A New or Improved Apparatus for the Production of Gas ++ from Oil
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Apr., 1895-Accepted, 6th July, 1895
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
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A New or Improved Apparatus for the Production of Gas
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from Oil;
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We MOSKA MERICHENSKI, of 72 St George's Road, Forest Gate, London, E.,
Engineer; and JAMES, DOUGLAS MOFFAT, of 4 Princes Mansions; Victoria Street;
London, S.W., Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of our said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and
ascertained in and by the following statement:-
The object of our invention is to construct new or improved form and arrangement
of apparatus for the production of inflammable gas from hydro-carbon oil, for lighting
and heating purposes, with incandescent or other burners, -and for use in motive.
power engines...
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According to our invention, we use one, two or more vessel or vessels as required
preferably mounted one above the other each vessel being (preferably) cylindrical,
and divided by vertical internal walls. or partitions so as to form involute and
evolute or spiral, passages, channels, or-chambers. These chambers are filled with
an absorbent material such as pith, sponge, and the like, capable of receiving and
holding in suspension, by capillary attraction or otherwise, a quantity of hydro-
carbon oil. Air is caused to travel through the involute or spiral passages thus
formed in the vessels, whereby the air becomes saturated with inflammable vapour
by contact with the oil in the absorbent material; the charged 'air being afterwards
carried to the burners, or other ordinary appliances for utilising the same.
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And in order that our said invention may be particularly described and
ascertained, reference is hereby made to the accompanying drawings, in which
similar figures of reference indicate corresponding parts,
Fig. 1 is an elevation, partly in section illustrating one method of carrying out
our invention, and Fig. 2 is a horizontal section, on the line 3-4 of Fig. 1.
5 is a cylindrical case fitted with a vertical spiral division wall 6. Pipes 7, 8,
are fitted communicating from one vessel to the other, the vessels being separated
from one another by suitable distance pieces or blocks as shown. Each vessel
(forming one of the elements of our invention) is covered in air-tight at the top
and bottom, as shown in Fig. 1. The vessels or elements may be manufactured by
soldering or otherwise hermetically sealing the parts together or they may be
formed of stamped or cast metal, as preferred. 9 is an inlet pipe fitted with a stop
cock. 10 is a delivery pipe, also fitted with a stop cock. The several spiral
chambers or passages are filled with any suitable absorbent material 11, as shown
in Fig. 1. Funnels, pipes, stop cocks, and other ordinary fittings (not shown in
the drawings) are fitted to the apparatus for supplying the same with oil, from
time to time, as required for keeping the absorbent material 11 well saturated
therewith.
The communication from one vessel to another is so arranged that the air is
caused to travel through the whole length of the spiral passages, whereby the
contact of the air with and through the absorbent material is rendered thoroughly
effective, and the air becomes converted into inflammable gas.
The air may be driven into the apparatus by the pipe 9, entering the outer coil,
from whence it travels towards the centre to a pipe 8, guided by the division
walls 6. Here it is carried to the next vessel above by the pipe 8, or the central
pipe 12 may be used for that purpose. In the next vessel it travels in a contrary
direction until it passes upwards through the pipe 7 to another vessel as shown in
Fig. 1, ultimately passing out through the pipe 10, or the pipe 12, as preferred.

page_text: Although we have described our invention as applied to a cylindrical vessel, it
is obvious that triangular, square or polygonal vessels may be used, the vertical
division walls being so placed as to form the equivalent to volute passages as
illustrated by way of example in Fig. 3.
Our invention may be adapted to the production of gas on a large or small
scale, in some cases being fitted in portable lamps and for lighting vehicles, also
for the supply of gas to incandescent and other burners; and for gas engines ;
heating steam and other boilers; and other ordinary uses to which gas is applied.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. The new or improved apparatus for the production of gas from oil, substantially
as described.
2. In apparatus for the production of gas from oil, the combination of a vessel
fitted with a volute or spiral or equivalent continuous channel, filled with an
absorbent material, saturated with hydro-carbon oil, for the purpose of rendering
the inflowing and outflowing air inflammable, substantially as hereinbefore described
and illustrated by the drawings.
3. In apparatus for the production of gas from oil, the combination of two or
more vessels fitted with volute or spiral or equivalent continuous channels, filled
with an absorbent material, saturated with hydro-carbon oil, for the purpose of
rendering the inflowing and outflowing air inflammable, such vessels being suitably
connected by pipes or passages, substantially as herein before described and
illustrated by the drawings.
Dated 23rd Avril 1895-