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US1305254A
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  • the object of our invention is to 'provide improved means for mounting an auxiliary carbid hopper in the gas bell to the end that it may be conveniently removed for refilling when desired and air excluded from the generator during the operation.
  • the invention consists generally in various constructions and combinations, all as hereinafter described and particularly polnted out in the claims.
  • the figure is a vertical sectional view through a generator embodying our invention.
  • 2 represents the generating tank, having a water chamber 3 within which a sleeve 4 is arranged, supporting a carbid hopper 5.
  • 6 is the gas bell having its lower end immersed in the liquid seal within the annular chamber 7
  • 8 is a water supply pipe through which fresh water is introduced to the tank
  • 9 is a pipe wherein the operating rod 10 for the agitating device 11 is mounted.
  • 12 is a pipe containing a similar rod connected with the agitating device 13, the upper part of the pipe 12 having means for connecting a pump thereto for withdrawing the water and sludge from the bottom of the tank.
  • 14 is a gas service pipe,
  • the generator has the usual cover 17 and a space 18 beneath the cover and above the bell which permits the rise and fall of the bell in the operation of the machine.
  • 19 is the top of the carbid hopper, having an opening, 20 therein, and 21 is a sleeve mounted on said cover and encircling said opening
  • a second sleeve 22 is carried by the gas bell and telescopes with the sleeve 21.
  • the sleeve 22 has the function of directing-any moisture which may collect thereon down past the upper end of the sleeve 21 and prevent it from entering the carbidihopper.
  • the atxiiliary carbid ho per has" a jacket- 23' the jacket 23- extends below the top ofthe sleeve 21 and prevents any possibility of carbid lodging on the top-of the sleeve 21 or between it and the sleeve 22, all these details 10f construction contributing to a more perfect operatlon of the machine and eliminat- 7 ing the danger which might result from spilling of the carbid around the top of the hopper.
  • the hopper 25 has a double coneshaped lower end 26 and a valve 27 is provided for closing the opening and has a stem 28 which projects through the c'over'29 for said hopper and has a threaded end and a stuffing box 30 therein for preventing any escape of gas.
  • the cover 29 is arranged to bear on the jacket 23 and a yoke 31 has a hook atone 'end for engaging a lug 32 on said jacket and a thumb screw 33 at its opposite end that is tapped into a lug 34 on the other side of said jacket.
  • the middle portion of this yoke bears at 35 on the center of the cover and when the thumb screw is tightened, the cover will besqueezed down to clamp it on the jacket and prevent the entrance of air and escape of gas through the top of the auxiliary carbid hopper.
  • An acetylene gas generator comprising a tank adapted to contain a supply of water, a carbid hopper therein, a gas bell encircling said hopper, the top of said hopper and said bell having oppositely arranged openings therein, sleeves mounted on said hopper and said bell respectively and encircling said openings and arranged to telescope with the rise and fall of the gas bell, said hopper sleeve being seated against the top of the bell and said bell leeve being seated against the top or the hopper when the bell is in its lowered position, thereby sealing the bell against the escape of gas or the entrance of air therein.
  • An acetylene generator comprising a tank, a carbid hopper therein, a gas bellencircling said hopper, the top of said hopper and said bell having openings oppositely arranged therein, sleeves mounted respectively on said bell and said hopper in telescoping relation, and an auxiliary carbid hopper removably fitting Within the opening in said bell and Within said sleeves.
  • An acetylene gas generator comprising a tank, a carbid hopper therein, a gas bell, said'hopper and said bell having oppositely arranged openings, telescoping sleeves encircling said openings and an auxiliary carbid hopper removably mounted in the opening in said gas bell and depending Within said sleeves and having a discharge opening and valve therefor accessible through the top of said tank.
  • An acetylene gas generator comprising a tank, a carbid hopper therein, a gas bell, said hopper and said bell having oppositely arranged openings therein, a jacket fitting Within said opening and having a flange to bear on the Wall of said bell around the opening therein, an auxiliary carbid hopper fitting Within said jacket, means for clamping said auxiliary hopper on said jacket, said auxiliary hopper depending within said jacket and having a valve opening and a valve operated through the top of said jacket and auxiliary hopper, said jacket and said auxiliary hopper being removable from said bell for filling said hopper at a point remote from said generator.
