive ratchet and pawl mechanism. Fig. l6, is a detail perspective view of one'of the conveyer buckets. Fig. 7, is a detail'perspective view of the swinging gasolene distributer. `Figs. Sand 9, are detail views of the rotary vaporizer. Fig. 10,` isa detail seciffspecification'of Letters Patent.

the city of Chicago,`

'less revacuated definite quantimixed gasolene,

y f l n by thehblowery casing 2, and he invention further resides in"` those Thefdrum the/line 22 ofI This' 'application :nieamy 25,y 1911.y

tion (on an` enlarged scale) of the zigzag carbureter. Fig. '11, is' a detail `section of the automatic thermally Patented Sept. 1),

operated cut-off de-* vice. F 12, is a cross section of theswinging distributer. Figl, is a detail view of one yoi thefad] ustable bucketl dumping members. Referring now to the accompanying drawings in which like letters and numerals of reference indicatedikev parts `in` all of the figures, it will be seen that upon al suitable supporty l, they blower and 'carbureter casing '2 isset.

The casing 2 which maybe bolted to the `flange 5.

4 is a platelformed i'th the 4head 3 and rspaced therefrom at 6,:as shown. The plate 4'hasa bearing 7 for the-blower shaft 9, one endy yof which engages a plug bearing 8,. and the other is heldin a bearing 10, car- "riedfby'an L-pipe 1l, one end 'of which pipe isthreaded into the rearwall of the casing 2 and communicates withV the passage 14 is-closed by a head 3 the casing 2 througl formed by the rear wallfoi' the casing and 1i Aby theintegrallyformedpipe-like wall 12, a removable plug 13 being provided for gaining `aecessto the passage 14, fin alinement 'with the blower shaft.`-The casing 2 has `a passage 15 that communicates with the exit endlG 'of a Zig-zag carbureter 17, the entrance end 18 of which is held in communication with the pressure chamber 81, formed an inner casing 19 that houses 'the blower blades 21. inner casing 19 is divided transversely 'by a ypartition 20 to `form a chamber for the pipe l1, ,the casing' 19, member 2l, and partition 20- being rigidly united to turn .as one.

Upon the shaft 9, between the bearings 7 f and 8 is a sprocket the drum shaft 25 an endless chain 24 passes.

y shaft 25 is heldin a bearing in the head 3' and in afbearing 27 on a bracket The l wheel 22, over 'which and y over the sprocket 23 on 28, the drum receiving the"y cable 29 that is connected with the weight 30. A handle (see dotted lines in Fig. l) is provided for winding up the cable on the drum.

The gasolene tank 31 rof the machine is lmounted on the .blower casing 2, andhas a hood 32t0 cover fthe bucketwheel 35 that is mounted on a shaft 34that is'held in'a bearing 33 in the tank wall.,` l' Thebuckets 3G are ypivoted topins 3701i -fing thereof. Funnels 39- and 44 receive the` up through pipe (having a cutoff cockV cuto 69 which is in turn connected with the pipe 67 the cutoff 69 consisting of a casingfhaving a fusible partition 70 adapted to melt at ardeinite temperature, say, at 150 degrees Fahrenheit, 'and permit passage of the gasolene through the U-pipe to the pipe '67 and back to the storage tank. Should fire occur in the room containing the machine, the heat will fuse the soft metal l7() of the cutoif 69 and permit the gasolene from the tank-131 to return to the underground storage tanks via pipe 67 and thus prevent an explosion. The fusible plugs of the perforated partition 7 0 are meltedby the heat and open the passage through the plug 69 to the pipe 67 under the conditions stated.

the wheel 35 and have arms 38 to engage the adjustable trip pins 82 on the inner walls of the hood 32. The trip pins v32 are secured one on the rear wall and one on the front wall of the hoodv 32 so that one of the pins 82 will engage one set of buckets and` the other pin 32 will engage the other set of buckets, one of the -pins 82 beinglocated -in advancel of the other, as shown in Fig.v 4 of the drawings. The trip pins82 are adjustable to tip the buckets at dierent angles and allow only a more or less partial emptycontents of the buckets 36 as the wheel 35 turns through t-he medium of devices hereinafter referred to. The funnel 44 is piped 46) as clearlyshownin Fig.`2 of the drawl ings. The'pi'pe 45 passes through the passage 14 and the 4pipe 11 and has its outlet 47 arranged to discharge onto a fan 49 at the mouth of the cap 48 of the pipe`v11.` Thel suction of air past the fan 49 causes its rotation and the gasolene dropped from the pipe 47 Onto the fan 49 will be vwhirled or` scattered to render it more easily vvolatilized. i p

The regulator casing 50is supported over` the casing' 2 by the integrally formed pipe sections 51 and 53, which form continua-- tions of the passages 14 and 15, respectively.l rlhe pipe section 51 has its bore openingcentrally into the casing 50, while the pipe 53 communicates with the casing 50 near the outer wall thereof.

