US2397230A

US2397230A - Volatile liquid vaporizer

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Publication number: US2397230A
Application number: US464825A
Authority: US
Inventors: Joseph F Armathes
Original assignee: ANTHONY SHIPULA; BEN W GOLDBERG
Current assignee: ANTHONY SHIPULA; BEN W GOLDBERG
Priority date: 1942-11-06
Filing date: 1942-11-06
Publication date: 1946-03-26
Anticipated expiration: 1963-03-26

Description

Match 26, 1946; J. F. ARMATHES 2,397,230

' VQLATILE LIQUID VAPORIZER v Filed Nov. 6, 1942 2 Sheets-Sheet 1- I11 veutor Jose ob ArM'ai'hes M3 3 I946- ".1. F. ARMATHES 2,397,230

VOLATILE LIQUID VAPORIZER Filed Nb v. 6. 1942 2 'Sheets-Sheet 2 Inventor Patented Mar. 26 1946 Joseph F. Armathes, Plymouth, Pa., assignor of thirty per cent to Anthony Shipula, Lyndwood, Hanover Township, Pa., and thirty per cent to Ben W. Goldberg, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.

Application November 6, 1942, Serial No. 464,825

2 Claims.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in volatile liquid Vaporizers, and more particularly to a generator for generating dry gas especially suitable for internal combustion engine consumption on an economical scale.

A very important object of the invention is to provide a simplified means for vaporizing volatile liquid, with a view toward dispensing with the present-day types of carburetor used and found on motor vehicles, aeroplanes, stationary engines and wherever volatile fuel is used to produce combustible gases.

Another important object of the invention is to provide a special centrifugal means for vaporizing volatile fuels in order to produce a dry, highl efficient gas.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will become apparent to the reader of the following description.

In the drawings:

Figure 1 is a vertical sectional view through the vaporizer partly broken away and with parts shown in side elevation.

Figure 2 is a fragmentary vertical sectional view drawn to an enlarged scale.

Figure 3 is a top plan view of the rotor assembly.

Referring to the drawings by numerals, the numeral 45 denotes a base onto which is mounted a cylindrical shell 46. The base 45 has a well 41 into which liquid fuel is fed and maintained at a certain level.

Inside of the shell 46 and above the base 45 is a rotor assembly 48 comprising a plurality of finely porous rotor elements 49 of circumferentially grooved annular form, preferably of carbon, each interposed between a shoulder 50 and a nut 5| located on a vertically disposed shaft 52. Between each shoulder 50 and its corresponding nut 5|, the shaft is formed with one or more transverse ports 53, and as is shown in Figure 2, the shaft is hollow from its lower end upwardly to the uppermost rotor element 49. Just above this, the shaft 52 is preferably recessed to provide a socket 44 for receiving a drive shaft 54. The lower end of the shaft 52 is threaded, as at 55, to accommodate a jam nut 56, while just below this, the shaft 52 is formed with a downwardly flaring formation 51 to deflect any liquid that may have a tendency to creep up the shaft. Just below the formation 51 is a deep thread 58 which operates to feed any liquid that may have a tendency to rise, in a downward direction.

An elongated spiral member 59 extends vertically in the shaft from the lower end thereof to the uppermost rotor element 49. This spiral member is fixed in the shaftiz and when said shaft is rotated, this spiral serves to feed the volatile liquid from the well 41 upwardly to each of the rotor elements 49, and the liquid thus arriving at the rotor elements passes through these elements by capillary attraction assisted by centrifugal force in order to convert the liquid into vapor.

A hollow head section surmounts the shell 46 and is provided with a bottom opening 6| to' admit gas from said shell into said section 60. Preferably a fan or impeller 62 is provided in the head section 60 for driving by an electric motor 63 secured, as at 64, on top of the head section 60. The fan, or impeller, 62 acts as a supercharger for the gas, or fuel, entering the head section 66. A discharge neck 65 is provided on the head section 66 for connection, in any suitable manner, to an internal combustion engine, not shown.

As shown, the motor 63 operates the drive shaft 54 which is provided with a recessed end 66 for receiving a key 61 on the motor shaft 68.

A horizontal partition 69 is provided in the upper portion of the shell 46 with gas outlet openings Ill at the outer edge portion thereof. Upstanding bafiles H are provided on the partition sea around which the gas must pass to reach the head section 60.

A fuel inlet fitting 12 is tapped at one end into the upper portion of the shell 46 below the partition 69, with another end 13 thereof threaded for attachment thereto of a fuel line 14. The remaining end 15 of said fitting 12 has a valve control element 16 projecting therefrom for operating a control valve, not shown, in said fitting.

While the foregoing specification sets forth the invention in specific terms, it is to be understood that numerous changes in the shape, size and materials may be resorted to without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention as claimed hereinafter. I

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. A volatile liquid vaporizer comprising an upright rotary shaft, a series of annular rotors of disc-like solid form and porous material fitted on said shaft in superposed spaced-apart relation, said shaft having a hollow portion extending from the lower end thereof to the level of the highest rotor only, pairs of diametrical ports in said shaft in the planes of the rotors establishing communication between the hollow portion of the shaft and the inner circumferential portions of the rosame upwardly to the uppermost pair of ports.

2. A volatile liquid vaporizer comprising an upright rotary shaft, a series of annular rotors of disc-like solid form and porous material fitted on said shaft in superposed spaced-apart rela-' tion, said shaft having a hollow portion extending communication between the hollow portion of the shaft and the inner circumferential portions of l the rotors, a Well for volatile liquid into which the lower end of the shaft extends, and a helical member in' the shaft extending from the lower end of the same upwardly to the uppermost pair.

of ports, said shaft having a downwardly flared lower end portion for preventing the liquid in V the well from creeping up the outer side of the from the lower end thereof to the level of the 10 shaft to said rotors.

highest rotor only, pairs of diametrical ports in said shaft in the planes of the rotors establishing JOSEPH F. ARMATHES.