Improvements in or appertaining to Acetylene Generators.
Year: 1898

page_text: Commiato Canis
Date of Application, 14th Apr., 1898
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or appertaining to Acetylene Generators.
We, JOHN AYKROYD and BARNARD AYKROYD, both of Cullingworth, near Brad-
ford, in the County of York, Plumbers, do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion to be as follows:
This invention relates to improvements in or appertaining to that class of acety-
lene generators in which the water is admitted at or near the top of the generator,
and its object is to prevent too much gas being generated.
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For this purpose we employ a wirework, perforated or reticular basket or holder
adapted to receive the calcium carbide and to be placed in the generator. This
basket or holder has one or more transverse wirework, perforated or reticular par-
titions dividing the basket into two or more compartments one above the other.
door or gate is provided at one side by which the calcium carbide may be passed
into the compartments. A cover or deflector is secured to the top of the basket
the upper face of which is convex or inclined and its periphery extends beyond
the side of the basket consequently water falling upon it runs off the edge or edges
and falls into the generator clear of the carbide and can therefore only reach the
carbide from below as it rises in the generator, and it does not come into contact
with the carbide in the upper compartment or compartments until the carbide
below is exhausted or spent. The said deflector may be secured to the top of the
generator instead of to the basket.
In order to prevent excessive pressure in the generator we form a water trap
in the water feed pipe and we fit a ventilating or safety pipe to this trap so arranged
that the water in the trap can be forced out and the pressure in the generator
relieved. Two or more generators may be coupled to the same ventilating pipe.
Dated this 13th day of April 1898.
DRACUP & NOWELL,
Patent Agents, Bradford.
Improvements in or appertaining to Acetylene Generators.
We, JOHN AYKROYD and BARNARD AYKROYD, both of Cullingworth, near Brad-
ford, in the County of York, Plumbers, do hereby declare the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described
and ascertained in and by the following statement:
This invention relates to improvements in or appertaining to that class of acety-
lene generators in which the water is admitted at or near the top of the generator,
and its object is to prevent too much gas being generated.

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For this purpose we employ a wirework, perforated or reticular basket or holder
adapted to receive the calcium carbide and to be placed in the generator. This
basket or holder has one or more transverse wirework, perforated or reticular par-
titions dividing the basket into two or more compartments one above the other.
door or gate is provided at one side by which the calcium carbide may be passed
into the compartments. A cover or deflector is secured to the top of the basket
the upper face of which is convex or inclined and its periphery extends beyond
the side of the basket consequently water falling upon it runs off the edge or edges
and falls into the generator clear of the carbide and can therefore only reach the
carbide from below as it rises in the generator, and it does not come into contact
with the carbide in the upper compartment or compartments until the carbide
below is exhausted or spent. The said deflector may be secured to the top of the
generator instead of to the basket.
To fully describe our invention reference is made to the accompanying sheet of
drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar letters of reference
indicate corresponding parts in each of the figures.
Figure 1, represents a cross section of a generator containing our improved
basket.
Figure 2, is a plan view of the basket with the door open.
Figure 3, is a side elevation of the same with the deflector in diametrical section.
The basket A is made of wirework as well as the horizontal cross partitions B
and the door or gate C is hinged at one side C2 to the basket and the other side is
provided with hooks or claws C³ to engage the eyes A2 formed by loops in the wire-
work of the basket. To fasten the door it is simply lifted sufficiently to let the
claws C³ drop into the eyes A³.
The deflector D may be secured to the top of the basket by the wires E passing
through the deflector and secured to the basket-work. The upper ends of the
wires E are preferably bent into eyes to which the handle F is secured.
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
1. The combination with a basket formed of reticular material having one or
more reticular horizontal partitions and suitable openings for the admission of the
carbide, of a deflector located above the basket, substantially as herein shown and
described.
2. The combination with a basket formed of reticular material having one or
more reticular horizontal partitions and side openings for the admission of calcium
carbide closed by a side door, of a deflector located above the basket, substantially
as hercin shown and described.
Dated this 13th day of Tou… 1900.
DRACUP & NOWELL,
Patent Agents, Bradford.