Gasoline Gas Apparatus or Carburettors.
Year: 1899

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Apr., 1899-Accepted, 10th June, 1899
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Gasoline Gas Apparatus or Carburettors.
A communication from abroad by HARRY BUTTONS CORNISII, of 413, Fourth
Avenue, Northeast, Minneapolis, Hennepin County, Minnesota, United
States of America, Manufacturer.
I, JOHN CORRY FELL, of the Firm of Fell and James, of 1, Queen Victoria
Street, in the City of London, Chartered Patent Agent, 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:-
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This invention relates to apparatus for charging or r carburetting air with
gasoline or other volatile fluid and forming a fixed gas and has for its object the
provision of apparatus which shall be extremely simple and cheap in construction,
positive and efficient in operation and in which all danger of leakage or explosion
is eliminated.
To these ends my invention consists in a suitable gasoline supply, a supply of
air under pressure, means where a stream of air under pressure is brought into
conjunction with gasoline, the air being confined and drawing into the air
currents or streams predetermined quantities of gasoline substantially surround-
ing such air streams or currents with gasoline at the point of introduction thereof
thereto and thereafter thoroughly admixing said air and gasoline and carburetting
said air, suitable means being provided for storing the resultant gas or vapor or
for drawing off the same as formed.
To these ends the invention consists further in various other features, com-
binations of parts and constructions, all hereinafter fully explained and par-
ticularly pointed out in the claims, and will be more readily understood by
reference to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification,
in which
Fig. 1 is a longitudinal sectional view of an apparatus embodying my invention.
Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the carburettor which I employ, and shows
the central air chamber, the air ducts leading therefrom and the gasoline ducts
leading into said respective air ducts.
Fig. 3 is a sectional plan view taken on the line X-X³ of Fig. 1, looking
in the direction of the arrow.
As shown in the drawings, I provide suitable gasoline tank 2, formed of sheet
metal or other suitable material. This gasoline tank may be of any desired
shape and constructed in any desired manner and is preferably about half filled
with gasoline and connected by a suitable pipe with a gasoline tank containing
the main gasoline supply. This latter tank is preferably provided at some
distance from the tank 2 and at such elevation with respect thereto as to be
calculated to keep the gasoline supply in the tank 2 normal.
Near the bottom of the tank 2 I support the carburettor 3, which as shown is
made up of the four sections in the form of a cross and joined together in the

page_text: center. The carburettor 3 has the central air chamber 4, from which a series of
air ducts 5 lead. Connected with these air ducts 5 are carburetting and con-
ducting pipes 6, there being one pipe for each duct 5. Gasoline ducts 7 lead
from the outer surface of the carburettor 3 to the air ducts 5, there being prefer-
ably two gasoline ducts, one on each side, to every air duct 5.
The central air chamber 4 of the carburettor is connected by a suitable pipe 8
with suitable means for providing air under pressure or with an air tank con-
taining compressed air. A service pipe 9 leads from the tank 2.
The operation of my apparatus is as follows:-A quantity of gasoline is pro-
vided in the tank 2. The gasoline entirely covers the carburettor 3. Air being
forced through the air pipe 8 into the central chamber 4 of the carburettor passes
through the same out through the respective air ducts 5. As the streams or
currents of air pass through the ducts 5 gasoline is drawn into the air streams
through the ducts 7 and as gasoline is thus furnished to the air streams on both
sides thereof the air currents are substantially surrounded by gasoline and the
thorough mixing and carburization of the air ensured as the air and gasoline
passes through the pipes 6. The resultant gas or vapor is drawn off through
the service pipe 9.
It is obvious that by this construction and by the rapid evaporation of the
gasoline and carburization of the air the temperature of the air and gasoline is
reduced below the freezing point and the vapor or gas thus formed though very
rich is a fixed vapor or gas and will not deteriorate by any change in the atmos-
pherical conditions, as heat will expand the same but will not separate the vapor
into its constituent parts and that if the gas or vapor is again cooled it will be
found in the same condition as when formed.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I claim is
1. In a gas apparatus, the combination, with means for holding or supplying
air under pressure, of means for holding a supply of gasoline or volatile Huid, a
carburettor having a central chamber, air ducts leading therefrom, ducts con-
nected with said gasoline supply and with said air ducts and adapted to sub-
stantially surround the stream or current of air in each of said air ducts with
gasoline at the point of juncture of said air and gasoline ducts, and means whereby
said air is thoroughly carburetted and carried to a supply chamber or pipe, sub-
stantially as described.
2. The combination, in a gas apparatus, of means for holding or supplying air
under pressure, means for holding a supply of gasoline or volatile fluid, a car-
burettor having a central chamber and provided with ducts 5 and 7, pipes 6
connected therewith and extending above the supply of gasoline, and a supply
pipe connected therewith, substantially as described.
3. The combination, with means for holding or supplying air under pressure,
of means for holding a supply of gasoline or volatile fluid, a carburettor suspended
within said gasoline holding means and completely submerged therein, said car-
burettor having a central air chamber, a pipe connecting the same with said air
supplying means, ducts 5 and 7 in said carburettor, pipes 6 connected with said
ducts 5 and extending above the gasoline in said gasoline holder, a service pipe,
and a supply pipe for said gasoline holder, substantially as described.
Dated this 24th day of Anvil 1800
FELL & JAMES,
Agents for the Applicant.