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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
HENRY BRYANT, OF ARANSAS PASS, TEXAS.
ACETYLENE-GAS GENERATOR.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 633,545, dated September 19, 1899.
Application filed September 10, 1898, Serial No, 690,693, (No model.To all whom it nmcy colcerm:
Be it known that I, HENRY BRYANT, a citi-
zen of the United States, residing at Aransas
Pass, in the county of San Patricio and State
5 of Texas, have invented a new and useful
Improvement in Acetylene - Gas - Generating
Apparatus, which is made and used substan-
tially as hereinafter set forth and as shown
in the accompanying drawings.
io This invention relates to acetylene -gas
generating and storing apparatus; and its ob-
ject is to provide a simple, compact, and eco-
nomical means for automatically generating
said gas.
15 The invention consists in the combination
of a generator of approved construction, a
water-supply tank, means connecting said
tank and generator, a gas-holder, an inde-
pendent gas-reservoir, and means for auto-
20 matically controlling the generation of the
gas by the action of the holder, alas herein-
after fully described, and illustrated in the
accompanying drawings, in which-
Figuie 1 is an elevation, partly in section,
25 showing my generating apparatus in its al-
most normal position. Fig. 2 is a sectional
elevation when the gas-holder is filled with
gas. Fig. 3 is a vertical section of the gen-
erator. Fig. 4 is a detail showing arrange-
30 ment of spring-fingers for lifting, and Fig. 5
shows a modification of the generator.
Referring to the accompanying drawings,
A designates the generator, which may be
square or of any other shape, constructed of
35 metal or any other suitable material and rest-
ing upon legs. The generator at its top is
provided with a central opening having a suit-
able closure A', and at or near the bottom
and to one side is also a suitable opening and
40 a door A' for closing the same, said door be-
ing securely hinged to the casing, a cotter-
bar and screw A3, together with a suitable
catch and packing means, being employed
for fastening the door in position and effect-
45 lug a gas-tight joint.
Midway the generator and supported upon
ledges secured to the walls of the generator
is located an open caibid-basket B, formed
of some reticulated material having a mesh
So sufficient to allow the passage of the hydrate
of lime and of a size to hold a suitable charge
of carbid. Above this basket, beneath thecentral opening and within the generator, is
located a spray-pipe B2, provided with open-
ings for directing a spray of water upon the 53
carbid contained within the basket. Beneath
the basket and resting upon the bottom of
the generator is located an ash-pan B' for the
reception of the hydrate of lime resulting from
the decomposition of the tarbid and water. 60
The basket B at its ends is provided with
hook-ears rn for lifting it. M' represents a
-a rock-shaft located within the generator, to
one side thereof, and journaled with packing
in the walls of the same, one end of said shaft 65
extending entirely through said generator-
casing to the outside. To each end of said
rock-shaft and within the generator are se-
cured spring-arms M, arranged so as to en-
gage with the hook-ears m. To the outer 70
end of the shaft, which extends entirely
through the casing, is secured a long lever
M2, the object of which, together with the
rock-shaft and spring-arms, is to agitate the
carbid-basket either by hand or automatic- 75
ally by means hereinafter described.
The letter 1I designates a gas-holder con-
sisting of an open-topped tank having lo-
cated centrally therein a closed high-pressure
gas-reservoir K,which,together with the tank, 8o
forms an annular chamber or seal for the bell
II'. As shown, the outer wall of the tank ex-
tends to some distance above the top of the
gas-reservoir, whereby said reservoir may be
practically surrounded by water and pro- 85
tected thereby, at the same time acting as a
wind-break for the rising-and-falling bell.
Said bell may be constructed to receive suit-
able weights, as shown
D designates a water-tank which is divided 90
into two compartments D' D2 by means of a
suitable transverse partition somewhat lower
than the walls of the tank To the said trans-
verse partition and within the compartment
D2 is secured a trip d. Secured to the tank 95
D by any suitable means is a water-supply
pipe C, leading downwardly and connected to
the spray-pipe B2. Said pipe C is provided
with a check-valve C2, constructed in a well-
known manner, so as to allow the water from ico
the tank D' to pass to the generator and pie-
vent the passage of gas in case the pressure
of the gas in the generator exceeds the hydro-
static pressure of the water in the pipe C.
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Bryant, Henry. Acetylene-Gas Generator., patent, September 19, 1899; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth510875/m1/4/: accessed June 20, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.