Improvements in and relating to Gas or Vapour Burners.
Year: 1898

page_text: Date of Application, 29th Oct., 1898-Accepted, 23rd Dec., 1898
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in and relating to Gas or Vapour Burners.
I, HARRY MCMILLEN HAMRICK, of 802, Witherspoon Building, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, United States of America, Mechanical 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 consists of improvements in burners, and consists in providing
means independent of the burner tube for conducting heat from the upper portion
of said tube to the lower portion thereof.
It further consists of novel details of construction, all as will be hereinafter
set forth.
In the accompanying drawing,
Figure 1 represents a side elevation of burner embodying my invention.
Figure 2 represents a vertical sectional view thereof.
Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the figures.
A. designates a burner, which consists of the tube B, which is suitably sup-
ported by the rods Con a casing or plug D, the latter being provided with a
vaporizing chamber E having an outlet I, and being adapted to be secured in
any desired position.
Supported upon said tube B is a cap G in the upper portion of which is a screen
or gauze H and suitably supported at the upper portion of the tube B are the
series of screens J.
K designates a mantle above the burner tube, which is secured to the ring L,
the latter being supported by a conductor or bar M, which is secured to or forms
a part of the plug D, said bar M extending downwardly adjacent to the burner
tube B, and being formed of suitable heat conducting material.
№ designates a supply pipe which leads from a suitable source of supply (not
shown) and communicates with a pipe P, which leads into the chamber E in the
plug or casing D.
A suitable pin valve Q or analogous device controls the supply of hydro-carbon
as desired.
The operation is as follows:
The hydro-carbon passes through the supply pipe N, then into the chamber E,
where it is vaporized or gasified and passes out through the outlet F into the
tube B, where it commingles with the air entering between the rods C and passes
up through the screens where it is ignited and heats the mantle, it being noticed
that the bar M being adjacent to said mantle is quickly heated and conveys the
heat to the casing D, that is, from the mantle or upper portion of the tube B to
the lower portion thereof and thus effectively vaporizes the hydro-carbon in the
chamber E.
It will be evident that various changes may be made in the construction here-
in shown and described, and I do not desire therefore to be limited to the exact
construction I have herein shown and described, but reserve to myself the right
to make all such changes as may come within the scope of my invention.

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. In a burner, a tube, means for introducing gas or vapor thereinto, a
mantle suitably supported and means independent of said tube for conducting
heat from the upper portion of said tube to the lower portion thereof.
2nd. In a burner, à tube, a vaporizing chamber, means for introducing hydro-
carbon thereinto, a mantle located above said tube, but disconnected therefrom,
and an upright conductor independent of said tube and adapted to conduct the
heat from the upper portion of said tube to the lower portion thereof, said mantle
being supported upon said conductor.
3rd. In a burner, a tube, a vaporizing chamber, means for introducing hydro-
carbon into said chamber, screens in said tube, a mantle suitably supported and a
conductor adjacent said mantle, independent of said tube and adapted to conduct
heat therefrom to said vaporizing chamber.
4th. In a burner, a tube, a vaporizing chamber, means for introducing hydro-
carbon thereinto, a mantle located above said tube, and a conductor independent
of said tube and adapted to conduct heat from the upper portion of said tube
to the lower portion thereof.
5th. In a burner, a tube, a mantle, a vaporizing chamber, below said mantle,
means for introducing hydro-carbon into said chamber and means for conducting
heat to said chamber.
D
HASELTINE LAKE & Co.,
45, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C.,
Agents for the Applicant.