US845338A - Gas-distribution system. - Google Patents

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PATENTED FEB. 26, 1907.

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GAS DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM. APPLICATION FILED JUNE 11, 1906 ban braver Zajvr.

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UNITED STATES PATENT oEEIoE.

GIDEON HAWLEY DIALL, OF TERRE HAUTE, INDIANA.

GAS-DISTRIBUTION SYSTEM.

' Application filed June 11.

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, GID ON HAWLEY DI- ALL, a citizen'of the United States, residing at Terre Haute, in the county of Vigo and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gas Distribution; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,- such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it use the same.

This invention relates to systems for supplying illuminating-gas to small towns; and it consists in the novel system and combination of parts hereinafter fully described and claimed whereby a series of small towns are supplied from a single gas-producing plant located at a distance from them.

The drawings show a ratus used for carrying of this invention.

The illuminating-gas is manufactured economically and upon a large scale at any convenient central point, which may be a large city, and it is distributed to a series of small towns surrounding the said central point by means of tank-cars. These tank-cars are preferably run upon railroads to the various small towns, and the gas from the tanks is transferred to the gas-mains of the small towns after being suitably enriched with hydrocarbons.

A is a portable gas-tank mounted on a car B, which runs upon rails I). These rails extend between the central point where the gas is produced and the small town or towns where the gas is to be used.

0 is a stationary tank for holding compressed gas at the small town where the gas is to be used, and c are portions of the gas mains of the said small town.

D is an outlet-valve connected to the tank 0, and d is a pressure-regulator of any approved construction connected to the said appertains to make and out a preferred form valve.

E is a. saturator for holding hydrocarbon. This saturator is arranged between the pressure-regulator and the gas-mains c and is of any approved construction.

gas-compressor F is mounted upon the car and is connected to the gas-tank by a pipe f, provided with a stop valve. G is a saturator also carried by the car and connected to the said gas-compressor by a pipe 9, also provided with a stop-valve.

Specification of Letters Patent.

diagram of the appa- Patented Feb. 26,1907. 1906. Serial No. 321,137-

H is a pipe provided with a stop-valve h and connecting the saturator G with the stationary gas-tank O. This pipe H is provided with suitable couplings, so that it may readilybe connected to and disconnected from the saturator or the tank.

The gas is manufactured in any suitable gas-producing apparatus and is compressed into the portable tank A to a pressure of from ten to twenty atmospheres by means of any suitable gas-compressor. (Not shown in the drawings.) In thus compressing the gas the moisture and some of the hydrocarbons are pressed out of it, and thus the compressed gas is rendered too dry. The substances thus compressed out of the gas are collected and are placed in the saturator G upon some absorbent material, such as coke or cotton.

When the portable tank arrives at the small town where the gas is to be used, it is transferred under pressure to the stationary gas-tank. The gas compressor or pump F forces the gas through the saturator G into the stationary gas-tank C. In this manner the gas is enriched with the hydrocarbons previously extracted from it and is stored under pressure, so that the portable gas-tank can be taken away.

When the gas is admitted to the gas-mains at the normal pressure at which it is to be used, it is conducted through the saturator C, which also contains suitable hydrocarbons, such as benzol or gasolene, by means of which it is raised to the preferred candle power and rendered'suitable for consumption.

This system of gas distribution can be modified in various ways. The portable tank-car can be connected direct with the gas-mains of the small town by means of the necessary piping, valves, gas-regulator, and saturator. When this is done, the car has to I remain at the small town until empty.

The portable gas-tank can be connected to the stationary gas-tank by means of suitable piping, and the two tanks thereby connected, without using a compressor, until the, pressure of gas in both becomes equalized, or a gas-compressor at the stationary tank can be used toiill the stationary tank at high pressure instead of a gas-compressor carried by the car. The tank-car on its arrival at a small town can also be connected to a gasholder of ap roved construction as ordinal rily used, an the gas from the portable gastank can be allowed to flow into the said gasholder so that it may be supplied to the main for use in the ordinary manner.

On its first arrival at a small town the portable gas-tank can first be connected to a stationary storage-tank until the pressure in the two tanks is equal. The portable gas-tank can then be disconnected from the stationary gas-tank, and the remainder of its contents can be allowed to flow into anordinary gasholder at low pressure and subsequently used in the gas-mains in the ordinary way.

What I claim is- 1. In a system for distributing gas, the combination, with a portable tank for transmitting gas under pressure, of a stationary gas-tank provided With means for connecting it with the gas-mains, a detachable connection between the said tanks, and a saturator arranged between the said tanks and operat ing to enrich the gas in its passage from the portable tank to the stationary tank.

2. In a system for distributing gas, the

combination, with a portable tank for holding gas under pressure, of a stationary gastank connected with the mains, a detachable connection between the two said tanks; a saturator arranged in the said connection between the two said tanks, and a second saturator arranged between the said stationary gas-tank and the mains.

3. In a system for distributing gas, the combination, with a portable tank for holding gas under pressure, and a car carrying the said tank, of a gas-compressor and asaturator also carried by the said car and connected with the said tank, a stationary gas-tank connected with the mains, and a detachable connection between the said saturator and the said stationary gas-tank.

In testimony whereof I have aflixed my signature in the presence of two witnesses.

GIDEON HAVVLEY DIALL.

Witnesses:

WALTER B. NOFFSINGER, FRED F. SPARKS.

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