Apparatus for producing burnable gas from liquid gasoline

Claim 1

A DEVICE FOR PRODUCING A BURNABLE GAS AND AIR MIXTURE FROM A LIQUID HYDROCARBON COMPRISING, A HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED CYLINDRICAL LIQUID HYDROCARBON STORAGE TANK INCLUDING A SUPPORTING BLOCK, A FILLING SPOUT PROVIDED AT ONE END OF SAID TANK ABOVE THE LIQUID LEVEL THEREOF, A PRESSURE TIGHT CAP DEMOUNTABLY SECURED TO SAID SPOUT, AN AIR COMPRESSOR, MEANS FOR DRIVING SAID COMPRESSOR, A PRESSURE REGULATOR CONNECTED TO SAID TANK ADAPTED TO CONTROL THE ENERGY TO SAID DRIVING MEANS IN RESPONSE TO THE PRESSURE IN SAID TANK, A PRESSURE REGULATING DOME CONNECTING THE OUTPUT FROM SAID COMPRESSORS, MEANS CONNECTING THE OUTPUT FROM SAID DOME TO AN INLET PIPE OF SAID TANK, SAID INLET PIPE LOCATED AT ONE END OF SAID TANK, SAID CONNECTING MEANS INCLUDING A CHECK VALVE LIMITING FLOW TO A DIRECTION FROM SAID DOME TO SAID TANK, A VERTICALLY DISPOSED LARGER PIPE IN HEAT EXCHANGE CONTACT WITH THE LIQUID IN SAID TANK TERMINATING IN A CLOSED BOTTOM AT THE BOTTOM OF SAID TANK AND ENCLOSING THE DOWNWARDLY EXTENDING OPEN-ENDED PORTION OF SAID INLET PIPE, SAID LARGER PIPE INCLUDING AN EXIT HOLE IN THE TOP PORTION DIRECTED RADIALLY OUTWARDLY OF SAID LARGER PIPE AND LOCATED ABOVE THE LIQUID LEVEL IN SAID TANK, A SUPPLY PIPE CONNECTED INTO SAID TANK AT THE OTHER END THEREOF ABOVE THE LIQUID LEVEL AND ADAPTED TO BE CONNECTED TO THE DEVICE TO BE SUPPLIED WITH THE GAS AND AIR MIXTURE, AND A CHECK VALVE IN SAID SUPPLY PIPE ADAPTED TO LIMIT FLOW TO A DIRECTION FROM SAID TANK TO THE DEVICE TO BE SUPPLIED.

Claim 2

A DEVICE FOR PRODUCING A BURNABLE GAS AND AIR MIXTURE FROM A LIQUID HYDROCARBON COMPRISING, A HORIZONTALLY DISPOSED CYLINDRICAL LIQUID HYDROCARBON STORAGE TANK INCLUDING A SUPPORTING BLOCK, A FILLING SPOUT PROVIDED AT ONE END OF SAID TANK ABOVE THE LIQUID LEVEL THEREOF, A PRESSURE TIGHT CAP DEMOUNTABLY SECURED TO SAID SPOUT, AN AIR COMPRESSOR, MEANS FOR DRIVING SAID COMPRESSOR, A PRESSURE REGULATOR CONNECTED TO SAID TANK ADAPTED TO CONTROL THE ENERGY TO SAID DRIVING MEANS IN RESPONSE TO THE PRESSURE IN SAID TANK, A PRESSURE REGULATING DOME CONNECTING THE OUTPUT FROM SAID COMPRESSORS, MEANS CONNECTING THE OUTPUT FROM SAID DOME TO AN INLET PIPE OF SAID TANK, SAID INLET PIPE LOCATED AT ONE END OF SAID TANK, SAID CONNECTING MEANS INCLUDING A CHECK VALVE LIMITING FLOW TO A DIRECTION FROM SAID DOME TO SAID TANK, A VERTICALLY DISPOSED LARGER PIPE IN HEAT EXCHANGE CONTACT WITH THE LIQUID IN SAID TANK TERMINATING IN A CLOSED BOTTOM AT THE BOTTOM OF SAID TANK AND ENCLOSING THE DOWNWARDLY EXTENDING OPEN-ENDED PORTION OF SAID INLET PIPE, SAID LARGER PIPE INCLUDING AN EXIT HOLE IN THE TOP PORTION DIRECTED RADIALLY OUTWARDLY OF SAID LARGER PIPE AND LOCATED ABOVE THE LIQUID LEVEL IN SAID TANK, A SUPPLY PIPE CONNECTED INTO SAID TANK AT THE OTHER END THEREOF ABOVE THE LIQUID LEVEL AND ADAPTED TO BE CONNECTED TO THE DEVICE TO BE SUPPLIED WITH THE GAS AND AIR MIXTURE, AND A CHECK VALVE IN SAID SUPPLY PIPE ADAPTED TO LIMIT FLOW TO A DIRECTION FROM SAID TANK TO THE DEVICE TO BE SUPPLIED.