Improved method and Apparatus for Rendering & Liquid Hydrocarbon Gaseous.
Year: 1885

page_text: Improved method and Apparatus for Rendering & Liquid
Hydrocarbon Gaseous.
I JAMES ROOTS of 144 Bishopsgate Without London EⱭ Engineer do hereby
declare the nature of my invention to be as follows:-
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It relates to a method of rendering a hydrocarbon gaseous by mixing combining
or dissolving a hydrocarbon such as petroleum or petroleum spirit commonly called
benzoline or a gas refuse product such as last-runnings" with air and the
apparatus whereby the combination is effected. Although other hydrocarbons
may be employed benzoline is preferably used. It may be used so dissolved or
combined for motive power purposes, illuminating, &c.
A cylinder having a closely fitting piston is constructed with an inlet and outlet
valve air and benzoline are drawn in suitable proportions through the inlet valve
by the outstroke and together forced through the vessel to be described by the
instroke of the piston, the outlet valve preventing the return of either air or
benzoline into the piston. The vessel is so constructed that the benzoline shall
tend by gravitation toward its inlet aperture, and yet be forced by air toward the
top or outlet, this vessel is packed with layers of fine wire gauze or perforated
metal for the purpose of minutely dividing the benzoline, it is in this condition
better taken up and dissolved by the numerous and infinitely small currents of air
passing through the layers of gauze At the top of the vessel is a rim projecting
downward to prevent the passage of benzoline outward in a fluid form. Although
by preference I use gauze for the purpose of presenting the benzoline or hydro-
carbon in a finely divided state to the air, it is evident that any fibrous absorbent
material as asbestos or cotton will also serve the purpose when closely packed.
Petroleum spirit of a specific gravity of 790° or less is entirely dissolved but
denser hydrocarbons require the assistance of heat.
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page_text: Hydrocarbon Gaseous.
I, JAMES ROOTS of 25 The Avenue, Tottenham, Middlesex, Engineer 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:
My invention relates to a method of rendering a hydrocarbon gaseous, by mixing
combining, or dissolving, a hydrocarbon, such as petroleum, or petroleum spirit,
commonly called benzoline, or a gas refuse product, such as "last runnings," and
the apparatus whereby the combination is effected. Although other hydro-carbons
may be employed, benzoline is preferably used. It may be used so, dissolved, or
combined for motive power purposes, illuminating &c.
A cylinder having a closely fitting piston is constructed with an inlet and outlet
valve, air and liquid benzoline are drawn in suitable proportions through the
inlet valve by the outstroke and together forced through the vessel to be described
by the instroke of the piston, the outlet valve preventing the return of either air,
or benzoline into the piston. This vessel is so constructed that the benzoline shall
tend by gravitation, towards its inlet aperture and yet be forced by air towards
the top, or outlet, the vessel is, packed with layers of fine wire gauze or perforated
metal for the purpose of minutely dividing the benzoline, it is in this condition
better taken up and dissolved by the numerous and infinitely small currents of air
passing through the layers of gauze. At the top of the vessel is a rin projecting
downways to prevent the passage of the benzoline outward in a fluid form.
Although by preference I use gauze for the purpose of presenting the benzoline,
or hydrocarbon in a finely divided condition to the air, it is evident that any
fibrous absorbent material as asbestos, or cotton wool, will also serve the purpose,
when the closely packed petroleum spirit of a specific gravity 790 or less is entirely
dissolved but denser hydrocarbons require the assistance of heat.
My invention will be understood by the annexed drawings, in which at Figure 1,
A is a vessel containing wire B in gauze or other form, through which the air and
vapour has to pass and be broken up in passage into a gas under pressure from the
cylinder C, provided with a piston D, a motion of which sucks air and benzoline or
other gaseous spirit by the pipe E and force them combined through the pipe F,
both the pipes E, F, are provided with valves to prevent back lash. G is a screen,
or baffle in the vessel A which tends to concentrate the gaseous vapour from the
wire packing B to the outlet tube H from which it passes as vapour or gas.
Instead of the wire being packed en masse, it may be divided and have an inter-
mediate packing of asbestos as at Figure 2, the benzoline, or other gaseous spirit
being passed into the asbestos packing by the pipe I from reservoir J under head
pressure, the air impregnated, or not coming from a blower, or other force by the
pipe E.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is :-
A vessel packed with wire (woven or otherwise) or asbestos, or both, benzoline
being admitted to it in regular quantities is absorbed by the asbestos and gauze, is
by this means presented to the air which is then forced through the vessel in a
highly divided condition, and a complete combination of the benzoline and air is
effected as set forth.