Improvements in Gas Burners.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 28th May, 1895-Accepted, 13th July,
1895
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Gas Burners.
I, CHARLES STANFORD UPTON, of 37 Barclay Street, in the City of New
York, County and State of New York, U.S.A., Manufacturer, do hereby
declare the nature of my invention, and in what manner the same is to be
performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the following
statement:—
The object of my invention is to provide a gas-lighting burner of such form of
construction that the same will be self regulating in such manner that notwith-
standing variations in the pressure of the gas supplied to the burner, the pressure
at which the gas escapes from the flame orifice or orifices of the burner at the point
of ignition, will be at all times substantially the same, whereby blowing or hissing
of the flame will be absolutely prevented, and the amount of gas consumed in
consequence be much less than in burners of ordinary form.
In the drawing :-
Fig. 1 is a side view, partially in central vertical section, of an Argand-gas-burner
of my improved self-regulating form;
Fig. 2 is a view in detail of the regulating portion of such burner showing the
position assumed by the regulating disk under heavy pressure of the gas; and
Fig. 3 is a top-plan view of the regulating-disk, such disk being in Figs. 1 and 2,
shown in section on the line - of Fig. 3;
Fig. 4 is a view partially in central vertical section, of an ordinary form of bats-
wing-gas-burner showing my regulating device applied thereto.
The construction shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, together with the operation thereof
will be first described.
Referring to the drawing :-
The reference letter A designates the burner, B the flame orifices through which
the gas escapes therefrom at the point of ignition, C is the gas-passage leading
from the gas-supply-pipe (not shown) to the orifices B, D is the stop-cock located
in the gas-passage C and operated by the lever E, while G is the regulating-disk
by which the flow of gas to the flame-orifices is automatically regulated.
The burner A consists preferably of a circular chamber 1 provided at the top
with the flame-orifices B, and such chamber 1 is in communication at the bottom
with the gas-passage C by way of two or more passages 2, which latter are formed
in the legs of a spider or annular frame on which rests the piece forming the
circular chamber 1, the spider being so constructed as to leave free passage by the
legs thereof into the central portion of the Argand-burner thus formed so as to feed
the inner mantle of the flame with air, which is distributed equally to all parts of
the said inner mantle of the flame by being first compelled to pass through a
perforated thimble or air-distributor 3, preferably of the shape and form shown,
which is supported within the central air-passage of the burner in any desired
manner.
Surrounding the circular chamber 1 is the chimney-gallery 4, provided on the
outer edge with suitable upwardly extending spring-fingers, by which the chimney
when in position is gripped and held firmly in place, and the air to feed the outer
mantle of the flame is thoroughly and equably distributed to all parts thereof by
passing through suitable perforations in the chimney-gallery 4, and in the upward

page_text: extension 6 thereof, as well as through the perforated air-distributing bottom-
plate 7, which closes the space lying between the outer edge of the downwardly
extending outer flange of the chimney-gallery and the outer wall of the circular-
chamber 1, where such wall is secured to the annular portion of the spider, as
shown.
The central stud of the spider in which is the gas-passage C is preferably flared
outwardly at the bottom as shown, and is provided with an interior screw-thread to
receive the threaded end of the bottom-piece in which is carried the turn-plug or
stop-cock D, such threaded end of the bottom-piece being provided at the upper
end with a large cavity of such form that a disk-chamber H will be formed when
the parts are screwed together in position, in which chamber is located the
regulating-disk G. The disk-chamber H is of much larger diameter than is the
gas passage C where it passes through the bottom-piece or through the stud of
the spider, and in reality forms an enlargement of a portion of such gas-passage C
lying between the stop-cock and the flame-orifices B.
The central portion of the bottom part of the stud of the spider forming the top
of the disk-chamber H extends downward a short distance as shown at 8 so as to
leave an annular upper extension 9 of such chamber surrounding the annular
extension 8, and such extension 8 is provided at the bottom with suitable grooves
or perforations 10 extending across or through the same as shown, (see Fig. 2).
The stop-cock or turn-plug D is preferably of the form shown, the lever E being
preferably provided with chains 11 by which the same is moved, and the parts of
the burner hereinbefore described are preferably formed of brass, or other suitable
metal.
The regulating-disk G is preferably of the form shown, consisting of a circular
disk provided with three or more projections or studs 12, the whole being of such
size as to move easily up and down in the disk-chamber H, and being formed
preferably of a thin sheet of mica.
The operation of the device is as follows:-
The parts being in the position shown in Fig. 1, and gas being admitted to the
gas-passage C by suitable manipulation of the stop-cock D, by turning such cock
into such a position that the flame is steady and constant without blowing or hissing
of the gas, for a single instant, it will be found that the force of the stream of gas
will in such case be just sufficient to lift the regulating disk G slightly away from
the bottom of the disk-chamber H, so as to allow the gas to escape from underneath
the same and around the edges thereof between the studs 12, and up through the
passage through the stud of the spider, and through the passages 2 and annular
chamber 1 to the flame-orifices B. If now the pressure of the stream of
gas should
be increased from any cause sufficiently to cause the flame of an ordinary burner to
blow or hiss, such increase of pressure will at once serve to instantly drive the
mica disk G up against the top of the disk-chamber H and tight against the annular
projection 8, into the position shown in Fig. 2, when the gas can only pass to the
Hame-orifices B through the grooves or perforations 10, and inasmuch as such
perforations are formed of such size as to permit of only sufficient gas to keep the
flame burning properly to pass to the said orifices under the extremest of gas
service pressures, it will be seen that blowing and hissing of the flame will by this
means be absolutely prevented.
While I prefer to use mica for forming the disk G, by reason of the extreme
lightness thereof and the non-liability to corrosion of the same, I do not intend to
limit myself to the use of any particular material for forming such disk nor to any
particular shape thereof, or of the other parts of my improved burner.
The construction and operation of the regulating portion of the ordinary form
of burner shown in Fig. 4, is similar to that of the regulating portion of the burner
shown in the other figs., and therefore I do not consider any description thereof
necessary, and such drawing is included with the others merely to show the ease
with which my invention may be adapted to such form of burner.

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 :-
1. In a gas-burner, the combination with a disk-chamber H having an annular
projection 8 provided with grooves or perforations 10 extending into the chamber,
such chamber forming a portion of the gas-passage of the burner, of a movable
disk G located in the chamber H, substantially as shown and described and for the
purposes set forth.
2. In a gas-burner, the combination with a disk-chamber H having an annular
projection 8 provided with grooves or perforations 10 extending into the chamber,
such chamber forming a portion of the gas-passage of the burner, of a movable
mica disk G located in the chamber H, substantially as shown and described and
for the purposes set forth.
3. In an Argand-gas-burner, the combination with a central air-distributor 3, of
an outer air-distributor, an annular chamber 1 provided with flame-orifices B at the
top and in communication at the bottom with a gas-passage C, a disk-chamber H
forming part of the gas-passage C, an annular extension 8 extending into the
chamber H and provided with perforations or grooves 10, and a mica disk G having
the projections 12 located in the chamber H, substantially as shown and described
and for the purposes set forth.
Dated thin noth dow of M 1905
S. S. BROMHEAD,
97 Newgate Street, E.C., Agent for Applicant.
S. S. BROMHEAD,
97 Newgate Street, E.C., Agent for Applicant.