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HENRY J. PHALEN. OF PLANTERSVILLE, TEXAS.
Letters Patent No. 69,477, dated October 1, 1867.
IMPROVED APPARATUS FOR HEATING WATER AND CONDENSING STEAM.
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TO ALL WHOM iT MAY CONCERN:
Be it known that I, HENRY J. PIIALE, of Plantersville, in the county of Grimes, and State of Texas, have
invented a certain new and useful improvement on Apparatus for Heating Water and other Liquids, and Con-
densing Steam, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accom-
panying drawing, forming part of this specification, and in which-
Figure 1 represents a plan of an apparatus embracing my improvement, and
Figure 2 a vertical section through the line x x in fig. 1.
Like letters indicate like parts throughout both figures.
The nature of my invention consists in a novel arrangement of pipes for the passage of steam, which may
be the exhaust steam of an engine, and of water or other liquor, which may be the feed-water to the engine, or
for supplying a vat for the infusion of tan-bark or other purpose, in such manner as that the water or liquor is
forced in the same direction as the current of steam, by which it is overtaken, and with which it mingles in a
spray-like or divided condition, causing both condensation of steam and heating of the water or liquor brought
in direct contact with it.
Referring to the accompanying drawing, A represents the steam-boiler of an engine, B; C, the supply-
steam pipe thereto, and D the exhaust, which is arranged to discharge into a vat or chamber, E, and which may
contain an infusion of bark or liquor for tanning purposes, or may be a feed-water vessel to the boiler, or be
used for any other purpose. F is a,feed-pump, that may be operated by the engine or otherwise, and which has
connected with it a pipe, G, into which it forces the water or liquor. This pipe G is made to communicate with
the exhaust-steam pipe D in such manner as that it discharges into it in a course corresponding to the direction
in which the current of steam passes, the water or liquor being divided, or distributed, as it were, among the
steam which overtakes it by reason. of the comparative areas of the pipes D and G, and which divided or spray-
like action may be increased by giving to the discharge end of the pipe G a spread and slitted or perforated
character. The exhaust steam from the engine thus coming in direct contact with the water or liquor discharged
by the pipe G, not only imparts the whole or greater part of its heat to it in its passage to the vat or chamber
E, but is condensed by its contact with such water or liquor, thereby creating a partial vacuum, or tendency
thereto, to the relief of back pressure on the engine.
What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-
The arrangement of the pipes D G for the passage of the steam and of the water or other liquor, whereby
the water or liquor is forced in the same direction as the current of steam, by which it is overtaken, and with
which it mingles in a spray-like or other divided condition, substantially as and for the purpose herein specified.
HENRY J. PHALEN.
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Phalen, Henry J. Improved Apparatus for Heating Water and Condensing Steam., patent, October 1, 1867; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth165141/m1/2/: accessed July 18, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.