Improvements in Circular or Round Burners for Burning Petroleum or similar Fluids.
Year: 1886

page_text: Improvements in Circular or Round Burners for Burning
Petroleum or similar Fluids.
I, CARL HOLY, manufacturer, of 23ª Oranienstrasse, Berlin, S, in the German
Empire, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the
same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by
the following statement :-
The present Invention relates to a new guiding contrivance for circular or round
burners with flat wick, and it purposes, in adapting the sizes of the ordinary
lamp-reservoir-screws-to considerably augment the burning surface of the wick,
hereby enlarging the power of illumination of the burner.
The essentially new features of the Invention are: The introduction of a winding
or spiral guiding of the wick at the lower part of the wick.holder (wick sheath),
which gradually leads to the cylindrical sheath, thus allowing in lamps with
smallest diameter of lamp-reservoir-screws the greatest possible burning surface of
the wick.
The accompanying drawings represent:
Fig. 1. a vertical section A B;
Fig. 2. a vertical section CD;
Fig. 3. a horizontal section E F;
Fig. 4. a plan view of the new wick-holder or sheath;
Fig. 5 & 6. a plan and side view of the new wick regulation.
The new wick holder or sheath of the wick "A" consists of the lower conical
part "a" and the upper cylindrical part "a." The interior linings of the wick-
holder are entirely united or connected, whilst the cylindrical outer lining "b" can
be separated from the wick-holder "A" by winding or screwing contrivances or
any other fastening.
The linings of the wickholder "A" at their lower part "a" (Fig. 3) are shaped
in such a manner as to afford in one or several places a winding or spiral guiding
for the flat wick, hereby producing a large burning surface on the smallest possible
diameter. This winding or spiral guidance leads at its conical part "a¹" gradually
to the cylindrical part "," and guides the wick "d" gradually into the enlarged
cylindrical form of the sheath "a¹.". The circumference of the winding or spiral
guidance "a" must be calculated to be equal to the circumference of the cylinder-
sheath "a"."

page_text: The accompanying drawings represent only one deep winding or spiral
guidance "w" (Fig. 3.); but there may be several such, less deep than shewn in
the drawings, answering the same purpose.
The regulation of the wick is done in the following well known manner (Fig. 2,
5 & 6): A ring, provided with teeth "" supports the rod "8," provided with
holes; this ring closely fits the cylinder-sheath "a" of the interior wick-holder
or sheath "A." The teeth of the contrivance "T," fastened to the key "S,"
correspond with the holes of the rod "8," so that in turning the key to the right
or left, the ring "r" and together with this the wick "d" are screwed up and
down.
The introduction of the wick "d" into the wick-holder or sheath "A" is very
simple and easy: After having unscrewed and taken off the exterior cylindrical
part "b," the wick "d" is introduced into the conical part "a¹," of a winding or
spiral form, and is placed tightly over the ring "r," which previously must have
been screwed down, in such a manner, that the sides of the wick are brought to a
close meeting. Now the exterior part "b" is screwed on, and the wick is now by
means of "T" screwed up and regulated.
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The necessary quantity of air to the interior of the burner is let in by an
opening (Fig. 2.). The other parts of the burner are known: "1" is the
cylinder; "p" the basket; "g" the "gallery" or mountings; "h" the reservoir
screw.
By the above described Invention a very large burning surface may be produced
on a small diameter of the reservoir screw, It can equally be arranged to use
different large sizes of wick on the same diameter of the reservoir screw, i.e. it
is possible to screw burners with the most different sizes of wick on the same
reservoir. The construction shews furthermore the advantages of simple manu-
facture; the burners are very convenient for use, cleansing is simple, and the
regulation of the wick is very easy.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
Invention, and in what manner the same is performed, I declare that what
I claim is:
In circular or round burners with flat wick the introduction
1, of a winding or spiral guiding of the wick at the lower part of the wick-
holder or sheath, leading at the upper part gradually to the cylinder sheath,
for the purpose
2, to produce the largest possible burning surface with the smallest diameter of
the reservoir-screw.