US1222425A - Electrical vaporizer. - Google Patents

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BEST AVAILABLE COP.

1. H. LEPPER. v ELECTRICAL VAPORIZER.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 27,1916.

Patgnted Apr. 10, 1917.

uummugmuu 132 III able others lslti lledlin the art .to' which it BEST AVAILABLE cop;

JOHN HENRY LEPPER,

To all may concern:

Be it.-ku o\\-n,thatl,- Jon's llrscm' 'LEP- ran, a citizen ofth'el lnited States; residing at Mason my, in ll-.2 count of ('erro Uordo new and -i iscful Improvements in l'lleetrieal Vaporizers; and l do liereb declare. the following to bt'ralfull, clear and .exaet dcscriptimfi'ofjthd, ini'ention, such as will euappeiztarns to make and use the sanie.

Thisinyeirion relates to an electrimi'l raforms-e in'icoun ection with iintohhhile 'en-.

Onegoflthe-ob ects,of this nventionis the prpmg onof a;vapor zing device adapted to-bes -nniulnted :inJhe'wall or thefintalcemanifold of theengine for elliricntly rap orizing the explosire mixture "in its passage a$beslo i ishe through lhelinlalce. inani fold. Y

r\nother ;t iluectmt"this invention isthe pror 1on elf-a r-iporizer harlng'the oints between its-parts. thoroughly sealed with ect'ofthis inre'ntion is the prorisionL-olfan' eleetriea'l 'a'pori'la'r consisting'olf. .few' pa'r .s'and which can he manufaetureillanjd gild npon the market. at a invention is non.

lfigure l isiafsidegelevation ol' the intake iu-ani fold" ol" an internal rt'unbustiou' engine, lliereol' being shown'aslu'oken away,

l tertieal longitudinal sectional \'ie. iv tli roughi the \"apo'rize| and a portion of this iidjaiaent.'wiill"of; the'leg o-f the inke., u an ifol d.'f l I lug to ll drawings; 'herein' simila c 'lre [er-euro characli-rs denote -"eoerespondthroughout the several \"iews l denotes the. intake manil'old of aninternal combustion engintfaudgzl :the'leg'ol the inhplhiluu'hjil'dhllmhliug to the em'bureler. the; leg 2 having l'oriued In a wall thereof v the, interna Iysrrrwtlu'eaded opening 3.

Within the si-rrwlbreaded opening: 3 ol' 'f' thelegfol' the intake manifold l is mounted Specification of Letters Patent. Application filed June 27,

. ieif im' ei'ition in applied operative 0E MASON CITY, IOWA.

ELECTRICAL VAPORIZER.

Patented Apr. 10, 1917. 1916. Serial Ito. 106.178.

plug 5. formed with the mrntrally ti posed exterior annular shoulder t and being pro- \ided at, its outer end with the head i' of hexagonal shape adapted to receive a suit- "able wrench for inserting or nunoring the plug I with respect to the srrewl'hrezuled opening 3 of the intake manifold. Within the plug 5 is formed the enlarged bore 8 extending for the greater portion of the distance theret hrough and communicating "with the smaller bore tlextendiug the re-' niaiuing distancthrough the plug and v between theenlargul bore. 8 and the. smaller bore 9 is loruu-d the shoulder 10, theginuer portion of the enlarged bore 8, however,

being provided with the internally threaded portion ll adjacent. its outer end.

Projecting through tlieplng 5 is the inner portionof the insulating core l2, formed of porcelain. mica. or other suitable iusulating material. and having its outer por- 'tion uo'eetin outwardlv bevond the outer P end of theplug The. insulating'eore'l2 is provided with the redured inner end 13. between which and. the main body portion of the. insulating core- 12 is formed the enhtl'gttl annular head 14; and formed longitudinally through the reduced end 13 of the insulating core 1*. and projecting for a. distaneeiuto the head 14 is the enlarged bore 15, and extending from the bore 15.

alul 'conuuuuieatin}:- therewith to the outer enelof. th lu'xly portion of the eon-"l2 is the smaller bore l6, 1:! has a portion of its main body portion :ufulits head 11 positioned within the enlarged bore. 3 of the plug 5 with theperipher) of the. head H. contacting with the. in-. her siuooth wall-'of the enlarged bore 8 of the plug 5, whil the. reduced inner end 13 -of the insulating riu'e 12 is snugly seated within the smaller bore 9 of the, plug the inner end of the r (lured-end l l'of the in- -suiat. in g. core. 12 and the inner-end of the :iln 5 u'elerablv lvin tlnsh with each other. or in other words in'the same plane.

For securely mounting the insulating core l2 in operative position within the phw the. exteriorly threaded locking ring-l4 is provided and has fornualul'mn its outer end tho head it!" preferably hexagonal and adapted try-receive any suitable lorln of wr'enrh for screwing the lorltiug'ring 'li' within the threaded poilimi'llol' the plug 5. The. lurking ring IT surrounds and snugly 'lhe insulating core 'tlu? extol-null sort-wtbreaded end or the elnluwn-estheoutcrsurl'acesof t-heniain b d y Y of the head 14 against the shoulder 10 with in the plug 5.

posed between the shoulder 6 of, the plug and the adjacent wall .of the leg 2 of the There is, however, interintake manifold, the rear shoulder of the head 14: and the shoulder 10 within the plug 5, and between the inner end of the locking 'ring 17 and the front shoulder upon the head 14 the gaskets or packing- rings 19,20

and 21 respectively to providetight joints.= I

therebctween.