A pipe 52 is held centrally within the casing 50 and registers with the central opening, while a pipe 54 is held over the opening into the' pipesection 53. f The central pipe 52 extends to near the top of the casing 50' and carries a hood 5S whose lower edge is cut into Vshaped portions. 59 t0 dip into a tank 56 in the top of the gas bell 55, which bell has a tube 57 to slip over the pipe 52 and form a bearing for the bell. The pipern 54 extends to near the tcp of the bell 55" when down. The pipe 52 is slitted at the` top to afford communication between the interior of the hood 58, as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. Air is admitted into the The elevator delivers measured quantities casing 50 above the bell 55 through an elbow (bucket-ful) of gasolene'to the funnels 39 60 having filter screens 61, as shown. and 44, that delivers into the funnels 39,

62 designates the gas outlet pipe within;l flowing' into the distributer 41, and through the bell 55 that passes through the casing 50 the zigzag carburetor 17, where it flows and terminates in an outlet 63 to which the 'down along the corrugated bottom plates of gas delivery pipe, or main (not shown) the carbureter 17. The gasolene in the carjoins, ilter screens 64 being provided for the bureter y17 iiowing down on the corrugated usual purposes. bottom plates thereof is vaporized by the l 65 is a pipe which conveys the gasolene passingair and 'gas currents. from the pump 66 tothe tank 31, the pump The blower` causes air to be sucked from 66 receiving its supply from a storage tank the inlet 60 into the casing 50` above the (not shown) through a pipe 67 y bell 55 under the hood 5S, from which it 68v designates a U-tube or pipe, one arm flows up into the pipe 52, from which pipe 52 of which connects with the tank 31, while it flows into the passage 14, and from thence the other arm carries a thermallyvopened"l into the pipe 11. As it leaves the pipe -11 wheel 71 with which a pawl 72 coperates. yThe pawl 72 is secured to a disk 73, having a slot 74, by a bolt 75 whereby the throw of the pawl y72 may be varied to vary the action of the conveyer ,and deliver predetermined quantities of gasolene to the several funnels 39 and 44 respectively. rlhe disk 73 is mounted on a :stub shaft 76 that has a sprocket 79 around which and karound a sprocket 7S on the drum shaft 25, the drive chain 77 passes. By adjusting the stroke of the pawls 72, the number of buckets-ful of gasolene delivered into the respective fun- Anels 39 and 44 may be varied to suit the working conditions.

The funnel 39 is piped-up by a pipe 40 with the distributer 41, a throttle. valve 43 being provided after the pipe passes through the bottom 8O of the' gasolene tank 31. A vent pipe 3 4X `is provided for the tank 31.

The distributer 41 is a trough-like member that is pivoted to the pipe 40, as shown in Figs.y 7 and 12, and isprovided with a plurality of apertured teats through which the contents of the distributor charged, see Figs. 7 and 12. v

Operation: The operator winds up the `cable 29 on the drum 26 and pumps gasolene into the tank 31,` by the' use of the pump 66, the weight 3() then turning the drum shaft in the direction ofthe arrow in Fig. 1, sets the blower 21 and elevator 35 into operation.

rlhe elevator shaft 34 carries a ratchet ythrough the capt48 the sucked into.

