AN IMPROVED BURNER AND EJECTOR FOR SUPPLYING AND BURNING OIL FOR HEATING AND LIGHTING PURPOSES ALSO APPLICABLE FOR CONSUMING SMOKE IN FURNACES
Year: 1884

page_text: I JAMES LYLE of 29 Causeyside St Paisley in the County of Renfrew, North
Britain Engineer do hereby declare the nature of my invention for AN IMPROVED
BURNER AND EJECTOR FOR SUPPLYING AND BURNING OIL FOR HEATING AND
LIGHTING PURPOSES ALSO APPLICABLE FOR CONSUMING SMOKE IN FURNACES to be
as follows:-
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My said invention has reference to certain improvements in the method of
conveying & ejecting oils and Compressed Air or Steam in such proportions as
will develop the maximum of heating & illuminating power obtainable from the
combustion of such oils. On the accompanying sheet of drawings Fig 1 is a
vertical section of my "ejector oil burner."
Fig 2 is a horisontel section taken on line A, A, of vertical section.
Fig 3 is a plan showing the grooves on the end of the inner conduct tube C such
grooves being proportioned to the area of the passage through the end of the
outside tube D, at the point of ejection E.
The groovs on the end of the inner tube C, before mentioned, may be dispensed
with if desired. As, instead of screwing down the outer tube D, so as to press on
the end of the inner tube C, thus leaving only the passage through the grooves for
Compressed Air or Steam the end of the inner tube C. may be left smooth, and
the passage of Air or Steam be regulated by raising or lowering the outside tube D,
by means of the screw & Jam nut B.
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The Action of the Apparatus is as follows. Steam or Compressed Air is admitted
to the "Ejector Oil burner by the passage F and travells in the direction of the
Arrows between the inner tube C. and the cuter tube D. and passing out at E.
induces a vacum in the inner tube C., to which the oil is admitted through the
passage G,.and passing through the end of ioner tube C, it becomes intimately
mixed with the Compressed Air or Steam; and is carried through the passage E,
in a highly rarefied spray, which ignites on being brought into contact with tame
and thus produces the heating and illuminating power for the different purposes to
which the invention may be applied. As the design of the invention is to obtain

page_text: from an Apparatus one or more lights, from Oil & Steam or Compressed Air,
combined, the desired result may be obtained by admitting Compressed Air or
Steam by passage G & Oil by passage F of the "ejector Oil burner" from which
arraingement similar results may be obtained from the apparatus as by the first
described method of admitting the different elements of combustion to the same.
The regulation of the proportion of Steam or Air 'which is provided for' is a
most important point in the invention, as by this means any number of lights may
be worked from the same stop or regulating valve. When the Apparatus is used
for utilising Oil as a fuel, any number of lights may be used from one regulating
valve When the Apparatus is used for improving the Combustion in furnaces,
where Coal or other fuel is used, one or more lights may be used, placed in such
positions as to project the flame from the Oil amongst the gases evolved from the
coal, thus consuming the smoke and assisting combustion.
For illuminating purposes the apparatus is placed in any convenient position
and regulated to the desired power as casily as an ordinary gas jet.

page_text: and allowing a greater or less proportion of Steam or Air to pass with the oil into
the combustion chamber I, the desired regulation being thus obtained.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed I declare that what
I claim is
1st The construction of a burner for conveying Hydrocarbons at a low tempe-
rature to the point of combustion by means of steam or compressed air, substantially
as described.
2d The adoption of a Combustion chamber substantially as described.
3d The method of regulating the size of flame substantially as described.