US648787A

US648787A - Acetylene-gas apparatus.

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Publication number: US648787A
Application number: US73311599A
Authority: US
Inventors: Jose Ponces
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1899-10-09
Filing date: 1899-10-09
Publication date: 1900-05-01
Anticipated expiration: 1917-05-01

Description

No. 648,787. Patented May I, I900.

J. PONCES.

ACETYLENE GAS APPARATUS.

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No. 648,787. Patented May I, I900.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSE lONOES. OF BARCELONA, SPAIN.

ACETYLENE-GAS APPARATUS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 648,787, dated May 1,1900.

application filed October 9, 1899.

it appertains to make and use the same.

'Nyinvention relates to an apparatus for generating and producing acetylene gas, and more particularly to that class in which a plurality of generators are employed to charge a common reservoir or receiver. Instead of operating all of the generators simultaneously, as is sometimes done, the generators are automatically brought into action singly Fahd se-riatl'm, one of said generators com mencing action immediately after the gas generated by the preceding one-has been almost entirely consumed, until the entire series of generators have been used.

In order to more fully understand my said invention, reference will be had to the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 represents an eleva ion of the apparatus. Fig. 2 represents a section along the line abof Fig. 1. Fig. 3 represents a seetion along the line (.1 (1, Fig. 2, showing the construction of one of the generators; and Fig. 4 is a detail View, partly in section, showing the construction of one of the mechanisms for admitting water to a generator.

f designates the generators, each of which is adapted to contain a wire or gauze basket c, which is provided with feet or projections at the bottom,

all 'of these generators being surrounde by an annular tank r 71 represents an outlet, one of uhichis locatedin the bottom of each of the generators and passes through said tank g. These generators are each provided with a removable top adapted to be securely clamped down by means of the hand-screw upon the top ol? the vessel and are also provided with feetf. Passing into each of these generators is a trap 1', the lower end, which depends into the generato'iybeing bent toward one side, the upper end}? of this pipe havinga funnel 5' formed thereon. Lo-

cated to one side of each of these funnels '1 is Serial No. 733,115. (No model.)

a pipe r, the portion r of which is directed toward the funnel.

'1' represents one of the valves adapted to admit Water to the generator at the proper time. Attached to the plunger of these valves is a pivoted lever t, provided at one end with the weight i, the tendency of which is to open the valve, the other end of this lever engaging with adctent it upon the spring a. This detent u is secured upon, the upper end of the spring 11, the latter being reinforced by the additional springs, as shown in Fig. 4. The valves 7' and the corresponding springs 21 are mounted in any suitable manner upon a circular platform or support, which encircles the apparatus above the generators f.

Around the stem of the valve 7' is coiled a spring 1" the tendency of which is to keep the valve closed, but not to prevent the opening of the valve by the weighted lever z. Pivoted upon an extension of the valve r above the lever t is aseeond lever 15, provided with the fiat plate a at one end, the other end being adapted to press back the detent u and release the end of the lever i when a force is applied at the end .9.

j is a pipe leading to the valve 0" from the water-tanks j, one of these tanks being provided for each ofthe valves 0" to supply'one generator, the pipe e being connected at the other side of the said valve. I

Leading into the top of each of the generators f is a pipe g, surrounded bythe waterjacket g". These pipes g from'each of the generators are connected to a circular conduit in, which is preferably elliptical in crosssection and is surrounded by an annular tank 7:. Connected to this conduit by means of the pipe qr is a washing-tank a, tightly closed and adapted to contain water. At the end of the pipe w", leading into the chamber from the top, is a perforated pipe :11, and at the top of this chamber the pipe :0" leads to the purifying-chamber .2" and finallyupward beneath the receiver 7t, which floats within the tank Leading from the tank It is a drain-pipe to, which empties into the receptacle 7L.

Secured to the frame of the apparatus and passing through the center of the receiver 7:

is a guide-rod m, the sleeve at being secured to the top of the receiver and-extemling downweight will describe a circle, the eireumfcr v ence of which coincides with, but is normally above, the line of flat plates '8' of the levers s. Mounted around the receiver upon the frame of the apparatus is a series of guide-tracks, comprising an upper set rigidly secured to p the circular supports n and n" and a lower 'the tank 7t".

