New or Improved Automatic Apparatus for the Production of 1
Year: 1887

page_text: Date of Application, 14th May, 1887
Complete Left, 14th Feb., 1888
Complete Accepted, 23rd Mar., 1888
[Communicated from abroad by ALPHONSE KRIEGER, Mechanical Engineer, of Paris
in the Republic of France.]
New or Improved Automatic Apparatus for the Production of
1, WILLIAM HENRY BECK, of 115 Cannon Street, in the City of London, Consulting
Engineer and Patent Agent do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
The apparatus forming the subject of this invention is intended for the automatic
and continuous production of carburetted air gas by mixing air with the vapour of a
hydrocarbon spirit under a constant pressure, which can be regulated according to the
number of burners to be supplied.
The mixture of hydrocarbon vapour and air is effected automatically, the air having
been previously dried, by passing through chloride of calcium contained in a receiver
near the mixing apparatus. The automatic action is derived from an injector of
petroleum vapour and air, the pressure for working which is produced by the action
of a burner of the air gas itself which heats a vaporiser of lenticular shape placed
above it and through which the hydrocarbon, such as petroleum for example passes
drop by drop from an elevated reservoir.
There result from these arrangements an apparatus of simple construction, and an
economical manufacture therefrom of rich gas of uniform composition, of remarkable
lighting power when used for lighting purposes, and of great heating power when
employed for heating purposes.
The apparatus is constructed as follows:-
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On the top of a suitable box or case are placed concentrically two hollow cylinders
having between them an annular space hermetically closed at the bottom, and in which
works an inverted bell or gas holder.
This gas holder and the innermost of the two abovementioned concentric cylinders,
constitute a space in open communication with the aforesaid box or case, the said
space being closed by means of the gas holder which dips into water contained in the
annular space which receives it.

page_text: At opposite ends of a diameter of the outer cylinder are fixed two tubular standards
which open into the box or case and servo as supports for a platform placed at such
an elevation as will not interfere with the movements of the regulating gas holder.
These standards may be ornamented or not with mouldings adapted to disguise their
principal object which is to form channels for the passage of the gas made.
In line with the axis of the gas holder and placed on the platform, is a small
furnace furnished with a door and a chimney and containing a gas burner and a
vaporiser placed over the said burner. The latter is supplied with gas from the gas
holder, and for that purpose its supply pipe extends down into the inner of the two
concentric cylinders, passing through a ferrule fixed to the gas holder and moving in
a tube connected to the said inner cylinder by diametral tubes which support it and
place it in communication with the water in the aforesaid annular space between the
concentric cylinders.
The gas burner in the furnace is regulated by tap which enables the evaporation to
be increased or decreased according to requirements.
To the vaporiser in the furnace are connected two pipes, the first for establishing
communication with the elevated reservoir of liquid hydro-carbon and the second
for conducting the hydro-carbon vapours from the vaporiser to the injecting
apparatus.
In the liquid hydro-carbon supply pipe is placed a tap by which the flow of liquid
hydro-carbon from the elevated reservoir may be regulated, and a second tap for the
purpose of regulating the supply proportionally to the number of burners to be fed;
the hole through the plug of this latter tap is made pear shape at its two ends to
facilitate a fine adjustment of the quantity of liquid passing through it, and the plug
of the tap is acted on by a bell crank lever kept constantly in contact with the gas
holder by means of a counterweight.
The injecting apparatus consists of a nozzle and its conductor, both enclosed. in a
box secured to, and placed in line, with one of the aforesaid tubular standards. This
box is connected to a receiver or chamber which contains the drying material such as
chloride of calcium for example and receives the external air through a pipe on the
end of which is placed a valve for regulating the quantity of air admitted to the
drying chamber which latter can only supply air deprived of moisture by the well
known action of the chloride of calcium. A tap is provided at the bottom of the drying
chamber for drawing off the water deposited.
The entrance of air into the drier is regulated by the gas holder which acts on a
lever connected to the air regulating valve.
The mixture of the hydro-carbon vapours and air being effected, as above explained,
by the automatic action of the injector constitutes the carburreted air gas which then
passes through the tubular standard into the bottom box or the inner of the two
concentric cylinders and under the gas holder which it raises more or less. The gas
then escapes by the appropriate pipe to supply the gas burner in the furnace and by
the other tubular standard to the heating or lighting apparatus, a suitable tap being
provided to enable this supply to the heating or lighting apparatus to be regulated or
cut off altogether at pleasure.
When the consumption of gas is not so great as the production, the gas accumulates
in the gas holder the pressure therein increases and the holder rises and acts on the
lever which moves the plug of the tap regulating the supply of hydro-carbon to the
vaporiser so as to reduce more or less the supply of hydro-carbon and of air to
the apparatus.

