Improvements in and relating to the Treatment of Gas for Illuminating and other Purposes.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 6th June, 1896
Complete Specification Left, 5th Mar., 1897-Accepted, 15th May 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFI TION.
Improvements in and relating to the Treatment of Gas for
Illuminating and other Purposes.
I, ANDREW ARTER, of Linden House, Upper Mall, Hammersmith, in the County
of Middlesex, England, Gentleman, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to-
be as follows:-
This invention is designed to provide simple and inexpensive means, whereby the
gas after passing through the meter can be heated before going to the burners or
other outlets to be consumed, so that should any watery vapour be carried by the gas
it is at once dispersed, at the same time the gas being expanded or rarefied through
the action of the heat renders it more economical in use.
Now according to my invention 1 form a suitably shaped jacketed vessel or
receptacle, and arrange it in any convenient position over a gas jet or other source of
heat. To this vessel is connected the supply pipe from the meter and also a pipe for
conveying the treated gas to the burners or other outlets.
In order that the gas can be thoroughly heated the end portion of the last mentioned:
pipe may be coiled within the vessel, or arranged in any other suitable manner so as.
to obtain a large heating surface.
Dated the 6th day of June 1896
W. D. ROWLINGSON,
7 Quality Court, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant..
Improvements in and relating to the Treatment of Gas for
Illuminating and other Purposes.
I, ANDREW ARTER, of Linden House, Upper Mall, Hammersmith, in the County
of Middlesex, England, Gentleman, 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 :-
This invention relates to the treatment of gas for illuminating and other purposes,.
for use in dwelling houses and other buildings. It is designed to provide simple and
inexpensive means, whereby the gas after passing through the meter can be heated
and dried before going to the burners or other outlets to be consumed, so that if any
watery vapour is present in the gas it will be at once dispersed, at the same time
the gas being expanded or rarefied through the action of the heat renders it more
economical in use.
It is essential to the proper working of the invention that the apparatus which I
employ shall be placed in such a position that the gas can pass to the burners in a
rarefied and dry state.

page_text: In the accompanying sheet of explanatory drawings:-
Figure 1, represents a jacketed vessel in section, placed over an ordinary gas jet
and shewing the connection of the inlet and outlet pipes.
Figure 2, is a perspective view of a vessel without a jacket, the body being in
section to shew the end portion of the outlet pipe coiled.
Figure 3, illustrates a sectional view of a vessel heated by two gas jets, and
Figure 4, shews a dividing plate fitted in a vessel.
According to my invention I form a suitably shaped vessel A and arrange it in a
convenient position over one or more gas jets or other source of beat. To this
vessel is connected the supply-pipe B from the meter and also the pipe () for conveying
the treated gas to the burners or other outlets.
The size of the vessel will be in proportion to the amount of gas that it is intended
to treat so that the gas shall be thoroughly dried and rarefied before it is consumed.
The outlet-pipe C may be coiled as in Figure 2 or arranged in any other suitable
manner so as to present a large heating surface.
A plate D if desired may be extended nearly across the vessel, the inlet-pipe B
being fixed above it and the outlet-pipe C below as shewn in Figure 4.
The vessel A is preferably constructed of iron and may be provided with a jacket or
lagging for retaining the heat.
So long as the proper conditions are observed as regard the vessel, and sufficient
heat applied to the same, the cold damp gas from the mains after passing through the
apparatus, is converted into a dry gas, and owing to its expanded or rarefied state it is
rendered more economical in use.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is:
In the treatment of gas for illuminating and other purposes the process and
apparatus therewith for drying and rarefying the gas before it passes to the burners
or other outlets to be consumed, as and for the purposes herein set forth.
Dated the 5th day of March 1897.
W. D. ROWLINGSON,
7 Quality Court, Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agent for the Applicant.