IMPROVEMENTS IN BURNERS FOR BURNING GAS MIXED WITH HYDROCARBON VAPOUR
Year: 1883

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Joseph Walter Sutton of High Holborn in the County
of Middlesex for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN BURNERS FOR BURNING
GAS MIXED WITH HYDROCARBON VAPOUR
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PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Joseph Walter Sutton at
the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 5th October 1883.
JOSEPH WALTER SUTTON of High Holborn in the County of Middlesex.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN BURNERS FOR BURNING GAS MIXED WITH HYDRO-CARBON
VAPOUR."
Various ways have before been suggested for enriching gas by admixing it with
hydro carbon vapour just before it issues from the burner and for this purpose
napthaline or other hydro carbon has been placed in a metallic globe situated above
the burner so that when the burner is lighted the globe may become heated and
the napthaline vaporized, gas has been admitted to the top of such a globe and led
off from it through another pipe to the burner so that when the globe becomes
heated mixed gas and vapour are consumed.
It is very important that the pipes by which the mixed gas and vapour pass to
the burners should be kept highly heated during the time that the burner is in
use as otherwise the hydro carbon vapour is liable to condense in the pipe and
ultimately close the passage through it. To keep the pipes highly heated during
the time that the burners are lighted I lead them vertically down through the
centre of the glass chimneys of argand burners.
One outlet pipe from the metallic vessel I lead vertically downwards from the
bottom of the vessel its lower end I connect by a socket joint with the centre of
an argand burner so that when the burner is lighted the pipe will be surrounded
by the cylinder of flame from the burner. At a distance above the top of the
glass chimney I fix to the pipe a metallic disc to act as a shield and prevent the
metallic vessel containing the napthaline from becoming too highly heated. If
more burners are to be used in connection with the metallic vessel I use in addition
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page_text: to the above outlet pipe which is led vertically downwards from the bottom of the
vessel other pipes branching off from it and which may be led out from the sides
of the vessel to the additional burners-the lower end of each such pipe being
always carried vertically downwards to the burner through its chimney.
Preferably I employ a three way cock for admitting gas to the top of the
metallic vessel so that by turning the cock into different positions gas may either
be shut off entirely or may be admitted into the interior of the vessel to mix with
the vapour therein and then by open branch passages enter the outlet pipe and
pass off to the burners or may be admitted directly to the upper end of the pipe
which passes to the burners so that in this latter case gas may be passed to the
burners with but little admixture of vapour with it

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Joseph Walter Sutton in the Patent Office on the 4th April 1884.
JOSEPH WALTER SUTTON of High Holborn in the County of Middlesex
"IMPROVEMENTS IN BURNERS FOR BURNING GAS MIXED WITH HYDRO-CARBON
VAPOUR
Various ways have before been suggested for enriching gas by admixing it. with
hydro-carbon vapour just before it issues from the burner-and for this purpose
napthaline or other hydrocarbon has been placed in a metallic globe situated above
the burner so that when the burner is lighted the globe may become heated and
the napthaline vaporized, gas has been admitted to the top of such a globe and led
off from it through another pipe to the burner so that when the globe becomes
heated mixed gas and vapour are consumed.
It is very important that the pipes by which the mixed gas and vapour pass to
the burners should be kept highly heated during the time that the burner is in use
as otherwise the hydrocarbon vapour is liable to condense in the pipe and
ultimately close the passage through it. To keep the pipes highly heated during
the time that the burners are lighted I lead them vertically down through the
centre of the glass chimneys of argand burners.
One outlet pipe from the metallic vessel I lead vertically downwards from the
bottom of the vessel its lower end I connect by a socket joint with the centre of an
argand burner so that when the burner is lighted the pipe will be surrounded by
the cylinder of flame from the. burner. At a distance above the top of the glass
chimney I fix to the pipe a metallic disc to act as a shield and prevent the metallic
vessel containing the napthaline from becoming too highly heated. If more
burners are to be used in connection with the metallic vessel I use in addition to
the above outlet pipe which is led vertically downwards from the bottom of the
vessel other pipes branching off from it and which may be led out from the sides of
the vessel to the additional burners-the lower end of each such pipe being always
carried vertically downwards to the burner through its chimney.
Preferably I employ a three way cock for admitting gas to the top of the
metallic vessel so that by turning the cock into different positions gas may either
be shut off entirely or may be admitted into the interior of the vessel to mix with
the vapour therein and then by open branch passages enter the outlet pipe and
pass off to the burners or may be admitted directly to the upper end of the pipe
which passes to the burners so that in this latter case gas may be passed to the
burners with but little admixture of vapour with it.
In the Drawings hereunto annexed I have shewn examples of burners constructed
according to my invention.
Figure 1 is a side elevation of a single light burner. Figure 2 is a vertical
section of a three or five light burner.
A is the hollow metallic globe into which napthaline can be inserted through an
opening B which when the burner is in use is closed by a screw cap C-D is a
three way cock the outlet end of the shell of which is secured to the top of the
globe A. The inlet end of the shell of the cock is secured to the gas supply pipe.
One of the outlet passages of the cock opens directly into the interior of the globe
and the other has connected to it a pipe E. This pipe is carried downwards through
the bottom of the globe and its lower end is screwed into a socket in the centre of
an argand jet or burner. If more than one light is required then branch pipes are
led off sidewise from the pipe E as shewn in Figure 2 and they are each similarly
led down vertically to the centre of an argand or ring jet. F are the glass
chimnies they rest upon perforated discs or galleries below the jets.
G. G. are

