US1135498A

US1135498A - Stand-pipe-cleaning means.

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Publication number: US1135498A
Authority: US
Inventors: Henry A Carpenter
Original assignee: RITER CONLEY Manufacturing CO
Current assignee: RITER-CONLEY MANUFACTURING Co; RITER CONLEY Manufacturing CO
Priority date: 1914-04-25
Filing date: 1914-04-25
Publication date: 1915-04-13
Anticipated expiration: 1932-04-13

Description

H. A. CARPENTER. STAND PIPE CLEANING MEANS.

' APPLICATION FILED APR.25, 1914. 1,135,498.

Patented Apr. 13, 1915.

FIGS.

.the retorts of xi bench into stand-pines l thence into a gas conduit or 11mm,

STAND-PIPE-CLEANING MEANS.

,zplication filed April i914.

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n- 2'? "my concern it nown that I, HENRY A. Csnrz-zx'rnn. a citizen of the United States, residing at Seuickley, in the county of Allegheny and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new' and useful Iinproi'einents in and Pipe-Cleaning Means, of which the following is a specification.

In the manufacture of gas from coal in carbonizution app .mtus to nhich the present invention relates, the is passed from 21d I inch latter may be located either at the top or at the bottom of the stand-pipes. Under some conditions, considerableforeign matter ried by the gas will adhere to the interior of the stand-pipes, and, in order to maintain an efficient operation of said pipes. the material should be removed therefrom. is desirable that the stand-pipes be cleaned without stopping the flow of gas from the retorts to the stand-pipes and through the stand-pipes to the main.

T he prime object of the present invention is to provide a new and improved apparatus for cleaning stand-pipes or" the character above described. V

In the accompanying drawing which illustrates an application of my invention, Figure l is a i'erticzil sectional YlEW sho ving a portion of a stand-pipe, a main or gas conduit. and the cleaning apparatus shown in connection therewith; Fig. 2 uhorizontul sectional View. the section being taken one line 2-43 of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is a perspective ies of the cleaning tool employed; Fig. -l is an elevational view particularly showing-the clmnping means; and Fig. 5 is nsection ul' detail view of a part of the glu'u'z 'iing mechanism.

in the ill ited embodiment of my invention. i have deemed it unner-t'ssurv to show more than a portion of 1-1 single standpipe und :1 portion ol :1 gas conduit or main into "which the stand pipe projects. It should be understood, however, that in practice. a pluralit of stun lpipes extend into Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 1.3.. 1915.

Serial No. 834,429.

is provided with an opening 3 inline with the opening of the stand-pipe. Securd to the main surrounding the opening 3 thereof is a vulve-casin 4 in which :1 val e med by a valve stem 6 is located. The of the valve to prevent the escape 'hrough opening 3 when closed. and v permit access to the stsindpipe mpugn the main 2 when it desired to clean the stand-pipe. or for any other ourpose.

suppoi t ground (LOIHRQ .suzooth edge 5} of the tool-casing is supported. T he valvecasing and the tool-casing are provided with (Jo-acting clamping means whereby. when the tool-casing is placed in position on the valve-casing, the lower contacting edges of the tool-casing may be drawn into close contact with the supporting ledge 8. I I

The clumping means'illustrated are of such a character as to effect a slight sliding action of the tool-casing upon the supporting ledge 8 of the valve casing, when the suid clamping means are moved into clamp ing position. by means of the eccentric lcrers 10.

ll designates eccentrics supported by the tool-casing and designed to cooperate with side bars 12. which latter are connected at one end by a cross bar 3.3. The three-sided member, made up of the side bars 12 and the cross bur 13. is pivotally connected with sperturcd lugs 14, the latter being secured to the valve-casing. bv means of a laterally extending pin or rod 15 adapted to be passed through the apertured lugs ll and apertured projections 16 of the bars 12. The free ends of members 12 are adapted to be engaged by links 37 pii'otally supported from the valvecasing.

After the tool-casing has been placed in operative position on the valve-casing, as above described. the links 17 are placed over thefree ends of rods 12 and the eccentric actuating levers 10 moved to securely clamp the two casings together;

Supported within the casing 7 by means of a wire rope 18 is a cleanin tool l9. Cleaning tool 19 is preferably 0 the form shown when employed for cleaning standpipes having a rectangular cross section as the pipe shown in the drawing. This tool comprises a hollow metallic structure'of considerable length and weight havin at its lower end cutting edges 20 and pre erably formed open at its top and bottom as indicated by the

numerals

21 and 22. In addition to the

openings

21 and 22, I have pm- I vided an opening 23 in each. side face thereof, thereby permitting gas from the retorts to have practically an uninterrupted flow through the stand-pipe during the operation of cleaning the pipe. Thetool is designed to be raised and lowered into the stand-pipe -by any suitable means connected with the operating cable 18, and for the purpose of preventing the escape of gas through the cable opening of the tool-casing, I provide a smiling-box 24.

