Improvements in Gas and Hydrocarbon Vapour Burners.
Year: 1890

page_text: Date of Application, 31st Oct., 1890-Accepted, 10th Jan., 1891
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Gas and Hydrocarbon Vapour Burners.
We, GEORGE ROBERTS, Bricklayer, of 109 Shuter Street in the City and District
of Montreal, Province of Quebec, and JOHN HALLY, Merchant, of 45 Young Street,
City of Toronto, County of York, Province of Ontario, Canada, de 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 :—
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This invention has reference to the construction of a burner which may be used for
heating or lighting purposes or both, in which gas, gasoline or hydrocarbon vapour
may be used to generate the desired heat or light.
When used as a heater it may be placed inside a stove, fire-grate, furnace, or under
a stand, and although the invention may be made in single form, yet we prefer to
make it of a number of folds or sections, so that by the use of a greater or less number
of sections the heat and light may be regulated to a greater extent than can be
accomplished by the adjustment of the ordinary stop-cocks by which the flow of
gas &c., to the whole burner is controlled, and the object of our invention is to provide
a more convenient form of gas heater for general use, and to construct the invention
so that it will be very light, portable and suitable to be connected with any gas pipe
or burner in the apartment of a house, by means of a flexible hose, and may also if
desired be applied to stationary stoves &c.
We attain these objects by the burner illustrated in the accompanying drawings
in which similar letters of reference indicate like parts, and :-
Fig. 1, is a plan of the burner.
Fig. 2 is a part side elevation and part section, the sectional part being taken at
line, Fig. 1.
Fig. 3, is a half end elevation and half transverse section of the burner, the sectional
part being taken at line a¹, Fig. 1.
Fig. 4 is a plan of the underside of the extremity of the branch pipe y shewing the
opening t.
Fig. 5, is a section of the end of the branch pipe 7, sleeve and pipe b taken on
line, Fig. 2.
a, is a rectangular casing carried on supports band having within it a horizontal
perforated diaphragm c.
The apparatus is shewn in duplicate form, the internal space being divided into
two compartments by a partition d. If desired however the width of the casing might
be increased and divided into a greater number of compartments, the burner being
made in a corresponding number of sections.
In the bottone of the casing a, openings el are formed to each of the sections i,
for admitting air to pass up into each of the compartments, and each opening has a
damper e, for regulating the quantity of entering air, or entirely shutting off the
supply.
f, is a casing fitted to the top of the casing a, and resting by its edges upon the
diaphragm c; this is divided by a partition g, into compartments h, corresponding with
the sections i, of the lower casing a.
Each compartment off has an arched top k, having a longitudinal opening 1, on
each side of which the edges of the arched top are bent downwards and backwards
forming inwardly projecting ridges m; with perforations n at the bends.
Each section h, has a gas-pipe o, passing longitudinally through it one end of each
pipe being closed by a cap p while the other end is connected to a branch pipe q.
r, are perforations which serve as ordinary burner jets; these and the perforations n,
may if desired be made in the form of elongated openings or slits.
s, are stop-cocks, one for each pipe o.

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In the main part of the branch pipe 7, on its under side there is an opening t, like
that of a common whistle. Over this part of the pipe 9, is closely fitted a sleeve
having an opening corresponding with t.
Within the pipe q is fixed a nipple having an orifice a', nearly in line with the
opening t, as may be seen by comparing Fig. 4 with Fig. 5. The nipple is the end of
a pipe, which may be connected with a service gas pipe.
The burner constructed as above described may be situated within the fire space
of any stove, cooking stove, furnace, fire-place or perforated or closed casing c¹,
which may be provided with mica or other transparent panes to allow the light
emitted from the burner to radiate within the apartment in which the burner is
situated.
In operating the said burner when made of a number of sections greater than one,
any desired number of sections may be put in operation at the same time by opening
the corresponding stop cocks s, and lighting the gas or vapour escaping from the
perforations .
Such of the sections as are kindled have the dampers e², opened to allow a current
of air to pass up through them, this current of air being uniformly distributed by the
diaphragm c.
A portion of the rising air is caught by the ridges m, and caused to form
jets of air by passing through the perforations n, to act on both sides of the gas
flame.
Should any of the sections ½, not he put into operation, the dampers e², of those
sections are closed to prevent a current of cold air passing up which might have a
detrimental effect by intermingling with the heat produced by the sections in
operation.
By the opening t, an amount of air is admitted to intermingle with the gas &c.,
escaping from the nipple ; this opening may be regulated in size and consequently
the amount of air admitted through it by adjusting the position of the sleeve u, upoň
the main portion of the branch pipe q.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion and in what manner the same is to be performed we declare that what we
claim is :-
1. The combination in a burner for gas, or for gasoline or hydro-carbon vapour, of
the casing a, having damper or dampers e², and openings e¹; section or sections.i,
perforated diaphragm with a casing f, having corresponding sections h, each
provided with a pipe o, having perforations 7, and each provided with openings t;
downward extending ridges m, having perforations n, the whole constructed and
arranged, substantially as shown and described for the purposes set forth.
2. The combination in a burner for gas, or for gasoline, or hydro-carbon vapour,
of the casing a, having damper or dampers e², and openings e¹, section or sections i,
perforated diaphragm c, with a casing f, having corresponding sections / each
provided with a pipe o, having perforations and each provided with opening 1,
downward extending ridges m, having perforations n, with a branch pipe q, having
adjustable opening t, for the admission of air; the whole constructed, arranged and
operating substantially as shewn and described for the purposes set forth.
. Dated this 31st day of October 1890.
ABEL & IMRAY,
Agents for the Applicants.