US658264A - Acetylene-gas generator. - Google Patents

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No. 658,264. Patented Sept. I8, 1900.

I A. uus son.

ACETYLENE GAS GENERATOR.

(Application filed Jan. 15, 1900.)

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UNiTnp STATES PATENT OFFICE.

ALBERT HUSSON, OF PARRENTRUY, SWITZERLAND.

ACETYLEN E-GAS 6 EN ERAT-O R.

EJPEUIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 658,264, dated September18', 1900. i,

Application filed January 15, 1900- Serial No. 1,711. (No model.) I i F0 all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, ALBERT HUssoN, a citizen of the Republic of Switzerland, residing at Parrentrny, in the canton of Berne, Switzerland, have invented new and useful Improvements in Acetylene Generators, (for which I have applied for Letters Patent in Great Britain, No. 13,145, hearing date June 2 1, 1899,) of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to acetylene-generators in which the charging material is fed into water contained in the generator; and the objecrs of my invention are to dispense with all mechanism for feeding the charging material into the generator, to dispense with the perforated disks or trays for receiving the charging material, to prevent the gas from escaping through the charging-orifice without the use of cooks or valves, and to shape the bottoms of the generator and charging-hopper in such a manner as to enable the waste material to be easily removed from the generator. I attain these objects by means of the apparatus illustrated by the accompanying draw- 'ings, in which Figure 1 is a section of an acetylene-generator constructed according to this invention. Fig. 2 is a section of same at right angles to Fig. 1. Fig. 3isasection of a similar generator fitted with a modified form of casing. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the casing shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the casing shown in Fig. 3.

The same letters denote the same parts in all the figures.

Now according to this invention I provide a vessel A of any suitable size, shape, and material, the said vessel being preferably cylindrical and made of a suitable metal which is not easily oxidized by the charging material and water used. The vessel A is provided with an arched or domed cover B and a conical or tapered bottom D, the said bottom being fitted with a cook or valve E.to enable the waste water and other material to be run off or blown out when necessary.

F is a short pipe or neck secured by riveting or otherwise to the cover B of the vessel A.

G is a branch pipe to which is attached the gas-main I and, if necessary, a safety-valve. H is a test-cock to insure the vessel A being filled with water to the proper height, the said cock being placed at the working level of the water.

O is the hopper into which the calcium oarbid or other suitable material is charged, the said hopper being secured by riveting or otherwise to the pipe or neck F and, if desired,

to the cover B, the joint between the pipe or neck F and hopper 0 being gas-tight. The neck F is also jointed gas-tight to the cover B.

The hopper C may be oblong, square, circular, or elliptical in cross-section and is smaller at the bottom than at the top, as shown by the drawings.

-J is a casing, of metal or other suitable ma= terial, surrounding the hopper O, to which it is secured by riveting or other suitable means.

The casing J consists of a vessel havingan open top and is also. provided with lateral openings R R and an inclined bot-tom 0, ap proximately parallel to the bottom of the vessel A.

M M are inclined planes secured in the easing J below the bottom of the hopper C, and Q Q are battle-plates, also attached to the casing J.

S S are apertures in the casing J to allow the charging material to fall into the vessel A. As will be seen on reference to Fig. 1, the casingJ is narrower at the top than it is at the bottom,the sides of the casing extending from a little above the bottom of the hopper to within a short distance of the bottom of the vessel A, the casing J beingopen at the top and also at R R, about half-way up the sides thereof,as above stated. In some cases instead of the bottom 0 of the casing J being parallel or approximately parallel to the bottom of the vessel A it maybe inclined in the opposite direction, as shown by Fig. 3, the inclined planes M M forming in this case the bottom of the casing, and instead of the openings S S being at the bottom of the casing two or more orifices S S may be formed at the sides thereof, as shown. The inclined planes M M may have other inclined planes T T parallel to them, so as to form spouts, having the mouths thereof vertical or slightlyinclined toward the hopper O at the top.

N is a stand or staging to support the vessel A.

The action of the apparatus is as follows:

The vessel A is filled with water to the level of the cock H and the carbid of calcium or other material is charged into the hopper C and falls through the water onto the inclined planes M M and thence to the inclined bottom of the vessel A. The gas generated escapes mainly outside the casingJ to the surface of the water and collects u nder the cover B,fr0m whence it is drawn through the branchiG and; main I. The gas,whieh aseendsinto the easing, is deflected outward by the baflie-plates Q Q and escapes through the orifices R R. and top of the casing,the gas always tending to take the shortest path to the surfaceof'the water.

If the chutes shown by Fig... Slave used instead of the baffles, any gasstr-iking the bottom of the chutes is deflected upward and uo-gas enters the said chutes, as the mouths thereof are vertical or slightly inclineda inward, and the gas also rises vertically to the surface of the water.

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

1. In an acetylene-generator thecombina tion of a vessel,to contain the water and charging material, having a tapering or conical bottom and a domed or arched cover with a tapering or conical chargiug-hopperthe deliveryorificeof which is below the working level of the water in the said vessel a casing surrounding the lower portion of thesaid. hopper inclined planes formed in: one with or attached tothe casing below the hopper, baflie-plates attached to the casing below the said inclined.

planes and an inclined bottom to the saidcasing all substantially as specified.

2. In an acetylene-generatorhaving ataper l ing or conical bottom the combination of a tapering or conical charging-hopper having the delivery-orifice thereof below. the working level of the water in the generator, a cas ing wider at the bottom than at the top and provided with a sloping bottom surrounding and attached to the lower portion of the said hopper; inclined planes formed in one with or attachedto the said casing and bathe-plates attached to the casing below the inclined planes all substantially as and for the purposes specified.

3. In an acetylene-generator the combination. of a vessel,. to containthe water and charging material, having a tapering or conical bottom and-a domed or arched cover with a tapering or conical charging-hopper the de- Qlivery-orifice of which is below the working ilevel of the water inlthe saitlwessel, a casing t surrounding thelower portioniof the saidhopper andinclined chutes formed in: onewith or gattachedto thecasing the said chutes being below the delivery-orificeof the hoppeuand fterminating in. vertical months or months islightly inclined. toward. the said. hopper as ispecified and. for the purposes stated.

4. In an acetylene-generatorhavingataperling or conical bottom the combination of a tapering or conical charging-hopper having ,t-he delivery-orifice thereof below theworkiing levelof the waterin. the generator at caslingsunrounding and; attached to the lower portioniofithe said hopper and inclined chutes 3 formed in one with'or attached to the said caslingthe mouths of the said chutes being vertical orxslightly inclinedit'oward the saidhopper i all substantially asspecified and forthe purfposes stated.

ALBERT HUSSON.

In. presence of J A. GLEMENGE,

G. W. LANCASTER.

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