US806585A - Carbid-holder. - Google Patents

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:PATENT OFFICE. EDWINM. sHERMAN OP OHIOAGOJIIIIINOIS, AssI'GfNOR To A'OIJITYIIIEIIII APPARATUS A IANUFAOTURING COMPANY, OP OPIIoAaO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION OFA WEST VIRGINIA.Y

GARBID-HQLDER- Specicaton of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 5, 1905.

Application filed Juiy 9, 190A. serai No. 215,861l

To* a/ZZ whom, t may cora/cern:

. Be it known that I, EDWIN M. SHERMAN, a

citizen ofthe United States, residing at the city of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Acetylene-Gas Generators, of which the followingis a speciiication.

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The principal object of the present invention is to provide a carbid-holder which is' simple in construction, comparatively inexpensive, and ,efficient and which when used along with others in a series can be interchangeably employed with absolute certainty of proper relative arrangement.

To these andA other ends -hereinafter set forth the invention, stated in general terms, comprises the improvements to be -presently described and finally claimed. The nature, characteristic features, Aan

vscope of my invention will be more fully understood from the following description, taken in connection -Withthe accompanying drawings, forming part hereof,.in which' Figure 1 is a perspective view of a carbidholder embodying features of the "invention, Fig. 2 is a top. or plan view, drawn to an enlarged scale, of the same. tional view takenY on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 isa sectional view illustrating several of lthe carbid-holdersy assembled one above the other, and Figs-5 and Gare respectively an elevation vand a top view of the generator shown in Fig. 4. Y f -V .Y I' In the drawings, 1 is an opentop,recepta cleshown as provided with a ivotal bail or handle 2 and having acentrallyisposed Opening a at its base. This receptacle is divided by means of partitions into compartments, of which four-3, 4, 5, and -eareshown, although thenumber is not material. One of these compartmentsthe compartment 3- includes said opening, so that the opening a is arranged centrally and the compartments are 'arranged eccentrically. Within the compartment'S is arranged a housing '7, (shown Fig. 3 is aseo-Y vessel or receptacle centrally will fall into the ings :cin the partition b into the 'compartment 4, thence byway of the openings in the partition c into the'compartment 5, thence y way of the openings in the partition c into the compartment 6, and thence by way ofthe openinga in the partition b5 into the duct 7. From the duct 7 the water passes by wayof-the centrally-disposed opening a in the base of the receptacle, and if there be another carbid-holder beneath. the water will flow centrally into it and into its compartment -3- and will then traverse the path described with res ect to the first receptacle, and there may o viously be any number of carbidholders or receptacles placed the one above the other. The partitions?) b and c c maybe made of strips of metal bent as shown, so as to leave straight walls d, which can be readily solderedA together, and, furthermore, these partitions may be readily joined tothe base and side-wall of the receptacle, as by turning over a foot or flange on them which-can be convenientlyboth-soldered and riveted. The wall d and a portion of the partition b can be employed as two sides ofthe closed housing or duct 7, and the latter can-be readily soldered .to

l other that theyare necessarily 'in position for ceptacle, sro-.that water discharged into the `discharging water always into the compartments V3, no matter how they may be turned, and this is advantageousin` assembling the holders. ments may be made wider than the others, so as to make their contents substantially equal,

since it includes the center, is longer than the Others; but, if desired, the others may be made wider, so as to compensate 4for this. V

Ifdesired, some of the compart- 'or,'-o'therwise stated, Vthe `compartment 3,

y 8 is a receptacle'adapted to contain a series v of the described carbid-holders laced the one above the other, and it is sea ed, for eX- ample ,1 by means of the cover 9, which is providedwith a flange that' depends into a wa- IOO ter seal 10. This generating chamber or ree ceptacle 8 is provided with an. intake-pipe 11, which dips down beneath its 'seal and is arranged .to discharge, as at 12', centrally ofthe 55 compartment 3, thenceby way of theopenf carbid-holder. The part 12 of this pipe may be arranged so as to turn in order to get it out of the way to permit of the lifting out and in of the carbid-holders. The gas generated in the chamber 8 may be ledoi, as by the A pipe 13, and discharged through the perforated funnel 14 beneath the water at the base ofthe gas-holder tank 15 and under the housing 16, from which the gas rises by way of the pipe 17 and is discharged into the gas-holder 18. From the latter it is led by way of the pipe 19 through the gas-ilter 2O for use.

