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J. MoHALE. HYDROGARBON GENERATOR AND BURNER.

No. 362,984.. Patented May 17, 1887.

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J. MOHALE.

, HYDROOARBON GENERATOR AND BURNER. No. 362,984; Patented May 17, 1887.

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JOHN MOHALE, OF TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO AMBROSE H. TEUSH AND TIMOTHY LAHEY, BOTH OF SAME PLACE.

HYDROCARBON GENERATOR AND BURNER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 362,984, dated May 17,1887.

Application filed August 23, 1886. Serial No. 211,631. (No model.)

T (LZZ whom, it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOHN MOHALE, a citizen of the United States, residing at Terre Haute, in the county of Vigo and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hydrocarbon Generators and Burners; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable oth- IO ers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in hydrocarbon generators and burners; anditconsists substantially I5 in the same as constructed, and in such peculiar arrangement and combinations of parts as will hereinafter be more particularly described, and pointed out in the claims.

The general objects of the invention will be o fully understood from the description hereinafter following; but it may be here stated that the same is designed principally to economize in the cost of manufacture over former inventions of this character, and to so simplify the arrangement and construction of the several parts of which it is constituted as to better facilitate the cleansing, and to require but little or no skill in the management thereof when in use.

The hydrocarbon employed is placed in a suitable tank, from whence it flows or is conducted to a retort or generator, and, becoming vaporized by heat, passes off to the burners, where its consumption takes place. The construction of this burner is such that it can readily be placed in either a heating or cook ing stove, and the results derived therefrom thoroughly adapt it to all the purposes for which it is intended.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 represents a front elevation of a burner and generatorembodying niyinvention. Fig. 2 is a sectional end elevation thereof on the line m a; and Fig. 3 is a longitudinal hori- 3 zontal sectional view of the same, taken in the plane of the line y Fig. 4 represents, in enlarged section, a detail of the burner proper.

Fig. 5 represents a longitudinal sectional View of a stove, showing the application thereto of my improvements.

Reference being had to the several parts by thelettcrs marked thereon, A represents a tank for containing any suitable hydrocarbon oil, the same being arranged at a suitable elevation to cause the oil to gravitate or flow into the retort or generator through a suitable pipe, B.

O designates the retort or generator, consisting of a hollow vessel, to which is connected, by the coupling indicated by the letters a, b, and c, an end of two pipes, D and E, which are curved around in the manner shown, and whose ends terminate some distance below the bottom of the generator. These latter ex tremities of the pipes D and E are connected 6 to the ends of an intermediate pipe, F, on which are mounted or detachably secured two burners, G and G, by means of coupling-sleeves H H, so constructed on their-interior asto receive and hold any suitable purifying agent--as, for instance, charcoal.

Instead of the intermediate pipe, a simple solid rod may be employed; but I prefer the construction shown. Also'screwed or inserted into the side of the generator 0, and prefera- 7 5 bly about midway between the burners proper, is a cock or faucet, I, having a suitable regulating-screw for opening and closing the same.

The burners are constructed of the separate portions 1 and 2, the upper of which is pro So vided with jetopenings d and surmounted by a small cap or deflector, 0, while the lower part thereof is provided with a suitable inlet-port for the vapor to pass into the same asit is eonducted around by the pipe I) or E, and also is provided with a valve by which to control the supply of mixture as it is being burned. These burners are preferably arranged at a slight inclination from the retort or generator, (see Fig. 2,) so as to have a part of the flame issuing from the jet-openings impinge upon the said retort for the purpose of heating the same to keep up a continuous vaporization of the oil, as well, also, as to have some of the flame impinge upon the inner sides or walls of 5 the stove in which the apparatus may be placed; and the purpose of this cap 0 is to deflect the flame in the direction desired.

Secured detachably to the intermediate pipe, F, is a pan, f, which is provided, preferably, with a covering of intermeshing wires or wiregauze, 9. Into this pan is placed a material,

as pumice-stone, either in a solid or pulverized condition, and by saturating the same with some of the mixture from the generatorit may be lighted for the purpose of starting the vaporization. One side of this pan is formed with a split ring or sleeve, K, whose sides are slightly sprung together, as shown in Fig. 2, and by this construction the pan may be easily slipped on and off the pipe F.

The operation of my invention is as follows: The tank having been filled with the hydrocarbon oil, and the pan f, previously filled with pumice-stone, attached to the pipe or connection F, the cock or faucet I is turned to cause some of the oil to flow into the pan for saturating the pumice-stone. After sufficient saturation thereof the cock is turned off and the saturated pumice-stone ignited, thus causing a flame to impinge upon and around the retort to start the vaporization of the oil therein contained. After the vapor has been gener-- ated it will pass around to the burners G and G through the pipes D E, and it is evident that by the proper regulation of the valves of the burners the vapor will pass up to the jetopenings cl, where it is ignited, and thus a continuous generation of heat and vapor may be maintained.

From the foregoing description it will be seen that a combined generator and burner embodying my invention is both simple in operation and in the general construction and arrangement of parts. It will'further be seen that the parts constituting the same can all be readily taken apart for the purpose of cleansing and again put together, and also that a most perfect regulation of the apparatus can be had when in use, requiring but little or no skill in the management thereof.

By reference to Fig. 5 will be seen the manner in which the burner is located or arranged Within a stove for the purpose of heating the same, and wherein the said burner or apparatus is shown as being removably supported in the fire-chamber of the stove by hooks or brackets 10 w, the pipe leading from the tank to the retort 0 being passed out through a suitableopening provided therefor. The tank itself may be supported in any obvious manner.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim' as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. The combination, with asuitable oil-tank, of the retort G, the pipes D and E, communicating therewith, and the burners G and G,

secured to such pipes and provided with a cock or valve for regulating the same, the said burners being removably secured to an intermediate pipe, F, uniting the pipes D and E, sub stantially as described.

2. The combination of the generator 0, having cock or faucet I, the oil-tank and supplypipe, the pipes D and E, communicating with the generator and extending down below the same, the pipe F, connecting the ends of these pipes beneath the generator, the burners G G, having regulating-valves and formed of the two parts 1 and 2, and the panf, having split ring K, fitting around pipe F; and provided with a covering of wire-gauze or other equivalent material, as and for the purpose described. v

3. The combination, with the tank, of the generator, the connection a, b, and c, the pipes lingsleeves H H, detachably connecting said burners with said pipes, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix in y signature in presence of two witnesses. V

' JOHN MoHALE.

Witnesses:

HARRY DONHAM, D. N. TAYLOR.

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