US1323140A - Generator - Google Patents

Description

M. S. YEAGER.

GENERATOR.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 11. l-9l8.

Patented Nov. 25 19185.

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MATTI-IIAS S. YEAGER, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA, ASSIGNOR TO LIBERTY BURNER C0., CORPORATION OF .CALIFORNIA.

GENERATOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Nov. 25, 1919.

Application'flled September 11, 1918. SerialNo. 253,505.

for use in connection with hydro-carbonburners.

vide a liquid fuel generator construction that will efiiciently remove carbon deposits or foreign matter deposited therein during its operation.

A further object is to provide a generator construction which is provided with means for evenly distributing the hydrocarbons in thin films on its passage therethrough, thereby greatly promoting instantaneous vaporization.

A still further object is to provide a generator construction in which the pressure of the gases formed during its operation will control the supply of fuel delivered thereto.-

Other objects and advantages will appear from the following description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings forming a part of the specification, in which:

Figure 1 is an enlarged central vertical section through my improved generator.

Fig. 2 is a cross sectional view taken on line 2-2 of Fig. 1 looking in the direction indicated by the arrows thereon.

My improved generator is illustrated in a greatly enlarged form in the drawing so as to bring out more clearly the details of construction, the diameter of the casing or tube in general practice preferably not being of a greater diameter than one-half inch.

The generator 5 preferably consists of a cylindrical tube or casing 6 of any desired length to suit the configuration of the burner to which the generator is applied. On its discharge end it is provided with a plug 7 having a gas outlet orifice 8 therein, the inner surface 9 of the plug being coneshaped, as illustrated, so as to form a seat for the valve closure which will be more particularly described hereinafter. outer or control end of the generator is pro- The vided with a closure cap 10 which forms a part of the packing gland 11 of usual construction' Cap 10 is provided with a fuel inlet nipple '12 which is secured to one end of a fuel pipe line (not shown).

I Mounted within the generator casing is a cylindrical rod 13 having a reduced outer end 14 provided with a seat, and gas regulatingconical pin 15 adapted to partially enter the gas outlet Orifice 8 in the plug 7. The outer end of reduced portion 14 is V V 1 adapted tobear against the conical seat 9 A prime object of my invention is to pro of plug 7, and the pin 15 is for the purpose of regulating the area of the outlet orifice 8, and at the same time furnishing a means for cleaning the orifice during the operation of the burner.

The end of rod 13 opposite reduced portion 14 is also provided with a reduced portion 16 which passes through the packing gland 11 and forms a stem of the valve, the end of reduced portion 15 being provided with a hand wheel 17 so that the rod or valve closure may be rotated to open or close the gas outlet orifice 8.

' In order to provide a means for removing the carbon deposits formed by the combustion of the fuel passing into the generator, and at the same time to distribute the fuel in a thin film so that it may be instantly vaporized on its passage therethrough, I have provided a cylindrical sleeve 18 preferably formed of asbestos or other similar fire resisting materials. This asbestos sleeve is secured at its ends to the reduced portions 14 and 16 by means of wire wrappings 19 or other suitable securing means. By covering the rod 13 with an asbestos covering which closely fits the interior diameter of tube or casing 6, all deposits of carbon formed during the operation of the burner may be readily loosened from the interior peripheral surface of the casing on a rotation of the rod 13, the same after being loosened being blown out by the pressure of gas through outlet orifice 8 and completely consumed in the burner to which the tube or casing 6. The burner head is provided with a vertical apertured wall22 in which is mounted one end of the generator 5, while diametrically opposite is another apertured Wall 23 in whlch is mounted the I other end of the generator, a set screw 24 providing for a longitudinal adjustment of the burner to form th gas mixing chambcr 25. By means of this longitudinal adjustment of the generator I am enabled to form a perfect mixture of the gas and air before its entrance into the burner head.

It will be seen from the above description that I have provided a gas generator that will prove extremely eiiicient in connection with hydro-carbon burners, and that .all carbon deposits formed therein may be quickly loosened and blown from the generator without the necessity of dismantling the same.

It will be further noted that by utilizing the outer reduced end of rod 14 as a closure for the outlet orifice 8, instead of employ-' forts to remove the same.

there will be no danger of the pin sticking in the orifice and becoming broken in ef- The pin 15 also controls the area of the outlet orifice 8 so that the proper amount of gas can be minutely regulated.

hat I claim is:

Ina device of the class described, a cylindrical casing provided on one end thereof with a gas outlet orifice, and on its opposite end with a closure cap having a fuel inlet opening, a valve rod having an enlarged portion mounted within said casing, .a tube of fire resisting material surrounding said enlarged portion and contacting with the inner wall of said cylindrical casing, and means for securing the ends of said tube to the smaller portion of the valve rod, whereby the tube will be held firmly against either longitudinal or rotary movement on said stem. 7

In witness that I claim the foregoing I have hereunto subscribed my name this 9th day of August, 1918.

M. .s. YEAGER.

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