US1253288A - Smokeless orchard-heater. - Google Patents

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J. P. SIMPSONAIV SPMJKELESS ORCHARD HEATER. APPuc/more meri mm2?. |911.

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s' @WFTEO JOSEPH IPAXTONSIMPSON, 0F JPOIVONA, CALIFORNIA.

SMOKEJLIESS ORCHARD-HEATER.

Specication of Letters Patent.

Application tiled March 27, 1917.v Serial No. 157,662.

il 'o all Iwhom t may concern,

Beit known that I JOSEPH PAx'roN' S1Mr` soN, a citizen of the ZUnited States, residing Pomona, in the county of Los Angeles California', have invented new and useful Improvements in Smokeless Orchard-Heatcrsyof which the following is a specification.

y invention relates to orchard heaters, my object being to improve the details of construction with a View of .producing more perfect combustion, and my invention consists in the novel features herein shown, described and claimed.

Figure 1 is aview in side elevation illustrating the heater assembled and ready for use.

Fig. 2 is .a view in plan illustrating the heater shown in Fig. 1 and particularly disclosing the design of the bale wall within the fuel container.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, 10 indicates a liquid fuel container which is here shown as rectangular in shape and formation and adapted to rest dat upon the ground. This container is provided with a cover 11 formed with openings 12 and 13 at its opposite ends. The opening 12 cylindrical sleeve 14 which extends upwardly and is covered by a telescoping cap 15 positioned thereover. The

of perforations adapted to adjustably register with similar perforations 16 formed through the .cylindrical side wall of the cap. An operatis fixed to the top of the cap and provides adequate means for permitting the cap to be rotated upon the sleeve in a manner to regulate the draft within the container 10. The handle 17 also permits the cap to be readily removed from the sleeve when it is desired to ll the container.

The openin 13, at the opposite end of the cover 11, 1s fitted with a vertically extending pipe 18. A. due drum 19 is secured at the upper end of this pipe and in com- This drum is of enlarged dimensions and is formed with a series of perforations 2O atits lower end through which a draft will pass toV unite with the gaseous fuel which passes upwardly through the pipe 18 and into the drum 19, thereby causlng proper combus- I tion thereof. ,A baille plate 21 1s positioned within the .drum

v19 and spaced a distance from the opening through which the drum communicates with the pipe 18. This plateV through the ap? prevents an excessive draft paratus and also retards the gaseous fuel as 1t passes into the drum so that it will more properly unite with the oxygen passing into the drum through the o enings 20 and thereafter produce a more eliicient combustion of the gas. It will be noted that the lower row of perforations-20 are positioned beneath the horizontal plane of the baille plate" 21 and will cause combustion therebeneath in a manner to effectively eliminate the accumulation of carbon which would otherwise collect and in time render the apparatus inoperative. The main portion of the drum 19 extends upwardly a considerable distance.

and carries away the gases reduced by the combustion of the fuel. series of stay rpds 22, 23 and 24 are pivotally fixed to the tend within the ground around the bottom of the fuel reservoir in a manner to firmly su port the drum.

n operation, fuel is placed within the reservoir 10 and allowed to encircle around a baille wall 25 which is positioned at a point adjacent the vertical pipe 18 and the opening 13 through the top of the reservoir. This wall forms lside passages 26 and 27 around which the gas and flame may circulate and which will permit the gas produced in the devicel to pass lto the drum 19. When the apparatus is used, the cap 15 is removed andthe liquid fuel within the reservoir is ignited. The cap is then placed in position over the sleeve 111 and regulated so that there will be suiicieut oxygen within the reservoir to produce roper generating combustion. Care is ta en to see that but a Small draft will be established through the generated gas and smoke through the series of perforations 2O which extend circumferentlally around the wall of the drum 19. The combustion of the gas within the drum will rapidly raise the temperature of the drum and impart a largeamount of heat to Patented dan. 15, 1918.'

sldes of the drum 19 and are adapted to ex-v im l the surrounding atmosphere, thereby heating the orchard without producing a smoke.

I claim:

1'. In an orchard heater, an oil container consisting of a long flat box adapted to rest upon the ground and provided with a cover having an inlet opening at one end and an l outlet opening at the other end, a baffle wall wardly from the outlet opening, a drum.

mounted upon the upper end of the pipe; said drum being considerably larger than the pipe; and a baffle plate mounted horizontally in the drum above the end of the pipe; there being perforations-all the way around the drum below and above the baile plate.

2. Inan orchard heater, an oil container consisting of a long .fiat box adapted to rest upon the ground and provided with a cover having an inlet opening at one end and an outlet opening at the other end, a baiiie Wall mounted crosswise of the box in front of the outlet opening and extending the height of the box and leaving openings upon each side, a cylindrical sleeve extending upwardly around the inlet opening, a cap litting upon the Sleeve; there being registering perforations through the cap and sleeve; a handle for rotating the cap, a pipe extending upwardly from the outlet opening, a drum mounted upon the upper end of the pipe; said drum being considerably larger than the pipe; a baile plate mounted horizontally in the drum above the end of the pipe; there being perforations all the way around' the drum below and above the baffle plate; and a series of stay rods pivotally xed to the sides of the drum and adapted to extend outwardly to the ground.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specication.

JOSEPH APAXTON SIMPSON.

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