US1251582A - Vaporizer. - Google Patents

Description

A. l. SANDBO.

VAPOBIZER.- AFPLFCATION HRD FEB- 9. I 9l7.

, 1,251,582e Patented JmL-1, 1918.

UNITED stra'rns ANTON I. sANDBo, er noon ISLAND, learners.

VAPORIZER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed February 9, 1917. Serial No; 147,86.

T @ZZ whom it may concern.' p Be it known that l, ANTON vnn Santino, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bock island, in the county of Rock Island invention, such as will enable othersskilled` in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same. v

This invention relates to a vaporizer and has for its primary object to provide a device of this character which when applied to an intake pipe of an internal combustionengine and ignited, will produce a sufficient amount of heat to thoroughly heat the intake pipe and thus form a heating and vaporizing medium for any lluid that may pass through it. Y

A further object of the invention is to provide the carbureter hot air intake pipe with an aperture and to snugly position the vaporizer around said pipe and over said aperture therein, whereby when the vaporizer is ignited, the flame willpass upwardly into the hot air pipe through the aperture therein, the flarne being utilized as a heating medium in addition to the exhaust pipe of the motor to ci'ectively heat the air within the hot air intake pipe.

With these and other objects in view as will appear as the description proceeds, the invention comprises the various novel features of construction, combination and arrangement of parts as will be more fully de scribed hereinafter and set forth with particularity in the appended claims.

Referring to the drawings:

Figure l is a side elevation of an internal combustion engine showing my improved vaporizer attached to the carburetor hot air intake pipe.

Fig. 2 is a Vertical sectional view taken on the line 2 2 of Fig. 1.

F ig. 3 is a horizontal sectional view taken on the line 3--3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a side'elevation of an intake manifold showing another form of my vaporizer attached thereto. i

' Fig. '5 is a horizontal sectional'view taken on the line 5 5 of Fig. 4.

' Fig. 6 is a side elevation of the upper portion of an internal combustionl engine showing another form of vaporizer attached thereto, and,

-air inlet openings 10.

Fig. 7 is a detail perspective View of this form of vaporizer.

Similar characters of reference are used to denote like parts throughout 'the toller-J.A ing description and the accompanying drawV- Iiltel'ferring more particularly ,te the drawings the numeral l represents the outer wall of the vaporixer and as shown in Fig. 3 is substantially semi-circular in cross sections, the vertical side edges of the wall being curved inwardly as indicated by the numeral 2 and terminate in parallel projecting ears 3 which are designed to be clamped together so as to hold the device in position upon the hol air intake pipe l by clamping bolt 5. 'lhe upper end of the outer wall l is curved inwardly asindieated by the numeral t3 so Athat it will snugly tit the outer circumference oi' the intake pipe.

The device also embodies an inner vvil 7 which -is arranged in spaced relation to the outer wall and is also of semi-'circular formation in order to snugly fit the circumference of the hot air 'intake pipe 4. This inner'wall 7 is connected to the outer wall by a bottom wall 8 to form a trough in which is arranged a suitable amount of waste or packing 9.

As shown, the inner wall is about half the height ot' the outer wall, and the outer wall is provided circuhrt'erentially at points below the upper edge of the inner wall with rl`he hot air intake pipe is provided adjacent the upper end of the outer wall with an intake opening l1.

'From theJ above description it will be apparent that in order to facilitate an easy and ready starting of the engine, that it is simply necessary to saturate the Waste i9 with a suitable combustiblcliquid and ignite the same, whereupon the flame and heat4 will pass upwardly through the inlet openings 11 in the hot air pipe a and serve to electively heat ther-air passing through said pipe. The'ame is caused to take this upward course through the device rand hot air pipe t by reason'of the air holes 10 which serve to create a draft through the device.

It will also be noted that by. virtue of the inner wall projecting above the air holes 11, and the holes through which the combustible liquid is introduced, that it will be impossible' for. the liquid to flow over the upper edge of the inner wall.

InEigs. e and 5 it wiil eeen another ree form of vaporizer which is designed to be attached around the vertical stand. pipe 12 of the intake manifold 13, so that the flame from the device will pass upwardly around the stand pipe 12 and serve to heat the same to thoroughly vaporize the hydrocarbon in its passage through the intake manifold.

This form of device is shown to consist of a pair of semi-circular sections 14 which are secured together around the stand pipe 12 by bolts 15. This form of device in other respects is substantially the same as that hereinbefore described, with the exception that thevt'op of this device is open as clearly shown in Fig. 5, so that the iiame can freely ascend around the stand pipe 12.

Each of these sections 14 are provided circumferentially and at points below the upper edge of the inner wall 16 with air draft openings 17 In Figs. 6 and 7 will be seen another form of vaporizer, and is shown to consist of an elongated trough 18 that is attached to one of its upper side edges an offset and upwardly projecting supporting arm 19 that is provided in its upper with an opening 20 wherebythe device may be positioned over the outer end of one of the studs 21 and securely held in place by the usual clamping nut 22 carried thereby and also serving to hold the manifold clamping yokes 23 in position. By reason of the supporting arml 19 being oset frm the'trough 18, it will support the trough in position immediately beneath the oppositely extending portions 24 of the intake manifold 25.

A wick or other suitable means is positionedwithin the trough 18 and designed to be saturated with a combustible liquid and subsequently ignited to produce a ame and sufficient heat to heat the intake manifold and thoroughly vaporize the hydrocarbon in itspassage therethrough.

What I claim as new is:

1. The combination with an intake pipe, of a vaporizer adapted to be attached thereto and comprising inner and outer walls, a bottom wall connectin said inner and outer walls to form a troug said inner wall being half the height of the outer wall, and said outer Wall being provided at points below the upper edge of the inner ,wall with air inlet openings, and a wick arranged within the said trough between the inner and outer walls.

2. The combination with the carbureter hot air intake pipe having an opening therein, of a vaporizer adapted to be attached to said intake pipe over said opening and comprising inner and outer walls, the outer wall having its upper end curved inwardly so as to snugly lit the circumference of the intake pipe, said wall being provided adjacent its lower end with air inlet .openings, a bottom wall connecting said inner and outer walls to form a trough, and a 4wick arranged within said trough and adapted to be saturated with a combustible liquid, whereby when it is ignited,v the flames will pass upwardly of the vaporizer and into the hot air intake pipe through the opening therein.

1n testimony' whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of4 two subscribing witnesses.

ANTON I. SANDBO. Witnesses:

FRED GRUBY, CHAS. GINNANE.

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