Iм- PROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF GAS, AND ITS APPLICATION AS A MOTIVE POWER, AND FOR HEATING AND LIGHTING PURPOSES."
Year: 1881

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by Barnabas Russ at the Office of the
Commissioners of Patents on the 12th November 1881.
BARNABAS RUSS, of Chancery Lane, in the City of London, Engineer. "Iм-
PROVEMENTS IN THE MANUFACTURE OF GAS, AND ITS APPLICATION AS A MOTIVE
POWER, AND FOR HEATING AND LIGHTING PURPOSES."
This Invention relates to the production of gas by the decomposition of chemicals
and its application in combination with atmospheric air as a motive power, and for
heating and lighting purposes, and apparatus thereto.
I make a receptacle or receiver of cast or rolled metal with two chambers, one
chamber being placed within the other, and connect the inner chamber with a
retort.
In the inner chamber of the receiver I place two decomposing or generating
coils of different dimensions, whose inlets and outlets pass through the inner and
outer shells or casings of the receiver, to the exterior I connect the outlet of the
small coil with the inlet of the large coil, and the outlet of the large coil with the
retort. 1 connect the inlet of the small coil to a force pump in further connection
with a supply tank or tanks, and the inlet of the large coil to the delivery of an
air force pump in further connection with an exhauster and the outer chamber of
the receiver. I make and connect to the foregoing apparatus valves, regulators,
gauges, cocks, and outlets requisite for working the same.
I charge the supply tank or tanks, small coil, and retort, with chemicals con-
taining hydrocarbon, potash, and water, either with or without the addition of
ammonia or ammoniacal liquor, and make up a furnace fire in the tube of or under
the retort (at starting I can charge the retort with water only). When the heat
from the furnace fire causes gas or steam to generate in the retort, I charge the
inner chamber of the receiver from the same, and thereby surround the coils with
a similar kind of fluid or gas therein contained, causing gas to form from the
chemicals contained in the sinall coil, which is discharged into the inlet of the large
coil, and passes through same to the retort where it displaces the steam, should any
be present. In order to apply the gas as a motive power, I connect the inlet of a
prime mover with the retort, and the outlet or exhaust from same with the outer
chamber of the receiver. When sufficient gas is formed in the retort, I start the
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page_text: prime mover, which delivers its exhaust into the outer chamber of the receiver,
from thence it is withdrawn by the exhauster together with atmospheric air
delivered to and forced by the air force pump through the large coil, and discharged
into the retort together with the gas discharged from the outlet of the small coil.
In order to apply the gas for heating and lighting purposes, I make a connection
between any convenient part of the apparatus containing gas and a purifying
chamber, through which the gas passes, and for heating purposes, discharge the
same into the receptacle chamber or furnace where heat is requisite, and ignite it
by means of a battery, jet, or furnace fire; for lighting purposes, I deliver it into
necessary outlets, discharging and igniting it as desired. In the manners described
I manufacture and apply the gas for either of the before mentioned purposes from
the same apparatus.