US569198A - Siegmund henlein - Google Patents

Description

(No Model.)

S. H ENLEIN.

INGANDBSGBNT' OIL LIGHTING.

Patented Oct. 13,1896.

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SIEGMUND HENLEIN, OF FRANKFORT-ON-THE-MAIN, GERMANY.

INCANDESCENT OIL LIGHTING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent NO. 569,198, dated October 13, 1896. Application filed March 27, 1893- Serial No. 585,060- (No model.)

T 0 all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SIEGMUND HENLEIN, merchant, residing at Frankfort-on-the-Main, Prussia, Germany, have invented new and useful Improvements in Incandescent Oil Lighting, of which the following is a specification.

The invention relates to means of feeding incandescent or other oil burners for lighting and heating purposes situated in the various parts of a house, so that the lighting of the house may be controlled from a central point, the distributing apparatus being preferably placed in the basement, the distribution and control being effected by'pipes and taps, as in the case-of ordinary gas; and to these ends my invention consists in the novel arrangement and combination of parts hereinafter described and claimed.

For this purpose the apparatus comprises means of supplying paraifin-oil and vapor of benzin or the like from a central point to the various burners. From the bottom of the paraffin-oil receptacle and from the top of the benzin vessel or receptacle lead pipes, through which the oil and vapor are conveyed to the burners by means of compressed air produced in the central locality by any suitable blowing apparatus, by which the air is forced into the oil-receptacle at the top and into the benzin vessel at the bottom. By this means air is forced through the benzintank, where it is mixed with benzin vapor and in the form of carbureted air is forced to the burner, and the necessary pressure is supplied to the parafiin-oil to convey it to the burner by a separate pipe.

It is of considerable advantage and therefore preferable to provide the paraflin-oil receptacle with appliances for purifying and filtering the oil before its exit, and to provide means for facilitating the vaporization of the benzin, (for instance, by absorbing it with cotton-wool,) preventing the liquid from being carried on with the vapors.

The apparatus for the production of compressed air is actuated by clockwork, a weight, or the like in such way as to supply a constant current of air when at work, and it should be wound up periodically except when a motor is used for constantly working the apparatus. The apparatus is provided with safety devices, by which a signal is given when the working rises or falls beyond certain limits. By thus collecting in one place all the appliances necessary for feeding a number of incandescent lights, supervision and attendance are facilitated and efficient working is greatly favored.

The accompanying drawings illustrate an example of the new arrangement, Figure 1 being a general view, and Figs. 2 and 3 detail views. V

A is the receptacle for the benzin; B, the paraffin vessel. They are supplied with air from a blower O by pipes at Z), a leading to the bottom of vessel A and b to the top of vessel B. Pipes a and I) lead from said vessels, the former from the top of vessel A and the latter from the bottom of vessel B, and may branch in any desirable manner into the various rooms of a house.

In Fig. 1 the apparatus is illustrated as supplying an incandescent oil-burner K.

The blower C may be similar to a gas-meter and be actuated through suitable gearing c d from a barrel 6, upon which is wound a rope e, supporting a weight E, by which the barrel is revolved. For winding up the rope a crankhandle D may be provided.

The main pipe a leading to the branch pipes it b, is provided with a stop-cock H, Fig. 2, and an india-rubber or other expansible bag G is connected to it to serve as an elastic air-reservoir, from which the compressed air will be sentinto the conductingpipes by the elasticity of the bag, even in case the stop-cock H is temporarily shut of and blower C thrown out of work. The indiarubber bag,'which is in open communication at all times with the pipes a 1), serves as an equalizing and safetydevice when the cock H is open and the blower is in operation.

WVhen the air-pressure decreases, the bag collapses, raises lever i, and causes it to close 95 I at 11 the circuit of an electrical bell F, (which will continue to sound either until the bag is again inflated by the blower G or until the circuit is opened by the circuit-breaker f,)- While excessive inflation of the bag will cause lever 1 to be moved against the tension of the spring 1' and so close the circuit.

In operation air is forcedthrough the henzin vessel A and passes by its separate pipes ISO burners and the like, the combination of a central oil-receptacle and a central benzin-re- V ceptacle with means to introduce compressed air thereto and pipes leading from the two receptacles to the burners, and an expansible air-reservoir communicating with the airpipe, and means to indicate when the reservoir is distended, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

SIEGMUN D HENLEIN.

lVitnesses:

DEAN MASON, JEAN GRUND.

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