Improvements in or appertaining to Incandescent Gas Burners.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 29th Dec., 1898
Complete Specification Left, 29th Sept., 1899-Accepted, 29th D.a., 1899
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in or appertaining to Incandescent Gas Burners.
I, WILLIAM RICHARD CLAY, 14 Johnson Street, Bolton, in the County of
Lancaster, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:
When incandescent gas burners are mounted on anti-vibratory devices similar
to that shown by Fig 6, in the Specification of my Patent No. 17679 of 1897
where a heavy body
burner may iest on a iesilient
carrying the
bearing I find that 8 bettei Bunsen flame may be obtained if the
secondary au supply at the neck of the upper part of said heavy
body be cut off and In order to do this without in any way injuring
the efficiency of the apparatus as an anti-vibrator so called I propose to carry
that portion of the apparatus which holds the spring very ficely through said
neck aud on the upper face of said neck to place a metal or other suitable ring
which shall surround the part carrying the spring or resilient bearing and fit as
closely thereto as shail enable the said sping-holding device to work nicely up
and down through or within such ring and thereby not hinder the said heavy
body from promptly responding to any shock or vibrations coming in a vertical
dnection whilst, in order not to interfere with the sideway movement of said
heavy body said ing-being of larger outside diameter than the hole in the
neck through which said sping-carving device firely passes--iests or slides
on the upper side of said nech and thus forms a joint or packing closing up the
annula space which would otherwise exist between the sides of the hole in said
neck and the sping-carrying device freely passing through it
Dated this 28th day of December 1898
Improvements in or appertaining to Incandescent Gas Burners.
I, WILLIAM RICHARD CLAY, 14 Johnson Street, Bolton, in the County of
Lancaster, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
manner the same 18 to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement
-
When incandescent gas-buiners are mounted on anti-vibration devices similar
to that shown by Fig 6 of the drawings accompanying the Complete Specification

page_text: of my Patent No. 17679 of 1897, where the part by which the burner top and
mantle are supported, commonly known in the trade by the term heavy body,
may rest on a iesilient bearing I hud that a better Bunsen flame may be obtained
of the secondary air-supply at the neck of the upper part of said heavy body
be cut off and in order to do this without in any way injuring the efficiency of i
the apparatus as an anti-vibrator so-called I propose to carry that portion of the
apparatus which holds the sping very freely though said neck and on the upper
face of said neck to place a metal or other suitable ing or washer which shall
surround the part carving the spring or resilient beaning and fit as closely
then eto as shall enable the said spring holding device to work nicely up and
down through or within such ring and thereby not hinder the said heavy body
from promptly responding to any shock or vibiations coming in a vertical direc-
tion, whilst in ordei not to interfere with the sideway movement of said heavy
body said ring (being of large outside diameter than the hole in the neck through
which said spring cariving device freely passes) iests on slides on the upper side
of said neck and thus forms a joint or packing closing up the annulai space
which would otherwise exist between the sides of the hole in said neck and the
spring carving device freely passing through it
In the accompanying diawings Fig 1 illustrates the application of my inven-
tion to an anti-vibratory device caring a conical bunei top Fig 2 illustrates
the application of my invention to an anti-vibratory device carrying a burner
top of ordinary constiuction Fig. 2 is a view of a modified detail Fig 3
illustrates the application of my invention to an anti-vibratory device carrying
a plurality or cluster of buiner tops
Simula letters of reference indicate corresponding parts
As the part by which the burner top B and mantle are supported or heavy
body surrounding the Bunsen tube C is a spital spring canied by the upper
part of the Bunsen tube D and serving as a resilient beating for the heavy
body A
The Bunsen tube D is provided with a gas-nipple D and orifices D³
for the admission of an In Fig 1, I have shown radially disposed spring
legs which are placed below the spial spung C in order to check undue
movement of the lower part of the heavy body A As shown, these spring
legs may be formed in one piece of sheet metal, then junction at the top forming
an abutment upon which the lower end of the spiral spring Crests In Fig 2
I have shown an alternative arrangement in which the spring legs are replaced
by a spiral spring In Fig I have shown another alternative form of
lower spring, z, a flat helical sping The Bunsen tube D passes through the
neck of the heavy body A so as to permit of free lateral play F 18 a 1ing or
washer formed of any suitable metal or alloy (gun-metal, for instance, which I
have found to give a very good result) or of other suitable substance, which snugly
fits over the upper end of the Bunsen tube D so as to permit of free movement
of the Bunsen tube though or within the ing, and is of large outside diameter
than the hole in the neck of the heavy body A The neck of the heavy body A
is provided with a surface G upon which the ung slides when a side move-
ment of the heavy body takes place The edges of the orifice in the ting F
are preferably rounded off so as to permit of a certain amount of angular move-
ment about a horizontal axis of the 1ing F on the Bunsen tube D
In Fig 1 the burner top B is shown of a conical shape and removable from
the heavy body A It may be clamped to the heavy body by means of a screw h,
but any other suitable means of attachment may be used The coned burner
top is adapted to constitute a recess B₁ for protecting the bottom of the mantle.
The internal construction of the coned bui nei top may be of any suitable nature
In Fig 2 the burner top is of a common construction which needs no explana-
tion It is carried by a sleeve B2 sciening into a dished plate B³, which 18
adapted to screw on to the heavy body
In the case of both Fig 1 and Fig 2, it will be noticed that the arrangement
is such that the ring Fis provided with a recess or chamber in which to

page_text: reciprocate Moreover the 100f of the chamber serves as a means for stripping
the ing off the Bunsen tube in case the ring should adhere to the Bunsen
tube
The mantle may be suspended from a stem supported at the centre of the
burner top or in any other manner as will be well understood by persons versed
in the ait to which my invention appertains It will also be obvious to such
persons that the formation and arrangements of the springs and other details
of construction may be varied, and that the pilot or bye-pass tube may be
variously arranged
In Fig the heavy body A cannies, through the medium of a common mixing
chamber, two or more burner tops, which may be of the ordinary kind as shown,
or of a conical form C is the spiral spring carried by the Bunsen tube D
E 18
a flat helical spring for preventing undue movement of the lower part of the
heavy body F 18 the metal or other ring snugly fitting the Bunsen tube and
sliding on the sui face G His a guard ring for stripping the ring F off the
Bunsen tube.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I am aware that it
has been proposed in an anti-vibratory support for an incandescent burner to
combine with a Bunsen tube and a heavy body a ring of soft non-combustible
material held to the heavy body between the tube and the body, and I make
no claim to such use of a ring of soft non-combustible material, but I declare
that what I claim is
—
(1) In an incandescent gas burner a ring or washer intermediate between the
Bunsen tube and the resiliently supported upper part arranged and operating
substantially as described
(2) In an incandescent gas burner the combination of a pait by which the
buiner top 18 supported, a Bunsen tube located centrally within such part, a
spring supporting such part carried by the Bunsen tube and a ring or washer
snugly fitting the Bunseu tube capable of sliding horizontally in the part by
which the burner top is supported, substantially as described
(3) The improved anti-vibratory incandescent gas burner, substantially as
described
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Sentem her 1839
C F. ENNIS,
Agent for Applicant, 31, Haselrigge Road, Clapham, S W.
C F. ENNIS,
Agent for Applicant, 31, Haselrigge Road, Clapham, S W.