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UNITED STATES PATENT Orrron.

NATHAN D. MOREY, OF SARATOGA SPRINGS, NEW YORK.

CARBURETOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 247,390, dated September 20, 1881. Application filed June 17, 1881. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, NATHAN D. MOREY, of Saratoga Springs, in the county of Saratoga and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Carburetors and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon, which form part of this specification.

This invention relates to certain improvements in carburetors; and it has for its objects to provide an apparatus which may be of any capacity, and by means of which gas or air may be thoroughly and safely charged with hydrocarbon vapors, as more fully hereinafter specified.

The invention relates particularly to that class of carburetors in which the hydrocarbon fluid is supplied to the carbureting-vessel from a suitable tank and distributed over carburetin g-surfaces therein, and it is designed to more eftectuallydistributethe carbureting-fluid over such carbnreting-snrfaces.

These objects I attain bythe apparatus illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 represents a side elevation of the carbureting-chamber; Fig. 2,21. top view of the same; Fig. 3, a vertical sectional view of the carburetiug-chamber and an inclosing water vessel or tank, and Fig. 4 a detached view ofthe foraminous chambers hereinafter described.

The letterAindicates the carbureting-chamber, which is constructed of metal or other suitable material, rectangular in horizontalsection, and having its walls tapering slightly from the top to the bottom. The said chamber is located in a tank or vessel, 13, which contains water sufficient to cover the chamber. The upper edge of the carbureting-chamber is provided with a flange, G, to which a removable top is secured by means of bolts D, a packing of rubber or other suitable material being interposed between the flange and the top to make a gas-tight joint.

TheletterE indicates the gas-induction pipe, extending down through the top of chamber at one side, and then across it horizontally in the upper part, as shown in Fig. 3. The chamber is provided just above the horizontal portion of the pipe E with a foraminous dia phragm, F, dividing said chamber into an upper and a lower compartment.

The letter G indicates a vent, H a fillingtube for charging the apparatus with liquid hydrocarbon, and I the eduction-pipe through which the carbureted gas leaves the apparatus. The lower eompartmentis provided with aseries of foraminous reservoir-chambers, K, with spaces L between them. The said spaces are packed with prepared wicking or other absorbent material, which is held in place by the foraminous diaphragm above mentioned. The horizontal portion of the gas-induction pipe passes through the upper parts of the reservoir-chambers and communicates with them by means of apertures M, so that the gas may readily pass through said chambers and the packing in the intervening spaces, and thus become thoroughly charged with hydrocarbon vapor.

The letter N indicates a gage by means of which the height of the liquid in the chamber may be observed, and 1 an overflow-tube, through which any excess of liquid may pass off in order to prevent the apparatus from bein g filled above the proper level.

The tube H, at its lower end,is provided with a rose or sprinkler, R, by means of which the hydrocarbon is distributed in filling.

It will be observed that the apparatus, as above constructed, requires no outside reservoir to supply it with liquid hydrocarbon, and

hence is unattended by the danger resulting from such-reservoirs, and can be made of dimensions so small as to be employed in connection with an ordinary drop-light, or can be made of a capacity sufficient to supply any number of lights. As the topis removable, the chamber may be readily cleaned when required.

I am aware that carburetors have heretofore been constructed in which the liquid hydrocarbon has been supplied and passed down through absorbent packing in the carburetor, and this I do not desire to claim.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The combination, with the carburetingchamber, of the inlet-pipe E, extending down through thesame,andtheforaminous reservoir.

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chamber K, the said inlet-pipe passing through these chambers and communicating therewith by means of the apertures M as shown and described.

2. The combination, with the carbureting chamber, of the inlet-pipe E, extending down through the top and then horizontally across the same, the foraminous reservoirs, through which said pipe passes and communicates, and

the foraminous diaphragm F, located above IO said chamber, as specified.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own invention I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

NATHAN D. MOREY,

Witnesses:

G. S. SHATTUOK, J OHN L. BARBoURh

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