21 is a safety-vent connection. The rise and fall of the holder 15 serves to turn the pipe 22 downward, so as to discharge water from the gas-holder tank into the pipe 11, and thus cause the generation of acetylene from carbid contained in the holders and upward, so as to interrupt such generation.

23 is the framework or gas-holder guide. The gas-holder tank is divided, as at 24, and the lower part contains water to about the level of the lip 25, so that any excess of gaspressure would break through this water seal and esca e, for exam le, b way of the pi e 26, which) leads to thi? air. y p

It will be obvious to those skilled in the art to which my invention relates that modifications may be made in details without departing from the s irit thereof. Hence the invention is not llimited other thanthe prior state of the art may require but,

Having thus described the nature and objects of my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. A carbid-holder for acetylene-gas generators comprising a receptacle having compartments of which one extends from its rim and includes the center of the base of the receptacle and a closed duct arranged in the last-mentioned compartment and adapted to externally shed 'luid to said compartment and to internally convey Huid from an adjacent compartment and discharge it centrally of the base, substantially as described.

2. A carbid-holder for acetylene-generators comprising a receptacle having a centrally-disposed opening in its basev and hav- -ing partitions extending from its rim divid-v ing it into compartments of which one includes said opening, and a closed duct arranged in the last-mentioned compartments and having communication with said opening and by way of a port in one of said partitions with an adjacent compartment, substantially as described. Y

3. A carbid-holder Jfor acetylene-generators comprising a receptacle having a eentrally-perforatedbase and having a closed housing over said perforation and having unsymmetrically or eccentrically arranged compartments of which one contains said housing, substantially as described.

4. A carbid-holder for acetylene-generators comprising a receptacle having com- .partments of which one extends from its rim and is open at its top and closed at its bottom over the center of the base and of the receptacle, and a duct leading from an adjacent compartment and discharging at the centerof the base of the receptacle, substantially as described. l

5. A carbid-holder lfor acetylene-generators comprising a receptacle having a centrally-disposed opening in its base and having unsymmetrically or eccentrically arranged partitions, and a closed duct communicating with said opening and merging into and communicating through one of the partitions, substantially as described.

6. A carbid-holder for acetylene-generators comprising a receptacle having an opening at the center of its base, perforated partitions subdividing the receptacle into compartments of which one extends from the rim and includes said opening, and a housing arranged over said opening and having communication through one of said partitions, substantially as described.

7. A carbid-holder for acetylene-generators comprising an open-top receptacle having an opening centrally disposed in its base, partitions consisting of bent` strips each having abutting walls which are connected together, said partitions constituting compartments of which one includes the opening and extends to the rim, and a housing communicating with said central opening and by way of a port through one of' said partitions, substantially as described.

S. In an'acetylene-generator, a generating-chamber provided at its top with a centrally-arranged water-discharge pipe, and a series of carbid-holders arranged one above the other in said chamber and each provided at its base with a central perforation and each subdivided into compartments of which one extends from the rim and includes said opening and each provided with a housing communicating with said opening and with an adjacent compartment, each compartment that contains the housing receiving water from above, substantially as described.

9. A carbid-holder comprising a receptacle having a central opening in its base and having compartments extending to its rim and of which one includes said opening and of which the others are wider than the iirstmentioned compartment to make their contents substantially equal, and a closed housing communicating with said opening and through the partition-wall of one of said compartments, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof l have hereunto signed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

. EDWIN. M. SHERMAN. Witnesses E. F. PRICE, G. W. MEAD.

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