Year: 1896

page_text: I, DAVID GRAHAM TAYLOR, of Cornhill, Ilminster, in the County of Somerset,
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This invention consists of improvements in oil vaporisers for oil engines and
for other purposes, my object being to produce an effective vaporiser of simple
construction, and to so arrange the same that it can be more readily and conveniently
maintained at the required working temperature than the like appliances in
ordinary use.
In the application of my invention in one convenient manner I construct the
vaporiser as an internal hollow core forming part of a cast iron or other metal
chimney, which is mounted on a suitable base for attachment to the oil engine or
in any other required position. The base is provided with an aperture to admit
the nozzle of a lamp of any ordinary and suitable construction. The ignition tube
for igniting the oil gas is passed through or enclosed by the base, and I so form
and arrange the interior of the base in conjunction with the encasing chimney and
vaporiser, that the one lamp serves for heating both the ignition tube and the
vaporiser.
When mounted upon an oil engine the required charge or amount of oil is
delivered into the vaporiser at the end of the exhaust stroke of the piston, and
becomes vaporised by the high temperature. The oil gas thus formed is then
drawn into the engine, by the action of the suction stroke of the piston, through a
branch or connection cast or formed in the combined vaporiser and chimney, along
with a portion of the gaseous products of combustion and heated air rising from
the lamp, and which pass through small holes or passages into the interior of the
vaporiser. By thus drawing in a portion of the hot gaseous products I am
enabled to dispense with the arrangements for heating required when pure air is
drawn in with the oil gas, and also to maintain the vaporiser at a more even
temperature.
The chimney or casing is lined with asbestos or other non-conducting material,
and holes or apertures are provided at the upper end of the casing in the ordinary
manuer.
lustead of forming the vaporiser in the one piece or casting with the chimney
or casing, I sometimes employ an independent vaporiser constructed from cast or
wrought iron or steel, or from bronze or other durable metal or alloy, and I make
other modifications in the application of my invention to meet varying requirements
without departing from the essential features of my invention.
10th of Wahnuary 1896
MARKS & CLERK,
18 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., and
13 Temple Street, Birmingham, Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: I, DAVID GRAHAM TAYLOR, of Cornhill, Ilminster, in the County of Somerset,
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:-
T
This invention consists of improvements in oil vaporisers for oil engines and
for other purposes, my object being to produce an effective vaporiser of simple
construction, and to so arrange the same that it can be more readily and conveniently
maintained at the required working temperature than the like appliances in
ordinary use.
In the accompanying sheet of explanatory drawings to be hereinafter referred
to ;-
Figures 1, 2, and 3, are sectional views representing one form of my improved
vaporiser.
Another form of the vaporiser is represented by the Figures 4 and 5, and a
further modification by Figure 6.
The same reference letters in the different views indicate similar parts.
In the application of my invention in the manner illustrated at Figures 1, 2,
and 3, I construct the vaporiser or retort A, as an internal hollow core forming
part of a cast iron or other metal chimney or casing B, which is mounted on a
suitable base for attachment to the oil engine or in any other required position.
An aperture C is provided at the lower end of the chimney to admit the nozzle of
a lamp of any ordinary and suitable construction. The ignition tube D for
igniting the oil gas is passed through, or is enclosed by, the casing B, and I so
form and arrange the interior of the casing in conjunction with the vaporiser, that
the one lamp serves for heating both the ignition tube D, and the vaporiser A.
When mounted upon an oil engine the required charge or amount of oil is
delivered into the vaporiser A at the end of the exhaust stroke of the piston,
through the inlet E, (which joins the hot air pipe F), and becomes vaporised by
the high temperature. The gas thus formed from the vaporised oil mixed with
the hot air and gaseous products of combustion arising from the lamp is admitted
from the interior of the casing B by the tube G and is then drawn into the engine,
by the action of the suction stroke of the piston, through a branch or connection H
cast or formed in the combined vaporiser and chimney. By thus drawing in a
portion of the hot gaseous products from the lamp I am enabled to dispense with
the arrangements for heating required when pure air is drawn in with the oil gas,
and also to maintain the vaporiser at a more even temperature.
The chimney or
casing is lined with asbestos or other non-conducting material J,
and holes or apertures are provided at the upper end of the casing in the ordinary
manner.
Instead of forming the vaporiser in the one piece or casting with the chimney
or casing, I sometimes employ an independent vaporiser such as A' Figures 4, 5,
and 6, constructed from cast or wrought iron or steel, or from brouze or other
durable metal or alloy, the vaporised oil in each of the arrangements shown in
such figures being conveyed to the engine, with its mixture of hot air and the hot
gaseous products of combustion from the lamp by the tube G' and I make other
modifications in the application of my invention to meet varying requirements
without departing from the essential features of my invention.

page_text: 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 ;-
1. The improved construction and arrangement of oil vaporisers substantially as
and for the purposes described and as illustrated.
2. In oil vaporisers the combination within the interior of a casing such as B,
of the retort A or A' and the ignition tube D, in such a manner that the one lamp
serves for heating both the retort and the ignition tube, substantially as described
and as illustrated.
3. With oil vaporisers the utilisation of the hot gaseous products of combustion
from the lamp in conjunction with hot air and the vaporised oil, substantially as
described.
1906
MARKS & CLERK,
18 Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., and
13 Temple Street, Birmingham, Agents for the Applicaut.