US935876A - Water-heating appliance. - Google Patents

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W. G. WISE. WATER HEATINGI' APPLIANCE. APPLICATION FILED MAY 20, 1907.

Patented Oct. 5, 1909.

WILBERT G. WISE, OF

AKRGN, OHIO, ASSIGNOR TO THE wrsn FURNACE COMPANY, or AKRON, OHIO, A conronnrron or OHIO.

'. 'WATER-HEA'I'INQ APPLIANCE.

Specification of Letters'Patent.

Patented. ot. 5, 1909.

Application filed May-20, 1907. Serial No. 374,565.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, lVinnnn'r Gr. WISE, a citizen of the United States of America, and a resident of Akron, in the county of Summit and State of Ohio, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in VVater- Heating Appliances, of which the following is a specification.

My invention relates to improvements in water heating apparatus, and more particularly" to such apparatus designed for the heating of buildings and employing gas as a fuel.

The object of my invention has been the production of an appliance of this character which shall be economical in operation, both as to the cost of attendance and fuel, simple and cheap in construction, and one which provides a'large heating surface and impedes the flow of the Water through the heater as little as possible.

The furnace of my invention, preferably is constructed in vertical sections, each of i which is provided with its own gas burner,

-. invention.

and associated therewith'is an upper section wherein the water is finally heated before passing tothe connected system of piping. The particular details of my improved construction, however, may be more readily gathered by first making reference to the accompanying sheet of drawings, wherein l igure I is a perspective view illustrating a water heating appliance embodying my Fig. II is a vertical sectional 'ViQLR through the same. Fig. III is a -hori- 'Aontal section on line IIIIII indicated in Fig. II. Fig. IV is a side elevation of one of the vertical sections; and Fig. V is a per-' spective view of the upper reservoir provided in the horizontal section of the heater.

Throughout the several figures of the drawings, I have employed. the same character of reference to indicate similar parts, in order to avoid possible confusion.

A seven-section heater is illustrated in Fig. I, and I may state that preferably the vertical sections are provided in odd numbers for the purpose of more economically operating the furnace under ordinary conditions. It is possible, of course, to employ any desired number of sections. Each of the vertical sections a is provided with its individual lower and upper manifolds or sub-reservoirs a. M, which are connected with those ofthe adjacent sections by means of the well known push-nipple. Serpentine ribs or flanges a? are provided upon either side of the sections, which intermesh with those of the adjacent sections, as bestshown in Fig. III, to form passages for the heatedgases emanating from the individual burners Z). These burners are provided with two rows of holes Z) adapted to direct the flame angularly beneath the section toward the inter-sectional passages formed by the flanges a An air mixer b and a valve I) are respectively associated with each of the burners. Interiorly of each of the vertical water sections are positioned two battle plates a which. insure the circulation of the water throughout the section without unduly impeding its movement. A plurality of threaded rods 0, passing through the end plates d, or the lugs c, serve to insure watertight connection between the several vertical sections of the heater. The horizontal or top section comprises a reservoir e having end plates 6'' and threaded nipples e c respectively adapted to connect with the outlet pipe and with the elbows 9 extending to the upper manifold or sub-reservoir a'-. The three-sided shell or casing h exteriorly seals the said reservoir, and is provided with an opening 72 connected with the chimney stack. A suitable base 2' immediately mounting the burners and the assembled vertical sections. serves to complete the preferred embodiment of the simple water heating appliance made in accordance with my invention.

I shall now endeavor to point out some of r the advantages attained by my invention, and explain the manner in which the appli ance operates. Pipe j connecting with the lower manifold or sub-reservoir (1. will be understood to extend from the return of the hot water heating system. From this the water is distributed to the several vertical heating sections, following the general course of the arrows supplied to Fig. II. Under ordinary circumstancesonly a portion of the gas burners will be'lighted. since. it the 2nd. 4th and 6th burners are lighted. each one oi? the vertical sections will be adequately and individually heated through the medium of its exposed sides and serpentine flanges. Any one of these burners. accordingly. will serve to heat three of the adjacent sections, and the full number of burners ordinarily are employed merely for quickly starting the hot water into circulation. or because of a sudden fall inclosing chamber. from wh h the exhausted gases pass to the chimney through the vent 71.. Accordin ly, the water is provided with a relatively larg' amount of heating surface, and in eonscquemze the maximum temperature for a given fuel consumption is secured. In my improved heater, moreover, the How of the water impeded butvery little, while by use of the cou'nnunicating manifolds or sub-reservoirs the circulation is maintained from those sections which re-' move the greatest amount of heat, as where only a portion of the burners are employed, while the. hot water is delivered into the common upper re ervoir which is positioned in the hottest portion of the, appliance, and from which the water circulates immediately through the connected system of pipingand radiators.

