Year: 1887

page_text: шрготошелю щ аррагание
I, HARRY JACOB SEIBEL Junior of the City of Reading, in the County of Berks,
Pennsylvania, United States of America, Gentleman, 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:-
My invention relates to apparatus for enriching gas, and the object of the invention
is to provide at a slight cost an apparatus of the character mentioned, which shall be
simple in its construction, and thoroughly effective in its operation.
The invention consists in the features of construction, and combinations of parts
hereinafter fully described, and pointed out in the claims.
In the drawings, the single figure represents a vertical sectional view of my
improved apparatus.
A, represents a carbureting chamber, which is designed to be partially filled with
sticks of napthaline. This chamber is preferably constructed of sheet metal, and may
be of any desired or suitable form. The chamber A, is provided at its lower end with
an opening in which is fitted a plug B, having a vertical passage through it, and
interiorly threaded as at B¹, for attachment to the gas fixture or burner. The plug B,
is also interiorly threaded at its upper end as at B³.
D, represents a pipe which is threaded at its lower end, and engages the threads B³,
of the plug B, said pipe extending through the chamber A, and a considerable distance
above the same. The chamber A, is provided with a filling opening B³, which is
closed by a cap B*.
E, represents a casing secured upon the upper end of the carbureting chamber A,
and having communication therewith, said casing having a top or cap E*, provided
with an opening.
E³, represents the pipes, which connect the burners E³, with the casing E, and E³,
represents cocks for regulating the supply of gas to the burners.
F, designates a heating pipe, which has an enlarged upper end or head F¹. This
pipe F, fits over the pipe D, which extends well into the head of the said pipe F, and
extends through the casing E, a slight distance into the carbureting chamber, said
pipe F, being heated by the action of the flames G, on the pipe F¹, of the pipe F.

page_text: The operation of the invention is as follows:-
The carbureting chamber is charged with sticks of napthaline or other form of
hydrocarbon. The gas passes up through the pipe D, out through the top of the same,
and descends between the pipe D, and heating pipe F, to the chamber A, impinging
upon the hydrocarbon in the reservoir, and has its current reversed, passing up
between the casing E, and pipe F, to the burners. In a short time the heat from the
flames G, heat the head F¹, of the pipe F, which increasing the volume of the gas
forces it more rapidly down upon the hydrocarbon, which is vaporized thereby, and
intermingling with the gas enriches the same, producing a bright and brilliant light,
the intensity of which is regulated by the stop cocks E, or by a cock on the main
line not shown.
It will be seen from the above description taken in connection with the accom-
panying drawings that my carbureter possesses superior advantages over other devices
of its class in point of simplicity, and cheapness, and at the same time that its
operation is thoroughly effective.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I claim is :-
.
1. In an apparatus for enriching gas, the combination with a carbureting chamber,
of a casing located on the upper end thereof, a heating pipe extending into the
carbureting chamber, and a pipe fitting in an opening in the carbureting chamber,
and extending up into the heating pipe, substantially as set forth.
2. The combination with a carbureting chamber, of a casing located on the upper
end thereof, and burners connected with said casing, a heating pipe having an enlarged
head, and passing through the casing into the carbureting chamber, and a pipe having
threads to engage a plug in the lower end of the carbureting chamber, said pipe
extending into the enlarged head of the heating pipe, as set forth.
3. The complete carbureting device substantially as specified.
Dated this 22nd day of February 1887.
W. P. THOMPSON & BOULT,
Agents.