A Combined Grease Separator. and Feed Water Heater for Condensing Engines.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 4th Feb., 1896
Complete Specification Left, 17th Nov., 1896-Accepted, 9th Jan., 1897
SIONAL SPECIFIC TION.
A Combined Grease Separator. and Feed Water Heater for
Condensing Engines.
We, ERNEST FREDERICK WHALLEY WILKINSON of 5 Rushton Villas,
Thornbury, Bradford, in the County of York, Engineer, and ALBERT ARTHUR
SMITH of the Ramshill Hotel, Scarborough in the said County of York, Brewery
Secretary do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The apparatus is arranged to be fixed in any convenient position between the
engine cylinder and the condenser-it serves to extract all oil or lubricant from
the exhaust steam, and to give a supply of hot water for.feeding the boiler. ..
The apparatus is composed of a cylindrical or other vessel divided into. two
compartments. The exhaust steam is made to enter at the upper part of one side.
of one compartment which may be the lower compartment-it is directed down..
wards towards the bottom of the compartment and when its speed has been thereby,
checked it may be caused to pass through a perforated baffle plate or plates and
then be conducted away from the upper part of the compartment and delivered
into the upper part of the second or upper compartment. As it enters this
compartment and is directed downwards towards its bottom it meets a spray of
cold water which it heats some of the steam being at the same time condensed...
At the top of this compartment an outlet is provided by which all steam which
remains uncondensed can pass away to the condenser and air pump of the engine.
The oil or lubricant together with a certain amount of water which collects in
the lower vessel.can be removed from this vessel by a pump or ejector fixed to the
exterior of this vessel-and the hot water for feeding the boiler can similarly be
withdrawn from the upper vessel and forced into the boiler by another pump or
ejector.
Dated this 3rd day of February 1896.
E. F. W. WILKINSON.
A. A. SMITH.
A Combined Grease Separator and Feed Water Heater for
Condensing Engines.
We, ERNEST FREDERICK WHALLEY WILKINSON of 5 Rushton Villas,
Thornbury Bradford in the County of York, Engineer, and ALBERT ARTHUR
SMITH of the Ramshill Hotel, Scarborough in the said County of York Brewery
Secretary 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 apparatus is arranged to be fixed in any convenient position between

page_text: the engine cylinder and the condenser it serves to extract all oil or lubricant
from the exhaust steam and to give a supply of hot water for feeding the boiler.
The apparatus is composed of a cylindrical or other vessel divided into two
compartments. The exhaust steam is made to enter at the upper part of one side
of one compartment which may be the lower compartment it is directed downwards
towards the bottom of the compartment and when its speed has been thereby
checked.it may be caused to pass through a perforated baffle plate or plates and
then be conducted away from the upper part of the compartment and delivered
into the upper part of the second or upper compartment. As it enters this
compartment and is directed downwards towards its bottom it meets a spray of
cold water wbich it heats some of the steam being at the same time condensed.
At the top of this compartment an outlet is provided by which all steam
which remains uncondensed can pass away to the condenser and air pump of the
engine.
The oil or lubricant together with a certain amount of water which collects in
the lower vessel can be removed from this vessel by a pump or ejector fixed to the
exterior of this vessel and the hot water for feeding the boiler can similarly be
withdrawn from the upper vessel and forced into the boiler by another pump or
ejector.
The annexed drawing shows a vertical section of apparatus in accordance with
our invention.
The steam enters through the pipes at B, from the engine cylinder and after
depositing the grease in the chamber A passes through the pipes C into the
chamber D. It meets a spray of cold water which enters by the perforated
annular pipe E. The cold water condenses a portion of the steam which heats the
water. The steam which is not condensed in chamber D passes through the
pipe F on to the condenser and air pump of the engine. The oil and any con-
densed steam in the chamber A is abstracted by means of a pump G. The hot
water for feeding the boiler is abstracted and forced into the boiler by the
pump H.
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:-
A grease separator and feed water heater substantially as described.