Year: 1888

page_text: Date of Application, 16th Feb., 1888
Complete Specification Left, 16th Oct., 1888
Complete Specification Accepted, 16th Nov., 1888
ROBERT ABRAM LEE 76 High Holborn London W.C. Consulting Engineer do
hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
My invention is an improved separator of the two jets of gas discharged from a gas
jet or burner, and is of such size that it compels cach jet to combine with the Oxygen
of the air spread and ascend before, or at ignition, causing the volumn of the flame
to expand to about three times the size it was before the separator was applied.
It may be applied to various forms of gas jets, but the kind I prefer to use are
those known as Brays.
I cut or stamp out of a piece of sheet metal such as Iron, Steel, Nickel Platinum-
or any other suitable Metal-a disc about one inch square but slightly rounded on the
top and I slit the centre of the bottom side up about half way and cut out a hole-near
the centre of the disc-about one fourth of an inch square, making the top edge of it
rounded to fit into the top of a burner. I next cut the outer edges of the disc from
the top downwards at an angle, to a little over the half depth, and also cut across from
the outer edge to meet this down cut. I next bend the two lower pieces forming the
bottom at right angles to the top, and also bend them so that they form part of a
circle, these two pieces form a clip and grip the tube part of the burner keeping the
top or disc part in its place; which is across the centre of the top of the burner so
that the edge of the plate divides the two holes one from the other.
I also sometimes split the ends of the clip part to give it a better hold, and spread
it out and fit a ring over it to tighten it on to the burner, by forcing the ring
up or down over the clip. In another form I use only the one side of the bottom
part of the disc, to form the clip round burner, and when made in this form the
ends are left longer to allow of them going partially or wholly round the burner.
I can also make a similar aparatus from a thin tube using the tube to slip over the
burner and flattening the top part to form the disc, cutting away such parts as
would obstruct the exit of the Gas and spoil the shape of the flame.
Dated this 16th day of Fahr 1888

page_text: ROBERT ABRAM LEE 76 High Holborn London W.C. Engineer 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:
My Invention is an improved separator of the two jets of gas discharged from a
gas jet or burner, and is of such size that it compels each jet to combine with the
oxygen of the air, spread and ascend before, or at ignition, causing the volumn of the
flaine to expand to about three times the size it was before the separator was applied ;
It may be applied to various forms of gas jets, but the kind I prefer to use are those
known as Brays.
I cut or stamp out of a piece of metal such as Iron, Steel, Nickel, Platinum-or
any other suitable metal-a disc about one inch square, slightly rounded on the top;
and I slit the centre of the bottom side, up about half way and cut out a hole-at the
centre of the disc-about inch square, making its top edge rounded to fit into the
top of a burner. I next cut the outer edges of the disc from the top-downwards at
an angle to a little over the half depth and also cut across from the outer edges to
meet these down cuts, I next bend the two lower pieces forming the bottom, at right
angles to the top and also bend them so that they form part of a circle, these two
pieces form a clip and grip the tube part of the burner keeping the top or disc part in
its place which is directly across the centre of the top of the burner-so that the edge
of the plate divides the two holes one from the other. I also make a number of slits in
the ends of the clip part to give it a better hold, and in some spread it out and fit a
ring over it, to tighten it on to the burner by forcing the ring up or down over the
clip. In another form I use only the one side of the bottom part of the disc to form
the clip round burner, and when made in this form the ends are left longer to allow of
their going partly or wholly round the burner. I make a similar apparatus from a
thin tube to slip over the burner and flatten the top part to form the disc, cutting
away such parts as would obstruct the exit of the gas and spoil the shape of the
flame.
Referring to the accompanying drawings
Fig. 1 is an elevation of the flame spreader.
Fig. 2 is a plan of same.
Fig. 3 shows the spreader in position on a Gas burner. Fig. 4 is an elevation
of the spreader made with one side forming the clip part.
Fig. 5 is a plan

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said Inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what I
claim is
1st. A flame spreader for gas burners shaped out of one piece of metal substantially
as described and shown in figures 1 and 2 of the drawings.
2nd. A flame spreader for gas burners shaped out of one piece of metal sub-
stantially as described and shown in figures 4 and 5 of the drawings.
3rd. A flame spreader for gas burners formed of one or more pieces of tube
substantially as shown in figure 6 of the drawings.
4th. A flame spreader for gas burners formed of one or more pieces of metal
shaped or formed so that it consists of a clip-or a tube-to slip over the gas burner-
and a plate or separator to divide the flame as it issues from the burner.
Dated this 15th day of October 1888.