Improvements in and relating to Utilizing the Chamber or Space between the Cylinder and Jackets of Engines or Motors for the Purpose of Vaporizing Oil in Connection with Steam, Gas, Oil, or other Engines or Motors Using Heat as a Source of Power.
Year: 1887

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Date of Application, 20th Oct., 1887
Complete Specification Left, 18th Aug., 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 20th Oct., 1888
Improvements in and relating to Utilizing the Chamber or Space
between the Cylinder and Jackets of Engines or Motors for the
Purpose of Vaporizing Oil in Connection with Steam, Gas, Oil,
or other Engines or Motors Using Heat as a Source of Power.
I RICHARD HUTCHINSON 40 Queen Margaret's Grove Mildmay Park London N.
Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
This Invention relates to an improved method or means for utilizing the heat and
space or chamber between the walls of a working or expansion Cylinder or Cylinders,
and a jacket or casing partially or wholly surrounding the same, for the purpose of
superheating and vaporizing oil, the heat being derived from the walls of the working
or expansion Cylinder or Cylinders, which vapour can be used for operating Motors or
Engines, or for other purposes. The oil may be Petroleum, or any other kind of oil
can be used, which is drawn from any source and forced by an Injector or Pump, the
latter being operated by the Engine in any convenient manner, or other devices may
be employed to force or eject the oil (or oil and water, or steam and oil may be used)
and forced into the chamber between the Cylinder and Jacket where the heat from
the cylinders vaporizes the oil, or the oil may flow by gravitation to the before
mentioned space or chamber.
The pipes leading to or from the vaporizing chamber or Jacket are fitted with the
necessary valves and other devices for regulating and controlling the supply of oil
thereto and vapour discharged therefrom, which can by means of pipes, ports, or
passages lead direct to the working Cylinder of Engines or Motors, the vapour mixed
with the proper proportion of air and ignited therein operates the same.
Receivers
or containers can be attached to the vaporizing chamber and the flow of vapour there-
from may be adjusted by a self-acting valve controlled by a spring, or a valve operated
by a governor driven from the Engine or Motor, or other suitable appliances may be
used. The receivers or containers for holding the resultant gases or vapour may be
fitted with pressure gauges and safety valves.

page_text: These Jacketted Cylinders may have the space or chamber between the cylinder and
jacket made plain, corrugated, or tubes can be inserted therein with or without steam
or water circulating through or round them, or Radiating Wings or ribs may be
cast upon the working or expansion cylinder or jackets, they are also fitted with
gauge glasses, draw off cocks, and other devices for cleansing the Jackets or vaporizing
chamber of the residue of the oil.
The above described method of vaporizing oil is applicable to Engines or Motors
of the kind operated by heat and the vapour so formed can be used for motive power
or other purposes.
Dated this 20th day of October 1907

page_text: Improvements in and relating to Utilizing the Chamber or Space
between the Cylinder and Jackets of Engines or Motors for the
Purpose of Vaporizing Oil in Connection with Steam, Gas, Oil,
or other Engines or Motors Using Heat as a Source of Power.
1, RICHARD HUTCHINSON, of 114 Edith Grove, Brompton London, W., 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:-
This Invention relates to an improved method or means for utilizing the heat of,
and space between, the walls of a working or expansion cylinder or cylinders and a
jacket or casing, partially or wholly surrounding the same, for the purpose of super-
heating and vaporizing oil, or other hydro-carbon, the heat being derived from the
walls of the working or expansion cylinder or cylinders by radiation therefrom, the
vapor thus produced being used for operating motors or Engines, or for other
purposes.
In order that my Invention may be the better understood, I have appended the
accompanying sheet of drawings, in which Figure 1 represents a sectional plan upon
line A B, Figure 2, and Figure 2 a sectional elevation of a cylinder, with a space or
jackets utilized as and for the purposes above described.
In carrying out my Invention I cause to be cast upon, or attached to, the cylinder A
of an engine or motor as hereinbefore specified, a double jacket, forming two annular
spaces B, C, as shown in the accompanying sheet of drawings, Figures 1 and 2. A
sorted face, D is provided upon one side of the cylinder, or other suitable position in
connection therewith, upon which may work or slide any suitable form of slide or other
valve for controlling the admission of vapor or gas into the cylinder, A, and providing
for the exit of the exhaust therefrom by means of an exhaust port J, which is so
arranged as to convey the exhaust vapor or gas around the outer annular space C,
eventually escaping by means of the pipe, F. The port K provides for the proper
admission of vapor, gas, or a mixture ef air and vapor or gas, under the piston E.
A pipe H, which may communicate with a pump or injector, or from a suitable
reservoir, allows of a certain predetermined quantity of oil, or other hydro-carbon
being forced, injected, or allowed to flow by gravity into the inner annular space B,
which is heated by the radiation of waste heat from the walls of the cylinder A, and the
outer jacket C, which receives heat from the passing exhaust, in the manner above-
mentioned. The oil, or other hydro-carbon being thus injected upon, and enclosed
between the heated surfaces formed by the walls of the cylinder A, and the outer, or
exhaust jacket C, becomes vaporized, and in order to utilize said vapor either alone,
or mixed with air, or other vapors or gases, for the purpose of operating an engine or
motor, I provide an exit from the annular space, or vaporizing chamber C, at G, and
attach thereto a suitable regulating valve, the spindle a of which may be controlled
by a suitable centrifugal, spring, or balanced governor, operated by said engine or
motor, or said spindle may be adjusted by hand, a lever or hand-wheel being provided

