Apparatus for the Production of Air Gas from Fluid Hydro-carbons.
Year: 1899

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Apparatus for the Production of Air Gas from Fluid Hydro-carbons.
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We, ISAAC RAY, of 286, Southwark Park Road, London, SE, Engineer; and
HENRY JONES, of 28, Iverson Road, Brondesbury, London, N.W, Sanitary
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of our said invention to be as follows:-
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Our invention relates to the production of gas from hydro-carbon fluids, sub-
stances, or materials and consists in providing means or apparatus for obtaining
the gas from the fluid hydro-carbon described and claimed in the Specifications of
Letters Patent No. 15183 of 1898.
We made use of a vessel of suitable dimensions and provide the same with a
spiral division suitably attached to the lid which with the spiral division wall is
detachable and removeable. The spaces between the walls is packed with a
suitable material such as wood wool or shavings, cotton wool or waste, or the
like, and the vessel is supplied with the specified liquid hydro-carbon.
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Contiguous to the vessel we fit a pump or cylindrical, bellows arranged to he
operated by a crank shaft and connections from any convenient source of power,
such as clockwork, water or wind power or, steam or gas engine. The pump or
bellows is connected by a pipe with the centre of the vessel and the air is caused
to travel spirally through the packing, saturated with the hydro-carbon, to a
chamber from which the gas is free to proceed to a gasometer or other storage.
Or instead of the pump or bellows, and where the installation is small, we may use
air under pressure in cylinders.
The gasometer is provided with means whereby when the gasometer is sufficiently
filled the air supply is cut off or shunted or the motive power for propelling the
air is stopped or slowed down.
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Apparatus for the Froduction of Air Gas from Fluia nyaro-cartons.
ISAAC RAY, of 286, Southwark Park Road, London, S.E., Engineer, and
HENRY JONES, of 28, Iverson Road, Brondesbury, London, N.W., Sanitary
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of our said invention and in what manner
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page_text: the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and
by the following statement:-
Our invention relates to the production of gas from hydro-carbon fluids, sub-
stances, or materials and consists in providing means or apparatus for obtaining
the gas from the fluid hydro-carbon described and claimed in the Specifications of
Letters Patent No. 15183 of 1898.
And in order that our said invention may be particularly described and ascer-
tained, reference is hereby made to the accompanying drawings in which similar
letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.
Fig. 1 is a plan partly in section and Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of an
apparatus constructed according to our invention.
We make use of a vessel a of suitable dimensions and provide the same with
a spiral division suitably attached to the lid c, which with the spiral division
wall b is made detachable and removable.
The spaces between the walls is packed with a suitable material such as wood,
wool, or shavings, cotton wool or waste, or the like as shown, and the vessel is
supplied with the specified liquid hydro-carbon.
Contiguous to the vessel we fit pump or cylindrical bellows d arranged to
be operated by a crank shaft e and connections from any convenient source of
power, such as the clockwork f, water or wind power, or steam or gas engine.
The pump or bellows d is connected by a pipe g with the centre of the vessel and
the air is caused to travel spirally through the packing saturated with the hydro-
carbon, to a chamber a' from which the gas is free to proceed to a gasometer h
or other storage. Or instead of the pump or bellows, and where the installation
is small we may use air under pressure in cylinders.
The gasometer is provided with means, such as a tappet i operating levers
and rods, whereby when the gasometer is sufficiently filled the air supply is cut
off or shunted, or as shown the motive power for propelling the air is stopped
or slowed down by the application of a brake k operated by the lever 7 and
tappet rod m, or by other suitable means.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what
we claim is: —
The use, in combination with the particular fluid hydro-carbon described and
claimed in Letters Patent No. 15183 of 1898, of the herein described apparatus
for obtaining the gas therefrom, arranged and operating substantially as set
forth.
Dated 5th March 1900.
ISAAC RAY,
HENRY JONES,
By George Downing & Sons,
Chartered Patent Agents, S, Quality Court, London, W.C.