US247980A

US247980A - ambler

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Publication number: US247980A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1881-10-04
Anticipated expiration: 1898-10-04

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A. 1. AM'BLBR.

GAS GENERATOR.

UNITED STATES f PATENT OFFICE.

AUGUSTIN I. AMRLER, OF WASHINGTON, :DISTRICT OF ooLuuRIA, ASSIGNOR To THE INTERNATIONAL VAPOR FUEL-CARBON IRON ANDv MANUFAG- TURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLAGE.

GAS-'G ENERATO R.

SPECIFICATION forming part of LettersTatent-No. 247,980, dated October 4, 1881. Y

` Application ined February 2,1881. (No meel.)

To all 'whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, AUGUSTIN I. AMBLER, acitizen ofthe United States', residing at Washington, in the county of Washington and District ot' Columbia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gas-Generators; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ot' the inven-V tion,'such as will enable others Skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specitication.

My invention relates to improvements in gasgenerators which are designed for producing gas from petroleum and other hydrocarbon oils, such gas being adapted for use as fuel in generating steam, heating furnaces ot' various kinds, and for warming buildings; and the objects of my improvements are,\first, to provide a gas-generator constructed in such a form as to adapt it for use'upon a locomotive-en-y gine; second, to provide such'generator with a greater amount of heating-surface than has been heretofore given in the same amount of space ,or with the same weight of metal; third, to provide novel diaphragms for the interior portion ot' the generator adapted for the passage of oil, steam, and gas from one portion of the device to another. I attain these objects bythe construction, combination, and Varran gement ofthe elements ofthe generator illustrated in the accompanyingdrawings, in which- Figure l is an elevation of my improved generator, showing pipes for the introduction of steam at different points, a pipe and branches lthereof for conducting the gasfrom the generator, a pyrometer for showing the temperature of the escaping gas, steam and gas gages for showing the pressure of the entering steam and of the escaping gas, and a glass gage for showing the height of the oil in the generator. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional elevation, showing the parts above enumerated, and in addition a pipe for admitting oil to the interior of the generator, the outer and inner cylinders, a covering of asbestus, pipes for the l admission of steam into the body ofthe oil -within the inner cylinder and for drawing oft lubricating-'oil and sediment, and the manner ot'- constructing the diaphragms which divide the inner cylinderl into compartments; and Fig. 3 i-S an elevation showing the inner cylinder and the means of admitting steam into the chambers within it., and also the steamspaces in its lower end for the passage ofsteam.

Similar letters refer to similar parts throughout the Severalviews.

In constructing gas-generators of the type.

metal, of any desired dimensions, and place upon the top thereof a dome or otherwise shaped structure capable of closing its upper end, said dome or structure being riveted or bolted to the cylinder in such a manner as to prevent the passage of air or other substance between the parts. Y Upon the outer surface` of the cylinder A and its dome there is placed a covering, A', of asbes'tus or other incombustible in aterial,which is a bad conductor of heat, and Outside of this a covering, A2, of wood or sheet metal, or both, for the purpose of keeping the nonconductin g material in place.

Within the cylinder A there is secured another cylinder and dome, B, also made of metal,

and of such dimensions as to leave a space, C,

suftciently broad for the circulatioxn of steam between the two cylinders. Y v Y v Within the interior cylinder there is placed a series of diaphragms, B2, which constitute a series of chambers for the reception of steam from the spacebetwcen the cylinders A and B, oblong or otherwise formed openingsB being formed inthe cylinder B, between. Said diaphragms, for itspassage, they being riveted to the cylinder so as to prevent the passage at the points where they are placed ot' the ascending gases between them and the cylinder. This construction of diaphragme or chambers provides for two heating-surfaces upon each, and thus insures the prop er heating of the gas as it rises through the apertures. There may be any number of these chambers, and in order that the gas generated in the apparatus may rise freely to thc dome D in the upper portion of cylinder B, there is placed in each of the diaphragms or chambers tubular staybolts B3, having passages through them for the gas as it ascends. These stay-bolts also serve to strengthen the plates B2 and to prevent the chambers from collapsing.

Between each of the chambers composed of the plates B2 B2 there is a gas-chamber, D, which insures the contact of the gas with both of said plates, and thus the vaporizing of any oil that may be carried up with the ascendingr gas, as well as the thorough heating ot' such gas.