  • An acetylene gas generator comprising a tank, a carbid hopper therein having a closed top provided with a filling opening, a gas bell encircling said hopper and also having an opening therein opposite the opening in said hopper, sleeves mounted resaid sleeves and having a discharge openmg and valve therefor.
  • a tank adapted to contain a supply of Water
  • a carbid hopper therein having a closed top, a gas bell encircling said hopper and having a liquid seal, said hopper and said bell having oppositely arranged openings therein, an auxiliary carbid hopper fitting Within said openings and having means for discharging the carbid therefrom into the'hopper of said generator, said auxiliary hopper being removable from said bell for filling it at a point remote 'fromthe generator, and means encircling'the openings in said bell and generator hopper for sealing said hopper and said bell against the entrance of air and the escape ofgas When said auxiliary hopper is removed.
  • An acetylene gas generator comprising a tank adapted'to contain a supply of Water, a carbid hopper therein having a closedtop, a gas bell encircling said hopper and having a liquid seal, said hopper and said'bell having oppositely arranged openings therein,an auxiliary carbid hopper fitting Within said openings and having means for discharging the carbid'therefrom into the hop per of saidigenerator, saidauxiliary hopper being removable from said bell for filling it ata .point remote fromthe generator, and telescoping sleeves encircling the openings in said bell and generator hopper for sealing said hopper and said bell against the entrance of air and the escape of gas When said auxiliary hopperis removed.

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C. J. AND G. J. CLEFTON.
ACETYLENE GENERATOR.
APPLICATION FILED JUNE 27. 1911.
Patented June 3, 1919,
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CLAUD J. CLEFTON AND GUY J. CLEFTON, OF OWATONNA, MINNESOTA.
ACETYLENE-GENEBATOR.
Specification of Letters Patent.
Patented J une 3, 1919.
Application filed June 27, 1917. Serial No. 177,262.
T 0 all whom it may concern Be it known that we, CLAUD J. CLEr'roN and J. CLnrToN, citizens of the United States, residents of Owatonna, county of Steele, State of Minnesota, have invented centain new and useful Improvements in Acetylene-Generators, of which the following is a s ecification.
' The object of our invention is to 'provide improved means for mounting an auxiliary carbid hopper in the gas bell to the end that it may be conveniently removed for refilling when desired and air excluded from the generator during the operation.
The invention consists generally in various constructions and combinations, all as hereinafter described and particularly polnted out in the claims.
In the accompanying drawings forming part of this specification,
The figure is a vertical sectional view through a generator embodying our invention.
In the drawing, 2 represents the generating tank, having a water chamber 3 within which a sleeve 4 is arranged, supporting a carbid hopper 5. 6 is the gas bell having its lower end immersed in the liquid seal within the annular chamber 7 8 is a water supply pipe through which fresh water is introduced to the tank, 9 is a pipe wherein the operating rod 10 for the agitating device 11 is mounted. 12 is a pipe containing a similar rod connected with the agitating device 13, the upper part of the pipe 12 having means for connecting a pump thereto for withdrawing the water and sludge from the bottom of the tank. 14 is a gas service pipe,
connected with a pipe 15 located within the tank and having a filter 16 within the gas bell, through which the gas flows to the service pipe.
The generator has the usual cover 17 and a space 18 beneath the cover and above the bell which permits the rise and fall of the bell in the operation of the machine. 19 is the top of the carbid hopper, having an opening, 20 therein, and 21 is a sleeve mounted on said cover and encircling said opening A second sleeve 22 is carried by the gas bell and telescopes with the sleeve 21. The sleeve 22 has the function of directing-any moisture which may collect thereon down past the upper end of the sleeve 21 and prevent it from entering the carbidihopper.
