US338461A - Vapor-fuel apparatus - Google Patents

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(No Model.) 4 Sheets-Sheet 1. A.I. AMBLER. VAPOR FUEL APPARATUS.

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A. I. AMBLER.

VAPOR FUEL APPARATUS.

No. 338,461, Patented Mar. 23, 1886-.

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A. I. AMBLER.. VAPOR FUEL APPARATUS.

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AUGUSTIN IREL AMBLER, or CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

VAPO R-FU EL APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 338,461, dated March 23, 1886.

Application filed Deeember D, 1885. Serial No. 185,187. (No model.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it. known that I, AUGUSTIN IREL AM- BLER, 0 Chicago, in'the county of Cook and State of llinois, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Vapor-Fuel Apparatus, of which thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description.

This invention relates to apparatus for producing and utilizing vapor-fuel by the combined use of petroleum or its products and steam, for generating steam and other purposes, orwherever the production of flame and heat is required, including the supplying of vapor-fuel to burning brick, lime, crockery, and for the reduction of ores in furnaces, the.

The invention, however, is more particularly designed to be used in connection with locomotive-engine boilers, 01- other boilers of the locomotive type, and it will be described more especially with reference to such use.

The invention consists in certain novel constructions and combinations of parts, whereby the vaporizing of the petroleum or oil and the mixture of the steam with it or its vapor are very perfectly and economically secured,

' and other advantages are obtained, substantially as hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,

'in which similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 represents a vertical longitudinal section of a locomotive-engine, in part, with tender, having my invention applied. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the tender with certain attachments. Fig. 3 representsa plan view of a seriesof multiple retorts with connections,

applicabie'tb or forming part of the invention; Fig. 4, a partlysectional plan view of the main burner portion of theapp'aratus. Fig. 5 is a mainly sectional plan view, upon a larger scale, of-the multiple retortunder one form of its construction; Fig. 6, a longitudinal section, also upon a larger scale, ofthe burner portion of the apparatus; Fig. 7, a horizontal section of asingle-flue retort, which may be used in place of the multiple one; and Fig. 8, a ver tic-a l longitudinal section of the fire-box end of the boiler, showing a modified construction of the bridge and a series of single'oylinder retorts.

Referring, in the first instance, or, Inn. ticularly, to the first six figures of the drawings. A is the fire-box of the boiler of a locomotivc'engine, or it might be any other boiler of locomotive type.

B is a water bridge, compartment, or diaphragm within the fire-box, to deflect and direct the flame against the. water-leg of the firebox, also against the crownsheet, and, as shown by the arrow in Fig. 1, directly into the tubes or fines of the boiler.

0 G are the main burners used to run'the locomotive, D D the multiple retorts, and E E the' burners below the retorts for heating the latter. These'several devices are all located below the water-bridge B in regular or der, one above or below the other, the main burners G 0 being above the retorts and the burners E E below the retorts.

The multiple retorts consist of a series of cylinders or outer boxes, 0, arranged horizontally side by side, with end compartments, d. in them, and numerous interior longitudinal tubes or fines, e, connecting said compartments at the opposite ends of the cylinders. The several retortsare connect-ed together by means outer cylinders, h, connected, respectively, at their opposite ends, and with burner-orifices i in and along them, and having a perforated longitudinal tube or due, k, extending through each of them and connected by end elbow attachments, Z, the whole being arranged so as to produce a' eturn action through the entire series of inner and outer tubes. or cylinders and tubes, respectively.

F is a pump or mixing-chamber for thesteam and oil or vapor, and m a pipe connecting the one endof the retorts D with said mixer for supplying vapor to the retorts, and a a pipe connecting the retorts with the one end of a superheater orsuperheating-coil,G,said supers ssaeei.

heaterbeing supplied with steam at its opposite end from the steam dome or chamber of the boiler by a pipe, 0, subject to control by acock, 17, through a handle, r, from the outside of the boiler. The snperheater G is arranged within a snction-chamber,'H, at the forward end of,.the boiler.

