US964941A

US964941A - Hot-water apparatus.

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Publication number: US964941A
Application number: US47464009A
Authority: US
Inventors: David C Seymour
Original assignee: Individual
Current assignee: Individual
Priority date: 1909-01-28
Filing date: 1909-01-28
Publication date: 1910-07-19
Anticipated expiration: 1927-07-19

Description

D. O. SEYMUUR.

HOT WATER APPARATUS.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 28, 1909.

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D. G. SEYMOUR. HOT WATER APPARATUS.

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HOT-WATER APPARATUS.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented July 19, 1910.

Application filed January 28, 1909. Serial No. 474,640.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that 1, DAVID C. SEYMOUR, a citizen of the United States, residing at Newark, in the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hot-WVater Apparatus; 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 appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to char actors of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

This invention relates, generally, to improvements in apparatus or devices for heating water and other fluids; and, the present invention has reference, more particularly, to a novel apparatus or tank of the general character and for the purposes hereinafter more fully set forth, in which the tank or main shell of the apparatus is provided with a removable head and manifold or manifolds formed in one integral piece, the manifold or manifolds, while practically located upon the inner side of the head, terminating upon the outer side of the head, for the attachment thereto of pipes for conveying steam or other heating medium into and through said manifold or manifolds and therefrom into and through a system of piping located within the tank or main shell, said piping being connected at both ends with said manifold or manifolds, for the main purpose of heating the water or other liquid contained in said tank or main shell.

My present invention has for its further object to provide a novel and simply constructed heating-apparatus or device of the general character hereinafter set forth, in which the pipe-connections or joints upon the outside of the tank or main shell have been reduced to a minimum, so that any possible leakage at the joints will be within the tank or main shell, and such leakage will be taken up by the tank, so that there will be great economy, because there will be no loss of the heating medium upon the outside of the tank or main shell; and, furthermore, no damage can be done upon the outside of the tank, or main shell, resulting from any possible leakage at the joints upon the outside of the tank or main shell, as heretofore.

Other objects of this invention not at this time more particularly enumerated will be evident from the following detailed description of my present invention.

WVith the various objects of the invention in view, the said invention consists, primarily, in the novel heating apparatus or device herein set forth; and, the invention consists furthermore in the arrangements and combinations of the various devices and parts, as well as in the details of the construction of the same, all of which will be fully described in the following specification and then finally embodied in the clauses of the claims which are appended to and which form an essential part of this specification.

The invention is clearly illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a side elevation of a heating apparatus or device embodying the principles of this invention; and Fig. 2 is an end view of the same, looking in the direction of the arrow 00 in said Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a horizontal sectional representation of the apparatus or device, said section being taken on line 3-3 in Fig. 1; and Fig.- 41 is a vertical section taken on line a4. in'Fig. 2, looking in the direction of the arrow 3 in said figure.

Similar characters of reference are employed in the above described views, to indicate corresponding parts.

Referring now to the said drawings, the reference-character 1 indicates a suitable tank or main shell, preferably of a cylindrical form, the said shell being closed at one end by means of a head or end-member 3 which may be permanently secured in place by means of rivets 4, Upon its other end, the said main shell may be encircled by means of a ring 5, said ring being suitably fixed in place, preferably by means of rivet-s 6, and said ring being made with an annular flange 7 which is provided with suitably disposed bolt-receiving holes or erforations for the reception of bolts 8. uitably secured upon said flange 7, by means of said bolts 8 and nuts 9 screwed upon said bolts, is the marginal flange 11 of a second head or endmember 10 for closing this end of the said main shell 1. This head or end-member is made upon its inner face with a pair of tubular manifolds, as 12 and 13, the same being cast integral with the said head or end-member 10, and projecting from the inner face thereof, substantially as shown. The parts are also made in such a manner, that the said

manifolds

12 and 13 have their opposite end-

portions

14, 15, 16 and 17, projecting through the said head or end-mem ber 10, so as to extend in opposite directions upon the outside of the head or endmember, substantially as illustrated in Figs. 1, 2 and 4 of the drawings.

