US403138A

US403138A - Water heater

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Publication number: US403138A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1889-05-14
Anticipated expiration: 1906-05-14

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1 .33351 7 WATER. HEATER. No. 403.138.

Patented May 14, 1889.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

PHILIP H. REED, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO THE CHICAGO GAS STOVE COMPANY, OF SAME PLACE.

WATER-H EATER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 403,138, dated May 14, 1889.

Application filed April 3, 1888. Serial No. 269,453. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, PHILIP H. REED, a citizen of the Dominion of Canada, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Water-Heaters, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawmgs.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in Water-heaters, especially designed for use with gas or as a waterfront for gas-stoves; and the invention consists in the peculiar arrangement and combination of the parts, all as more fully hereinafter set forth.

In the drawings which accompany this specification, Figure 1 is a vertical central section of my-heater as arranged with a single water-ring. Fig. 2 is a cross-section thereof on line 00 5c in Fig. 3. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section on line y y in Fig. 1. Fig. 4: shows the manner of combining a series of waterrings. Fig. 5 is a diagram plan of a larger combination of water-rings, and Fig. 6 is a cross-section thereof on line 2 z. i P A is an annular water-heater or water-ring, preferably of rectangular shape in cross-section and cast in one integral part, and provided with an annular gas chamber or ring, B, preferably cast integral with the waterring, on or near the outer edge of the bottom thereof. The water-ring is provided with the inlet C and the outlet D, suitably screwthreaded to receive connecting-pipes.

The gas-rin g is preferably circular in crosssection, and is provided with the inlet a to connect with the gas-supply pipe E and with the perforations 1) upon the inner side at intervals around the ring. The gas-supply pipe E is provided with the usual cock, F, and mixers F to admit a sufficient amount of air to form with the gas perfect combustion when issuing from the burner.

This single water-ring type of heater is mainly designed to be used in connection with ordinary water-tanks, G, for house-supply, as shown in Fig. 1, wherein the inlet-pipe C is connected to the base of the tank by the pipe H, and the outlet D is connected to the tank at a higher point by the pipe I. A sheetand a convenient support upon which articles may be heated.

In practice, the parts being constructed and arranged as described and shown, the device is intended to operate as follows: Gas being admitted to the burners and lighted, the flames impinge directly upon the under side of the water-ring, and, being directed toward the center, are carried up through the opening K, in contact with the inner wall of the waterring, into the heating-chamber formed below the cover; and, as the only means of exit for the products of combustion is by passing out underneath the cover, a draft is created which carries the flames and gases of combustion over the top and then down on the outside of the water-ring, thus causing them to completely encircle the water-ring, as shown by the arrows in Fig. 1. The result is that the water in the ring is rapidly heated, and, rising through the pipe I into the upper part of the tank, is replaced by cold water from the lower part of the tank, thus forming a rapid circulation.

Fig. 4 shows the manner of constructing a water front or heater composed of two or more rings. This is preferably done by inverting the rings and connecting them in vertical series by means of the tubes L. By inverting the rings and burner each burner is brought into the same relation to the ring above it as it has to its own ring when not inverted. An extra burner may be provided for the lowest ring, which would otherwise be without a burner. The whole pile is inclosed in a jacket, M, provided with a row of holes, N, opposite each burner for the admission of air, whereby the products of combustion are carried off through the space in the center of the rings. By inclosing the Whole pile of rings into a drum or stove of any suitable form or design and provided with air-apertures O, coincident with the apertures N, the

heat may be further utilized as a means for heating the room in which the device is located. Suit-able connect-ions, P and R, 0011- nect the lowest and highest rings of the waterfront with the boiler in the usual manner.

The connections between the individual rings are made alternately upon opposite sides, so that the water in its circulation must necessarily pass around each ring before it passes into the ring above it to receive the full benefit of the heat.

It is obvious that the rings may be combined in series in the same manner as shown without inverting them, and it will furtherbe seen that a water-heater of any desired capacity can be constructed by increasing the number of rings in combination, Fig. 5 showing a diagram plan, and Fig. 6 a cross-section thereof, of such a larger combination of rings, all included into one circulating system.

I do not limit myself in the use of my in- "ention to heating water for domestic or other use, but claim, also, the application in a circulating hot-water system for heating purposes or for generating steam by means of gas.

Aside from the simplicity and economy the obvious advantage gained in constructing the water and gas rings in one piece is that no supports or only a minimum of support need be provided. In the arrangement of the single heater, for instance, as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, the heater is entirely supported by the circulating-pipes, together with the burner, without any extra support, and it may thus be arranged at any convenient place without sacrificing valuable floor-space. The cover or case J extends over the top and down on the outside of the water-ring, and preferably, also, on the bottom, to exclude all contact with the cold air against any part of the water-ring, suitable exits or perforations, 0, being provided in the lower part for the escape of the gases of combustion.

That I claim as my invention is- 1. The combination, in a water-heater or water-front, of a water compartment or boiler provided integrally with a gas compartment or burner, substantially as described.

2. The combination, in a water-heater or water-front, of the annular water-ring and the annular gas-ring or burner cast integrally with it on the under side thereof, substantially as described.

3. The combination, in a water-heater or Water-front, of the annular water-ring A, substantially rectangular in cross-section, and the annular gas ring or burner B, cast integral with the Water-ring around the outer, upper, or lower edges thereof, substantially as de scribed.

4. The combination, with the Water-ring and the gas-ring formed integral therewith, near the lower outer edge thereof, of an opening in the center of said ring, and a jacket, J, around said burner and water-ring, substantially as shown and described, and for the purpose specified.

5. The combination, in a water-heater or waterfront, of a vertical series of single Waterheaters, each consisting of a water-ring and a gas ring or burner integrally formed therewith and of intermediate connections between said water-rings alternately upon opposite sides, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I affix my signature, in presence of two witnesses, this 17th day of March, 1888.

PHILIP II. REED. \Vitnesses:

F. I. COOPER, C. F. ADAMS.