Acetylene Gas Generator for Lighting Cycle and Carriage Lamps.
Year: 1897

page_text: PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Acetylene Gas Generator for Lighting Cycle and Carriage Lamps.
EDWARD KERR HUTTON and WILLIAM HUTTON, both residing at Lawyers Brae,
Galashiels, in the County of Selkirk, Plumbers, Gasfitters, and Tinsmiths, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
Generator is Composed of Two Chambers an Upper and a Lower one; the Upper
Chamber is a Water holder the Lower one Where the Gas is made. The two
Chambers are connected by a screw a tube is brought from Upper to lower Chamber
for the purpose of Conveying Water to Carbide in said Chamber. Into the Bottom
of Lower Chamber is fixed a screwed plug. Socket with Basket or Calcium
Carbide holder attached. From the Lower Chamber a tube is carried through the
Water in the Upper Chamber for the purpose of Cooling the Gas and Conveying
it to the Lamp. In the top of the Upper Chamber is a screw plug with an escape
tube through it. Which acts as a blow off should the pressure of Gas in the
Lower Chamber exceed the Weight of Water in the Upper Chamber. The Gas
supply is regulated by Water supply.
Dated this 19th day of April 1897.
EDWARD KERR HUTTON,
WILLIAM HUTTON.
Acetylene Gas Generator for Lighting Cycle and Carriage Lamps.
We, EDWARD KERR HUTTON and WILLIAM HUTTON, both of Lawyers Brae,
Galashiels, in the County of Selkirk, Plumbers, Gasfitters, and Tinsmiths, do hereby
declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the same is to be per-
formed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:-
This Invention relates to an acetylene gas generator for lighting cycle and
carriage lamps and it has for its object to provide a reliable and inexpensive
generator for supplying gas to cycle and carriage lamps.
The Invention is illustrated by the accompanying drawing and consists of a
cylindrical generator A composed of two parts screwed together and divided by
a plate C into upper and lower chambers D, E, the upper chamber D being filled
with water and the lower chamber E having a screwed socket B on its bottom
within which is fitted a perforated holder F for the calcium carbide.
A tube G
is led from the upper chamber D to the lower chamber E which conveys the water
to the carbide necessary for the generation of the gas, the pipe being provided

page_text: outside of the generator with a cock H for regulating the flow of water. From the
lower chamber E a tube I is carried through the water in the upper chamber in
order to cool the gas, the gas being conveyed from this tube to the lamp by a
-metallic-or-flexible tube J. The water chamber D is provided with an escape
tube K which acts as a blow off should the gas-pressure exceed the weight of water
in the upper chamber D.
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:-
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The improved portable acetylene gas generator for lighting cycle and carriage
lamps constructed and arranged to operate substantially as described.
WALLACE FAIRWEATHER,
Of the Firm of Cruikshank & Fairweather,
Chartered Patent Agents,
62 Saint Vincent Street, Glasgow, Agent for the Applicants.