Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 18th Oct., 1897
Complete Specification Left, 18th July, 1898-Accepted, 15th Oct., 1898
Fig. II. represents the whole, and
Fig. VI. the horizontal section of seven cylinders (the number and size according
to the importance of the apparatus) which are contened in a larger one A, all of them
being closed at the buttom, and open at the top and united between them,in such a
way that the remaining segments form intervening tubes of a, somewhat triangular
shape. Into the cylinders is to be put the carbide which is done at once by means of
a funnel Fig. V. or by introducing in each cylinder a capsule as. represented by
Fig. X. already filled with carbide, as it will be said further on.
This receipient A so charged will be introduced into the gasogene, (also of a
cylindrical shape) as it is represented Fig. I. D Fig. VIII B and C.
The cover of the gasogene closes hermetically also the receipient A. and each one of
the seven contained cylinders. Indiaruber will guarantee the perfect closing.
Water under the pression of a tank at constant level, goes into the gasogene by
its lower parte, and passing under the receipient A (which is a little high on four-feet)
enter in it by a hole corresponding to the bottom of the cylinder (1°) and. goes
contact with the carbide. The produced gas goes out from this cylinder by a hole
in

page_text: near to the top of the same cylinder, and communicating with next cylinder (2°) and
by similar holes passing through the other cylinders, making its way as in dotted
in Figs. II and VI., untill from cylinder (7°) passes, by a hole through receipient A,
into the gasogene.
When the carbide is exhausted into the cylinder (1°) water, compelled by the
pression of the tank, rises in it and finding a way through an other hole (lower than
the other from which gas passes away) fall down into the triangular-shaped tube (8)
from which by an opening near to the bottom of cylinder (20) goes into this and
begins again to produce gas. Also hier when carbide is exhiusted the water rises,
and goes down in the triangular tube (s) from which enter cylinder (3°) and so forth
until cylinder (7°) and last one,
This particular construction of the receipient. A makes that carbide goes in contact
with water by small quantity at a time, compared with the greatness of the apparatus:
and besides that, water rising always from the lowest parte, can be repulsed as soon as
the production of gas surpasses the quantity wanted for the immediate consume, so
that the production is stopped. Gas being produced by successive small quantities
goes at the same speed with its consumption, without jirking: the pression of the
gas, and the pression of the tank being always hallanced into the cylinders.
This particular disposition makes unnecessary the gasometer, to which is substi-
tuted a much smaller receipient, which will be called passing chamber. This is
intended to contain only the quantity of gas wanted to supply the burners during
the very short time, in which a same quantity of gas can be riproduced. In conse-
quence of that, if the supply of water is suspended some minutes before one turns
out the flames, the apparatus will remain empty of gas.
The inventor withholds to himself to give to the passing climber, at his conve-
nience, the shape of the classical hell floating, as it is used for the ordinary gasometer,
reduced to a proportional smaller size; or the shape of a box full of water, which is
expelled by the gas, and coms again when gas deminishes: or in the shape of a
tubular tank as it will be explained further on.
This system of gasogeue with this particular form of the receipient. A can be applyed
to any kind of apparatuses now existing for the production and use of acetylene gas,
with the effect of supplying a much larger number of burners, and render the same
apparatus realy automatio."
Fig. 1. represents a very handy apparatus with passing chamber B in a bell floating
shape. The tank C is calculated to contain so much water sufficient to supply the
gasogene without any sensible change of level during a determinated number of
hours, usualy 10 or 12: so that it maintains a constant pression into the gasogene.
This tank C is fixed upon four legs between which is placed the gasogenic D. This
gasogene is upon a waggonette with wheels. A flexible steel pipe (a) brings down
the water from the tank to the lowest side of the gasogene, and another flexible steel
pipe (b) will bring the gas from the highest side of the gasogene to the passing-
chamber B, from which pipe (1) takes it to the burners.
These two flexible pipes are long enough to allow the waggonette to slide out from
under the tank and each communicates with the gasogene by means of a tap, the
spile of which closes it when the waggonett is drawn forward, and opens it when
drawn backward under the tank. That closing and opening takes place, because the
spiles find two opposed obstacles placed between the legs sustaining the bank.
A third tap on the back and lower part of the gasogene is for emptying the gasogene
itself (before being charged again) from the water, into the vessel S. This tap opens
and closes automaticaly as the others two, but in an opposit order: namely, it opens
when waggonette is dmwa forwards and closes when drawn backwards. The vessel S,
which is not moved by the waggonette, can be taken out at will.
