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UNITED
STATES
PATENT OFFICE
BENJAMIN F. WILLIAMS, OF QUANAH, TEXAS.
ACETYLENE-GAS GENERATOR.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 659,273, dated October 9, 1900.
Application filed April 26, 1898, Serial No. 678,886. (No model.)To all whom, it may concern:
Be it known that I, BENJAMIN F. WILLIAMS,
a citizen of the United States, residing at
Quanah, in the county of Hardeman and State
5 of Texas, have invented a new and useful
Acetylene-Gas Generator, of which the fol-
lowing is'a specification..
My invention relates to the manufacture-
of acetylene gas, one object of the invention
io being to provide an apparatus by means of
which the generation of the gas is automatic-
ally proportioned to the consumption, so that
the objectionable feature of storing the gas
under pressure is removed and the device
t5 rendered especially suitable for use in,dwell-
ing-houses and like places.
A further object of my invention is to sup-
ply an apparatus of the class described with
means for preventing the accumulation of
20 gas in the generator at too high a degree of
pressure.
With these objects in view my invention
consists in an automatically-regulated gen-
erating apparatus.for acetylene gas, compris-
25 ing a suitable generator within which is piv-
otally mounted a cylindrical cage to contain
the carbid, a gasometer to receive the gas
from the generator, a water-tank coimmuni-
cating with the generator above the carbid
30 and provided with means for properly dis-
tributing the water over the carbid, means
for automatically and periodically rotating
the carbid-cage, and means connected with
the generator for relieving the pressure of
35 the gas therein when.a given degree of pres-
sure is reached.
My invention further consists in the im-
proved construction, arrangement, and com-
bination of parts hereinafter fully described
4o and afterward specifically pointed out in the
appended claims.
In order to enable others skilled in the art
to which my invention most nearly appertains
to make and use the same, I will now proceed
45 to describe its construction and operation,
reference being had to the accompanying
drawings, forming part of this specification,
in which-
Figure 1 is a view in elevation, illustrating
50 a complete plant or apparatus for generating
acetylene gas constructed in accordance with
my invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical sectionalview of the same, the lever for rotating the:
carbid-cage being omitted. Fig. 3 is a detail
sectional view on the vertical broken line 3 3 55
of Fig. 2 looking in the direction of the ar-
row. Fig. 4 is a detail sectional view of the
sight-feed in the water-supply pipe, the top
of the generator, and the water-distributing
cone. Fig. 5 is a detail sectional view on the 6o
line 5 5 of Fig. 2 looking downward. Fig.
6 is a sectional view through the device for
relieving extra pressure in the generator.
Like numerals of reference mark the same
parts wherever they occur in the various fig- 65
ures of the drawings.
Referring to the drawings by numerals, 10
indicates one end, and 11 the other end, of the
generator, which consists of an elliptical-
shaped body mounted with its longer axis 70
vertical upon suitable legs 12, the main body
13 of the generator consisting of sheet metal
properly riveted or otherwise secured to the
heads or ends.
'Upon the top of the generator and surround- 75
ing the opening therein is riveted a malle-
able-iron frame or plate 14, to which are piv-
oted bolts 15, which, engaging in notches 16
of the lid 17, are provided with thumh-nuts
18 to bear upon the upper face of the lid and 8o
firmly clamp it gas-tight in position.
The generator is supplied with suitable
manholes 19, by means of which it may be
cleaned out when necessary, and a circular
opening 20, through which the.,wire cylinder 85
or cage 21 is entered, said opening being
closed by a cap 22, provided with a socket-
bearing 23 to receive a shaft 24, which has its
opposite end bearing in the head 10 of the
generator and carries one or more wheels 25, 90
which support the wire cage. The cage is
provided with an opening to receive the car-
bid, closed by a hinged door 26.
27 is a vertical pipe which passes through an
opening in the lid 17 and carries at its lower 95
end within the generator a cone 28 for properly
spreading or distributing the water passed
into the generator through said pipe. The
continuation vertically of the pipe 27 outside
of the generator is of glass to provide a sight- i oo
feed 29 to indicate when water is passing into
the generator, the amount of water permitted
to pass into the generator being regulated by
a valve 30. A short horizontal pipe 31 is
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Williams, Benjamin F. Acetylene Gas Generator, patent, April 26, 1898; Washington D.C.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth512673/m1/3/: accessed July 1, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.