Improvements in Gas Burners or Attachments thereto or therefor.
Year: 1889

page_text: Date of Application, 23rd Nov., 1889
Complete Specification Left, 10th Mar., 1890-Accepted, 12th Apr., 1890
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Gas Burners or Attachments thereto or therefor.
I CHARLES JOHN JAMES of 18 Oakfield Place Clifton Bristol do hereby declare
the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
The object of my invention is to provide ready means by which the light giving
qualities of an ordinary gas burner may be improved without a corresponding increase
in the consumption of gas and this I accomplish by spreading the flame so as to
allow free-er access of air to the gas flame.
In carrying out my invention I provide a clip with a peculiarly shaped hoop (or
hoops) of metal or other substance. The hoop (or hoops) is attached to the clip and
rises above it in the form of an arch of a certain shape the crown of the arch being
depressed or turned towards one or the other side at a certain angle.
I now slip the clip with the hoop or hoops attached to it over the burner in such
a position that the hoop (or hoops) is in a line with the flame and not across it; the
object being to widen out the flame and to increase thereby its brilliancy. The
depression of the crown of the hoop (or hoops) onto one or other side prevents the
flame from being forced out of the perpendicular.
By removing the clip off the burner, or by simply turning it half way round with
the hoop or hoops across the flame the burner is at once restored to its ordinary
condition.
The apparatus may be permanently attached to or form part of the gas burner if
desired or convenient and being fixed outside on the burner it does not and cannot
operate until after the gas has passed and is, capable of being ignited. There can
therefore be no increase in the consumption.
Dated this 23rd day of November 1889.
POPPLEWELL & Co.,
17 & 18, Southampton Buildings, London, W.C., Agents for the Applicant.
COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
Improvements in Gas Burners or Attachments thereto or therefor.
I, CHARLES JOHN JAMES of 18 Oakfield Place, Clifton, Bristol, 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 :-
The object of my invention is to provide ready means by which the light giving
qualities of an ordinary gas burner may be improved without a corresponding increase
in the consumption of gas, and this I accomplish by spreading the flame so as to
allow the air to enter said flame more freely.
In order that my invention may be clearly understood I have appended the
accompanying sheet of drawings, in which Fig. 1 represents a front elevation of the
device shewn applied to a gas burner, and Fig. 2 an end elevation of the same. Fig. 3
is a plan view of an alternative method of adjusting said device, and Fig. 4 is a plan
view corresponding to Fig. 2. Figs. 5. 6. 7 and 8 are portions thereof shewn detached.
Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the several views.
In carrying out my invention I provide a metal clip A and split to afford
elasticity and to fit upon the exterior of the burner B, and I provide two sockets a
and a placed exactly opposite to each other so as to hold in position a peculiarly
shaped hoop (or hoops) C. The hoop (or hoops) is attached to the clip A by means
of the sockets a and a', and extends above said clip in the form of an arch, as shewn
by C Fig. 1, the crown of said arch being depressed, or turned toward one or the other
side at a certain angle as shewn by the end view Fig. 2, and the plan view Fig. 4.
D

page_text: If, however, the metal or material of which the hoop (or hoops) is formed is thinner
in cross section than that shewn by Figs. 2 and 4, the crown of the arch need not
be depressed or turned toward one or the other. side as described, but may be kept
perfectly straight as shewn by C Fig. 3, and the detached views Figs. 6 and 8 which
represent an elevation and plan respectively.
I now slip the clip A, with the hoop (or hoops) C which are attached to it over the
burner in such a position that said hoop (or hoops) is in a line with the flame, and
not across it; the object being to widen said flame and thereby to increase its
brilliancy. The depression of the crown of the hoop (or hoop-) toward one or the
other side prevents the flame from being diverted from the perpendicular. In the
alternative method, whereby the hoop (or hoops) is not depressed or turned, as
shewn by Fig. 3, the same effect is produced by the division of the frame centrally,
between, the two holes of the burner B.
By removing the clip A from the burner or by simply turning it halfway round.
with the hoop (or hoops) across the flame, the burner is at once restored to its
ordinary condition.
The apparatus according to my invention may be permanently attached to, or form
part of the gas burner B if desired, and whether so arranged, or made so as to be
detachable, it does not operate until the gas has passed, and is capable of being
ignited, hence there can be no increase in the consumption of gas.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said invention
and in what manner the same is to be performed, I wish it to be understood that I am
aware that a diaphragm, or dividing plate has been employed for a similar purpose
by others, therefore I do not claim the same, but I declare that what I claim is.
The combination of a loop or loops C, with the arch thereof straight or depressed,
and clip A, with a gas burner B, substantially as and for the purposes herein described
and shewn by the appended drawings.
Dated this 10th day of March 1800
FREDK. WALKER & HYDE,
4, Moorfields, Fore Street, London, E.C., Agents for the Applicant.