Near the bottom ofcylindcr B there is placed a flanged plate or l'iead,E,t`hrough which pass pipes E' E', through which steam is admitted to the body of the oil, which is placed in said cylinder for the purpose of vaporizing it. One of the pipes, E', may be used for drawing olf the oil after it has been reduced to the requisite gravity to be used as a lubricant.

The lower end of the cylinder B is provided with corrugations or spaces F, for the passage ot' steam from the space between the two cylinders to the under side of the plate E.

For the purpose of admitting oil into cylin der Baa pipe, G, is provided, Awhich is to be connected to a reservoir of oil placed ata sufcient height to cause'it to How into said cylinder by its own gravity, or to a pump or other forcing device which will feed the oil. In either case the quantity allowed to enter in a given period of time is to be regulated. That portion otl pipe Gwhich is within the cylinder B is provided with apertures upon its under surface for the purpose ot' comminuting the oil as it enters, and for distributing it over a considerable portion of the heating-surface. If preferred, a rose-head may be -placed upon the end of this pipe, and the distribution of the oil effected in that manner.

For the purpose of introducing steam, superheated or otherwise, into the body of the as cending gas, a pipe, G', is used, which maybe connected to any kind of a steam-superheater or to a generator, (the former being preferred,) and made to enter some distance into the interior cylinder, so as to cause the steam entering to be properly commingled with the gas, and thus constituteita hydrocarbon gas when ready for use.

In order that steam may be admitted into the space G between the cylinders A and B `'pipes G2 are placed in the outer cylinder, near its -bottom, their outerl ends being connected with the source of supply. The steam enter- 'ing through pipes G2 passes up in the space C and thence into the chambers between the .anged Aplates B2, and is thus made to heat connecting them with a generator of steam placed in any convenient position.

For .the purpose of conducting the gas to the point where it is to be burned a T-shaped pipe is inserted in the upper dome, the vertical portion of which extends down into thc inner one, from which it receives the gas and conducts it to pipes H H, either or both of which may be used to conductit to the point where it is to be burned. A

As a convenient method of showing the temperature of the gas or vapor as it leaves the apparatus, there is placed upon the outlet-pipe a pyrometer, I, which, by indicating the temperature thereof, enables the operator to regulate the admission of steam in such quantities as to insure the vaporization of all of the oil carried up by the ascending gas bet'ore it leaves the apparatus. I also, for convenience, place a glass gage, J, upon the apparatus in any convenient position and connect it with the space occupied by the gas for the purpose of indicating the pressure thereof as it leaves the apparatus, thus enabling the operator to prevent waste at thc burners by allowing too much pressure to obtain at that point. l also prefer to attach to the steam-space between the cylinders A and B a steam-gage, K, so that the pressure ot' steam therein may at all times be known.

For the purpose ot' determining the height of the oil in the apparatus there is placed upon the outside thereof a glass gage, L, of the usual construction, it being made to communicate with the space within the interior cylinder, one of its ends being below the oil therein and the other above it, so that the oil always rises therein to the same height that it does in the cylinder, which height may be ascertained by looking at the glass tube ofthe gage.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, 1s-

1. The diaphragms constituting the chambers into which steam enters from the space between the two cylinders, they consisting of flanged plates riveted to the interior cylinder and being provided with hollow stay-bolts for the passage ofthe ascending gases, the space between them constituting a chamber into which steam enters through apertures formed inthe interior cylinder between the plates, all substantially as described, and for the purpose specified.

2. The interior cylinder, B, having the corrugations or spaces F at its lower end for the passage of steam and a series of perforated diaphragms or steam-chambers arranged within it, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

3. The combination, in a gasgenerator, of an outer cylinder having a dome upon its upper end and an interior cylinder of similar construction for containing the oil to be vaporized, having in it a series ot' perforated diaphragms which constitute chambers, which are supplied IOO IIO

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with passa-ges communicating with the space of, substantially as and for thepurpose set between said cylinders for the passage of steam forth. therefrom,Wherebytheheating-surfaeeislarges' In testimony whereof I aftix my signature in ly increased, substantially as set forth. presence ot' two Witnesses.

4. The combination of the plate E, pipes E', AUGUSTIN I. AMBLER. and steam-passages F, whereby steam is ad- Witnesses: mitted to the body of the oil in the interior C. M. CONNELL, cylinder and beneath the lower chamber there- A. C. GONSTANTINE.