The atxiiliary carbid ho per has" a jacket- 23' the jacket 23- extends below the top ofthe sleeve 21 and prevents any possibility of carbid lodging on the top-of the sleeve 21 or between it and the sleeve 22, all these details 10f construction contributing to a more perfect operatlon of the machine and eliminat- 7 ing the danger which might result from spilling of the carbid around the top of the hopper. The hopper 25 has a double coneshaped lower end 26 and a valve 27 is provided for closing the opening and has a stem 28 which projects through the c'over'29 for said hopper and has a threaded end and a stuffing box 30 therein for preventing any escape of gas. The cover 29 is arranged to bear on the jacket 23 and a yoke 31 has a hook atone 'end for engaging a lug 32 on said jacket and a thumb screw 33 at its opposite end that is tapped into a lug 34 on the other side of said jacket. The middle portion of this yoke bears at 35 on the center of the cover and when the thumb screw is tightened, the cover will besqueezed down to clamp it on the jacket and prevent the entrance of air and escape of gas through the top of the auxiliary carbid hopper. To remove this hopper, it is only necessary to take oii the cover 17 and lift the jacket and hopper out of the bell, when thehopper may be refilled and replaced in the bell, ready to discharge its contents into the main hopper beneath in case the supply of gas is low ,ata time, such as in the evening, when it is not :(spvenient to empty the generator and re- In various ways the details of construction herein shown and described may be modified and still be within the scope of our invention.
We claim as our invention:
1. An acetylene gas generator comprising a tank adapted to contain a supply of water, a carbid hopper therein, a gas bell encircling said hopper, the top of said hopper and said bell having oppositely arranged openings therein, sleeves mounted on said hopper and said bell respectively and encircling said openings and arranged to telescope with the rise and fall of the gas bell, said hopper sleeve being seated against the top of the bell and said bell leeve being seated against the top or the hopper when the bell is in its lowered position, thereby sealing the bell against the escape of gas or the entrance of air therein.
2. An acetylene generator comprising a tank, a carbid hopper therein, a gas bellencircling said hopper, the top of said hopper and said bell having openings oppositely arranged therein, sleeves mounted respectively on said bell and said hopper in telescoping relation, and an auxiliary carbid hopper removably fitting Within the opening in said bell and Within said sleeves.
3. An acetylene gas generator comprising a tank, a carbid hopper therein, a gas bell, said'hopper and said bell having oppositely arranged openings, telescoping sleeves encircling said openings and an auxiliary carbid hopper removably mounted in the opening in said gas bell and depending Within said sleeves and having a discharge opening and valve therefor accessible through the top of said tank.
4. An acetylene gas generator comprising a tank, a carbid hopper therein, a gas bell, said hopper and said bell having oppositely arranged openings therein, a jacket fitting Within said opening and having a flange to bear on the Wall of said bell around the opening therein, an auxiliary carbid hopper fitting Within said jacket, means for clamping said auxiliary hopper on said jacket, said auxiliary hopper depending within said jacket and having a valve opening and a valve operated through the top of said jacket and auxiliary hopper, said jacket and said auxiliary hopper being removable from said bell for filling said hopper at a point remote from said generator.
5. An acetylene gas generator comprising a tank, a carbid hopper therein having a closed top provided with a filling opening, a gas bell encircling said hopper and also having an opening therein opposite the opening in said hopper, sleeves mounted resaid sleeves and having a discharge openmg and valve therefor.
(5. An a'cet lens as enerator com )llSlIW b t: O
a tank adapted to contain a supply of Water,
a carbid hopper therein having a closed top, a gas bell encircling said hopper and having a liquid seal, said hopper and said bell having oppositely arranged openings therein, an auxiliary carbid hopper fitting Within said openings and having means for discharging the carbid therefrom into the'hopper of said generator, said auxiliary hopper being removable from said bell for filling it at a point remote 'fromthe generator, and means encircling'the openings in said bell and generator hopper for sealing said hopper and said bell against the entrance of air and the escape ofgas When said auxiliary hopper is removed.
7. An acetylene gas generator comprising a tank adapted'to contain a supply of Water, a carbid hopper therein having a closedtop, a gas bell encircling said hopper and having a liquid seal, said hopper and said'bell having oppositely arranged openings therein,an auxiliary carbid hopper fitting Within said openings and having means for discharging the carbid'therefrom into the hop per of saidigenerator, saidauxiliary hopper being removable from said bell for filling it ata .point remote fromthe generator, and telescoping sleeves encircling the openings in said bell and generator hopper for sealing said hopper and said bell against the entrance of air and the escape of gas When said auxiliary hopperis removed.
In Witness \vhereof We have hereunto set our handsthis 18 day of June 1917.
GLAUDJ. CLEFTON. GUY J. CLEFTON.
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