Improvements in Petroleum Burners.
Year: 1897

page_text: Date of Application, 7th Oct., 1897-Accepted, 13th Nov., 1897
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Petroleum Burners.
I MAX HABERMANN, Engineer, of 12 Behringstrasse, Baumschulenweg, near
Berlin, in the Empire of Germany, 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:-
This invention relates to an improved petroleum circular-burner, in the interior
burner-tube of which is a movable secondary burner which is caused to move with
the main wick by a single adjusting spindle in such a manner that, on lowering
the main wick, the secondary burner is raised, whilst, on raising the main wick, the
secondary burner is lowered, in which operations the main and the secondary
burner alternately ignite each other. The secondary burner is used as a night
lamp, which in case of need allows of immediately igniting the main flame without
the necessity of lighting a match, by simply screwing up the main wick.
In the accompanying sheet of illustrative drawings
Figs. 1 and 2 are sectional elevations taken at right angles, of a burner con-
structed according to this invention and
Fig. 3 is a horizontal section of the same.
In the inner wick tube a, are fixed two guide-sockets b and c. In the central
socket ba rack d is guided, whilst the lateral socket e guides a wick tube e with a
cord-shaped wick f. The rack and the wick tube e have their lower ends con-
nected with each other by means of a stay g or the like.
The main wick h of the circular burner is in the usual manner raised and
lowered by means of small toothed wheels ii and ii, gripping the said wick;
these wheels being actuated by the spindle k. The toothed wheels ii are mounted
upon the axis of the adjusting spindle and engage with the toothed wheels i¹ i¹,
separately arranged upon the other side. Between the toothed wheels i i upon the
spindle a somewhat smaller toothed wheel m is fixed, which gears with the rack d.
The toothed wheels i i engage the wick h at the left hand side, whilst the toothed
wheel m mounted on the same shaft gears upon its right hand side with the racked,
so that on screwing down the main wick h, the rack d and, jointly therewith, the
wick tube e is raised, Fig. 1, whereas, on screwing the main wick h up, Fig. 2,
the rack d together with the wick tube e are caused to descend. On arriving at
their medium position the rising wick becomes ignited by the flame of the wick f
receding into the burner tube c, to be extinguished and vice versa.
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:
A petroleum circular burner, characterised by the arrangement within its
nterior wick tube a a secondary burner cef serving as a night and ignition lamp,
he secondary burner through the medium of toothed wheel gearing dm being
aised and lowered by the wick adjusting spindle k of the main burner, in such a
manner that on raising the main wick, the said secondary burner is lowered,
whereas, on lowering the main wick the secondary burner is raised, during

page_text: which operation the main and secondary burner, alternately ignite each other on
arriving at their central position and are extinguished as they arrive at their
lowest position.
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L 1
1907
WHEATLEY & MACKENZIE,
40 Chancery Lane, London, W.C., Agents.