US458622A

US458622A - Steam-separator

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Publication number: US458622A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1891-09-01
Anticipated expiration: 1908-09-01

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E. ERXLEBEN. STEAM SEPARATOB.

No.- 458,622. Patented Sept. 1f, 1891.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

EDUARD ERXLEBEN, OF CI-IICAG, ILLINOIS.

STEAM-SEPARATO R.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 458,622, dated September 1, 1891.

Application led April 11, 1891.

To all whom t 'may concern.:

Be it knownthat I, EDUARD EEXLEBEN, a

subject of the Emperor of Germany, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Steam-Separatore, of which Vthe following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanying drawings.

This invention relates to a novel construction in dry-steam separators,the object being to provide a device of this character combining eihciency of operation with simplicity of construction. i

The invention consists in features of construction and combinations of parts herein` after fully described and specifically claimed.

In the accompanying` drawings,illustrating my invention, Figure l is a vertical section of a boiler provided with a steam-separator constructed in accordance with my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical section of the separator on an enlarged scale, and Fig. 3 is a top plan of same.

Referring to said drawings, A indicates a steam-boiler of familiar construction, and B the steam-dome. C indicates the steam-separator, which comprises a cylindric casing l, located within the upper portion of the said dome B. The said casing l is closed at its lower end and communicates by means of a pipe c with the interior of the boiler and below the level of the water in said boiler. The

upper end of said casing is provided with a series of openings 2, though the steam can enter the casing from the steam-dome B. Within the said casing` and a little below the Serial No. 388,585- (IIo model.)

upper end an inwardly-projecting ring or flange 3 is arranged.

D is a pipe for conveying' the steam from the boiler to the parts where it is to be used. The said pipe D enters through the upper end of the casing C and passes downwardly below the flange 3, and is provided on its lower end with an outwardly-proj ectin g partition or diaphragm 4:.

It will be seen from the foregoing description that steam passing into the dome will enter the casing C through openings 2 and will pass through the zigzag passage formed by said openings, flange, and partition, which serves to separate the moisture held in sus pension from the steam. The said moisture will fall, pass to the bottom of the casing, and pass through the pipe c into the boiler, while the dry steam will pass out through the pipe D.

I claim as my invention A separator comprising a casing having openings in one end, an internal inwardly-proj ecting flange located within said casing adjacent said openings, an exit-pipe passing through the said end of the casin g and through said iiange and provided with an outwardlyprojecting partition extending beyond the nner edge of said flange, and a pipe or passage communicating with the other end of said casing and with the boiler below its water-line.

In testimony whereoflaflix my signature in presence of two-witnesses- EDUARD ERXLEBEN. Witnesses:

HARRY COBB KENNEDY, OTTO LUEBKERT.