So that, when one will recharge of carbide the gasogene, one has only to draw for-
wards the waggonette until the gasogene is out from under the tank and draw it
backwards as soon as repleced the exhausted receipient. A by another.
In so doing all the taps automatically close and open at the proper time without
any necessary attention.

page_text: The tap of the pipe () which gives admission to the water into the gasogene, can
be closed also by hand, but only when the gasogene is under the tank. By closing
it some minutes before turn out the flames the apparatus will remain empty
of gas.
It is not necessary to add that two gasogenes of this kind can be applyed to this
apparatus, which can work one after the other.
This apparatus, which also for a large number of burners takes a very small place,
can be closed entirely by a wire-netting, or in any other way. It is to be noted that
the flexible pipes (a) and (b), which in the drawing are represented as outside the legs
sustaining the tank in order to give an easier intelligence of them, would be placed
inside the legs and in the back of the gasogene for the largest apparatuses for which
would be useful two independant gasagenes, working automaticaly by turn, and giving
in the same time signals of their working, is to be used what we will call the hydraulic-
ballance, Figs. VII. VIII. and IX. It is formed by two spherical empty receipients M
and N (they can also have a different shape). Each one of these is fixed to the top
of two pipes (g g²) and (k k²) which are fixed to the cones of two taps (y) and (y²)
screwed to the gasogenes B and C. Each one of these two taps have three channels.
One (a) going throughout the length of the cone. By this channel gas passes from
the gasogene through the pipe (y) or () to the ball M or N, and through the other
pipe () or (2) goes down to the opposit tap, from which through the second
channel (b) goes to the proper branch of the twin pipe G, which brings it to the.
passing chamber. A third channel at last (c) which crosses perpendicularly the cone,
from the proper branch of another twin pipe H, gives passage to the water from a
tank to the lowest parte of the gasogene.
The hydraulic-ballance M, N volving round its axes formed by the cones of the
taps (y) and (y) opens and closes the said channels in this order. When it is in an
oblique position with ball M higher than ball N Fig. IX. the water-way, that means
channel (c) is closed into the tap (2) and open into the tap (y). In consequence of
that, gasogene B receiving water is working. Gas goes up to the ball M, and
down to the tap (y²), and through channel (b) which is open and the proper branch
of the twin-pipe G to the passing chamber.
As soon as carbide is exhausted into the gasogene B water rises in it and takes
the same way, that was followed before by the gas; and filling the ball M, makes
it heavier than ball N and causes the hydraulic-ballance to take a contrary oblique
position with N higher than M. Of course this change closes the channel (c) in
tap (y) and open the same into tap (y²) so that water goes to the gasogene C, which
begins to work. Gas passes through channel (a) of tap (y²) into ball N, and from
this down through pipe (2) to tap (y) in which finds open channel (b) and goes by
the proper branch of the twin pipe G to the passing chamber.
During the working of gasogene C, one can recharge gasogene B. The cover of
the gasogene turns on an hinge, and when raised, by means of the tail (9) presses
upon a little iron bar, which opens tap (c) from which pours out the water filling
the exhausted gasogene. After that the receipient A exhausted has been substi-
tuted by an other, in closing the cover of the gasogene the tap (x) is at the same
time closed automatically by the rising of the tail (q).
After that it wants only emptying ball M, by pressing push-tap (t) in order that
gasogene B he ready to work automaticaly again as soon as gasogene C stops. And
it happens in the same way described before, namely: when the carbide of gaso-
gene C is consumed, water rises in it and goes to fill ball N which causes the
hydraulic-ballance to take again the preceding oblique position so that water ceases
to go into gasogene C and begins to enter into gasogene B.
During the new working of B, C can be recharged, and so on.
A spring, moveable at will, prevents the hydraulic-ballance from taking by it-self
the vertical position.
If each ball in falling down does press the bottom of a bell, one will have also an
acustic signal.

page_text: The hydraulic-ballance can also be used to move separated taps for water and gns,
which would take the places of the channels (b) and (c) of the taps (7) and (y²).
For the apparatuses which are to be moved when working in order to avoid that
water tosses into the tank, what would hinder its good working, the tank will be
made in the shape of a pipe; in which for the narrow size, water cannot move.
Preserving all the applications possible of this principle, the inventor produces only
one of them intended for lighting railway carriages, tramways, yachts, atc.