whence theblower'forcesiit into the chamber ret'er 17, where it is enriched by gasolene thence into the bell 55,

stopped. Hence proportionately less gas is `delivered to the bell 55. ffull andfair is totally cut the chamber 84 of the'blower 21, from 81.V The" blower 21 when in operation causes a reduced pressure in the chamber 84,

thus vaporizing the gasolene that emerges from the pipe 47, the Combined vaporized -1 gaso'lene and air is what passes through the blower into the chamber 81, where it will be under a positive pressure. The air is forced from'the chamber 81 to the zig-zag carbufroin the distributer 41. The carbureted air then passes into the passage 15 and froml via the pipe 54. ould more gas be generated than is being the bell will the air supply by' Sh consumed at the burners rise and gradually close off iininersing the openings v59 of the hood 58.,y At this time also a drag' occurs on the blower' 21 thereby slowingit down, and at the same time the fiow of carbureted air through thel blower and carbureter is proportionatelyl TWhen the bell 55 is ofi", retarding influence lon the blower, will suflice to completely stop the blower and elevator until the gals within the bell 55 has been withdrawn' through the pipe 62, and the air passage is againy open. rlhus it will be seen that my improved gas generating apparatus is self-regulating, will givea gas of' constant richness and one in which the air and gasolene 'vapor 'bear a constant relation to one another.

The zigzag carbureter 17 alone may be used by closing the valve 46, korthe 4rotary carbureter alone may be used by closing the valve 48, or both carbureters may be used' at the saine time, when both valves 46 and 43 are open.` Thus a' gas with but a limited; amount of gasolene vapor may be provided,` or an enriched gas may be formed, as desired. Furthermore the water in casing 2 which is kept in constant circulation by the blower 21, will thereby keep the contents of the chamber 84 and carbureter 17 at an even temperature. In the practical operation of my apparatus as demonstrated by actual practice and tests and the conditions ordinarily met with in practice, freezing of the water inthe chamber 84 does not occur.

y coi-rugating the bottomvwalls of the carbureter 17 the liquid will be prevented from running down along one side orthevy `other should the apparatus not be held' eX- actly level andby pivoting' the distributer '41 any unlevelnessk of the machine will bel compensated. f

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanying drawings it is thought the complete construction, op-

the blades 21,'

-ess that 'the gasolene yfirst and lthe second casing, the first casing,

veying air from for conveying kair from the lfrom the invention.'

In order 'to render the operation ofthe lower more easy,- holes "85 are piovidedinsee Fig.2. f a, I It is essential ina dry evaporation procbe distributed over broad "areas in order to evaporate rapidly and'by employing' the corrugated bottom in the carburetenthe gasolene eXact and wide `distribution other means is 'obtainable on capillary cules.'- i Whatl claim is:-.`y

1; AY carbureting apparatus comprising -a a second casing, a` blower within a `regulator bell'within an airchamber above the regulatorbell, said first casing having an air inlet to saidk air chamber, meansy for conn saidr air first casing into the second casing, means for conveying carburete'd airfromthe second casing back into the rst casing vand beneath they regulator bell, 'means within the first casing and coperating with the regulator bell for controlling the admission of air into the second casing, means for carbureting the air as soon as it passes from the first casing into the second casing,.means for further carbureting said air before it leaves the second casing to pass it into the first casing beneath the regulator bell, said first named carbureting means comprising a fan, and means for dropping gasolene onto the fan. 25A' carburetingf apparatus comprising a first and a second casing, a blower within the second casing a regulator bell within the first casing, an'air chamber above the is forced to an` chamber of the y air inlet to said air chamber, means for conve infr/air 4from said air chamber of the first casing into the second casing, means second casing back into the first casing and beneath the regulator bell, means within the first casing and coperating with the regulatorfbell for controlling the admissionof air into the second casing, means forfcarbureting the air as passes from the first casing into the second casing, means for further carbureting said air before it'leaves the secondy casing to pass it into the first casing beneath the regulator bell, said first named carburetl ing means comprising afan, means for dropping gasolene onto the fan, said second mentioned carbureting means comprising a stationary member having a zigzag passage through which the air and gas pass in their travel from the second casing back to `the first casing, and means for admitting gasolene into said ziOzaO` assaffe.

' over, said casings having ports the gas bell rounding casing in communication with one ,which the blower sucks forces the air, vsaid stationary carbureter -passage through the the blower' actuating means.

