US515874A

US515874A - James a

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Publication number: US515874A
Authority: US
Publication date: 1894-03-06
Anticipated expiration: 1911-03-06

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(No Model.)

J. A. DILLON. CONDENSER FOR EXHAUST STEAM.

. Patented Mar. 6, 1894.

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JAMES A. DILLON, OF TOLEDO, OHIO, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO FRED. H.

BROER, OF SAME PLACE.

CONDENSER FQR EXHAUST-STEAM.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Fatent No. 515,874, dated March 6, 1894. Applicationfiled December 29, 1893. Serial No. M95391. (No model.)

'TO all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J AMES A. DILLON, a citizen of the United States, residing at T0- ledo, in the county of Lucas, State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Condensers for Exhaust-Steam, of which the following is a specification, reference being had therein to the accompanyin g drawings.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in condensers for exhaust steam, and it has for its objects among others to provide a simple and cheap condenser which can be applied either in close proximity to the engine or boiler or at a distance therefrom, and by the use of which the steamwill be nearly all condensed and the objectionable noise heretofore accompanying the exhaust obviated. The device embodies a casing having a tapered lower portion and a centrally-disposed tubular outlet for the dry steam and provided with deflecting plates, a perforated ring being arranged around the lower end of the said central tube and connected with a source of cold water. Two inlet connections are provided into the cylinder or casing, onefor a horizontal connection with the exhaust, as when the device is arranged near the engine or boiler and the other for a vertical connection as when the device is placed upon the roof or outside the building, the central tube being of a greater or less length according to the location of the device. The steam is forced to come into contact with the cold water before it can pass out the central tube, and any steam that is not dried before it enters the said central tube will be retarded and condensed by the plates within the tube.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will hereinafter appear and the novel features thereof will be particularly defined by the appended claims.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, which, with the letters of reference marked thereon, form a part of this specification, and in which- Figure lis a central vertical section through my improved condenser. Fig. 2 is a cross section through the same on the line 2-2-of Fig.

1 looking upward. Fig. 8 is a cross section on line 3-3 of Fig. 1,1ooking down.

Like letters of reference indicate like parts throughout the several views.

Referring now to the details of the drawings by letter, A designates the body portion which is composed of any suitable material, and preferably in two parts the upper one of which is cylindrical in form and having a top a, preferably somewhat dome-shaped as seen in Fig. 1, and the funnel-shaped part A having a lateral flange ct as seen in Fig. 1 upon which rests the portion A, the flange a of the lower part extending up within the upper part and frictionally held thereon. The lower tapered portion terminates in the discharge tube A through which the water of condensation escapes.

B is an inlet noarthe upper end of the body portion, designed for a connection, say horizontal, with the exhaust pipe, not shown, when the device is placed near the boiler or engine, and O is another inlet extending upward through the inclined side of the lower portion to admit steam by suitable connection with the exhaust, for instance when the device is placed outside the building, as on the roof. The pipe B is preferably arranged tangentially as seen in Fig. 2 so as to introduce the steam in such a manner as to cause a circular motion of the same within the interior of the device. p

D is a tube held concentrically within the device and its lower end extending into the tapered portion thereof as seen in Fig. 1. Its lower end is open and its upper end extends through the top of the body portion to any required distance, depending upon the location of the condenser. Within this tube is a number, more or less, of inverted truncated cone shaped plates D which serve as means for condensing the steam which may enter the tube not dry, and which serve also to re tard the movement of the steam in its upward passage.

E is a ring surrounding the lower end of the tube and having a lateral extension E designed to be connected with some source of cold water supply. This ring is perforated upon its upper face as seen best in Fig. 3 so as to distributethe water in the form of spray laterally so that the steam must of necessity come in contact therewith in its passage to the central tube. The ring may be supported in any suitable manner.

With the parts constructed and arranged substantially as above set forththe operation is as followsz-The device is connected with the exhaust by either of the pipes B or O as the case may be, the other being closed in any suitable manner, as by a removable cap d shown on theend of the pipe B in Fig. 1, and

the cold water is allowed to flow through the connection E into the ring E from which it discharges in small streams or spray as seen in Fig. 3; the steam must of necessity pass in contact with this spray by which it is'con densed and the dry steam passes up the central tube and out, and water remaining therein being condensed by the plates D within said tube. The water passes out through the discharge A to anysuitable place of deposit.

What I claim as new is I p 1. The combination with the body portion, of a steam inlet thereto, a centrally-disposed tube with its lower end extended below the steam inlet, and a water spraying device near the lower end of said tube, as set forth.

2. A condenser consisting of a body portion with steam inlet, a centrally-disposed tube, 30 plates within the tube, and a perforated water ring near the lower end of the tube, substantially as specified. 7

3. The combination with a body portion having funnel-shaped lower portion, of the 5 steam inlet near the upper end of the same, the vertical steam inlet, the central tube, and the perforated ring around the lower end of the tube, substantially as specified.

4. The herein described condenser, consisto ing of the body portion of two parts each having a steam inlet and the lower portion being funnel-shaped and terminating in a discharge tube, the centrally-disposed tube extending into the tapered portion and through the top 45 of the body, the inverted truncated coneshaped plates within the tube, and the perforated ring around the lower end of the said tube and having a lateral extension for connection with a water supply, substantially as 50 specified.

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

JAMES A. DILLON.

\Vitnesses:

AMOS S. TROUT, T. A. HUGHES.