Improvements in Apparatus for Separating Water from Steam.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 20th July, 1889
Complete Specification Left. 21st Apr., 1890-Accepted, 24th May, 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Separating Water from Steam.
I, ARTHUR GEORGE BROWN, of Globe Iron Works Bolton, in the County of Lancaster,
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object is to provide apparatus for separating water from steam more particularly
whilst the said steam is passing away from a generator so that the said steam is
practically dry after it has left the said generator.
Apparatus under my invention consists essentially of a chamber or vessel having
two or more tangentially disposed inlet ways in combination with a central uptake
and balanced discharge valve."
In some cases I make apparatus under my invention with spiral passages leading
downwards from each inlet way.
A further improvement consists in so combining a separator under my invention
with a steam generator that the said separator is contained within the generator.
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II 1000
Per pro J. T. KING,
J. Johnson,
Agent.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Apparatus for Separating Water from Steam.
ARTHUR GEORGE BROWN of Globe Iron Works, Bolton, in the County of Lancaster,
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:-
The object is to provide apparatus for separating water from steam more particularly
whilst the said steam is passing away from a generator so that the said steam is
practically dry after it has left the said generator.
Apparatus under my invention consists essentially of a chamber or vessel having
two or more tangentially disposed inlet ways in combination with a centra uptake and
balanced or weighted discharge valve.
In some cases I make apparatus under my invention with spiral passages leading
downward from each inlet way.
A further improvement consists in so combining a separator under my invention
with a steam generator that the said separator is contained within the generator.
DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS.
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Fig. 1 is a vertical section, and fig. 2 is a horizontal section of apparatus under my
invention for separating water from steam. a is a chamber having four tangentially
disposed inlet ways b curving downwards as shown by the dotted lines in fig. 1.
a central uptake. d is a balanced or weighted discharge valve at the bottom of the
uptake. The above apparatus is here shown hung within a steam generator shell
by means of straps secured by bolts and nuts g to the steam pipe h. The straps f
fit in slots in flange i of the chamber a or are otherwise secured thereto.
e,
The action of the apparatus is as follows:-Steam from the generator enters the
chamber or vessel through the tangential ways and has a centrifugal descending
motion imparted to it, after which it enters the uptake and passes off by the steam pipe

page_text: Any water contained in the steam falls to the bottom of the chamber or vessels
and flows past the balanced or weighted valve into the steam generator.
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 1
claim is
First. Apparatus for separating water from steam consisting of a chamber or vessel
having two or more tangentially disposed inlet ways, a central uptake, and a balanced
or weighted discharge valve substantially as set forth.
.
Second. Apparatus for separating water from steam consisting of a chamber or
vessel having two or more tangentially disposed inlet ways formed with spiral passages
leading downwards, and a balanced or weighted discharge valve substantially as
set forth.
Third. The combination of apparatus under my invention for separating water from
steam with a steam generator substantially as set forth.
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1900
Per pro J. T. KING,
J. Johnson,
Agent.