In practice, the cleaning tool is slightly smaller in cross section than the coriespon mg ef-the interior of. the stand-pipe into which it is adapted to be entered, and

' is ofsullicient"lengtlrto bridge the spacebe tween the lower end of the cleaning tool casing and the stand-pipe, or of a length sufficient to permit of the lower end of the tool being introducedinto the stand-pipe before its upper portion leaves the tool casing. The tool is connected with the cable by means of a spider 25.

It will be noted that the side openings 23 of the tool will permit the gas from the retorts to pass therefrom into the stand-pipe, even though the tool is directly in line with I the horizontal ports connecting the several 'retorts, not shown, and the stand-pipe, and that the tool ism? such a character as to per- 'mit gas from the retorts below the tool to pass upwardly therethrough without stoppage.

While the constructiim illustrated contem- "plates taking oil the from the retorts and passing the same upwardly into a conduit, it isevident that the conduit may be placed at the lower endsof the stand-pipes and the gas conveyed downwardly through the stand-pipes! Inthe latter case, the valvecasing may be secured directly to the upper end ofthc stand-pipe and the cleaning apf paratus clam ed thereto in substantially the' same manner as above described and as illustrat'ed,

\l'hat'l claim is:

l. The combination with a gas retort standpipc; of cleaning means therefor including a deta hable casing and a tool, means for entci'ing the tool into "the stand-pipe, and

tion with said passage outwardlyfrom" the valve.

4. The combination with a gas retort standpipe, of means effective to clean the stand pipe during the passage of gas therethrough including a easin in communication with the stand-pi e an a tool having an opening to permit 0 the passage of gas through the tool, and means for lowering the tool from .the easing into the stand-pipe.

5. The combination with a gas-retort standpipe and closure means therefor, of a standpipe cleaning means includinga tool, and means for lowering the tool .through t he 9 a 6. The combination with a stand-pipe and: i

closure means into the stand-pipe.

valved closure means therefor, of stand-pipe cleaning means includin a tool, and means for lowering the tool trough the valved closure means into the stand-pipe.

7. The combination with a stand-pipe, of a conduit in communication with an end of the stand-pipe and having a stand-pipe,

cleaner-receivin o enin in line with the" g 108- stand-pipe, a valve casing bonndingsaid opening, a tool-casing, a cleaning-tool, means for clamping the tool-casing to the valvecasing, and means for lowering the tool from the easing into the stand-pipe. v

8. ,The combination with a stand-pip'e of a conduit into which the upper end of the l stand-pipe enters and having a stand-pipe cleaning-tool receiving opening in linewith the stand-pipe, a valve-casing bounding the opening, a tool-casing securedto the valve-- casing, and a cleaning-tool adapted to be passed through the opening the stand-pipe. l I

,9. The combination with a stand-pipe, of a gas conduit in communicationwith an end of the stand-pipe and having atool-receiving opening in line witlrthe stand-pipe, a tool-casing, a cleaning too'l of fsufiicient lenth to bridge the space between the toolcasing and the stand-pipe and adaptedto be.

and entered in passed through the opening in the conduit and entered in the stand-pipe. I l a 10 The combination with a stand-pipe, of a valve-casing in communication therewith, a valve, a tool-casing, means for securing the ,tool-casing to the valve-casing, and a standfpipe cleaning tool adapted to be entered into the stand-pipe through the valve-casing.

11. The combination with a stand-pipe, of a vali'e-cnsing in communication therewith, a valve, :1 tool-casing, coasting means on the respective casings for clamping them togethcr, and a standpipe cleaning tool adapted to be entered into the stand-pipe through the valve-casing. v

12, The combination with a stand-pipe and closure means therefor, of stand-pipe cleaning means including a casing and a tool, and means for securing the casing to the closure means to effect a gas tight joint 18 therebetween.

13. The combination with a stand-pipe and closure means therefor including a cm ing, of stand-pipe cleaning means including acasing and a tool, said casings placed end 20 to end, and coacting clamping means on said casings.

In testimony whereof I afiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

HENRY A. CARPENTER.

Vitnesses: W. G. Doom'r'rnn, F. E. GAITHER.