US1227278A - Steam-separator. - Google Patents

Description

J. T. LINDSTROM.

STEAM SEPA RATOR.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 2- 1917.

1,227,278. I Patented May 2&1917.

JOHN '1. LINDSTROM, OF AITLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA.

STEAM-SEPARATOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Ma 22, 1917.

Application filed April 2, 1917 Serial No. 159,214. a

To all whom it may concern. 7

Be it known that 1, JOHN T. LINDSTROM, a citizen of the United States, residing at Allentown, in the county of Lehigh and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Steam- Separators, of which the following is a speci- This invention relates to steam separators used for the purpose of separating steam and condensation in the steam lines or the like.

The object of the invention is to provide a separator of an improved type capable of being constructed in one piece and of being readily fitted to steam conduits. The shape of the separator is such that it can be cast in one piece, and it is free from intricate passages or projections which tend to obstruct the flow and increase the condensation.

The invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings in which Figure 1 is a longitudinal section. Fig. 2 is a cross section showing the ports inthe diaphragm.

Referring specifically to the drawings, 6 indicates the inlet connection threaded for attachment to a pipe, and 7 the outlet connection similarly threaded. Between these connections is an ovoid body 8, oval in, section in all directions, the inlet and outlet connections being oppositely located at the ends of the longer axis. WVithin this body is a diaphragm comprising two reversely curved segments 9 and 10 connected at their inner ends by a middle part or plate 11, extending at the inclination to the longer axis and provided with a plurality of ports 12. The convex surface of the segments 9 and 10 are disposed toward the inlet and outlet respectively, and the perforated plate occupies a position so that the directionof the flow of the steam is upwardly and backwardly through the ports from a lower chamber into which the inlet leads to an upper chamber leading to the outlet. At the top the body may have a hole to receive screw plug 13.

The lower chamber communicates through a neck 14 with an enlarged water chamber 15, having a drip outlet 16 at the bottom.

The whole thing may be cast in one piece as shown, and therefore has no joints capable of leaking, and it may be readily assembled with any existing steam line without any substantial modification of the latter.

In the use of the device, the'steam and condensation enter the lower chamber through the inlet, and the water passes through the neck 14: into the receiver 15. The steam flows upwardly through the ports in the dia phragm and thence out through the outlet. The absence of numerous sharp corners or intricate passages avoids anyback pressure or increased condensation, and permits free flow of the steam through the trap or separator. v

I claim 1. A steam separator comprising a hollow casing having an inlet at one end and an outlet at the other end, and a diaphragm extending completely across said casing between the inlet and the outlet, said diaphragm being inclined downwardly from a connection at one end with the casing above the inlet, to a connection at its other end with the casing below the outlet, the middle part of said diaphragm being inclined upwardly toward the outlet end and having ports for the passage of steam from the lower part of the casing to the upper.

2. A steam separator comprising a hollow casing having a diaphragm extending across within the same from a connection with the casin above the inlet to a connection therewith elow the outlet, the end portions of said diaphragm being inclined in one direction, and the'middle portion thereof being inclined at an angle to said direction and having ports, said casing having an outlet for condensation at the bottom thereof.

3. A steam separator comprising a hollow body having an inlet at one side and an out let at the other, and a diaphragm extending across said body between the inlet and the outlet, said diaphragm comprising reversely curved segmental portions at the opposite ends and an inclined perforated portion there between, said body having an outlet for condensation at the bottom thereof.

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

JOHN T. LINDSTROM.

Witnesses:

CHAS. L. WALTERS, ALFRED D. REINSMITH.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressin githe Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. 0.

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