An Improved Apparatus for Kindling Fuels.
Year: 1890

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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Apparatus for Kindling Fuels.
We, MARTIN MEISGEN of Brühl, in the Province of the Rhine, and MICHEL HETT
of Münstereifel, in the Province of the Rhine, in the German Empire, Merchants, 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:-
Our invention relates to an apparatus in which a long horizontal flame of very bigh
temperature is produced by dispersing petroleum, spirits, or the like, by means of a
continual jet of air, and blowing this combustible mixture through a small auxiliary
flame.
We attain this object by the apparatus illustrated in the accompanying drawing, in
which similar letters denote similar parts throughout the different figures.
Fig. 1 is a longitudinal section, and
Fig. 2 is a top view of the entire apparatus.
The liquid to be dispersed is contained in the reservoir a closed by the cover d',
which is provided with a small hole d² for allowing air to enter the reservoir. The
liquid is led to the point of dispersion by the tube b attached to the reservoir a and
bent at its extremity so as to form an upwardly extending tip m. A second tube c is
secured to tube b, and extends over the end of b, bearing at its extremity a small
case d filled with sponge and closed by a sieve of wire-gauze. The sponge in the
case d is soaked with the liquid contained in the reservoir a.
The jet of air necessary for carrying the apparatus into effect is generated by two
rubber-balls e and f, one of which (e) is made of thin and smooth rubber, and the
other (f) of thick and tough rubber. Both rubber-balls are provided with valves g
and h, acting in such a manner, that air may enter the balls through the valves g
and h, but is compelled to leave the balls through the short tubes i and k. The ball e
serves for forcing air into the ball from which the air is blown through tube / in a
constant and powerful jet. The tube crossing the reservoir, a terminates shortly,
before the tip m of tube b, and in forcing air through tube / and above the tip m, the
liquid is discharged at n and borne along with and by the jet of air in a finely
dispersed state.
The apparatus works as follows:
The sponge soaked with spirits and contained in the small case d is ignited, thus
forming the auxiliary flame. The mixture of air and dispersed spirits is compelled to
pass that flame, being ignited here and forming a long horizontal flame of enormous
heat which may be directed against the fuel to be kindled. In case petroleum is to
be used for the apparatus, it has been found of greater advantage to blow a jet of air
not mixed with the liquid (petroleum) through the auxiliary flame; the tube 6 may
be provided near its tip with a faucet closed when using petroleum, and opened when
using spirits.
The apparatus as described above is preferably. employed for kindling the fuel of
hearths and stoves. For kindling the fuel of steam-boilers or the like two
modifications of larger dimensions described hereinafter have been constructed; one
of those modifications intended for petroleum, and the other for spirits.
That modification of the apparatus intended for petroleum is constructed as
follows:
The tube crossing the reservoir a and furnished with air from any blowing-
machine is of larger diameter than generally used. The end of the tube is divided
into several short tubes of smaller diameter, all these short tubes being in the same
horizontal plane. The case d containing the sponge for the auxiliary flame is made
sufficiently broad as to serve for the whole number of the short tubes at the same

page_text: time, and the tube c furnishing the sponge with petroleum is connected directly with
the reservoir a, the latter in some cases not being provided with a tube b, but a
separate reservoir; tube and jet is furnished in connection with the apparatus for this
purpose.
The modification of the apparatus intended for spirits is constructed as follows:
The tube crossing the reservoir is of as large a diameter as explained in the first
modification, and also divided into a certain number of short and smaller tubes. A
tube 6 directly in connection with the reservoir a is divided in as many small tubes as
the tube 1, and they are provided with tips in the same manner as described above.
The case d with its tube c are secured to the tube in the same way as explained in
the description of Fig. 1, and the manner of working of the apparatus is also similar
to that of Fig. 1.
In both modifications a broad and long flame of enormous heat is produced, which
is very much adapted for the rapid kindling of great quantities of fuel.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of our said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is :
1. In a fuse or priming machine for kindling fuels: the reservoir a with the tube !
and the cover d', in combination with a rubber-ball f having the valve and attached
to the reservoir by the tube k, the rubber-ball connected by the tube i with a second
rubber-balle having the valve g, for the purpose as described.
2. In a fuse or priming machine for kindling fuels: the reservoir a with the tube l
and provided with the tube b having the upwardly extending tip m and the parallel
tube C, the latter furnished with a case d filled with sponge or the like and closed by
a sieve of wire gauze, for the purpose as described.
3. In a fuse or priming machine for kindling fuels: the reservoir a with the tube l,
the latter terminating at one side into the rubber-ball f, and at the other shortly
before the tip m of the tube b, for the purpose as described.
Dated this 20th day of August 1890
FREDK. WALKER,
11, Furnival Street, Holborn, E.C., Agent for the Applicants.