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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE
JOHN OLEN COBB, OF WEST; TEXAS.GASOLENE-SEPARATOR.
Specification of Letters Patent.1,201,558.
Pfateidetl Oct. 1lt 1916.
Application filed May 19, 1916. Serial No. 98,654.
To alt whom it may concern:
Be it known that .I, JoHN OLEN COBB,
a citizen of the United States, residing at'
West, in the county of McLennan and State
j of Texas, have invented a new and useful
Gasolene-Separator, of which the following
is a specification.
The. present invention appertains gener-
ally to liquid separators, and aims to pro-
i0 vide a novel and improved yet simple and
inexpensive device for automatically sepa-
rating water or other liquid from gasolene
or other lighter liuid, the present device
being adapted especially for use upon auto-
io mobiles, although it can be used for many
other purposes,- for separating water from
the gasolene which is delivered to the car-
bureter.
With the foregoing and other objects in
20 view which will appear as the description
proceeds, the invention resides in the corm-
bination and arrangement of parts and.in
the details of. construction hereinafter de-
scribed and claimed, it being understood
26 that changes in the precise embodiment of
.the invention herein disclosed can be made
within the scope of what is claimed without
departing from the spirit of the invention.
The invention is illustrated in the accom-
80 panying drawing, wherein:-
Figure.1 is a vertical median section of
the device, portions being shown in eleva-
tion. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section taken on
the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.
s5,- The present separator embodies an up-
right casing 1, preferably of cylindrical
form, and having attached to is lower aind
upper ends the bottom and top plates 2
and 3, respectively. Attached to and de-
40 pending from the top plate 3 of the casing
1 is an inflow -pipe or. tube 4, preferably
arranged. adjacent one side vall of the cas-
ing, and said cover plate 3 has an. outlet 5
preferably opposite the inlet tube 4. The
40 inlet-'tube 4 terminates between the upper
and'lower ends of the casing 1, to deliver
the gasolene and water into the casing at
6 point sufficiently below the outlet 5 to
prevent the possibility of water passing
50 from the inlet to the outlet, even though
there is a relatively rapid flow of gasolene
through the casing from the inlet to the
outlet. Any water entering the casing with.
the gasoline will settle to the bottom, even
ii with a rapid feeding of the gasolene. The
casing I can be disposed at any suitablepoint of the automobile, and the tube 4 i
connected to the fuel tank, While the. outlet
5 is connected to the catrbreter, to thug in-
terpose the casing 1 between the fuel tank 60
and cnrbureter for separating the water
from the gasolene before it reaches the car-
bureter.
The bottom plate 2 is proVided with an
upstandin. centrally arranged discharge 65
nipple 6, and said bottom plate has a de-
pending (lischll'gec chamber 7 below the nip-
ple 6 to which chamber a waste pipe or
tube 8 is connected. Said pipe 8 can be ex-
tended to any suitable point where it is de- 70
sired. to discharge the water, and other
waste.
The discharge of water is controlled by a
float 9, preferably of annular form, which
may be of hollow or other suitable construe- 75
tion. Said float 9 is of such a character,
that it is of greater specific gravity than
gasolene, but is of lighter specific gravity
than water, wlhereby said float will sink in
gasolene, but will be buoyed up 1)y water. 80
The. float 9 is provided with cross pieces
10 to which a vertical valve stem 11 is
rigidly engaged, and the lower end of said
valve stem has a valve 12 seatable upon the
nipple 6 by the weight of the float when it 85
is surrounded by gasolene. - The valve 12
has a depending guide finger 13.projecting
within the nipple 6, to hold the valve 12 in
position relative to the nipple when the
valve is unseated, to prevent the displace- 90
ment of the valve. ; The upper terminal of
the stem 11 is guided through the inter-
mediate or yoke pdrtion of an arch 14 se-
cured upon the bottom plate 2 and extend-
ing over the float 9 '96
In operation, when there is but a small.
amount of -vater in the lower portion of
the casing 1, the float 9 being surrounded
by gasolene, will .;gravitate to hold the valve
12 seated,. but when the water level rises 100
sufficiently to lift the float 9, the valve 12
will be unseated, and this will permit the
water to flow through the nipple 6 into the
waste pipe 8, until the water level is again
lowered sufficiently to permit the valve 12 105
to be seated. The gasolene being delivered
into the casing 1 at a point between the
upper and lower ends of the casing, will
avoid the possibility of water flowing across
to the outlet 5, and the water can readily 110
settle to the bottom of the casing. Even
though the supply of gasolene in the tank
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Cobb, John Olen. Gasoline separator, patent, October 17, 1916; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth859991/m1/2/: accessed June 22, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.