Improvements in Gas Heaters.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 6th Nov., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 20th Nov., 1893-Accepted, 30th Dec., 1893
PROVIDIUNAL DI MUITIVATION.
Improvements in Gas Heaters.
A communication by FRANK PETER ZIEGLER, of 336, Thirteenth Street,
Milwaukee, in, the County of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, United
States of America, Manufacturer.
I, WILLIAM PHILLIPS THOMPSON F.C.S., M.I.M.E., of the Agency for
Foreign Patent Solicitors, 6 Lord Street, Liverpool and 6, Bank Street,
Manchester, both in the County of Lancaster and 323 High Holborn in the
County of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, do hereby declare the nature of this invention
to be as follows:-
The object of the invention is to provide a gas heater adapted for use in manu-
facturing candy, whereby the candy material, while being manipulated on a table,
may be kept warm and in suitable condition for working, and whereby heat may be
applied to a portion or all of the mass of material as desired.
The frame or body of the heater consists preferably of the elongated curved
back and bottom formed integrally of sheet metal, which are desirably respectively
turned downwardly at the top and upwardly at the bottom forming the flanges, and
the end pieces, also of sheet metal secured permanently to the back and bottom in
such manner as to form a support for the back and bottom, holding the bottom
preferably up a little distance from the floor or table on which the frame rests.
A vertically disposed plate, also of sheet metal, is secured to the frame near its
front. A covering or batting of asbestos is secured to the front surface of the
plate and forms a heat absorbent and radiator.
To produce combustion, below and in front of the asbestos radiator, there is
provided a series of independent gas burners consisting of a plurality of pipes,
each being closed at its ends and provided with a series of apertures for the escape
of gas.
These pipes are disposed horizontally, end to end of each other, in front
of the plate and just below the asbestos, and are preferably secured to each other,
conveniently by screw threaded sleeve couplings. Each of these burners is provided
with a pipe leading to the main gas supply pipe. The pipes are severally supplied
with a stop cock. By this construction, either one or all of the burners can at the
same time be supplied with gas for combustion as desired.
As it is desirable in use frequently to turn off the gas and thereby extinguish
the combustion, and soon afterward to relight one or all of the burners, a lighter is
provided, consisting of a small pipe leading from the main pipe and supplied with
a stop cock, which pipe terminates in two sections of small pipe connected to each
other and to the pipe by universal joints, which pipes are adapted to supply, at the
free terminus of the section, a small stream of continuously flowing gas, whereby
a constant flame is maintained for conveniently lighting the burner.
Dated this 4th day of November 1893.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Agents for the Applicant.

page_text: Improvements in Gas Heaters.
A communication by FRANK PETER ZIEGLER, of 336, Thirteenth Street,
Milwaukee, in the County of Milwaukee and State of Wisconsin, United
States of America, Manufacturer.
I, WILLIAM PHILLIPS THOMPSON, F.C.S., M.I.M.E., of the Agency for
Foreign Patent Solicitors, 6 Lord Street, Liverpool and 6, Bank Street,
Manchester, both in the County of Lancaster and 323 High Holborn, in the
County of Middlesex, Civil Engineer, 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 the invention is to provide a gas heater adapted for use in manu-
facturing candy, whereby the candy material while being manipulated on a table
may be kept warm and in suitable condition for working, and whereby heat may be
applied to a portion or all of the mass of material as desired.
Referring to the accompanying drawing
:-
Figure 1, is a front elevation of the improved device, parts being broken away
and other parts shown in section for convenience of illustration.
Figure 2 is a medial transverse vertical section of the device shown in Figure 1.
The frame or body of the heater consists, preferably of the elongated curved
back A and bottom B formed integrally of sheet metal, which are desirably
respectively turned downwardly at the top and upwardly at the bottom forming
the flanges C and D severally, and the end pieces E also of sheet metal secured
permanently to the back A and bottom B in such manner as to form a support for
the back and bottom, holding the bottom preferably up a little distance from the
floor or table on which the frame rests.
A vertically disposed plate F also of sheet metal is secured to the frame near its
front. A covering or batting of asbestos G is secured to the front surface of the
plate F and forms a heat absorbent and radiator.
To produce combustion, below and in front of the asbestos radiator there is
provided a series of independent gas burners consisting of a plurality of pipes H H¹
and H each being closed at its ends and provided with a series of apertures I for
the escape of gas. These pipes are disposed horizontally, end to end of each
other, in front of the plate F and just below the asbestos G and are preferably
secured to each other, conveniently by screw threaded sleeve couplings K. Each
of these burners H is provided with a pipe L leading to the main gas supply
pipe M. The pipes L are severally supplied with a stop cock N. By this
construction either one or all of the burners H can at the same time be supplied
with gas for combustion as desired.
As it is desirable in use frequently to turn off the gas and thereby extinguish
the combustion, and soon afterward to relight one or all of the burners, a lighter
is provided, consisting of a small pipe O leading from the main pipe M and supplied
with a stop cock P which pipe terminates in two sections R R of small pipe
connected to each other and to the pipe O by universal joints, which pipes are
adapted to supply at the free terminus of the section R' a small stream of continu-
ously flowing gas whereby a constant flame is maintained for conveniently lighting
the burners H H'H'.
Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of the said inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, as communicated to me by my
foreign correspondent, I declare that what I claim is :-
A gas heater, comprising a frame or body, a vertically disposed plate therein, a
batting of asbestos secured to the face of the plate, a perforated burner pipe in

page_text: sections closed at their ends located along and near to the lower edge of the
asbestos batting, a main gas supply pipe, and separate pipes each having a stop
cock connecting the main pipe with the several burner sections, substantially as
described.
Dated this 14th day of November 1893.
WM. P. THOMPSON & Co.,
Agents for the Applicant.