Year: 1894

page_text: I, ALEXANDER BENNETT of 102 Main Street, Rutherglen, Glasgow, Watch-
maker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as follows:-
:-
At present when watchmakers and others require to occasionally use the blow
pipe with the ordinary gas burner, it is necessary to remove the'burfer from its
socket, and, after the blow pipe has been used, to replace it. This procedure
whilst absorbing time is inconvenient owing to the fact that the burner is often
inisplaced or lost.
My invention has for its object to provide a swivelling or revolving burner
which can be used, as desired, either as an ordinary light or as a flame for the
blow pipe.
In carrying out my invention I provide a gas inlet union or socket which is made
in one with or has fitted to it a conical valve plug or spigot. This spigot or plug
is fitted and works in a preferably more or less spherical faucet or barrel and this
barrel is provided with two outlet branches which project out radially from it.
Fitted in one outlet branch is an ordinary Bray or other flat flame burner whilst
the other branch is or may be left open.
The barrel can be turned or revolved in a vertical plane on the spigot or plug so
as to bring, as desired, either the lighting branch with the burner in it into the
upper position or the blow pipe branch without the burner. The spigót has only
one passage way in it which is so arranged, that, when the barrel is turned, only the
branch which is for the time being uppermost is supplied with gas.
As the barrel may become heated and be apt to burn the fingers when turning it
I provide, or may provide, it with one or more projecting arms and a suitable
turning handle or lever.
The burner may be provided with a small branch pipe from which a jet of gas
constantly issues and is kept always lighted. This jet serves the purpose of a pilot
light and automatically lights the gas escaping from the branch which is for the
time being uppermost.
If desired the swivelling burner may be made with more than two branches.
The burner may if so desired be made and fitted to revolve in a horizontal plane.
In this case the branches would be preferably kneed or bent.
By merely turning the burner round a flat illuminating flame or a blow pipe
flame can be obtained.
Dated this 24th day of October 1894
H. D. FITZPATRICK,
70 Wellington Street, Glasgow, Agent.

page_text: I, ALEXANDER BENNETT of 102 Main Street, Rutherglen, Glasgow, Watch-
maker, do hereby declare the nature of this invention and in what manner the saine
is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained in and by the
following statement :-
At present when watchmakers and others require to occasionally use the blow
pipe with the ordinary gas burner it is necessary to remove the burner from its
socket and after the blow pipe has been used to replace it. This procedure
whilst absorbing time is inconvenient owing to the fact that the burner is often
misplaced or lost.
My invention has for its object to provide a swivelling or revolving burner
which can be used, as desired either as an ordinary light or as a flame for the
blow pipe.
And in order that my said invention may be properly understood I have hereunto
appended an explanatory sheet of drawings, whereon,
Fig. 1 is a side elevation of one form of my invention.
Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation.
Fig. 3 is an end view.
Fig: 4 is an end view of a slightly modified form of same.
Fig. 5 shows in side elevation another form of my invention.
Referring to the drawings whereon the same reference letters wherever repeated
indicate the same or similar parts.
In carrying out my invention I provide a gas inlet union or socket a which is
made in one with or has fitted to it a conical valve plug or spigot b. This spigot
or plug is fitted and works in a preferably more or less spherical faucet or barrel c
and this barrel is provided with two outlet branches d, e, which project out radially
from it. Fitted in the one outlet branch d is an ordinary Bray or other flat flame
burner whilst the other branch e is or may be left open.
The barrel can be turned or revolved in a vertical plane on the spigot or plug b
so as to bring, as desired, either the lighting branch d with the burner on it into
the upper position or the blow pipe branch e without the burner. The spigot has
only one passage way f in it which is so arranged that when the barrel c is
turned round only the branch which is for the time being uppermost is supplied
with gas.
As the barrel may become heated and be apt to burn the fingers when turning it,
I provide, or may provide, it with one or more projecting arms or pieces g, g'.
The arms or pieces are preferably made of wood or other suitable nou-conducting
material. In place of using the projecting arms or pieces g, g², I may be provide
as shown in Fig. 4 a suitable turning handle and lever h. In Fig. 4 the two outlet
branches d, e are shown at right angles to each other.
The burner may be provided with a small branch pipe i from which a jet of
gas constantly issues and is kept always lighted. This jet serves the purpose
of a pilot light and automatically lights the gas escaping from the branch which is
for the time being uppermost.
If desired the swivelling burner may be made with more than two branches.
Fig. 5 shows a form of my burner in which the branches d, e, are so fitted as to
revolve in a horizontal plane. In this case the branches d, e, are preferably kneed
or bent as shown. With this construction of burner the branch pipe which serves
the purpose of a pilot light, in place of coming from the socket a as shown, in
dotted lines, may be taken from the end of the conical valve plug or spigot b.
In this form of my invention, by merely turning the burner round, a flat
illuminating flame or a blow pipe flame can be obtained.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of my said
invention and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what
I consider novel and desire to claim is
A swivelling or revolving gas burner capable of being used either as an ordinary
light or as a flame for the blow pipe, substantially as herein before described with
reference to the drawings annexed.
Dated this 23rd of Jul 1805
H. D. FITZPATRICK,
70 Wellington Street, Glasgow, Agent.