Improvements in Making Gas and a Compound therefor.
Year: 1892

page_text: Date of Application, 24th Sept., 1892
Complete Specification Left. 29th May, 1893-Accepted, 8th July, 1893
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Making Gas and a Compound therefor.
We, HAROLD COLLET of 7 Coleridge Road, Finsbury Park, Middlesex,
Engineer, and MOSKA MERICHENSKI of 1 Bruce Castle Road, Tottenham,
Middlesex, Engineer do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
Our invention relates to the making of illuminating or explosive gas by passing
air through a suitable machine or apparatus in which it absorbs or takes up vapours
furnished by a hydrocarbon oil or compound contained in such apparatus. Coal
gas may be used instead of air, or a mixture of coal gas and air.
According to our invention we employ a special hydrocarbon compound which is
made by dissolving cocoa nut oil in gasoline, the proportions we have found best
being one pound and a half of cocoa nut oil to one gallon of gasoline.
This compound can be used with special advantage in the carburettor or gas-
making apparatus which the applicants have described in a separate application for
a Patent, but it can be used with advantage in any carburetting machine in which
gasoline is employed as the carburetting agent.
The resultant gas has high illuminating power and also when mixed with a
proper proportion of air or oxygen presents great advantages for explosive use in
gas engines.
Dated this 24th day of September 1892.
HAROLD COLLET.
MOSKA MERICHENSKI.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Making Gas and a Compound therefor.
We, HAROLD COLLET, of 7 Coleridge Road, Finsbury Park, Middlesex,
Engineer, and MOSKA MERICHENSKI, of Bruce Castle Road, Tottenham,
Middlesex, 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 :—
Our invention relates to the making of illuminating or explosive gas by passing
air through a suitable machine or apparatus in which it absorbs or mingles with
vapours furnished by a hydrocarbon contained in such apparatus. Coal gas may
be used instead of air or a mixture of coal gas and air, or the gas commonly
known as "water gas.'
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According to our invention we employ a special compound consisting of cocoa-
nut oil and gasoline. The cocoa-nut oil may be in either of the forms known
commercially as cocoanut oil or cocoa nut fat, as they are all practically the same
in effect. The cocoa-nut oil is dissolved in the gasoline which is a volatile liquid
product commonly obtained from the distillation of petroleum and having a specific
gravity not exceeding 0-7.
The proportious of the mixture of the vegetable oil with the hydrocarbon oil
we have found best are ;-say one pound and a half of cocoanut oil to one gallon of
gasoline; but these proportions need not necessarily be strictly followed as they
may vary to some extent according to the quality and density of the gasoline
employed.
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This compound may be used for carburetting atmospheric air, and also for
enriching coal gas, water gas
or any other gas the combustible or illuminating
capacity of which it is desired to increase.

page_text: It is especially intended for use in producing combustible gas for gas engines
and is more particularly intended to be used in the carburettor for which
Letters Patent of Great Britain have been granted to both of us dated April 11th 1892
No. 6909.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. A compound produced by combining cocoanut oil with gasoline, substantially
as and for the purpose set forth.
2. The use of the herein before described compound as and for the purposes
hereinbefore mentioned.
3. The manufacture of gas for illuminating or explosive use from cocoanut oil
and gasoline substantially as hereinbefore described.
4. A gas enriched with the vapour or products of volatilization of cocoanut oil
and gasoline used in conjunction substantially as described.
Dated the 29th day of May 1893.
WM. BROOKES & SON,
55 & 56, Chancery Lane, London, Agents for the Applicants.