twelve pairs of guides it, is obvious that-the number of generators may be varied to suit various requirements. The upper .set of guides is composed of the triangnlar-shaped portions, having sides 17 and 1') substantially vertical and the inclined side 1)". At the lower end of the side is loosely pivoted the link (1', and at the corresponding end of the side p is also loosely pivoted the link If. The lower set is composed of the guide ha ving the uprights 11 p and the inclined side 19 the space between these guides being sutficient to allow the roller Z to pass freely. The operation of the apparatus is as follows: All of the baskets 0 within the genera tors having been previously charged with calcium carbid and water supplied to each of the tanks j and'also to thetank 7c", surrounding the receiver 7t, tank 7s,surrou1uling the annular conduit iv, tank g, surround'ing'the generators, washing-chamber a and waterjackets g", surrounding each of the gas-pipes g, the apparatus is in condition to generate and produce a continuoussupply of acetylene gas.I As the receiver normally rests at its lowest point in the tank when not charged with gas, itwill be necessary to prevent the Weight i from resting upon one of the plates 3 until it is desired to start the apparatus into operation. ly applying a slight pressure upon the upper side of the plate 8' the lever 8 causes the detent n to spring back and release the end of the lever tand by reason of the weight '6' will force the stein of the valve 0' down, thereby eausiu g water from one of the tanks j through the pipes j and c to be directed by the pipe '0' into the funnel t" of the pipe 1'. The bottom end of this pipe i, as before stated,being bent to one side, causes the water to be directed upon the side of the generator, and falling to the bottom of the vessel gradually rises'up from the bottoinof The number of Ipairs of these guides vapor carried along by the gas is condensed by the water-tank 7;,surrounding the couduit. The gas then passes by means of the pipe w" to the washing-chamber ac, where the gas is caused to pass in minute streams through the perforated pipe .1 submerged in the water, and rising to the surface is conducted by the pipe at to the purifying-chamher .2 (conventionally shown) and thence under the receiver, being now ready for use. The operation having once started it will autoinatieally bring into operation one generator after another unless stopped intentionally which may be done by preventing the Weight I from depressing the next plate during the descent of the receiver) until the eutire set of generators has'been used;

The automatic operation of the valves 0 will be fully understood upon reference to the drawings. Supposing that one generator has exhausted its output of gas and the receiver is at its highest point of ascent, it is obvious that the roller Z" in rising from its lowest point passed vertically between the guides of the lower set until it encountered the in clined side 1-)" of the upper guide, when its course was deflected and eaused'the receiver to be rotated on its axis until it reached its highest point of ascent, at the same time releasing the link Now when the receiver begins to descend the course of the roller Z is deflected by the link q and the sidep'" of the lower guide until the link g" has dropped back in place after being-pushed aside. The downward motion of the receiver continues until the supply of gas generated is nearly exhausted, when the weight l comes into contact with the next plate .9, starting the next generator into action. This cycle of operation continues until the weight comes to the .valve of the exhausted generator, when the action ceases.

Excessive heating of the generators is prevented by the annular tank 7, which is kept,

filled with water and surrounds all the gencraters.

The water of condensation from the pipe 1 runs down through the pipe 10 into the receptacle h.

The purpose of having the pipes 11 to one side of the funnel is that while the generators are charged with carbid any leakage from the valves through the pipes 2' will not drip into the tunnels and start the generators when not desired, but will drip into the tank 9 be n on th.

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The gas may be conducted from. the receiver-to any desired point by means of the pipe .2, which communicates with the gasspace beneath the receiver.

While I have shown one particular form of my invention, it is obvious that manychanges maybe made in the details and arrangement of my apparatus without departing from the spirit of my invention.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patento'f the United States, is-

1. An apparatus for the manufacture of acetylene gas comprising a receiver, anda plurality of generators, guide tracks, and valves for supplying water to said generators, an arm on said receiver with a roller on said arm adapted to engage said guide-tracks and partially rotate said receiver as it rises and falls, and a weight carried by said arm and adapted to open one of said valves at each descent of said receiver, and thus operate one of said generators, substantially as described.

2. An apparatus for the manufacture of acetylene gas comprising a receiver, a plurality of elevated watertanks, and an equal number of generators supplied withv water from said tanks, an arm. carried by said receiver and opening the supply of water from one of said tanks to one of said generators at each fall of the receiver, and mechanism engaging said arm for partly rotating said receiver and thus causing it to operate the several generators seriaf i'rn, substantially as'described. Y

3. An apparatus for the manufacture of acetylenegas, comprising a receiver, an arm on said receiver, a plurality of generators,

upper and lower guide-tracks, the upper track being separated from the lower to allow the passage therebetweeu of said arm on said receiver, and switches located between said tracks. whereby the rising and lallingof'said receiver controls the flow of Water to said generators, substantially as described.

4. In an apparatus for the manufacture of acetylene gas, the combination of the valve '1", the levers s and t with spring-detent therefor, means operated by the motion of the receiver for operating the lover s, traps with funnels thereon for receiving the water from said valve, and an outlet-pipe from said valve set at one side of but pointed toward said traps, and adapted to direct the flow of water into saidtraps whensaid valve is opened, but to cause any leakage to drip clear of said funnels, substantially as and for the purposes described.

5. -An apparatus for the manufacture of;

acetylene gas, comprising a receiver and a plurality of generators, with valvesfor supplying water to said geuerators,,an arm sefrom said arm and actuating one of said valves at each descent of said receiver, and guide-tracks for said arm whereby said valves may be operated seriaiim, substantially as described. l (i. An apparatus for the manufacture of acetylene gas, comprising a receiver and a jcuredto said receiver, a weight suspended plurality of generators, with valves for supf plying water to said generators, an arm scicured to said receiver, a weight suspended.- from said arm .and actuating one of saidvalves at each descent of said receiver, a roller on said arm, and guide-tracks for said roller whereby-said receiver may be partially ro-- tated as it rises and falls and said valves may be operated, substantially as'deseribed.

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

Josit 'PoNcEs.

Witnessesi