Ordinarily the free and outer end-portions of the said manifolds are internally screw-threaded, as at 18, for the attachment tothe one end of one of said manifolds of an inlet-pipe l9, usually provided with a valve 20, and for the purpose of closing the other end of said manifold by means of a screw-plug 21. Suitably connected with the one screw-threaded end of the other manifold is an outlet pipe 22, usually provided with a valve 23, and the other screw-threaded end of said lastsmentioned manifold is closed by means of a screw-plug 24:, as clearly shown in Fig. 2. The manifold 12 is provided upon that portion which projects from the inner face of the head or end-member 10 with any suitable number of internally screw-threaded openings or holes, as 25, and in a like manner, the manifold 13 is provided upon that portion which projects from the inner face of the said head or endmember 10 with a corresponding number of internally screw-threaded holes or openings 26., Within the tank or main shell 1 are a series of coils or

pipes

27, 28, 29 and 30 preferably connected by means of the fixtures 31, the screw-threaded end-portion 32 of the pipe 27 of each coil being screwed into a screw-threaded hole 25 of the manifold, and the screw-threaded end-portion 33 of the pipe 30 of each coil being screwed into the screw-threaded hole 26 of the manifold 13. In this manner, a complete circuit is established from the inletpipe, through the manifold 12, each coil within the tank or main shell, back into the manifold 13, and out therefrom through the outlet-pipe to connect with said manifold 13, as will be clearly evident.

Connected with and leading into the tank or' main shell 1 is a feed-pipe 34;, which may be provided with a valve 35, for feeding water or other liquid which is to be heated into said tank or main shell. Suitably con nected with the said tank or main shell 1 is another pipe, as 36, which may be provided with a valve 37, for conveying the heated water or other liquid from said tank or main shell to any desired points, as will be clearly understood.

From the foregoing description of my present invention it will be clearly seen that I have devised a simply constructed and effectively operating heating apparatus or device, the various parts of which can be readily assembled and the heating coils within the tank or shell can be easily removed from within the tank by separating the head or end-member 10 from the end of the main tank or shell 1. Furthermore, the manifolds forming an integral part of the head 1, as at present, and the consequent provision of providing the head or end-member with holes for the insertion of the heating pipes and the necessary packing-fixtures, are entirely avoided. It will also be evident, that the joints between the ends of the heating coils and the manifolds are within the interior of the tank or main shell 1, so that in case of any leakage at a joint or joints, no damage can be done to such leakage upon the outside of the tank or main shell.

I am aware that some changes may be made in the Various arrangements and combinations of the devices and parts, as well as in the details of the construction of the said parts without departing from the scope of my present invention as set forth in the foregoing specification and as defined in the claims which are appended thereto. Hence I do not limit my invention to the exact arrangements and combinations of the devices and parts as described in the said specification, nor do I confine myself to the exact details of the construction of the said parts, as illustrated in the accompanying drawings.

I claim l. A heating apparatus comprising a main shell, a head detachably connected with an end of said shell, a tubular manifold upon and forming an integral part of the inner face of said head, said manifold having a portion extending through said head and terminating upon the outside of the head for the attachment thereto of an inlet pipe, and a heating coil within said shell, said coil being connected with that portion of the manifold located upon the inner face of said head, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

2. A heating apparatus comprising a main shell, a head detachably connected with an end of said shell, a plurality of tubular manifolds cast integral with said head, said manifolds projecting from the inner face of the head and said manifolds extending through said head and having their endportions terminating upon the outside of said head, an inlet-pipe attached to the one end-portion of one of said manifolds, means for closing the other end of said manifold, an outlet pipe attached to the one end-portion of the other manifold, means for closing the other end of said last-mentioned manifold, and a heating coil within said shell, said coil having its end-portions respectively connected with the portions of the manifolds located upon the inner face of the head, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

3. A heating apparatus comprising amain shell, a head detachably connected With an end of said shell, a plurality of tubular manifolds cast integral With said head, said manifolds projecting from the inner face of the head and said manifolds extending. through said head and having their endportions terminating upon the outside of said head, an inlet-pipe attached to the one end-portion of one of said manifolds, means for closing the other end of said manifold, an outlet pipe attached to the one end-por tion of the other manifold, means for closing the other end of said last-mentioned manifold, and a series of heating coils Within said shell, each coil consisting of a number of pipes, and connecting pipe-fittings, and each coil having its end-portions respectively connected With the portions of the manifolds located upon the inner face of the head, substantially as and for the purposes set forth.

In testimony that I claim the invention set forth above I have hereunto set my hand this 14th day of January, 1909.

DAVID C. SEYMOUR.

Witnesses:

FREDK. C. FRAENTZEL, FREDK H. W. FRAENTZEL.