I is a supplementary burner arranged cross- I wise within the suction-chamber H, to give adper part of the suction-chamber H or within ditional heat'to the superheater, or to heat the same atstarting the apparatus.

J is a perforated nozzle arranged in the upthe stack K, and throughwhi'ch steam is blown from the pipe 0 to createa constant suction or partial vacuum within-the chamber H toassist the draft.

The tender ofthe engine is constructed to form an inner oil-reservoir, L, for supplying the retorts D through the mixer F, and an outer water tank or reservoir, M, for supplying the boiler with water to keep up the steam.

Oil is supplied to the mixer F from the reservoir L by a pipe, 8. This pipe is connected at its receiving end with a chamber or circular socket, t, in thelower part ofthe oil-reser-voir near its one end, and through. which the stem of a valve, a, passes, to admit oil to or to shut it off from the supply-pipe s, the

stem of said valve, which maybe a screwthreaded one, passing upward and being operated by a wheel or handle, '0, from above. As it is always desirable to supply the retorts with the oil which is lightest and freest from sediment, it is supplied to the chamber or socket t from the upper surfaceof, the oil in the reservoir L, regardless of the depth of oil therein, by means of a rising and falling pipe,

- N, provided at its upper end with a screen or rose, w, and float O, and connected at its opposite or lower end in a free or loose manner-- as, for instance, by a partial ball-andsocket joint-with the chamber t.

P is an upper cylinder or chamber on or connected with the oil-reservoir L, for the pnrpose of receiving ascending vapors, produced either mechanically or otherwise, for use in starting when steam cannot be obtained. This may be done by well-known means-as, for

instance, by a force-pump and pipe connected with the bottom of the oil-reservoir. Steam is applied to the mixer F by a pipe,

- a, and b is a valve,with its attached stem and wheel, for controlling the flow of steam therethrough.

0 indicates the valve to regulate and control the flow and supply of oil by the pipe .9 to the mixer F.

d, Fig. 3, is a valve in a branch pipe, 6', to

regulate and control the flow of steam to the' retorts in starting.

f is the pipe to conduct the vapor from the multiple retorts D, through branch pipes and valves 9 h, to the burnersC and E above and below the retorts, the valve g controlling the supply to the burners G, and the valve h,

, which may be worked by a lever, (notshown here,) controlling the supply to theburners E.

t" is a pipe having a contro1ling valve,'k,

for conveying steam through perforations t. in the pipes k to and through the orifices iii the burners, to quicken the draft and assist combustion.

All the pipes which are exposed should have an asbestos or other suitable covering, as shown, for the portion of the pipen which passes beneath the boiler.

A pipe, m, provided with a valve, n' ,'may be arranged to connect the apparatus with a donkey-boiler(notshownfi for supplying steam .at starting, and bywhich and the connectingpipes steam may be caused to flow to all parts of the apparatus, and may be so continued by the operation of the-proper valves until steam of a suitable pressure is obtainedin the main boiler or boiler proper of the apparatus,wheu connection with the donkey-boiler may be shu off.

The interior construction of the multiple retorts, as hereinbefore described,'is more clearly seen in Fig. 5, in which, although the relative arrangements of the vapor-connecting. .pipes at f and steam-eonnecting pipes 11. e are somewhat different to the arrangement shown in Fig. 3, andonl y three connected retorts are represented, the return action or course of the steam through the tubes or pipes e, and vapor through the outside cylinders or pipes, 0, (shown by a1=rows,)'is the same, the invention not being restricted to any precise arrange:

ment of the connections,nor yetto the numdnfg'through the tubes 6, which connect at their opposite ends with the steam-chambers d. One, a", of the heads a a", in which these tubes ewithin each cylinder 0 fit, is welded or otherwise securely attached to the cylinder in a steam-tight manner.

