US Patent: 151,468
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| Gas Engines
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Patentee:
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| George B. Brayton (exact or similar names) - Boston, Suffolk County, MA |
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Patent Dates:
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| Applied: |
Mar. 11, 1874 |
| Granted: |
Jun. 02, 1874 |
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Joel Havens
"Vintage Machinery" entry for Brayton Petroleum Engine Co.
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Description: |
| Abstract:
in the Letters Patent for improvement in gas - engines granted to me under date of April 2, 1872, No. 125,176, reference is made to the fact that the vapor of naphtha mixed with atmospheric air in proper proportions will form a gaseous compound which, upon being ignited, can be used as a motive power for the engine described in said patent. There exist, however, certain practical difficulties in the way of employing the vapors of light hydrocarbons with the apparatus shown and described in said patent, which it is the object of the present improvement to overcome.
My invention consists in a certain means for enabling a given quantum of atmospheric air, as it is passing toward the combustion-chamber of the engine from a reservoir where it has been confined under pressure, to become carbonized by being brought into contact with a liquid hydrocarbon, which is vaporized by the air-current passing over or through it, and such vapor being absorbed by the air a compound results which possesses the constituents of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen, in proper proportions to furnish, when ignited, the agent of force for the motive power of the engine.
Claim:
An apparatus for mixing atmospheric air and volatilized hydrocarbons in successive charges as a motive power, when ignited, for a gas-engine, consisting of a reservoir, C, containing atmospheric air under pressure, in combination with a hydrocarbon-chamber and an automatically-actuated valve, which is arranged to intermittently admit compressed air to pass from the reservoir in successive charges into the hydrocarbon-chamber. |
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