Improvements in Attachments to Gas Burners for Heating and Lighting Purposes.
Year: 1894

page_text: Date of Application, 10th Nov., 1894
Complete Specification Left, 23rd Feb., 1895-Accepted, 23rd Mar., 1895
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Attachments to Gas Burners for Heating and
Lighting Purposes.
I, FREDERICK WILLIAM ZIMER, of 23 Fitzroy Square in the County of
London, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
My invention relates to improvements in atmospheric gas heaters and has for its
object to combine in one article an atmospheric gas heater and a secure stand
(made hitherto separately) and also to use in connection therewith a separate
so-called drop light which may be employed not only for supplying the gas to the
stove but also for lighting purposes with a readily adjustable and attachable shade,
when desired.
For the purposes of my invention I preferably construct the gas heater as follows:
I make a casting consisting of a flat ring (similar to a washer) and a suitable
number of pillars placed around the outside of the ring which shall be at a suitable
distance from the top ends and at a suitable distance from the bottom ends of the
pillars. I further make a bottomless cup or a cup with suitable openings at the
bottom and with a horizontal rim or flange at the top which I fix by means of
bolts or otherwise to the underneath side of the ring of the stand after having
placed a suitable disc of wire gauze between the said flange of the cup and ring of
the stand.
I may vary the construction of the heater by combining the pillars and cup in
one casting with a separate ring or by combining the lower ends of the pillars with
the cup and the upper ends with the ring or otherwise.
When requiring the heater, it is simply placed over the droplight (which is
connected with the gas supply by means of a flexible tube or otherwise) so that the
burner will be inside the cup where the gas will mix with the air entering freely
at the bottom of the cup; when ignited above the gauze, a large flame will be
produced with great heating power. When required for lighting purposes (also
for sealing &c.) say on the table, the drop light is simply lighted in the ordinary
way and may be placed on top of the ganze of the heater which will then form a
very desirable and firm stand for the light, at a convenient distance above the
level of the table. In combination therewith I construct a suitable shade readily
adjustable and attachable to the drop light or to the stand by means of a wire frame
or otherwise.
Dand thin hold af Navron 1001
Improvements in Attachments to Gas Burners for Heating and
Lighting Purposes.
I, FREDERICK WILLIAM ZIMER, of 23 Fitzroy Square, in the County of
London, Manufacturer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what
O manner the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement :-
My invention relates to improvements in atmospheric gas heaters, and has for its

page_text: for supplying the gas to the stove, but also for lighting purposes with a readily
adjustable and attachable shade, when desired.
And in order that my invention may be thoroughly understood, I now proceed to
describe the accompanying drawing thereof, reference being had to letters and
figures marked thereon.
Fig. 1, is a plan of the ring a and tapered prongs of the top of Fig. 2.
Fig. 2, is a stand and gas burner complete, half in elevation and a part in
section.
Fig. 3, is an alternate stand with a ring and pillars.
Fig. 4, is a plan of the top of Fig. 3.
Fig. 5, is an elevation of Fig. 2, with a deflector shade.
Fig. 6, is an elevation of Fig. 2, with the dotted lines showing the burner at the
base.
Fig. 7, is a plan of the burner and top disc.
Fig. 8, is an elevation of Fig. 2, with a sealing wax burner.
For the purposes of my invention I preferably construct the gas heater as
follows.
I make a casting as in Figs. 1, 2, and 7, consisting of a flat ring a (similar to a
washer) with an outside rim and a suitable number of prongs b. I further make a
heater stand or cup e with suitable openings fat the bottom, and with a horizontal
rim or flange g at the top, which 1 fix by means of bolts or otherwise to the
underneath side of the ring a, after having placed a suitable disc of wire gauze i,
between the said flange g of the cup e and the ring a.
g
I may vary the construction
of the heater by combining the ring and prongs with feet or pillars (Fig. 3) in one
casting with a separate casting of a bottomless cup e, or by combining the pillars
with the cup and the prongs with the ring or otherwise.
The heater stand is a round hollow shell of ornamental shape similar to the
pedestal of a lamp, with one or several (for instance four) openings f at the bottom,
and with holes j for screws in the flange g.
The ring a is provided with any suitable number of prongs and holes for
screws.
The heater stand and ring are bolted (here by screws and nuts) or otherwise
fastened together after placing the disc of gauze between them. These parts so
bolted together will be herein called the "heater."
A gaslight stand or top disc k is in the form of a cap having a part cut out for
convenience with a burner and a nipple m to which the flexible tube n is attached.
A hole o is provided for conducting the gas from the flexible tube to the top of
the burner. The outside diameter of the gaslight stand is smaller than the inside
diameter of the heater stand.
When required for beating purposes as in Fig. 6, the "heater" is simply placed
over the gaslight stand disck with the flexible tube passing through one of the
openings of the "heater." The gas mixes inside the heater stand with the air
entering freely through the openings, and by igniting it above the gauze i, a large
flame will be produced with great heating power. When required as a table gas
lamp as in Fig. 5, the gaslight stand is simply placed on top of the "heater," (with
a deflector shade p and frame g,) which forms a desirable firm stand for the light at
a suitable height above the level of a table.
The gaslight stand being constructed in the form of a cup, hides from view all
the unsightly parts used for heating, namely the prongs b gauze i and other parts,
so that, only a neat ornamental lamp can be seen. The gaslight stand can be
firmly fixed to the "heater" by means of suitable clips e' or otherwise. I attach
a deflector shade p by means of wire frames q over three of the prongs bor
otherwise.
The wire frame q is made with three eyes which are placed on three alternate

