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21 and to the carbid-receptacle 2. The feeder
is operated by a lever 30, hereinafter ex-
plained.
Means are provided for collecting and stor-
y ing the gas as it is generated. A gas-bell 31
is mounted in a tank of water 32. The gas-
bell rises and falls in the tank 32. The gen-
erator 1 is provided with a funnel-shaped dis-
charge 33. The object of this particularly-
io described discharge is that there may be a
large escape for the gas to prevent explosions
if too much carbid should be fed to the water
in the generator 1. The discharge 33 con-
nects with. a large pipe 34, which conducts
15 the gas to the tank 32 and up within the bell
31 .and then down in the gasolene-tank 35.
The tank 35 is used to purify the gas and gaso-
lene, or some suitable liquid is placed in the
tank 35 to purify the gas by retaining therein
20 the incombustible matter that may be carried
by the gas. A smaller vessel 36 is placed
within the' tank 35 for the purpose of disinte-
grating the particles of gas as they come from
the generator, so that the gas will be thor-
25 oughly washed or purified. Horizontal par-
titions 37, of meshed wire, are placed in the
vessel 36, so that the gas must rise up through
the mesh of the wire and be broken into
small pieces or particles. The gas rises up
30 through the gasolene and passes up within
the bell 31. The tank 32 is provided with a
drain-cock '38. The gasolene vessel 36 is
filled by -means of a pipe 39, inserted in the
gas-bell. This pipe is closed by a cap 40
35 when not in use for filling the gasolene vessel.
A gage-pipe 41 is provided for determining
when the gasolene vessel is full or has suffi-
cient gasolene therein. This pipe is connect-
ed with the bottom of the vessel 35, and after
40 extending out of the lower part of the tank 32
is bent up, extended as high as the vessel 35,
and provided with a cap 42. The cap 42 is
left off while the vessel 35 is being filled, and
when the gasolene rises to the top of the pipe
45 41 this indicates that the vessel 35 is full.
The cap 42 can then be screwed on. The
gasolene may be drawn out of the vessel 35
by means of a cock 43, connected with the
pipe 41. The gas may be siphoned back into
5o the generator from the gas-bell by means of a
pipe 44, which projects above the water-line
in the gas-bell and leaves the gas-bell below
the bottom rim thereof and extends out of'
the tank 32 and connects with the pipe 34.
55 The pipe 44 is provided with a cut-off valve
45, which normally closes the pipe 44. If
the gas-bell is full of gas, the water in the
generator 1 may be drawn out and tne cock
or valve 45 opened. The gas in the bell will
6o pass back to the generator under these condi-
tions. The pipe 34 is provided with a pet-
cock 46 for drawing out any water that may
accumulate in the pipe 34. The gas-bell is
provided with a safety-valve or blow-off con-
65 sisting of a pipe 47, which projects far abovethe water-line in the gas-bell and extends out
of the tank 32. The gas-bell 31 carries a pipe
48, attached to the highest part of the inte-
rior thereof and telescopes over the pipe 47
and extends far below the water-line in the 70
gas-bell. If the gas-bell rises high enough to
draw the pipe 48 out of the water, gas will es-
cape down the pipe 47 until the pipe 48 again
goes down into the water. The gas may be
taken from the gas-bell by means of a pipe 75
49, which leaves the gas-bell below the bot-
tom thereof and leaves the tank 32 and ex-
tends up 'to the drier 50, from which it may
be carried away by the pipe 51. Another
safety-valve is provided, and this consists of 8o
a pipe 52, which is connected with the pipe
49 and extends near the bottom of tank 53 of
water.
The lever 30 is actuated by the fall of the
gas-bell 31. When the gas-bell descends, it 85
will pull on the lever 30 by reason of the chain
54, which is connected to the lever and to the
gas-bell. The lever 30 has a jointed arm 55,
which will break upward, but not downward,
When the gas-bell pulls on the lever 30, the. 90
lever draws plunger-rod 19 against the ten-
sion of the spring 26, and thus opens the cut-
off valve 18. When the bell ceases to pull
on the lever 30, the spring 19 will close the
valve 18. Whenever the gas-bell causes the 95
valve 18 to be opened, carbid will fall into the
water in generator 1 and gas will be generated
immediately, and the gas will cause the gas-
bell to rise, so that the spring 26 will close the
cut-off valve 18.' The lever 30 is jointed, so o
that if the gas-bell should come in contact
with the lever it would not break the lever.
The lever would simply break upward and
would resume its normal position, when the
bell should go down. 105
Having fully described my invention, what
I claim as new, and desire to secure by Let-
ters Patent, is-
1. A gas-machine provided with a gas-gen-
erator, a gas-bell, and suitable pipes connect- no
ing said generator and the bell; a carbid-
holder having a discharge into said generator,
a valve intercepting said discharge, a casing
projecting from said discharge, a horizontally-
acting plunger traversing said casing and car- i 5
rying said valve and projecting out of said
casing, means for sealing the passage of said
plunger through said casing, a spiral spring
mounted on said plunger and acting nor-
mally to close said valve, and a lever having 1c
a link connection with said phnger and ca-
pable of being actuated by said gas-bell to
open said valve.
2. A gas-machine having a gas-generator,
a gas-be'll, a pipe for conveying gas from said 125
generator within said gas-bell, a carbid-
holder having a discharge at the lower part
thereof into said generator, a valve consisting
of a blade intercepting said discharge, said
discharge having grooves for the edges of said 13p
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Little, Leander H. Acetylene Gas Generator, patent, September 25, 1906; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth513726/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.