This apparatus is composed of a tank or receipient of a tubular shape Fig. III,
which is calculated to contain sufficient. water to aliment the gasogene G without
any sensible change of level during a determinated number of hours. Pipe () brings
the gas from gusogene G to the passing-chamber (c) and pipe (b) takes gas to a
flexible pipe (4) which communicates with the burner-pipe.
For this kind of apparatuses in order to reduce as much as possible the size of
nny parte of the same in which enters water, instead of receipient A Fig. Il. is to
be used the other Fig. IV. in which exterior tubes take the place of the internal
triangular shaped tubes of the Fig. II.
To empty this apparatus from air it will be sufficient to open a little the tap (S)
to introduce some water into the gasogene G, so that a small quantity of gas is
formed, which will expel the air through the flexible pipe (d) kept open a moment
for this purpose.
In order that any apparatus works in good condition, it is necessary that the
carbide be broken in equal pieces so that water wets them all in the same way.
That breaking is more easily done in a special manufacture than by particulars.
The capsule Fig. X, can be sent already charge of carbide to the consumers into
box hermetically closed. It is made of wire-netting and have a kind of internal
tube of the same material by which also water gets in contact with the carbide.
These capsules are to be introduced into the cylinders of the receipient A Fig. I
or into the cylinders of Fig. IV. It is unuseful to add that the capsules can be
recharged when used.
Dated 18th October 1807
POMPEO
GUADAGUINI,
Commonly known as W. JOHNSON.
Improvements on Apparatuses for the Production and Use of
Acetylene or other Gases.
DR. POMPEO GUADAGUINI, 5, Swallow Street, Piccadilly, W., before 18a, London
Street, E.C., 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:-
It consists in improvements on apparatuses for production and use of acetylene gns
(and any other gas produced in a similar way) improvements, which have for
objects―
1°. That the apparatuses shall not produce a greater quantity of gas than will be
actualy required by immediate consumption so that the apparatuses will result in
fact really
2º. Automatic: and also that
3°. No gasoneter be wanted which is always dangerous and useless for the acetylene
gas so soon produced as carbide goes in contact with water.
4°. That specially the apparatuses for family use are made in a way that no mistake
or forgetfulness is possible in rendering them dangerous.

page_text: DESCRIPTIONS.
For the drawings I refer to those left with my Provisional Specification.
Fig. II. represents the whole, and Fig. VI. the horizontal section of seven cylinders
(the number and size according to the importance of the apparatus) which are con-
tained in a larger one A all of them being closed at the botton and open at the top:
and united between them in such a way that the remaining segments form inter-
vening tubes of a somewhat triangular shape.
Into the cylinders is to be put the carbide which is done at once by means of a
funuel Fig. V. or by introducing in eich cylinder a capsule as represented by Fig. X.
already filled with carbide as will be explained further on.
This receipient A so charged will be introduced into the gasogene (also of a
cylindrical shape) as is represented Fig. I. D. Fig. VIII. B and C.
The cover of the gasogene closes hermetically also the recipient A and each one of
the seven contained cylinders. Indiarubber will guarantee the perfect closing.
Water under the pression of a tank at constant level, goes into the gasogene by its
lower part, and passing under the receipient A (which is a little high on four feet)
enters in it by a hole corresponding to the bottom of the cylinder (1º) and goes in
contact with the carbide. The produced gas goes out from this cylinder by a hole
near to the top of the same cylinder, and communicating with next cylinder (2°) and
by similar holes passing through the other cylinders, making its way as is dotted in
Fig. II and VI, untill from cylinder (7°) passes, by a hole through receipient. A, into
the gasogene.
When the carbide is exhausted into the cylinder (1°), water, compelled by the
pression of the tank, rises in it and finding a way through another hole (lower than
the other from which gas passes away) falls down into the triangular-shaped tube (8),
from which by an opening near to the bottom of cylinder (20) goes into this and
begins again to produce gas. Also here when carbide is exhausted the water rises,
and goes down in the triangular tube (82) from which it enters cylinder (3°) and so
forth until entering cylinder (7°) and last one.
This particular construction of the receipient A makes that carbide go in contact
with water in small quantity at a time, compared with the greatness of the apparatus:
and besides that, water rising always from the lowest part, can be repulsed as soon as
the production of gas surpasses the quantity wanted for the immediate consumption,
so that the production is stopped. Gas being produced by successive small quantities
goes at the same speed with its consumption, without jirking: the pression of the
gas, and the pression of the tank being always balanced into the cylinders.
This particular disposition makes unnecessary the gasometer, to which is substi-
tuted a much smaller receipient, which will be called passing-chamber. This is
intended to contain only the quantity of gas wanted to supply the burners during
the very short time, in which the same quantity of gas can be reproduced.