page_text: short branches extending sidewise from the upper part of the pipe E. Openings G¹
are formed through the underside of these branches to permit gas and vapour to
pass from the globe A into the pipe E.
In Figure 2 the plug of the three way cock is shewn as turned into a position
to permit of gas passing from the gas supply pipe into the interior of the globe-
the gas so entering the globe would then mix with vaporized napthaline contained
in the upper part of the globe and pass through the openings G₁ to the pipe E and
so to the burners,
By giving a partial turn to the plug of the tap it may be brought into position
'for the whole of the gas to pass directly to the pipe E without entering the globe
or the plug of the tap might be turned into an intermediate position so that part
passes into the globe and part direct into the pipe E. A quarter turn in the
opposite direction would entirely shut off the supply of gas.
H is the metallio disc surrounding the pipe E below the bottom of the globe A.
it may if desired be carried by a short tube which can be slidden upwards or
downwards along the tube to control the extent to which the heated gases rising
from the glass chimney which surrounds the pipe E are allowed to heat the globe.
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 :-
First The construction of burners for burning gas mixed with hydro-carbon
vapour substantially as herein before described such burner consisting of an.
argand or ring gas jet carried by a pipe which passes upwards from the jet
through a glass chimney to a metallic globe situated above the chimney and made
to contain napthaline or other hydro-carbon such pipe being also made with
branch openings into the upper part of the interior of the globe so that gas
supplied to the interior of the globe may mingle with hydro-carbon vapour
contained therein before passing through the descending pipe to the argand or
ring jet.
Second-The construction of burners for burning gas mixed with hydro-carbon
vapour substantially as herein before described such burner consisting of an argand
or ring gas jet carried by a pipe which passes upwards from the jet through a
glass chimney to a metallic globe situated above the chimney and made to contain
napthaline or other hydro-carbon-such pipe being also made with branch
openings into the upper part of the interior of the metallic globe and also coupled
to one of the outlets of a three way gas supply cock the other outlet of which
admits gas to the interior of the metallic globe so that gas may be either supplied
direct to the argand or ring jet or first made to pass through the globe and so to
mingle with hydro-carbon vapour therein before passing to the jet.
Third-The construction of burners for burning gas mixed with hydro-carbon
vapour substantially as herein before described and illustrated in the Drawings
annexed.
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In witness whereof I the said Joseph Walter Sutton have hereunto set my hand
and seal this second day of April in the year of our Lord One thousand eight
hundred and eighty four.