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UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE.
JULES H. HIRT, OF EL, PASO, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR, BY MESNE ASSIGNMENTS, TO ALLIS-
CI ALMERS COMPANY, OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN, A CORPORATION OF NEW
JERSEY.
GAS-PRODUCEE.,(64,906,
Specificatio of Letters Patent.
Patented June 17, 1913.
Application filed February 14, 1910. Serial No. 543,725.
To all whoa it may concern:
Be it known that I, JULES H. HiiT, a
citizen of the United States, residing at El.
Paso, in the county of El Paso and State of
5 Texas, have invented a certain new and use-
ful Improvement in Gas-Producers, of which
the following is a specification.
This invention relates to improvements in
apparatus for making producer gas. .
10 The object of the invention is to provide
a producer for making gas from the com-
bustion of a continuous stream of gas-form-
ing combustible material mixed with air and
the subsequent combination of gases formed
15 by the decomposition of steam or other
moisture and recomposition of the resulting
gases with the gases evolved by the said
combustion.
Another object of the invention is to so
20 construct the producer that the producer gas
made therein will be high in percentage of
carbon monoxid and methane or marsh gas,
and low in percentage of carbon dioxide.
The accompanying drawing illustrates
25 two embodiments of the invention and from
a study of the same as described in the
specification, a clear conception of the in-
vention may be had.
In the drawing,-Figure 1 is a central
30 vertical section of one form of gas producer ;
Fig. 2 is a section of the producer shown in
Fig 1 taken on line 2-2 of said figure;
Fig. 3 is a central vertical section of a modi-
fied form of gas producer; and 'Fig. 4 is a
35 transverse section of the producer of Fig. 3
taken on the line 4-4 of that figure.
Referring to the producer shown in Figs.
1 and 2 of the drawing, the outer shell 1 is
preferably circular and is so mounted as to
40. open up at the bottom into a water seal
10. A chamber 3 is formed in the lower
part of the shell 1 and opens at the bottom
into the water seal 10 and near the top into
the off-take pipe 4. The chamber 3 is of
45 reduced diameter at the top and there com-
municates with the lower end of hollow
column 2 which extends upwardly within
the shell 1 to a point near the top of the
hollow interior portion of the shell 1. This
50 hollow interior portion of the shell 1 is
forMed into two chambers 6, 5, by an an-
nular ledge 71 projecting inwardly from the
shell 1. The chambers 6,5, are annular in
form.by reason of the location of the hollow
55 columns 2 within the shell 1. An' annularcommunicating passage 7 is.formed between
the ledge 71 and the outside of column 2
and constitutes a centrally disposed passage
through which said column extends. A
tangentially disposed inlet 11 for gas-form- 60
ing combustible material mixed with air is
formed in the shell 1 near. the bottom of
chamber 5. Other tangentially disposed
valve controlled inlets 12 are passed through
the shell 1 near the top of chamber 5. 65
Radial slag. ports 9 piece the lower end' of
column 2 from the bottom of chamber 5.
Poke holes 91 pierce the shell 1 so as to
register with the slag ports 9. These poke
holes 91 will normally be closed by any 70
convenient means not shown. The floor 8
of chamber 5 is slightly inclined with its
lowest, parts adjacent slag ports 9.
Referring to the producer shown in Figs.
3 and .4 of the drawing, the' shell 110 is 75
closed at the bottom instead of opening into
a water seal, and the lower chamber therein
is omitted. The column 21 is in this case
solid and extends centrally up from the bot-
tom of the shell 110.'.The shell 110 is di- 80
vided interiorly into two chambers 31, 171,
by an annular ledge 711 projecting inwardly
from the shell 110. A column 21 extends
upwardly to a point adjacent central open
ing 01 in the annular ledge 711. 'The upper 85
chamber 171 opens into off-take pipe 81
at the top., A tangentially disposed valved
inlet 41 pierces shell 110 near the bottom
of chamber 31. Other tangentially disposed
inlets 51 pierce the shell 110 near the top of 90
chamber 31. A slag port 91 through shell
110 communicates with chamber 31 at the
bottom thereof. A poke hole 911 also
pierces shell 110 adjacent slag port 91.
Operation: 'Referring to the producer 95
shown in Figs. 1 and 2 of the drawing, finely
divided.gas-forming combustible material is
introduced under pressure through the inlet
11 into combustion chamber 5, sufficient air
to produce complete combustion being sup- 100
plied until a high temperature is attained in
the said chamber. The volume of air ad-
mitted is then decreased in such degree that
carbon dioxid ceases to be produced and the
resultant gas is carbon monoxid at the tem- 105
perature of incandescence. The highest
temperature is attained in the upper part of
the combustion chamber 5 and the gases and
material swirl about column 2 within said
chamber, and the resultant gas or gases pass 110
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Hirt, Jules H. Gas Producer, patent, June 17, 1913; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth853602/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.