page_text: COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
New or Improved Automatic Apparatus for the Production of
Carburetted Air Gas.
I, WILLIAM HENRY BECK, of 115 Cannon Street, in the City of London, Consulting
Engineer and Patent Agent do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in
what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement, reference being had to the accompanying sheet of
Drawings and to the letters and figures marked thereon, that is to say:-
The apparatus forming the subject of this invention is intended for the automatic
and continuous production of carburetted air gas by mixing air with the vapour of a
hydro-carbon spirit under a constant pressure which can be regulated according to
the number of burners to be supplied.
The mixture of hydro-carbon vapour and air is effected automatically, the air having
been previously dried by passing through chloride of calcium contained in a receiver
near the mixing apparatus. The automatic action is derived from an injector of
petroleum vapour and air, the pressure for working which is produced by the action
of a burner of the air gas itself, which heats a vaporiser of lenticular shape placed
above it, and through which the hydro-carbon, such as petroleum for example, passes
drop by drop from an elevated reservoir.
The apparatus is of simple construction, and by its means rich gas of uniform
composition may be produced economically of remarkable lighting power when used
for lighting purposes, and of great heating power when employed for heating
purposes.
In the Drawing hereto annexed, Figure 1 illustrates a vertical section of the
apparatus, and Figure 2 a corresponding plan of same.
The apparatus is constructed as follows:-
On the top of a suitable box or case a are placed concentrically two hollow cylinders b
and c having between them an annular space hermetically closed at the bottom and in
which space works an inverted bell or gas holder d.
This gas holder d and the innermost of the two above mentioned concentric cylinders
constitute a space in open communication with the aforesaid box or case a, the said
space being closed by ineans of the gas holder d which dips into water contained in
the annular space.
At opposite ends of a diameter of the outer cylinder bare fixed two tubular
standards t and t¹ which open into the box or case a and serve as supports for a plat-
form placed at such an elevation as will not interfere with the movements of the
regulating gas holder d. These standards may be ornamented or not with mouldings
adapted to disguise their principal object which is to form channels for the passage of
the gas made.
In line with the axis of the gas holder d, and placed on the platform f, is a small
furnace g furnished with a door y' and a chimney g. The furnace g contains a gas

page_text: burner h and a vaporiser k placed over the said burner h. The latter is supplied with
gas from the gas holder d, and for that purpose its supply pipe h¹ extends down into
the inner of the two concentric cylinders c passing through a ferrule i fixed to the
gas holder d and moving in a tube j connected to the said inner cylinder c by diametral
tubes which support it and place it in communication with the water in the afore-
said annular space between the concentric cylinders bc.
The gas burner h, in the furnace g, is regulated by a tap o which enables the
evaporation to be increased or decreased according to requirements.
To the vaporiser in the furnace y are connected two pipes m and n, the first for
establishing communication with the elevated reservoir of liquid hydro-carbon, and the
second for conducting the hydro-carbon vapours from the vaporiser k to the injecting
apparatus p.
In the liquid hydro-carbon supply m is placed a tap m¹ by which the flow of liquid
hydro-carbon from the elevated reservoir may be regulated, and a second tap m² for
the purpose of regulating the supply proportionally to the number of burners to be
fed the hole through the plug of this latter tap m² is made pear shape at its two
ends, as shown in Figure 3, to facilitate a fine adjustment of the quantity of liquid
passing through it, and the plug of the tap is acted on by a bell crank lever m³ kept
constantly in contact with the gas holder d by means of a counterweight m*, so that
as the gas holder d rises, it closes the tap m², and as it falls, it allows the same to
open, thereby varying the supply of hydro-carbon according to the consumption
of gas.
The injecting apparatus consists of a nozzle n¹ and its conductor n² both enclosed
in a box p secured to, and placed in line with, one of the aforesaid tubular standards t.
This box p is connected to a receiver or chamber which contains the drying
material, such as chloride of calcium for example, and receives the external air
through a piper. A valve s is placed on the end of the pipe conducting the air from
the drying chamber to the injector. The drying chamber r supplies air deprived of
moisture by the well known action of the chloride of calcium contained in the said
drying chamber. A tap, is provided at the bottom of the drying chamber » for
drawing off the water deposited.
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The entrance of air into the drying chamber is regulated by the gas holder d
which acts on the lever y one end of which carries the valve q¹. The weight of the
free arm of this lever regulates the normal position of the valve.
a
The mixture of the hydro-carbon vapours and air, effected, as above explained, by
the automatic action of the injector, constitutes the carburetted air which then
gas
passes through the tubular standard t into the bottom box or case the inner of the
two concentric cylinders c and under the gas holder d which it raises more or less.
The gas then escapes by the pipe ¹ to supply the gas burner in the furnace g and
by the other tubular standard t' to the heating or lighting apparatus, a suitable tap v
being provided to enable this supply to the heating or lighting apparatus to be
regulated or cut off altogether at pleasure.
When the consumption of gas is not so great as the production, the gas accumulates
in the gas holder d, the pressure therein increases, and the holder rises and acts on
the levers m³ and y so as to stop wholly or partially the supply of hydro-carbon, and
of air, to the apparatus.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
.claim is :-
First Apparatus for the production of carburetted air gas in which air previously
dried is carburetted by mixing it by means of an injector with hydrocarbon vapours
introduced under pressure produced by a gas burner fed from the apparatus itself, as
hereinbefore described, and illustrated in the Drawings hereto annexed.
Second The automatic apparatus for the production of carburetted air gas, con-
sisting of a gas holder for the storage of the air gas when made, a gas burner and a
vaporiser for vaporizing the bydro-carbon under pressure, an injector operated by the

page_text: hydro-carbon vapour so produced, for the purpose of drawing in air and mixing the
same with the said hydro-carbon vapour, devices for drying the air previous to its
entrance into the apparatus and means for the automatic regulation by the rise and
fall of the gas holder, of the supply of hydro-carbon and air, combined, arranged,
5 and operating as hereinbefore described, and illustrated in the drawings hereto
annexed.