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UNITED
STATES
PATENT OFFICE.
FREDERICK METZGER, OF HONDO, TEXAS.
ACETYLENE-GAS APPARATUS.
SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 663,771, dated December 11, 1900.
Application filed March 28, 1900. Serial No. 10,538. (No model)To U whom1 it macy concern:
Be it known that I, FREDERICKMETZGER, a
citizen of the United States, and a resident of
Hondo, in the county of Medina and State of
5 Texas, have invented a new and Improved
Gas-Machine, of which the following is a full,
clear, and exact description.
This invention relates to improvements in
gas-machines in which the gas is generated
io from calcium carbid; and the object is to
provide a machine of simple construction in
which there can be no loss or leakage of gas
and in which the gas will be thoroughly washed
before passing to the distributing-pipe, thus
15 affording a pure white light, and, further, to
provide a means for running off coal-tar that
may gather on the top of the water in the
machine.
I will describe a gas-machine embodying
20 my invention and then point out the novel fea-
tures in the appended claim.
Reference is to be had to the accompanying
drawings, forming apart of this specification,
in which similar characters of reference indi-
25 cate corresponding parts in both the figures.
Figure 1 is a sectional elevation of a gas-
machine embodying my invention, and Fig. 2
is a horizontal section thereof.
Referring to the drawings, 1 designates the
30 body portion of the machine, and 2 the bell,
movable therein. Extended upward from the
bottom of the body portion 1 is the generat-
ing-cylinder 3, surrounded by a jacket 4, at-
tached to the upper wall of the bell 2, and
35 between this jacket 4 and the cylinder 3 is a_
water-space providing a water seal. - The.
jacket 4 extends somewhat above the top wall
of the bell 2 and is provided with a cover 5,
held tightly in place by a bar 6 engaging with
40 the top of the cover and having its ends en-
gaging with hook-plates 7, attached to the top
of the bell.
Suspended within the cylinder 3 is the bas-
ket 8 for containing . the calcium carbid.
45 From the bottom of the cylinder 3 a pipe 9
leads outward and communicates with a dis-
charge-pipe 10. This pipe 9 is designed to
carry off water and ashes that may gather in
the generating-cylinder, and to prevent an
50 escape of gas therethrough the said pipe 9 is
provided with a valve 11. A gas-pipe 12
communicates with the interior of the jacket4 near the top and extends downward into
the water contained in the machine, nearly
to the bottom thereof, as plainly indicated 55
in the drawings. This pipe 12 is shown as
communicating with a hood 12", which sup-
ports the basket and prevents pressure on
the cover 5, and the lower end of the pipe 12
is provided with a valve 12b, preventing the en- 6o
trance of water, but permitting outflow of
gas. The hood 12 is supported by a section
of the pipe 12, extended into the jacket. As
shown, the hood has a short pipe-section pro-
vided with a flange removably connected by 65
bolts or otherwise to a flange on the end of
the pipe 12; but this hood may be omitted, if
desired, and in such case the basket will be.
supported from a hook on the inner side of
the cover 5. 70
At one side of the body portion I is a water-
pipe 13, which has communication at 14 with
the body portion and also connects at the
lower end with a pipe 15, which is extended
into the generating-cylinder 3, where it is 75
provided with a gooseneck 16 to prevent its
becoming clogged with falling ashes of the
carbid. . The pipes 13 and 15 are designed to
supply water from the body portion of the
machine to the interior of the cylinder 3, and 8o
the pipe 13 is provided near the lower end
with a plug-valve 17. Connected to the bell
2 and extended into the pipe 13 is a pipe or
rod 18, which serves as a guide for the verti-
cal movement of the bell. The guide at the 85
opposite side consists of a blow-off pipe com-
prising a member 19, extended downward
into the bell, and a member 20, extended into
a tube 21, attached to the body portion of the
machine and communicating with the dis- 90
charge-pipe 10 through a pipe 22, connecting
with thejlower end of the pipe 21. The pipe
20 may be caused to fit gas-tight in the pipe
21 by a packing of tallow or the like.
A pipe 23 for the discharge of scum that 95
may gather on the top of the water in the ma-
chine extends upward in the body portion
and has a funnel-shaped top 24. This pipe
23 communicates at its lower end with the
pipe 10 through a pipe 25, in which a valve zoo
26 is placed. A gas-service pipe 27 extends
upward in the machine, having its funnel-
shaped upper end above the water-level and
provided with a netting 28. This pipe 27
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Metzger, Frederick. Acetylene-Gas Apparatus., patent, December 11, 1900; [Washington D.C.]. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth512745/m1/2/?q=%22United+States+-+Texas+-+Medina+County+-+Hondo%22: accessed May 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.