Improvements in Burners for Paraffin, Naphtha, and other Lamps.
Year: 1896

page_text: Date of Application, 21st NOV., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 23rd Aug., 1897-Accepted, 25th Sept., 1897
Date of Application, 21st NOV., 1890
Complete Specification Left, 23rd Aug., 1897-Accepted, 25th Sept., 1897
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Burners for Paraffin, Naphtha, and other Lamps.
1, ROBERT HENDERSON, of 2 Bruce Street, Dumbartor, in the County of
Dumbarton, Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this Invention to be as
follows:
This Invention relates to burners for paraffin, naphtha and other lamps and it
has for its object to construct these burners so as to more completely vapourizo
the inflowing paraffin, naphtha or other oil before it reaches the ignition point
and thus provide a clearer light than is attained by the burners at present in
use.
To that end I construct the improved burners in the form of a rectangular
frame, one corner at the top end of the frame having the inlet for the paraffin,
naphtha or other oil, formed in it from which a horizontal passage leads across
the top end of the frame to near the opposite side. A vertical passage com-
ntunicates with the end of this horizontal passage, and also with a return
horizontal passage formed in this end of the frame the opposite end of which
latter passage is in communication with a vertical passage formed in one of the
vertical sides of the frame. A horizontal passage formed in the lower side of
the rectangular frame leads from this vertical passage to the ignition point in the
lower end of the frame where its outflow is regulated by the ordinary means.
The flame passes through a short cylindrical guide formed integral with the
rectangular frame and plays upon the upper horizontal end of the rectangular
frame in which the passage from the inlet and the return passage are formed,
thoreby completely vapourizing the oil before it passes to the ignition point. The
usual circular flame disperser is placed over and secured by a screw to the top end
of the frame, with its fingers resting upon the top end of the cylindrical guide.
This construction of burner enables oils of different specific gravity to be used
in the lamp without changing the burner.

page_text: 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:-
This Invention relates to burners for paraffin, naphtha and other lamps and it
has for its object to construct these burners so as to more completely vapourize
the inflowing paraffin, naphtha or other oil before it reaches the ignition point
and thus provide a clearer light than is attained by the burners at present in
use.
The invention is illustrated by the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 being a
vertical section, and Figure 2 a plan of one modification of the improved burner,
and Figures 3 and 4 are like views respectively of another modification.
In carrying out the Invention I construct the improved burner in the form of a
rectangular frame A, one corner at the top end of the frame having the inlet B
for the paraffin, naphtha or other oil, formed in it from which a horizontal passage
C lends across the top end of the frame to near the opposite side. A vertical
passage D, as shewn at Figures 1 and 2, or a horizontal passage, as shewn at
Figures 3 and 4, communicates with the end of this horizontal passage C and also
with a return horizontal passage E formed in this end of the frame A. the opposite
end of which latter passage is in communication with a vertical passage l' formed
in one of the vertical sides of the frame. A horizontal passage G formed in the
lower side of the rectangular frame A leads from this vertical passage to the
ignition point H in the lower ond of the frame A where its outflow is regulated
by the ordinary means such as shewn at I. The flame passes through a short
oylindrical or conical guide J formed integral with the rectangular frame A and
plays upon the upper horizontal end of the rectangular frame A in which the
passage B from the inlet and the return passage D are formed, thereby completely
vapourizing the oil before it passes to the ignition point H. The usual circular
flame disperser K is placed over and secured by a screw L to the top end of the
frame A with its fingers K₁ resting upon or in proximity to the top end of the
cylindrical or conical guide J.
This construction of burner enables oils of different specific gravity to be used
in the lamp without changing the burner.
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:-
The improved burner for paraffin, naphtha, and other lamps constructed
substantially as described.
Deted this 21st des
100M
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