In consequence of this, if the supply of water is suspended some minutes before one
turns out the flames, the apparatus will remain empty of gas.
The inventor reserves to himself the right to give to the passing-chamber, at his
convenience, the shape of the classical bell-floating, as it is used for the ordinary
gasometer, reduced to a proportional smaller size: or the shape of a box full of water,
which is expelled by the gas, and comes again when gas deminishes: or in the shape
of a tubular tank as it will be explained further on.
This system of gasogene with this particular form of the receipient A can be

page_text: applied to any kind of apparatuses now existing for the production and use of acetylene
gus, with the effect of supplying a much larger number of burners, and rendering
the same apparatus really automatic.
Fig. 1. represents a very handy apparatus with passing-chamber B in a bell-
floating shape. The tank C is calculated to contain so much water sufficient to supply
the gasogene without any sensible change of level during a determined number of
hours, usualy 10 or 12: so that it maintains a constant pression into the gasogene.
This tank C is fixed upon four legs between which is placed the gasogene D.
This gasogene is upon a waggonette with wheels. A flexible steel pipe (a) brings
down the water from the tank to the lowest side of the gasogene, and another flexible
steel pipe(b) will bring the gas from the highest, side of the gasogene to the passing-
chamber B from which pipe (ſ) takes it to the burners.
These two flexible pipes are long enough to allow the waggonette to slide out from
under the tank and each communicates with the gasogene by means of a tap, the
plug of which closes it when the waggonette is drawn forward, and opens it when
drawn backward under the tank. That closing and opening takes place because the
plugs find two opposed obstacles placed between the legs sustaining the tank.
A third tap on the back and lower part of the gasogene is for emptying the gaso-
gene itself (before being charged again) from the water, into the vessel S. This inp
opens and closes automaticaly as the other two, but in an opposite order: namely, it
opens when the waggonette is drawn forward and closes when drawn backward.
The vessel S, which is not moved by the waggonette, can be taken out at will.
So that, when one would recharge the gasogene with carbide, one has only to
draw forward the waggonette until the gasogene is out from under the tank;
and draw it backward as soon as the exhausted receipient. A is replaced by
another.
In so doing all the taps automatically close and open at the proper time without
any necessary attention,
The tap of the pipe («) which admits the water into the gasogene, can be closed
also by hand, but only when the gasogene is under the tank. By closing it some
minutes before turning out the flames the apparatus will remain empty of
gas.
It is not necessary to add that two gasogenes of this kind can be applied to this
apparatus, which can work one after the other.
This apparatus, which also for a large number of burners takes a very small place,
can be closed entirely by a wire-netting, or in any other way. It is to be noted that
the flexible pipes (a) and (b) which in the drawing are represented as outside the legs
sustaining the tank in order to give an ensier comprehension of them, can be placed
inside the legs and in the back of the gasogene.
For the largest apparatuses (for which would be useful two independent gasogenes,
working automatically by turu, and giving in the same time signals of their working)
is to be used what we will call the hydraulic-balance Fig. VII, VII and IX. It is
formed by two spherical empty receipients M and N (they can also have a different
shape). Each one of these is fixed to the tap of two pipes (y g) and (k) which are
fixed to the cones of two taps (7) and (y²) screwed to the gasogenes B and C. Ench
of these two taps has three channels: "One (a) going throughout the length of the
By this channel gas passes from the gasogenes through the pipe (9) or (B)
to the ball M or N, and through the other pipe (g) or (2) goes down to the
opposite tap, from which through the second channel (6) goes to the proper branch
of the twin pipe G, which brings it to the passing chamber. A third channel at
last (c) which crosses perpendicularly the cone, from the proper branch of another
twin pipe H, gives passage to the water from a tank to the lowest part of the
gasogene.
cone.
The hydraulic-balance M, N revolving round its axes formed by the cones of the
When it is in an
taps (y) and (y) opens and closes the said channels in this order.
oblique position with ball M, higher than ball N Fig. IX. the water-way, that means
channel (c) is closed into the imp (y²) and opens into the tap (y). In consequence

page_text: of that, gasogene B receiving water is working. Gas goes up to the ball M, and
down to the tap (y) and through channel (b) which is open and the proper branch
of the twin-pipe G to the passing-chamber.
