US833399A - Apparatus for producing hydro-oxygen gas. - Google Patents

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No. 883,399. PATENTED OGT.16, 1906. A. LANG & H. 1?. SMITH.

I APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING HYDRO OXYGEN GAS.

APPLICATION FILED 00123. 1906f 2 SHEETS-SHEET 1.

No. 833,399. PATENTED OCT. 16, 1906. A. LANG & H. P. SMITH. APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING HYDRO OXYGEN GAS.

APPLICATION FILED 00123. 1905.

2 SHEETS-SHEET 2.

. UNI ED STATES P EENT OFFICE.

- AnoLPn LANG AND HARPER F. 'sMI'rn;; 'oFiinL DELPmA, PENNSYL- vAN-iA, ASSIGNORS on oNn-Tnnm' rocnAnLEs H. znucor PHILA- DELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING Htono oxyesu-rsasg,

Specification of Letters Patent Application meantime: 23,1905. emu-1n.assle'za- To (LZZ er 1.0111 it may concern:

Be it known that we, Anotru LANG and HARPER F. SMITH, citizens ol thev United States, residing inthe city and county of Ph ladelphia, State of invented a new and useful Apparatus for Producing Gas, .fication.

' v 1 In a pending application filed. October 1O,

1905,-Serial No. 282,119, we have describedand claimed a novelfconstruction of a lamp in which the air and gas are separately heated" by the heat radiating from the mantles in the r lamp.-

Our present invention consists of a'novel construction of an apparatus adapted topro-g- .duce a gas by employing a system of burners for separately and positively heating the air;- and gas chambers, said burners being fed by' the gasthus formed.

Itfurther consists-of novelmeans for con trolling the admission of the'airto the airchamber.

It further consists of novel means for im'-' carting to the air-supply and to the air-charm her a constantand even pressure.

- It further consists ofnovel means for controlling the s'uppl of air and gas to the air and gas heating 0 amber'sjand novel means for controlling the heating-burners for said chambers.

It further consists of a' novel construction andcombination of parts in" which the heat ing burners are so placed that the air and gas chambers are within the heatedl'zone of said} burners. A p

. It further consists of a novel construction and arrangement in which the separate air for leading thegas thus and gas chambers are placed either parallel with the burners or angularlyinelined thereto! It further consists of a novel construction and combination of a'chamber in whichal union takes place, separate air and asheat; ing chambcrsand heating-burners adapted" to be fed by the gas formed and to heat said air and gas chambers, and a valved conduit section} of a modified form which. may be em- Pennsylvania, have of which the following is a specistance We have shown this suitable coimection with di erent forms of! produced to adc sired point of consumption.

Figure 1 represents a diagrmnmatical view, partly broken away, of an apparatus For. )roducing gas em aoilyiug our invention.

liig. 2 represents a front elevation, partly in l'evacien of ovation, cati of ploy'ed. Fig. 3 represents @{Si'd .ig. 2. Fig. 4 represents afion partly in section; of another me our invention. i .Similar numerals of refere ic responding parts in the figures Referring to the drawings, motor of. any. convenient or conventional type, which is adaptedtof actuate the air-" "compressor 21 n f 3 designates apipc leading from. the air- :compressor '2 and provided fwith' a controlling-valve 4, said pipe31discharginginto an air-chamber 5, which in 'thepre'sent instance We have, shown as being constructed in the dicatc cordesignates a form of a coiled pipe, said air-chamber being in suitable connection with thec'ha-mber 6, which is connected with aichamb'er 7, which ,forrns a continuation of the chamber 6.

fl designates an intake-pipe for the ga s,

provided with a suitable controllingwalve 9,

ipc as being in lighting devices. In the modification'shown A in Figs. 2 and 3 We have illustrated a differ? ent combination of the component parts which inthe present instance we have shown buta single burner 18.,alth'ough'it} be :p1oyed,'ifsodesired.g v 1.9 des gnates an; ntakep1pesfo1 -the l an 'which communicates wlth thegas'cha n er .20, said chamber being provided with an'out- 4 .95 v evident that a series off'buriier'smay e-en ilot :31, which connects with the chamber 22,-

wliiclrlatter is in communication with the chamber 23, which "forms a continuation of the chz'unber'LQL Milesiguatcs an intake-pipe for the air which connnunicatcs with the air-chamber ers or at an angle thereto.

25, which latter is provided with a discharge ort or nozzle 26, which opens into the chainer 22 and which in the present instance is centrally located therein and slightly in advance of the gas-discharge port 21.

27 designates a pipe or conduit leadingfrom the chamber 23 to the burner 18.

28 designates a pipe haying a valve 29, said pipe leading from the chamber '22 to a desired. oint where the new gas is to be utilized. t will beapparent that while we have shown only a sideelevation of the gas-pipes forming the gas-heating chamber the airp'pe's forming the air-heating chamber will e of a similar construction.

