Gas Burner Regulators.
Year: 1895

page_text: Date of Application, 17th Apr., 1895-Accepted, 8th June, 1895
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
[Communicated from abroad by THE FAULTLESS GAS SAVER Co., a Corporation
duly organized and existing under and by virtue of the Laws of the State of
California, and having its General Offices at 415, Powell Street, in the City"
and County of San Francisco, State of California, United States of
America.]
Gas Burner Regulators.
1, VICTOR ISIDORE FEENY, of 60 Queen Victoria Street, London in the .
County of Middlesex, Chartered Patent Agent, 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 :-
This invention relates to a device for regulating the flow and pressure of gas.
It consists in a device attachable to each burner independently, and in certain
details of construction which will be more fully explained by reference to the
accompanying drawing, in which
Figure 1 is a vertical section.
Figure 2 is a perspective view of the valve seat.
The object of the invention is to provide a device for regulating the flow of gas
through each burner independently, so that whatever the size of the burner, a
certain consumption of gas within the capacity of the burner may be assured.
A is a casing of sufficient size to contain the valve B, and the valve seat C.
This casing has its lower end so constructed as to be properly secured to the
upper end of the supply pipe D through which the gas arrives at the burner.
From the top of the case is a tubular extension E having its exterior and interior
screw-threaded.
Upon the exterior of this extension the gas burner tube F is screwed so that
there is a tight joint between the supply-pipe D and the burner tip, the gas being
all delivered into the interior of the casing A.
The valve seat C is of any suitable shape. It is here shewn in the form of a
hollow cone having a screw-threaded hollow extension C which is adapted to screw
into the inner threads of the extension E at the top of the case A so that the valve
seat will be situated a short distance above the open end of the pipe D, and the
openings through which gas flows into the case A.
The valve B is a light conical shell of similar shape to the valve seat C and
adapted to fit within it when closed.
This valve has a stem G which extends up within the hollow extension C' of the
valve seat, and also down through a hole made in the part into which the pipe D
is secured so that the stem is suitably guided, and the valve allowed to rise and
fall at will.
The interior of the valve seat C has grooves H made in it extending from the
bottom up to a point where they connect with the interior passage, for the purpose
of allowing a small flow of gas when the valve has been closed, or there may be
sufficient irregularities between the two surfaces for this purpose.
The valve B is so arranged with relation to the seat and the inlet opening, that
under a certain pressure of gas, the valve will remain open sufficiently to allow the
desired amount of gas to flow through the extension C' of the valve seat and thence
to the burner.
If the pressure be increased, the valve will be closed against the seat C, but the
grooves or channels H are designed to still allow the proper proportion of gas to
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page_text: flow to the burner, under the increased pressure, so that whether the valve be
opened or closed, the light furnished from the burner will be an even and steady
one and whatever increase of pressure may take place within the supply-pipe, no
greater amount of gas will be allowed to How to the burner.
The upper end of the extension C¹ is so formed that a screw-driver or other
device may be applied to it, and it may thus be raised or lowered in the extension E
into which it is screwed, and thus the distance between it and the valve, when the
latter is in its normal position, may be varied to suit the greater or less quantity of
light required.
By this construction each burner may be regulated to suit the pressure at that
particular point, or the requirements of the case, by adjusting the valve seat C,
after which the burner F is screwed on to the upper end of the case, and the whole
is in readiness for use.
Any future adjustment is made by first removing the burner and adjusting, the
valve seat as previously described.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, we declare that what we
claim is:
1st. An independent gas-burner regulator, consisting of a closed casing having
its lower end secured to the gas supply pipe, and a burner secured to the upper end,
a valve seat of conical form within said casing, having a hollow extension
adjustably fitted to the top of the casing, and a valve of conical form having a
guiding stem adapted to enter said extension, said valve seat having channels or
passages formed in its face extending from the lower edge to the apex and
communicating with the hollow extension.
2nd. In a gas burner regulator, the combination with the gas supply pipe, the
burner and the chamber between said pipe and burner, of a conical valve seat and
conical valve adapted to close against the same, said valve seat having grooves or
passages in its inclined walls connec ing at one end with the chamber and at the
upper end with a hollow extension from the valve seat, and said valve having a
stem adapted to enter said extension and guide the valve, as described and
illustrated upon the accompanying drawings.
Dated this Seventeenth day of April 1895.