As soon as carbide is exhausted into the gasogene B water rises in it and
takes the saine course, that was followed before by the gas: and filling the
ball M, makes it heavier than ball N and causes the hydraulic-balance to take a
contrary oblique position with N higher than M. Of course this change closes
the channel (c) in tap (y) and opens the same into tap (y) so that water goes
to the gasogene C, which begins to work. Gas passes through channel (a) of
tap (y) into ball N, and from this down through pipe (k) to tap (y) in which finds
open channel (6) and goes by the proper branch of twin pipes G to the passing-
chamber.
During the working of gasogene C one can recharge gasogene B. The cover of
the gasogene turns on a hinge, and when raised, by means of the tail (7) presses upon
a little iron bar which opens tap (2) from which the water pours out filling the
exhausted gasogene. After that, the recipient A, exhausted has been substituted
by another; in closing the cover of the gasogene the tap (x) is at the same time
closed automatically by the rising of the tail (q).
After that it wants only emptying ball M, by pressing push-tap (t) in order that
gasogene B be ready to work automatically again as soon as gasogene C stops. And
it happens in the same way described before, namely: when the carbide of gasogene
Cis consumed, water rises in it and goes to fill ball N which causes the hydraulic-
balance to take again the preceding oblique position so that water ceases to go into
gasogene and begins to enter into gasogene B.
During the new working of B, C can be recharged, and so on.
A spring, moveable at will prevents the hydraulic-balance from taking by itself the
vertical position.
If each ball in falling down does press the button of a bell, one will have also an
acoustic signal.
The hydraulic-balance can also be used to move seporeted taps for water and gas
which would take the place of the channels (b) and (c) of the taps () and (y²).
For the apparatuses which are to be moved when working in order to avoid water
tossing into the tank, which would hinder its good working, the tank will be made
in the shape of a pipe; in which from its narrow size water cannot move. Preserving
all the applications possible of this principle, the inventor produces only one of them
intended for lighting railway carriages, tramways, yachts etc.
This apparatus is composed of a tank or recipient of a tubular shape Fig. III.
which is calculated to contain sufficient water to feed the gasogene G without any
sensible change of level during a determined number of hours. Pipe (e) brings the
gas from gasogene G to the passing-chamber (c) and pipe (6) takes gas to a flexible
pipe (d) which communicates with the burner-pipe.
For this kind of apparatuses in order to reduce as much as possible the size of any
part of the same in which water enters, instead of receipient A Fig. II, the other
Fig. IV is to be used in which exterior tubes take the place of the internal triangular
shaped tubes of the Fig. II.
To empty this apparatus from air it will be sufficient to open the tap a little (f) to
introduce some water into the gasogene G, so that a small quantity of gas is
formed, which will expel the air through the flexible pipe (d) kept open a moment
for this purpose.
In order that any apparatus works in good condition it is necessary that the carbide
be broken in equal pieces so that water wets, them all in the same way. That
breaking is more easily done in a special manufacture. The capsule Fig. X. can be
sent already charged with carbide to the consumers in box hermetically closed. It is
made of wire-netting and has a kind of internal tube of the same material. It is
internaly separated by several shelves made of tin. This capsule opens at the side
longitudinally, so that when open and laid down horizontally the different
compartements made by the shelves can be filled at once with broken carbide. These

page_text: capsules are to be introduced into the cylinders of the receipient A Fig. II, or into
the cylinders of Fig. IV. It is unnecessary to add that the capsules can be
recharged when used.
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 :-
10. A special receipient composed of different tubes, to the offect. to restrict the
quantity of carbide wetted by the water at a single moment, and regulate the
production of gas according to the consumption of the same; as described and
illustrated.
2º. An apparatus so constructed that by the simple moving forwards and backwards
of the gusogene, automaticaly closes and opens at the requested time all the taps of
the same gasogene as described and illustrated.
3. A special apparatus to which I give the name of hydraulic-balance as described
and illustrated, to the effect to put in action, or out of action automaticnly two or
more gasogenes and giving at the same time signal of their working.
49. For the apparatuses destined to be moved when they are working the receipients
destined to containe water are of a tubular shepe in order to avoid the jirking of the
flames, produced by the tossing of the same water.
n
5°. A special form of capsules to be send to the consumer in order to avoid the
desagreable manipulation of carbide, and assure its regular production of gas.
09. And all together the described illustrated improvements by which the
apparatuses are reduced to be really automatic, and absolutely safe; improvements
which cause the abolition of the gosometer and leave empty of gas the apparatus
during the unworking time.
T
1300
POMPEO GUADAGUINI,
Commonly known ns W'. Johson.