US1554458A - Fuel saver - Google Patents

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Sept. 22, 1925. 1,554,458

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FUEL SAVER.

Application filed March 10, 1922. Serial No. 542,775.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, CHARLES E. NORD- QUIST, a citizen of the United States, residing at South Gonnellsville, in the county of Fayette and State of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fuel Savers, of which the following is a specification.

The present invention relates to fuel savers having for its principal object to provide a mechanism for heating the water before the same is delivered to the boiler thereby lessening the consumption of fuel.

. Another object of the invention is to provide a device of this nature which will be of extremely simple, durable and inexpensive construction, one which is efficient and reliable in operation, and well adapted to the purpose for which it is designed.

With these and numerous other objects in view, the invention resides in certain novel features of construction, and the combination and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the drawing I Figure 1 is in an elevation of the apparatus showing the parts assembled,

Figure 2 is a longitudinal section through the Y-connection and its associated parts,

Figure 3 is a transverse section taken therethrough on the line 33 of Figure v2 looking in the direction of the arrow,

Figure 4 is a perspective of the nipple, and

Figure 5 is a perspective of the nozzle.

Referring to the drawing in detail the numeral 1 designates a portion of a boiler steam pipe connected to the outlet extremity of a heating device generally denoted by the numeral 2 which consists of a body 3 and a branch 4. The ends of the body 3 are provided with} external threads so that one end thereof may be attached to the inlet end of .the feed pipe 1 and the other end receive a nipple 5.

This nipple 5 has extending exteriorly from its body portion a pair of diametrically opposed wings 6 with which a suitable tool may be engaged for turning the nipple. A threaded bore extends through the nipple and is enlarged at its inner end and this inner end is also provided with external threads so that the nipple may be attached to the end of the body 3 as shown in Figure 2. The steam pipe 7 is connected with the bore of the nipple 5 while a nozzle 8 is threadedly connected to the enlarged portion of the nipple. This nozzle comprises a body portion having a bore extending longitudinally therethrough which tapers toward the intermediate portion thereof. A flange 9 of annular construction is arranged about the intermediate portion of the nozzle and external threads 10 are situated to one side of this flange 9 so that the same may en-- gage the internal threads of the enlarged bore of the nipple 5. It is to be noted that the mouth of the nozzle 8 is so situated as to terminate adjacent the entrance of the branch 4 into the body 3 of the Y-connection 2. A water pipe 11 is attached to the branch 4 and as the water is delivered through the branch the steam will be delivered thereto immediately for heating the same before it actually enters the boiler feed pipe 1. It is my purpose to heat the water to a few degrees below the boiling point before the same actually reaches the boiler.

The radiator 1 is, of course, disposed adjacent the boiler and a small amount of heat will be dissipated by the radiator but this will be negligible from a practical standpoint. The radiator gives the steam a chance to mix with the water as the steam and water pass therethrough and thus gives the water an opportunity of becoming heated before it reaches the boiler. The usual practice is to inject the steam into the water immediately before the same enters the boiler and thus the steam does not have an opportunity of heating the water to any great extent as is the case with the apparatus herein described. v

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the construction and operation of the device will be readily understood without a more extended explanation.

As numerous changes in form, proportion, and in the 2 1,554,458 end, a nipple engaged With the threads of threads on the nozzle toone side of t\e the body of the connection, a pair of diaflange and engaged in the threaded bore of metrically opposed external Wings on the the nipple, said nozzle provided With a bore 10 nipple adjacent one end of the connection, tapering toward its intermediate portion said nipple provided With a threaded bore, a from its end. nozzle provided With an external intermedi- In testimony whereof I afiixmy signature. ately disposed annular flange, exterior CHARLES E. NORDQUIST.

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