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UNiTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.
JAMES C.:WALTON, OF FORT WORTH, TEXAS,. ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO JOHN A.
WISHERD, OF STANTON, NEBRASKA.
GAS-GENERATOR.Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Nov. 24, 1914.
Application filed May 1, 1913. Serial No. 764,803.To all whorr& it may concern:
Be it known that I, JAMEs C. WALTON,
a. citizen of the United States,.residing at
Fort Worth, in the county of Tarrant and
5 State of Texas, have invented certain new
and useful Improvements in Gas-Genera-
tors, of which the following is a specifica-
tion.
My invention relates to gas generators
10 and more particularly gas generators for
manufacturing carbureted hydrogen gas,
and the object is to provide generators and
cooperating apparatus which are particu-
larly adapted for use on automobiles or
15 other vehicles for driving and lighting pur-
poses and to provide means for quickly and
efficiently regulating the supply of gas to
be manufactured.
Other objects and advantages will be
20 fully explained in the following descrip-
tion and the invention will be more partic-
ularly pointed out in the claims.
Reference is had to the accompanying
drawings which form a part of this appli-
25 cation.
Figure 1 is a diagrammatic side elevation
of the generator and other apparatus, de-
signed for use on an automobile. Fig. 2
is a vertical section of the generator, and a
30 diagrammatic view of the apparatus for
charging the generator. Fig. 3 is a hori-
zontal section of the generator, taken above
the gas collecting or discharging pipes. Fig.
4 is a vertical section of the generator,
35 showing the air intake pipes and showing
a section of the regulator. Fig. 5 is an in-
verted horizontal section of the generator,
showing the air intake pipes. Fig. 6 is a
detail view of the distributer.
40 Similar characters of reference are used
to indicate the same parts throughout the
several views.
The apparatus includes a generator 1, an
acid tank 2, and an oil tank 3 with .neces-
45 sary pipe connections and a back-check 4.
The generator is charged with scraps of
iron or other metal to be treated with acids.
The acid and the oil are fed through a single
pipe 5. A pipe 6 leads from the acid tank
50 2 to a cock 7 and a pipe 8 leads from the
oil tank 3 to a cock 9 and these two cocks
feed to the mixing and conveying pipe 5
which delivers the mixed acid and oil to
the generator tank 1 and the acid and oilare discharged from the pipe 5 onto a baffle 55
10 which is perforated for the purpose of
distributing the mixed ingredients to the
contents of the generator. The pipe 5 is
connected with a perforated pipe 11 which
extends along the crest of the baffle 10. The 60
pipe 11 is horizontally disposed so that the
mixed ingredients will be uniformly dis-
tributed to the metal scraps in the generator
tank. Perforated pipes 12 are provided in
the lower part of the generator tank 1 for 65
admission of air, as hereinafter described.
Gas is generated and the gas is taken from
the generator by two perforated pipes 13
and 14 which are located within the genera-
tor 1 and are soldered to the generator at 70
15 and extended out of the generator and
connected with a service pipe 16. Air is
forced into the tanks 2 and 3 by an air-
pump 17 which is provided with a pipe 18
leading from the punp to the tanks 2 and 75
3. 'he pipe 18 is connected with the tanks
2 and 3 and air is forced within these tanks.
The air will collect on top of the liquids in
these tanks and exert pressure on the sur-
faces of the liquids and thus force the 8o
liquids out of these tanks through the pipes
6 and 8, through sight feed valves 7 and 9
into mixing pipe 5, and through this pipe
5 and the perforated pipe 11 to the baffle-
plate 10. 85
A false perforated bottom 19, located just
above the perforated air pipes 12, forms an
air chamber so that air will be fed uni-
formly from the pipes 12. The pipe 16 is
connected to the engine cylinders 20, 21, 22, 90
and 23. The engine cylinders draw the air
through pipes 12 into the generator in con-
tact with the elements which produce the
gas. No further mixing of air with the gas
is required. The gas which is passing 95
through. pipe 16 to the engine cylinders
already contains the necessary air. On every
impulse of the engine, air is drawn into the
generator. A valve 24 of any suitable de-
sign, such as a butterfly valve, is used to 100
control the force of the draft through the
pipe 16 and consequently the amount of air
drawn into the generator through pipes 12.
A .pedal 25 is operatively connected to the
valve 24 to control this valve. The back- .c5
check 4 is provided with screens 26 of any
suitable material to coperate with the
screen in the bottom of the manifold of the1,118,319.
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Walton, James C. & Wisherd, John A. Gas Generator., patent, November 24, 1914; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth859407/m1/2/: accessed June 20, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.