USRE2376E - Improved apparatus for carbureting gas - Google Patents

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UNITEDSTATES PATENT Urraca;

JOHN F." nov-MON, on sYRAoUsE, nnweronn'.

IMPRovEo APPARATUS FOR CARBURETING G'As.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent'NaSQ, dated September 25, lg-RessueNof.'233m, dated.

October 16, 1866.

To all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, JOHN F. BOYNTOMO' Syracuse, in thecoun'tyof Onondaga and State of New York, have invented certainenew and useful Improvements in Apparatus'forUarbu-- retin g (las and Air; and l dothereby declare that the following is a full, clear, andv exact description thereof, reference being. had tothe y accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

Itis Well known that illuminating-gas standing a long time over cold water, or conveyed a long distance through cold pipes, will have much ot' its illuminating properties condensed or lost; and it is believed that the illuminat-` 1u g qualities of gas are hydrocarbons, such asl benzole and to1uole,hc,ld in suspension by hydrogen land other the city and may be found with the water. at the-.water-'traps of the street-mains, instead of being carried forward into the houses'and other places of consumption, so that however perfect the gas may have been manufactured at the works, it will become deprived of a large portion of its value before it reaches the con- SUIIIGI'.

rlhe object of my invention is to restore to the gas its illuminating properties by thoroughly commingling the compoundlvapors of hydrocarbons with depreciated gases, vand also to carbonizecommon air, so as to make it a substitute for illuminating-gas.

To enable others skilled in the art to make and use my invention, I will proceed to describe the construction and operation of my improved apparatus.

In a former patent' for an apparatus, upon which my present invention is animprovemen t, I have called the apparatus agas-light- In the accompanying drawings, Figure l is a top view oi' my carbureting-box, with the cover removed to show its internal structure.y Fig. 2 is a vertical longitudinal section of the 1 saine.

A A is the outer wall of .thebo`x, B the induction-pipe for gas or air, and G'the exit vfor the same. D is a magazine for holding ythe hydrocarbon liquid, from which it is automatically fed'to the box; E, the tube for coul gases, anduthat 4these ele-- ments Vare precipitated into` 'the gas-mains o'f" veying the sameinto the box, and F G cocks r nal box' is movable, and when in place rests upon the base-board H and divides the vaporchamber into several compartments. After the gas enters the outer box through the induction-pipe B, it will .pass into the internal .box K, through openings or notches n in thel end wall thereof, and take the directions shownv by the arrows .through the several compartments tothe exitpipe C, passing from onel "compartiment to another through openings or 'notches o -in the partitionwalls. rI he gas is thus compelled to performa circuitin passing through the box, and is brought in contact with the Wooden pegs and brousmaterial in each compartment. The wooden pegs serve the double purpose of supporting the cottonwicking or other fibrous material J J, andof assisting in carrying on the capillary action required to bring the liquid hydrocarbon to the upper portion o f the box and expose it to evaporation.

Each of the wooden pegs has an open slot, X, in its upper end for receiving and reta-iin ing the cottonwickiug, which is wound around the peg lengthwise, as clearly shown in the drawings. The pegs may be sawedlor, split in a square form,'and the holes inthe base-board i H may be round, as the cotton-wicking on the peg will cause it to tit' tightly and firmly to the base-board, notwithstanding the dilfereucein i form between the peg and the hole into which" it is driven. p y f I D, the magazine of theautomatic filler, is a vessel to be iilled with the carbonizing fluid, and having a plug, d, closing it air-tight at the top,:and at its bottom or tubular portion a cock, F,whieh may' bejopened and closed atpleasure. l, This tubular portion of the maga'- zine is screwed onto the tube C, which extends nearly'to -the bottom of the carburetingbox, as'show'n' by dotted lines in Fig. 2. I Gis a cockin' the upper end of tube C, to

prevent the escape of gas when the magazine is removed for filling or other purposes. To

supply Vthe magazine it is only necessary to close the cock F, remove the plug d, and introduce the liquid through a funnel. `After replacing the plug d the cocks F' andG are opened, and the liquid will pass down the tube C from the magazine, being displaced by the ascending gas, until the 'box is lled sufficiently to close the mouthof the tube C, when nom'ore can escape until the gas has absorbed a sufficient quantity in thev box to free the mouth of the tube C, thereby allowing an other portion of the gas to ascend into vthe magazine, displacing more liquid.

L and L are outer and inner chambers,

formed by the internal box K not extending the whole length of the-main or outer box; M is a condensing and absorbingplate, covered with fibrous material resting r upon and over the partitions and pegs. .i

The wooden pegs andthe cottowwicking supported therebybein g both powerful capillary agents, produce a compound capillary action to bring the liquid hydrocarbon to the upper portion of the box, Where, being diffused over a large surface, it is rapidly evaporated, and the gas, in passing through the box, becomes thoroughly charged with the enriching' vapors produced by such evaporation.

` Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

1. The automatic illing`reservoirl),in conibination Withthe tube C, 'substantially-as (lescribed. l

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l 2. The base-board H, in combinationfwith a series of wooden, pegs inserted therein, and

vsupptnting fibrous material, to produce a coinpound capillary action, as and for the purposes described.

' 3. The Wooden'n pegs I, wound with cottonwicking J, or other equivalent fibrous material, to produce a compound'capillary action,

as described. i

4. The base-board H, Wooden pegsl, and

. cotton-wicking or other fibrous material J, so

combined, constructed, and put together as to form a movable frame or cage, which may be inserted into thecarbureting-box and removed-- therefrom together as one entire structure'.

5. Securing the tlbrous material atthe lower end of the peg by driving it with the peg into a perforation of the base-board, substantially as described.' 4

Y6. The internal box K, with its partitions K', constructed and arranged substantially as A described.

7. So constructing and arranging said internal box K that when set in the main carburetig-box it will divide the carbureting-cham ber into an outer andinner apartment, substantially. as described.

Si.4 Constructing said box K,.With its partition-Walls,"'of Wood or any other porous sub-- stance which will producecapillary action.v

JOHN F. BOYNTON.

Witnesses: f

J. J. (leones, Jos. L. Comms.

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