Projecting through the'insiilating lcore i a distance beyond each; end thereof is the metal core,2 2, provided:

and extending for substantially centrally therebffwith the an nular 1 enlargement 23 which is"positione'd withifi the larger bore 15 of the-c0ref 12 andwhich seats against the shp ulder 24 formed between the enlarged bore 15 and the-smaller bore 16 of the core 12, and .up'on the inner i heating coi end of the metal core-20' which projects through the bore 15 ofthe-core 12 andfor. a distance 'within the 1eg'2 of the intake manifold, is formcdthe head25 provided in one side with the socket 26 in which is seated the end 27 of the heating coil ,28 which surrounds that portion of the metal core 22' between the head 25 and the inner. end of the plug 5; and formed within the'face 0f the inner endof the plug isithe socket 29 inwhichis s" ated the opposi e end 300i the 28. The meta core 22 is; re vided with upon which is threaded .tht cap, 32'j-wbich largement 23,

5 2410f the core ring 33, and there is also interposed between ing my invention? may beapphed to the oil also-embracesthe outer end f the insulating core-12', and interposed between the (am of the -core 22and the shoulder 12 is the gasket or packing the'cap 32 and the outer end of the insulate I mounted within and core 12 and also 28 in operative OS! vaporizing ing core 12 another gasket or packing ring 5 .34, the. gaskets 33 and 34: prev. ting any leakage through the bore 160i ecore 1 2,

.and when the cap 32 is screyredfhonieiion the vthreaded end 31 ofthe"'metal care :J the enlargement 23 binds againstthe gasket. 32 against the gasket -n34'-,.whereby 'f 22 is securely and operatively' 33: and cap the'nietal core through the insulatingmaintains the heating coil the intake mani oldl' 'Fo'r energizing the heating coil '4 2 8 for so e through the fo cl, the outer end of the metal-core connected with any suitable source of electrical supply, controlled by a suitable switch,

'the' end of the wire 38.bemg secured to t supply The insulating core may I suitable and desirable;

.-' formed of any 'tenal I preferably invention s combustion engines tion within the leg 2 of the explosive mixture inits pas-l leg 2 of the ntake mam- BEST AVAILABLE'COP by the conducting 'wire 85 secured around the end of the metal core 22 and retained in operative position through the medium of the binding screw36 also screwthreaded upon the threaded end 31 of the metal core 22 and binds against the adj acent face of the cap 32.

Preferably the heatingX coil28 is energized by the current-passing t rough the conducting wire 35, the metal core 22, the head 25 thereof, and through the heating coil 28 from its end 27 to its end'30, whereby the circuit is returned'through the inner end 4 of the plug 5 the adjacent .wall

of'the' leg2- ofthe intake manifold and thence returned .'through the lug '37 through the return wire' 38' back to t e source of electrical supply,

37 by the'binding screw 39,1th

is either threaded into a wall of the" the intake manifold ,or otherwise" secured ii glne framef desired.

beformed of any he 1 h s 37 j eg2 of thereon as;-at 40,.however,- the current may I be conve e'd back to-thesource of electrical oughv any partoi'the engine on and the metallic parts of the device maybe ormetals; an while the ga'skets'or packing rings 19, 20, 21, 33 and '34, which Iemplby,

packing rin of forms an e cient paging ring but :mim- .106 I mizesheatradiation t ough' the device. 1 1

suitable and; desirable metal" gaskets or I desire it to be undcrstoodthat, while my p of the: intake manifold employed the construction ofthe internal plied'thr'oughc aw'alli of theimtake manifo proper, orthrougha of a y gine; ahdQfil-rthermbre, the device constitute .weIl "ofa carburetor. for heating the-fluid therein, or the same may be-used as a heater ;for other purposes than those above set forth and wherever the same is] adaptable.

1' Havmg' described -my .invention,1- what I 7 claim as new-and "desire to-secure by\' Letters l =Patent,is:=;. i o I-\ Avaporizing device adaptedito beposi-' tioned an opening in the centralbore whereby its free end eats tends beyond, the end of "the plug. anfen lar ed head supported on one end of the metallic core, aheating coil surrounding the metallic core and supported arily;designed'for,anelec- .trical va onzer tobej mounted-throughhaj '.wall of t eleg the screw threaded outer en 31' in spaced relasj u i "upon-automobiles, fthe invention" is equally adaptable tobeafi'i wall ofth. intake pipe otherform ofinternal'.combu stion en:

engine, sald vaporizer including a plug 'an" core having one-0f 1ts' ends tending: mto: central bo're,

BESTAVAiLABLE COP tion thei-e\\"ith.'one end of said heating eoil name to this specification i n the presence of being embedded in the enlarged head, the two subscribing witnesses.

upposite end of the 0011 being embedded in .r

theend of the plug, whereby the entire sur- JOHA HENRY LEPPER 5 face of the heating eoil is exposed to the :it- Witnesses:

mnsphere of the engzme-mamfnld, IRENE T: LEPPER 1n tcSt-im nny whereof I have signed my P. A. Benn-53x.

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