In-the embodiment shownin Fig. 4 we have shown the pipes as being placed directly above the burners in a horizontal position and parallel therewith, although it will be apparent that in the broad scope of our tion it is immaterial whether the air and gas heating chambers are parallel with the burn In this embodiment, 30 designates the gas-intake pipe which is in suitable connection. with the gas-heating chamber 31 which in the present instance we have shown as consisting of three pipes suitablyconnected, although it will be evident that the number of pipes employed or their distance apart may be varied according to the conditions and requirements.

32 designates a connection leading from the as-heating chamber to the outlet 33, whic is in communication with the chamber 34, said chamber being provided with a second chamber 35 connected therewith, which forms a continuation of the chamber 34:.

36 designates an intake-pipe for the air which is in suitable communication with the air-heating chamber 37, which latter is formed of pi es similar to the pipes which form the gaseating chamber 31.

"38 designates a connection leading'from the air-heating" chamber to the discharge port or nozzle 39, which is slightly in advance of the gas-discharge port-33 and is in communication with the chamber 34. In

the present instance we have shown this discharge port or nozzle as being located at one endof the chamber 34; and located substantiall centrally therein, althou h it will be evi ent that'the connections eading from the air and as heating chambers may be joined with t e chamber 34 at any desired point and still be within the scope of our 111-- vention.

40 designates a pipe leading from the chamber 35' to the heating-burner 41,-through which the gas passes to feed said burners, the flow of gas thereto being suitably controlled by means of valves 42 in the pipes 40. 43 designates a pipe leadin from the chamber 35 to a desired point. t Will of course be understood that in the embodiment shown veiisired. It W1 in Figs. 2, 3, and 4 the intake-pipes for the The operation will be readily apparent and is as follows: The valve 9 in the intake-pipe 8 is actuated so that the gas will pass through the chamber 10, and when the valves 13 in the pipes 12 are open the heating-burners 1 may be ignited. opening of these valves the controlling-valve {i for the air will be actuated so that the air under any desired pressure is admitted to the air-heating chamber 5. The air and gas heating chambers are separately heated, and the heated air and heated gas coming in contact with each other in the chamber 6 unite to form a gas, it being understood that this gas is instantly formed when these two heated gases come in contact with each other. The new and distinct gas thus formed may be led from the chamber 7 to the valve-pipe 15 to any desired point of utilization.

We are enabled to produce this new gas at a distance from the heatingpipes, because the cooling. of the gas in its course through the pipes or conduits after leaving the charmproperties nor does it detract from the quality of the illumination. l/Ve have found in practice that the reason for this is that after the aflinity of the gas takes place these gases become 'ilX0(l.iH the form of a distinct gas and cannot then become separated. Because of this fact the chamber in which the gases unite and the air and heating chambers may be situated or seated in any position.

which is favorable to the aflinity of the two heating-gases. We have shown the diffs/n ent; pipes as being supplied with suitable corrtrolling-valves in order that the operation may be variedas desired. 7

It will be apparent that in our novel construction if the burner which is adapted to heat the air-chamber is shut oil. the air under pressure will unite in the oxidizing-chamber with the heated gas, which produces a gas which gives a better result than the gas or dinarily used for incandescent lighting. We have found in practice, however, that it is preferable to separately heat both the air and the gas, because by heating the atmospheric air or air under pressure and the hydrocarbon gas simultaneously an ai'hnitial relation immediately takes place between the heated.

Simultaneously with the air and gas may be suitably valved, as desired.

gases when they come in contact with. each other, because the greatest amount of oxygen from the air is absorbed by the hydrocarbon gas when the gases are thus heated. It will also be seen that in our novel construction the air and gas may be fed to the burners or points of sup ly in a normal condition, if 'de of course be evident that the port leading from theair-heating chamber 5 to the chamber 6 in Fig. lwould preferably may be in advance ofltheair-discharge port i or adjacent thereto;and*=s1tillscope of our invention,'-as is elearl fillllS- a chamber, burners connected therewith,

. said burners and named chamber, said first-named chamber .modifications shown in Figs. 2 and 4 and;

- their heatth mixture Ition in "which 20 v fbrought into contactin a separate. chamber" 1 they will unite to form a gas such as is shown have not b -gree""that any union of the two partiallyi'heated products would take place owing to iltilization'and subs struction injivhichithe air discharge port is in advance of the gasidischarge port,- since it an. air-chamber,imeans for superheating'said 1in a similar manner to the be construlct that this, port would alsobefslightly in ad} Vance of the thfiggharnber bz' i. said burners and discharging into said 'e-are awdM-thdt it has heretofore been proposed to inix the gas in its normalcongas to a desired pom t.