page_text: in this case for the purpose. also provide a drain cock I for the purpose of clearing
the vaporizing chamber C when it may have become foul by clogging or deposition
of waste matter contained in the oil or hydro-carbon. I may also, where requisite,
attach a guage glass to the cylinder in connection with the vaporizing chamber C,
and further provide a suitable pressure guage attached thereto, so that the pressure
existing within said vaporizing chamber may always be visible to the attendant. I
may also provide a suitable valve, either automatic in its action, or capable of ready
adjustment by hand, upon, or in connection with the pipe H, so that the quantity
of oil or other hydro-carbon admitted into the vaporizing chamber may be duly
regulated. I may also provide a pressure chamber, or reservoir for receiving and
holding the vapor resulting from the process of vaporization in the chamber C, and
allow said vapor to pass from said reservoir to the engine or motor, and allow for the
ignition of same after it has been mixed with a proper proportion of air, or other
gas or vapor, or I may conduct said vapor by means of a pipe directly from the exit
at G, Figure 2, to the mixing chamber, or valve chest of said engine or motor,
In the case of employing a pressure chamber or reservoir as above described, I
provide, in connection with same, a pressure guage or indicator, and a safety valve of
suitable construction.
In order to obtain a large radiating surface within the vaporizing chamber CI may
form the surrounding walls with ribs or vanes, or may corrugate said walls to
increase the area of the heating surface.
I do not confine the application of my Invention to any particular type of engine
or motor, so that the motive power is derived from heat, and I may employ the vapor
resulting from the aforesaid process of vaporization within the vaporizing chamber C
for the purpose of producing motive power by suitable admixture and ignition, or I
may utilize the vapor so produced for other purposes.
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.
First. In an engine or motor wherein the power is derived from heat, the applica-
tion to the cylinder or cylinders of said engine, of an intermediate space between the
exhaust jacket or jackets and the wall or walls of said cylinder or cylinders, for the
purpose of utilizing the waste heat for vaporizing oil or hydro carbon substantially as
and for the purposes hereinbefore described.
Second. In the employment and use of a space between the wall or walls of the
cylinder or cylinders of an engine or motor as described in the preceding claim, in
connection with suitable valves for regulating the inlet of oil or hydro carbon, and the
exit of the vapor therefrom, substantially as herein described and set forth.
Third. In an engine or motor as before referred to, the application of an inter-
mediate vaporizing chamber in combination with suitable apparatus for procuring
admixture and ignition, of the resulting vapor for producing motive power, substan-
tially as herein described.
Fourth. The application of an intermediate space between the wall or walls of the
cylinder or cylinders of an engine or motor other than a gas or petroleum engine or
motor, as a vaporizing chamber for producing vapor from oil or hydro carbon for
any purpose to which the same may be applied, substantially as herein described.
Dated this 18th day of August 18SS.
FREDK. WALKER & HYDE,
4, Little Moorfields, London, E.C.,
Agents for Applicant.