Vin the blower casing Anamed means comprising a gasolene casing,`

meansfor carbureting said air as it leaves the blower to passback into the gas bell casing beneath the-gas bell, said last ynamed means coinprising a gasolene casing, a gasolene feeding means within the gasolene casing, a receiver to receive the gasolene from Lthe feeding means, a carbureter casing, means for conveying the gasolene from the receiver to the carbureter casing, a second receptacle within the gasolene casing, pipe connections between said second receptacle and the blower casing to admit gasolene into Y the blower casing to mix with the air before it passes through the blower. K. In a carbureting apparatus, a gas bell casing, and a blower casing, said gas bell casing havingan air chamber, means within the blower casing for withdrawing air from the gas bell casing into the blower casing `and returning it from the blower casing into the gas bell casing beneath the gas bell, means for carbureting said air as it leaves the blower to pass back into the gas bell casing beneath the gas bell, said last named means comprising a gasolene casing, an elevator within the gasolene casing, a receiver to receive the gasolene from the elevator, a carburetercasing, means for conveying the gasolene from the receiver to ,the carbureter casing, a secondreceptacle within said gasolene, casing, pipe connections between said second receptacle and theblower casing to admit gasolene into the blower casing to mix with the air before it passes the blower, and a single regulating device cooperating with thev gas bell for controlling the fiow of air from the bell casing into the blowercasing and simultaneously controlling the action of `the earbureting means. .f

8. In a caibureting apparatus, a casing, a blower within said casing, said casing having an inlet, and an outlet, a stationary carbureter within said casing and having a longitudinally iiuted orvcorrugated bottom, said carbureter havingjan entrant end-to receive air from the blower and having an exit end in communication 4with the exit of the blower casing, and means for admitting olene into said carbureter to carburet the air as it passestherethrough.

9. In a carburetiiig apparatus, a casing, a blower within said. casing, said casing having an inlet, and an outlet, a stationary carbureter within said casing and having a lon- 3. In a carbureting apparatus, a blower casing, a gas bell casing supported therein communianother, a gas bell within casing, and a blower within the blower casing, said blower comprisingblades and a casing surrounding said blades and rotatable therewith, a pipe within said surcation with one of said ports ofV said blower casing through air from the bell a stationary carbureter within the casing,

through which the blower blower casing having communication with one of the ports of the bell casing, and means for conveying' gaseous fluid from said last namedy portbevneath the gas bell, means for actuatingsaid-` blower, means for admitting .gasolene into said carbureter to carburet` the air inv its carbureter, .and means Vfor actuating said last named means from LI. In a carbureting apparatus, agas bell casing and a blower casing, saidy gas bell casing having an air chamber, means withfor withdrawing air from the gas bell casing into the blower casing and returning it from the blower casing into the gas bell `casing beneath the gas vbell, means for carbureting the air as it enters the gas bell casing, said last named means lcomprising a gasolene casing, mounted adjacent to the blower and gas bell casing, a gasolene feeding means within said gasclene'casing, a receiver for receiving gas- ,olene from said gasolene feeding means, a pipe connected with the receiver and discharging within theblower casing to convey gasolene into the blower casing to carburetthe air as it enters the blower casing.

5. In a. carbureting apparatus, a gas bell casing, and a blower casing, said gas bell casing having an air chamber,ineans within` f he blower casing for withdrawing air from the gas bell casing into the blower casing and returning it from the blower casing into the gas bell. casing beneath the gas bell, means for carbureting said air as it leaves the blower to pass back into the gas bell casing beneath the gas bell, said last .a gasolene feeding means within the gasolene casing, a receiver to receive the gasolene from the-feeding means, a carbureting means including a carbureter casing, and means for conveying the gasolene from the receiver to the c arbureting means. L G. In a carbureting apparatus, a gas bellv casing, and a blower casing, said gas bell casing having an air chamber, means within the blower casing for withdrawing air from the gas bell casing'into the blower casingv and returning it from the blower casing into the gas bell casing beneath the gas bell, l

gitudinally tinted-or corrugated bottom, said L blowerl Within said casing, said casing having an inlet and an outlet, a, stationary carbureter Within said casing and having a lorigitudinally iiutecl or corrugated bottom, said oarbureter having aillent-rant end to receive air from the blower andl having an eXit end in communication With the exit of the blower easing, means for admitting gasolene into said earbureter to carburet the air as it passes therethrough, said means compris- 10 ing a gesolene supply pipe and a swinging clistributer carried thereby Within the carbureter.

GUSTAVE FRANZ SCHMIDT.

Witnesses:

O. J. SEEHAUSEN, A. E. LARsoN.

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