The other head, a, in which the opposite ends of the tubes 6 fit, is of a piston-like construction, with a metallic springpacking in its periphery to make a close but slidingjoint with the interior of the cylinder. This construction compensates for anyinequality in'the expansion and contraction' of "the inneian'd onte'ftubem'orcylind'ers If desired, steamways may be and tubes. used in the heads a and end portions of the tubes 9 fitting therein, to admit steam to the backs of the metallic packiugs, to secure their close and more perfect action, as shown in Fig.- 7 of'the drawings. This figure represents a modified construction of the retort, in

which each cylinder or chamber 0 has but one steam-tube 6 within it. 8 of the drawings shows such modified construction of the retort or retorts in place within the fire-box of the boiler, and a modified construction of or substitute for the bridge B, the same being designed to show that the ordinary brick arch or cross-tubes, with or without brick, may be employed to deflect the flame instead of the water-bridge shown in Fig. 1.

The operation is as follows: Steam having been made in the boiler, the valve p in the pipe 0 is opened, which allows of the steam passing to and through the superheaterand to and through all parts of the apparatus to which it is requiredor desirable to admit it as, for instance, to and through the steampipes in the retort and in the burners. When the retorts and other parts are thoroughly heated up, the valve admitting steam to the mixer F, also the valve admitting oil to the mixer, are opened, and from thence the combined oil and steam are passed into the vapor spaces or chambers of the retort, steam being admitted also to all the tubes and steamchambers of the retort, the steam starting from the dome and entering the retort by the pipe n, and the oil supplied from the oil-reservoir passing first to the mixer F by the pipes s, and afterward, in a broken-up condition and mixed with the steam, by the pipe m to the vapor -chambers of the retort, from whence the vapor, in a highly-heated condition, by reason of the steam-pipes in the re-, tort and burners E on the outside thereof, passes and keeps up the supply to the burners C and E. When the vapor is thus made "or becomes 'sufliciently inflammable to burn doing the work it is required to perform.

This by experience the operator will soon be familiar with, so as to obtain the best or most desirable results.

It will readily be seen that by a proper manipnlation of the valves the operator may have the most perfect control over the heat and flame, as wellas its quality or character,

and that he can turn his flame down to a series of mere jets, or, if necessary, fill the fire-box, boiler-fiues, and suction-chamber in front of the boiler with flame, and that these or other changes can be made instantaneously.

The invention essentially dili'ers from amere j atomizing system of devices,and will be found nection with the'flame produced from the vapor.-

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. In apparatus for the production and use as vapor fuel of petroleum or its products and steam combined, the combination, with a mixer of the oil and steam, of a retort or retorts for'heating the vapor derived from said mixer, and a series of burners arranged above and below said retorts, and arranged to receive their supply of heated vapor from the retorts, essentially as described.

2. In vapor-fuel apparatus, the combination, with oil'and water reservoirs and tanks, of a steam-boiler of locomotive type, having a suction-chamber in its forward end, a su-- perheater for the'steam, a steam and oil mixer, a retort or retorts arranged within the firebox of the boiler, burners arranged aboveand below said retorts and connected with them, and pipes and valves connecting and controlling the supply of oil and steam to the mixer and retorts, and vapor from the retorts to the burners, substantially as described.

3. The-retort or retorts of theapparatus,

'use'of vapor-fuel, the combination of an oil and steam supply, a mixer and force-pump, retort-cylinders closed at each end, internal steam heating tubes,steam-chambers,a vaporchamber in each cylinder, and connectingpipes for the passage of the steam and vapor from one cylinderto the other'of the retort,

substantially as shown and described.

5. The cylinders forming the outer casings of each part of the multiple retort, the headings therein, the internal steam-heating tubes, the steam-chambers, and vapor-chambers, combined with the pipes connecting the steamchambers and the vapor-chambers of each retort, and the pipes and valves connecting lthehapparatus with the supply of oil and steam and the burners, substantially as described.

AUGUSTIN IREL 'AMBLER.

Witnesses:

E,-T. WILLIAMS, Eben HOLMES.

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