A New or Improved Apparatus for Use in Burning Liquid Fuel.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 2nd Dec., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 1st Oct., 1898-Accepted, 3rd Dec.. 1898.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
A New or Improved Apparatus for Use in Burning Liquid Fuel.
I, GUSTAV TRIPEL, of 65, Falcon Road, London, S.W., Mechanical Engineer,.
do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This apparatus is on the principle of a syphon, the suction to lift the liquids.
being produced by a vacuum caused by a current of air or steam passing over
the lip of the syphon tube, the liquid being shot forward in a fine spray as it
issues. The accompanying sketch A will serve to broadly illustrate the inten-
tions of this invention, but the form of the apparatus may vary considerably.
according to circumstances.
Figure B, shaws the apparatus in a more detailed form.
A, is a receptacle for the liquid fuel.
b, is an outer receptacle for water, or solutions, or non conducting matters.
C, is the syphon tube.
d. is a tube through which a current of air or steam is forced
or both air
A New or Improved Apparatus for Use in Burning Liquid Fuel.
I, GUSTAV TRIPEL, late of 65, Falcon Road, London, S.W., but at present
residing at Buda Pesth, Mechanical Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of
this invention and in what manner the same is to be performed to be particu-
larly described and ascertained in and by the following statement:-
This invention relates to apparatus for feeding liquid fuel that is to say more
particularly mineral oils, into the furnace and acts on the principle of a syphon,
the suction to lift the liquid being produced by a vacuum caused by a current
of air passing over the lip of the syphon tube, the liquid being shot forward
in a fine spray as it rises at the nozzle.
The accompanying sketch Fig. 1 will serve to broadly illustrate the inten-
tions of this invention but the form of the apparatus may vary considerably
according to the circumstances. Thus the liquid may be either shot forward
in a straight line or at an upward or downward angle. In this figure a is the
vessel for containing the oil, c is the syphon tube and d the tube conveying the
blast.

page_text: Having thus described the principle of the invention I will now proceed to
explain the action of the apparatus more in detail, taking an example of one
form of apparatus as illustrated in Figure 2.
a is a receptacle for the liquid fuel kept supplied from a larger tank by
means of a conveniently fixed pipe such as e.
b is an outer receptacle for water, or some non conducting material, which
surrounding the oil diminishes risk of firing of the latter.
cis the syphon tube for the oil fuel.
d is a tube through which a current of air or steam, or both air and steam,
are forced.
The ends of the tubes c and a are within the furnace or otherwise so arranged
that the spray from them may be discharged into the furnace.
The action of the apparatus is as follows:-
When a current of air or steam is forced through the tube d it passes over
the lip of the syphon tube c producing a suction which causes the liquid to
rise in proportion to the force of the air or steam; and as the liquid issues it
is pulverized and shot forward in a very fine spray into the furnace.
The liquid fuel may thus be regulated by the force of the draught in the
tube d and further by conveniently fixed cocks to the syphon tube c.
f is a cock for enabling the vessel a to be emptied for cleaning or other
purposes.
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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:-
(1) The improved apparatus for use in burning liquid fuel substantially as
herein before described.
(2) An apparatus for the purpose of burning liquid fuel in which the latter
is automatically drawn to the lip of the nozzle by a partial vacuum produced
by means of a current of air or steam, or air and steam, passing over the lip
of the nozzle where it is pulverized and projected in a fine spray substantially
as herein described.
.. Dated the First day of October 1898.