page_text: prongs. By putting the three ends of the wire frame through three holes in the
shade at (equal distances) the frame and shade will be held firmly in position.
When required as in Fig. 8, for sealing I take off the shade with the wire
frames and attach to the burner an india rubber tuber carrying a brass tube s
with a suitable burner producing the peculiar flame required for sealing. By
putting the india rubber tube more or less over the burner or brass tube s, the
direction or height of the sealing wax burner can be easily raised or lowered as
desired.
In order that the gaslight stand may always find its proper place over the
ring, I construct the gaslight stand inside with a groove t which will fall on the
top of the prongs b, or I make the inside diameter of the gaslight stand larger
than the outside diameter of the ring or vice-versa, so that one telescopes into the
other, in such a case I make suitable slots for the wires holding the shade, to pass
through the gaslight stand or ring or both.
In Figs. 3, and 4, I construct an alternate stand, cast in one piece namely a
ring c and six pillars d with the prongs at the top of the aforesaid ring c in
combination with a bottomless cup e.
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 :-
1. In gas burners for heating, the combination of an atmospheric gas heater
and stand composed of prongs, gauze, or other perforated substance; a cup with
an opening at the bottom, and borne by or resting on outside pillars or feet, or a
pedestal, attached to the cup, with openings for the air to enter freely, substantially
as described and according to Figs. 1, 2, and 7, of the accompanying drawing.
2. In gas burners for heating, the combination of an atmospheric gas heater
and stand with a separate gaslight stand placed under the "heater" for heating
purposes, substantially as described and according to Fig. 6, of the accompanying
drawing.
3. In gas burners for lighting, a gaslight stand so constructed that when used
for lighting purposes it will hide the prongs, and other unsightly parts, used for
heating, substantially as described and for the purpose specified.
4. In gas burners for heating and lighting, the devices for temporarily fastening
the gaslight stand firmly to the "heater" and for keeping the same in a proper
position, substantially as described.
5. In gas burners for lighting, the attachable wire frame and shade in com-
bination with the heater and gaslight stand, substantially as described and
according to Fig. 5, of the accompanying drawing.
6. In gas burners for lighting, a sealing wax attachment consisting of an india
rubber tube, and a sealing wax burner in combination with the gaslight stand or a
gas burner, substantially as described and according to Fig. 8, of the accompanying
drawing.
7. In gas burners for heating and lighting, the construction of a combined
atmospheric gas heater and lamp with shade, and sealing wax burner, and means
of attaching them, as described with reference to the drawing.
8. In a stand, the combination of the pillars, ring and prongs, with a bottomless
cup substantially as described and according to Figs. 3, and 4, of the accompanying
drawing.
J. P. BAYLY,
18, Fulham Place, W., Agent for the Applicant.