US842168A - Tank-heater. - Google Patents

Description

PATENTBD JAN. 29, 1907.

G. W. BLAKE.

TANK HEATER.

APPLICATION IILBIJ mus. 190a.

numatoz UNITED S li YFES W P A'ITENT OFFICE.

YHARLES W. BLAKE. OF WESLEY. TOWA.

TANK-HEATER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 29, 1907.

declination lilcd July 3. 1905. Serial No. 288.100.

Iowa, have invented entrain new uilil Liselul .1 r Improvements in nh-I-leatvrs, oi which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to unprovements in tank-heaters, and pertains particularly to '10 that classlmown as portable heaters.

- The Object of my invention is to provide a' heater.ofthis'character which is placed withother the fsameis full or whether there is but'asmall amount of water in the tank.

Another'object of my invention is to pro vide a heater of this character in which there is less liability of the gasolene-tank becoming heated and exploding and also to more thoroughly heat and cause the circulation of the water within the tank.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of the tank, partly broken away and my improved heater placed therein. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section of'my improved heater, taken on line :1: a: of Fi 3. tio nal View taken on line y y of Fig. 2.

Referring now to the drawings, A represents the tank, the ordinary structure to which I desire to apply my improved heater, althou h the same may be applied to any form oi tank.

B represents my improved heater, which, asshown', is in the form of an oblon boxlike member and is preferably made 0 sheet metal and perfectly water-tight, so that it may rest within the tank of water. The up (Emily heat the water within the tank is covered with two covers C C, leaving an openspace D between the same. These covers are rovided with handles F F, by means of Whic they may be readily removed. The

cover C, as shown, is considerably larger than the cover C, thus covering the greater portion of my improved heater or that portion in which the burner is located. The cover C" covers that portion of the heater in which the gasolenetank is located.

The space D between the covers C C extends, as clearly shown, transverse of the heater and through which the air is fed to the burner. Fitting within this s ace is a slidedraft G, which projects a sight distance above the upper end of the heater and is pro thehnrncr.

Flg. 3 is a transverse vertical sec- I end of said heater is open, as shown, and

f vidml with open side '9, through which the 1 air passes. The said slide-draft is of a boxlike form and ex: curls down within the heater and rrsts upon the bottom thereof. thus dix'iding t'lidheat cr lIllO tlub1wncr-clunnhrr H and the tanlechamber I. The side (i at its lower end is cutaway hi q'yand thusallowing the air to "pass from 4' burner-comp" a acenft and lgelow de draft, *as shown, dividing the he ate two distinct compartments, with li ofcold air at all times passing brin s-n the two compartments, prevents the compar'uncnt i from becoming at all heated.

The side (i of the slide-draft G is provided wiih a rearwardly-exr ending portion J, which is adapted to support the vertically-disposed partition K intermediate the ends of thee-oinpartment I. This partition supports this oiltank L at. a point about the center of the coinpartinent I, and thus the oil therein is revented from becoming heated at any time. The said tank L is rovided with a downwardly and forwar y extending ipe L, which passes through the slide-dra G and ends at a point about midway of the compartment H. Pivotally carried by the outer end of the pipe L is a burner M, which is of the ordinary type, and the pivotal connection of the burner with the pipe allows the burner to be swung around, the urpose of which will be hereinafter described \Vithin the compartment H, above the burner M, is supported a heat-containing hood X, which is of a rectangular inverted box-like form. The said hood is supported by the brackets 72, which extend upwardly and outwardly and are secured to the side of the heater B. This diaphragm is adapted to concentrate and hold the heat therein, thus hearing the coil 0. The said coil 0 is made of three-quarter inch tubing and of a V- shaped form, with the coils about one-quarter of an inch apart, the ends of said coil extending through {he diaphragm and passing out through the end of the heater. These ends 0 0 are luI'Il'Qd downwardly and extend within an inch or two of the bottom of the heater and at the outside thereof. By this arrangementof the coil and the downwardlyextending ends thereof it will be readily seen that a thorough circulation of the water is caused Within the tank, no matter how much water may be therein. The coil may be arranged within the hood on a slight inclinae slide-drafninto the through the coil.

tion, so that should the water within the tank be consumed and the fire extinguished the water will drain from the coil and prevent the freezing up of the coil. The burner, as heretofore described, is ivotally connected to the pipe L, and thus a lows the same to be swung around from under the coil for the purpose of cleaning and repairing.

The cover 0 of the compartment H is rovided with a ventilator P, which allows o the escape of the products of combustion, preventing the heating of the casing B, as the heating of the water within the tank is not reliedthereon by the same, but is accomplished by the circulation of the water The cover is also provided with openings Q, which are covered with glass, whereby the burner can be readily seen without removii'ig the cover.

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

1. A tank-heater comprising a receptacle, a draft arrangement of a box-like form dividing the receptacle into two distinct compart ments, a tank within one of said compartments, a pipe leading from the tank through the draft arrangement and into the other compartment, a burner pivotally mounted upon said ipe, ahood above said pipe, a coil beneath t e hood and having its ends extending out through one side of the compartment, the end of said pipe turned downwardly, a removable cover above the compartment carrying the burner and provided with a ventilator, and a removable cover for the compartment carryingthe tank.

A tankheater comprisin a receptacle, an oil-tank within one end, a burner within the opposite end and in communication with the oil-tank, a draft arrangement of a width cciual to that of the heater intermediate the 0i -tank and burner and completely dividing the rece tacle into two distinct compartnients a ood above the burner, a coiled pipe within the hood and extending out through one side of the receptacle, and the ends of the said pipe on the outside of the receptacle turned downwardly nearly to the bottom of the receptacle.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES W. BLAKE. Witnesses:

MAME Burrs, GUY M. BUTTS.

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