As stated, preferably gaseous fuel, of which natural panels the cheapest, is employed in tiring my innurored heating appli ance, but the same is not limited thereto. For the reasons stated, it likewise is preferable to associate a burner with each of the vertical sections, but from the foregoing itwill a meat that this is not necessary, since a sing e burner is advantageously positioned beneath one section to heat it and the two adjacent Sections as well. lty adopting this sectional construction, it is, of course, apparent that the heating appliance of my invention may be readily added to, or partially replaced, if required. flhc' construction, moreover, readily lends itself to the economical heating .of large apartments or buildings in small units or suites, controllable as the individual tenants shall see lit. This is particularly true of the natural-gas burning heater,.since it is simple, extremely conipact, and may be positioned in an out of the way corner of the apartment or the suite which it is desired to heat. I

Having now explained the preferred en1- bodiment of my invention, and indicated its uses and advantages,-I claim as my inven tion, the following 1. In an appliance of the class described, the combination with a plurality of vertical sections, each section comprising a central heating compartment and laterally positioned connecting manifolds, inte ral flanges provided upon the eiiterior of the hcatin compartments, and independently eontro lable gas burners respectively positioned adjacent to the lower portions of the severa sections, substantially as set forth. i

2. In an appliance of the class described, the combination with a plurality of vertical sections, each section comprising acentral heating compartment and upper and lower connecting manifolds, batile plates positionedinteriorly of each section and interlocking flanges disposed eXteriorly of the and below and interiorly connected therewith, and means for heating the. sections, substantially as set forth.

4. in a sectional water heating'applianee, the combination with a plurality of vertically disposed castings or sections spaced at a distance from each other to form fines or passages, and integral lateral reservoir members provided upon said castings for connectin the sections as a whole, of a pinrality of independently controllable gas burners respectively positioned adjacent to the tines between two or more of said castings, whereby the heating of said sections may be economically regulated, substantially as set forth.

5. In a sectional heating appliance of the class described, the combination with a pluralityof' vertically positioned heating sections, at common connecting reservoir and, a plurality of independently controllable gas burners positioned beneath said vertical sections each adapted to heat a plurality of such sections, substantially as set forth.

(3. In a sectional heating appliance of the class described, the combination with a plurality of vertically positioned heating seclions, .a main reservoir horizontally positioned above the verticalsections, and a )lurality of gas burners, each of which is independently controllable and interiorly positioned to heat a plurality of such vertical sections and the horizontal reservoir, substantially as set forth.-

-7. In a hot water heating appliance, the combination with a plurality of connected independentverticalsections, of a superposed and horizontal section connected in common thereto, each of said sections being formed of a single integral casting, and suitable means, comprising independentl controllable gas burners for heating be several vertical and horizontal sections, substantially as set forth.

9. In a hot-Water heating appliance, the combination with a plurality of connected independent vertical sections, each comprising a sectional sub-reservoir, an interior heating space equipped with battle plates and exterior interineshing flanges, of a superposed and horizontal section connected in common thereto, each of said sections be ing" formed of a single integral casting, and suitable means for heating the several vertical and horizontal sections, suhstantiallyas spt. forth. I r

9. In a hot water heating appliance, the combination with a plurality of vertical sections, having inferior and superior reservoir-members connecting with those of the adjacent sections, a superposed main'reservoir connecting with the superior reservoir members, and suitable means for heating the several sections and the reservoir, substantially as set forth.

10. In a hot water heating a )pliance, the combination with a plurality of vertical sections, having inferior and superior reservoir-menibers connecting with thoseof the adjacent sections, a superposed main reservolr connecting'with the superior reservoirmembers, and gas burners respectively positioned beneath the heating sections and the reservoir, adapted to be independently operated, substantially as set forth.

Signed at Akron, Ohio, this 16th day of May, A. D. 1907, in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

VVILBERT G. WISE.

Witnesses:

' D. C. Smeramn,

Lanna K. Bnno.

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