'In a device of the character described, a

v portfthroughlwhich the gas "chamber, burners connected therewith, sep passes from the gas hieating. chamber 10 to ma e air and gas chambers superheated by firstnamed chamber, said first-named chamber beiiigfloc'ated-beyond the heat ,zone of said ,dition with air in its normal condition and -burn'ers,fmeans for conveying the gas formed are further aware that "hasiben proposed toheat the air befbreit nters and gf'fixcs with the gas and, i i further, thatljit has been proposed to para tiallyjheat' the, as and then mix therewith, air in-itshorma condition. In allvof these constructibns'jamechanical mixture is obtained. :so far as we are aware there has not been disclosed'in the prior art a construe air and gas are separately,- heated to such a degree that when theyxare and described in our present construction. 'j "I are also aware that it has heretofore beeniiproposed to partially heat the gas 'and the air; but in all the constructions ,with which we are iamiliar the air and the gas eonseparately heated to such a del the loss of heat-byradiation'and the omission ofaseparate} chamber into which they dishargeand unite... After. the gas is once ifr'orinediitcanbe led' to a desired point of tantially the same result is obtained when the gas is cooled as when it is; utilized in -its heated condition; 7 We do not, however,-"desire;ito be limited toia conwill be evident that the gas-dischargeiport be within the trated and describediina pending app "cation for method of -producingf gas filedNovember 22, 1905, Serial/N0; 288,599.; I

Having thus'describedour invention, what we claim asneW, and desire:tosecure byLet ters PatGHQdS-TH I I l 1. In a devicefof'thecharacter described,

chamber, a second chamber connected-with said air-chamber and located be end the heat zone of said air-chamber-heatin means and means for leading a-heated gas to we heated air in said second chamber.

' 2. In a device of thecharacter described,

separate air an d gasch am bers superheated by discharging into said-firstbeing located beyond the heat zone 'ol said l 1 burners and means for conveying thegas charging into said first-named chamber, said first named ch amber beiiiglocated beyond the by theuniting-of theheated air and gas to a desired point and separate means for controlling the flow' of air and gas to said air and gas chambers. j I adevice of the character described, a chamber, "heatin' burners fed by the gas fromijsai'd cham er, separate air and gas chambers heated bysaidburners and-disheat zone of'said burners, means forcontrblling the entrance of' air and gas tosaid air and gasycha nbers, and means for compressing the air su plied to. said airchamber.'

7 na device of the characterdescribed, an air-chamber, means for conveyin air under pressure thereto, a second eham er connected with said air-chamber, burners fed by said second chamber and superheating' said air-chamber, said second chamberbeing-located beyond the heat zonelof said burners,

means for leading heated gas to said second chamber and a conduit leading from the latter to a desired point.

an air-chamber, means forconveying air underipressure thereto, a gas-chamber in suitable connection' with a gas-su ply, means for separately superheating said chambers, means for uniting the heated products to form a gas, said last-named means being beyond the heat zone of the chamber-heatin means and means sired oint. I I, a

Iii a device of the character described, a chamber,- heating-burners, conn'ectionl between said burners and said chamber, separate air and gas chambers within the heat zoneof saidburners and connected with said first-named chamber, said first-named chamfor leading said gas to a deher being located beyond the'heat zone of said burners,-sep arate meansfor controllin the flow of air and gas to their respective 0 ambers and means'for conveyingthe new gas to a desired point.

8. In a device of chamber, heating-burners, connections between said burners and said chamber, sepa rate air and gas chambers within the heat rzoneof said. burners and connected with said 6. In a device of the character described,

the character described, a

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first-riamed chamber, said first-named chamher being located beyond the heat zone of said burners, separate means for controlling the flow of air and gas to theirprespective chambers, means for conveying, the new gas said chambers and in which the expanded air and gas unite to form a separate new gas and means for leading said gas to a desired point.

; In a device of the character described,

separate air and gas chambers, a third charm" bcr, connections between the latter and said air an d gas chambers, heating-burners, connections between said burners-and said third chamber, said third chamber being located beyond the heat zone of said. burners, separate means for controlling the flow of air and gas totheir chambers and a valve-conduit lead? ing from said third chamber to a desired point.

11. .ln a device of the character described, a chamber, separate air and gas chambers connected therewith, means for superhcating either of said air and gas chambers as do sired, said first-named chamber being located beyond sald heating means and a between sai va1ve-c0nduit leading from said first-namedchamber. 7

. 12. In a device of the character described,

a chamber, separate air-and gas chambers connected therewith, -'l1eating-burncrs for said air'and as chamberswalve connections burners and said first-named chamber and said first-named chamber being located beyond the heat zone of said burners and separate means for controlling the admission of air and gas to their respective. chambers. I a

.13. In a device of the character described,

a chamber, an air-chamber connected therewith, a gas-chamber connected with said first-named chamber, means for leading air under pressure to said air-chamber, means for controlling the supply of gas to said gaschamber, meansfor superheating said air and gas chambers, said first-named chamber being located beyond said heating means and a conduit leading from said first-named chamber to a deslred point ofutilization.

ADOLPH LANG. HARPER F. SMITH.

/Vitnesses JOHN A. Wrnnnssrrnm, H. S. FAIRBANKS.

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