Improvements in Apparatus for Heating and Circulating Water or other Liquid in Tanks, Stills, the Cups of Gasholders, or Purifier Lutes.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Oct., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 12th July, 1890-Accepted, 16th Aug., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Heating and Circulating Water or
other Liquid in Tanks, Stills, the Cups of Gasholders, or Purifier
Lutes.
I, SAMUEL CUTLER of Providence Iron Works, Millwall, in the County of
London, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
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The object of this invention is to construct apparatus whereby the water or
other liquid in tanks, stills, the cups of gasholders, or the lutes of purifiers may be
heated and caused to circulate not only horizontally but to some extent vertically or
diagonally and thus assist in eliminating the gaseous constituents, or prevent freezing
and the dangers attendant thereon.
To carry out this invention I make the apparatus principally of wrought iron steam
or gas pipe as follows. Into one of the horizonal ends of a T piece is screwed a
steam pipe, the inner extremity of which is either drawn down to, or fitted with a
nozzle. To the other end of the T piece a short pipe with a bell or other suitably
shaped mouthpiece is screwed, and depending from the vertical opening of the
T piece is a curved pipe which is open at its lower extremity. This apparatus is
hung or otherwise supported in the water or other liquid within the tank, or still,
gasholder cup, or purifier lute, and upon steam being admitted through the steam
pipe it issues from the nozzle with such force as to cause a vacuum in the T piece
which acts as a vacuum chamber, thereby inducing the cold water or liquid from
below to rise and issue from the mouthpiece with considerable force and in a heated
state. The result is that the water or liquid is both heated and kept in circulation,
in some cases giving off the gaseous elements, while in others freezing is prevented.
Where the cups or lutes are large, or in tanks, this apparatus may be multiplied and
attached to any number of points deemed desirable.
When the apparatus is used for heating liquid in stills or other vessels it may be
found advantageous to use instead of the bell mouthed pipe, a pipe closed at its
extremity but provided with a number of perforations round its side.
Although the apparatus is spoken of as being made of wrought iron, any other
suitable material or materials or a combination of them may be used.
Dated this 18th day of October 1889
W. H. BENNETT,
Agent for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Heating and Circulating Water or
other Liquid in Tanks, Stills, the Cups of Gasholders, or Purifler
Lutes.
I, SAMUEL CUTLER of Providence Iron Works, Millwall, in the County of London,
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 :-
The object of this invention is to construct apparatus whereby the water or other
liquid in tanks, stills of the form to which it is applicable, the cups of gasholders, or
the lutes of gas purifiers may be heated and caused to circulate not only horizontally,
but to some extent vertically or diagonally, and thus assist in eliminating the gaseous
constituents, or prevent freezing and the dangers attendant thereon.
In order that the invention may be easily understood drawings are attached bereto,

page_text: Fig. 1 being a transverse vertical section of a gasholder grip and cup with an end
elevation of the improved apparatus applied to the cup, and Fig. 2 is a side elevation
of the improved apparatus, the side plate A of the gasholder being removed. In
each of the views similar letters refer to the same parts.
To carry out the invention I make the apparatus principally of wrought iron steam
or gas pipe as follows. Into one of the horizontal ends B of a T piece H is screwed
a steam pipe C, the interior extremity of which is either drawn down to or fitted
with a nozzle D which is shown in dotted lines. To the other end of the T piece a
short pipe E with a circular, bell, flattened or other suitably shaped mouthpiece F is
screwed, and depending from the lower part of the opening of the T piece is a
curved pipe G which is either open at its lower extremity or closed and provided
with a number of holes round its circumference.
This apparatus is hung as shown or otherwise supported in the water or other
liquid within the tank or still, gasholder cup or purifier lute, and upon steam being
admitted through the steam pipe, it issues from the nozzle with such force as to
cause a vacuum in the T piece, which acts as a vacuum chamber thereby inducing
the water or liquid from below to rise and issue from the mouthpiece with consider-
able force and in a heated state. The result is that the water or liquid is both
heated and kept in circulation, in some cases giving off the gaseous elements, while
in others freezing is prevented. When the cups or lutes are large, or in tanks
this apparatus may be multiplied or attached to any number of points deemed
desirable.
When the apparatus is used for heating liquid in tanks or other similar vessels it
may be found advantageous to use instead of the bell-mouthed or flattened pipe, a
pipe closed at its extremity but provided with a number of perforations round its
side. Although the apparatus is adapted for these purposes no claim is made for its
application thereto.
The apparatus is hereinbefore spoken of as being made of wrought iron, but any
other suitable material or materials, or a combination of them may be used.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
In an apparatus for heating and circulating a liquid in the cups of gasholders, the
combination of the T-piece H, the steam pipe C, attached to one end of the said
T-piece and provided with a nozzle D extended through the said piece, the pipe E
attached to the other end of the T-piece and furnished with a mouthpiece F, and
the pipe G, having one end attached to the T-piece outside the nozzle of the steam
pipe, and its other end communicating with the body of the liquid to be heated and
in which the heating and circulating apparatus is immersed, as herein described and
shown on the drawings.
Dated this Twelfth day of July 1890
W. H. BENNETT,
Agent for the Applicant..