IMPROVEMENTS IN TAD CULRITIVA mun TETTYMINATING. POWER OF GAS BURNERS
Year: 1882

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Cornelius William Morley Gas Engineer of 32 Fitzroy
Road Regent's Park London N.W. for an invention of IMPROVEMENTS IN
TAD CULRITIVA mun TETTYMINATING. POWER OF GAS BURNERS
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Cornelius William Morley
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the 20th April 1882.
CORNELIUS WILLIAM MORLEY Gas Engineer of 32 Fitzroy Road Regent's Park
London in the County of Middlesex IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR SHEWING
THE ILLUMINATING POWER OF GAS BURNERS
My invention consists of two self-acting machines, each having for its motor air
rising from gas flames, which revolves wheels in opposite directions for advertising
uses and to act upon the said flames, in a way hereafter described, for the purpose.
of illustrating by one machine, the advantages of the union of flames and by
another machine, of illustrating the improvements caused by capping superior over
inferior burners
In each of these machines, there are two fan wheels, placed horizontally and
apart, one over the other, The lower point of the axle of the bottom wheel resting
in a socket which is supported by a stand, while the upper point of the said
axle supports in a socket the top wheel, The fans or spokes of each wheel being
differently directed in such a manner that the air from the flame or flames beneath
causes the bottom wheel to turn slowly and the top wheel to revolve in an
opposite direction with a rod which is attatched to its outer circle and extends
downwards
In the machine for uniting flames a gas burner is fitted in a tube fixed under
the wheels, Adjoining the said tube and working from a joint, is a moveable
tube, with a burner, a weight extends from the moveable tube at an angle and in
such direction as to retain the unity of the two burners and produce one flat
flame, A lever is so situated, that it is ballanced by the said weight in such a
position that the rod may impinge against it, The whole is thus arranged, for the
air from the flames to revolve the wheels, in the way and for the purpose before
described and the rod therefrom to move the lever which thus lifts the weight and
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page_text: swings back the moveable tube so as to seperate the flames for an inferior light
until the rod in its progress leaves the lever, which the weight then restores to
its previous position and also reunites the flames to give a superior light In this
way experiments are repeated as long as the flames cause the air to revolve the
wheels.
In the machine for Capping, A superior burner or cap is provided, having its
under part opened to slip over and rest upon a common burner which is fitted in
a tube fixed under the aforesaid wheels, The cap is secured to the end of a
horizontal beam working from a stand, A lever is so situated that it is held by
the weight of the beam and cap in such a position that the aforesaid rod from
the wheel may impinge against it, so that the whole combined with the wheels
revolving from the cause and in the manner and for purpose before described, by
means of the rod, the lever is moved to lift the beam and the cap in order to show
an inferior light from the common burner until the rod in its progress leaves the
lever, which is then restored to its previous position by the beain with the cap
falling to give a superior light. Thus these experiments are repeated as long as
the flames cause the air to revolve the wheels

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said Cornelius William Morley in the Great Seal Patent Office on the
20th October 1882.
CORNELIUS WILLIAM MORLEY Gas Engineer of 32 Fitzroy Road Regent's Park
London in the County of Middlesex IMPROVEMENTS IN APPARATUS FOR SHEWING
THE ILLUMINATING POWER OF GAS BURNERS "
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The nature of my invention consists of two self acting machines, each having for
its motor, air rising from gas flames which revolves wheels in opposite directions
for advertising uses and to act upon the said flames in a way hereafter described
for the purpose of illustrating by oue machine the advantages of the union of
flames, and by another machine, of illustrating the improvements caused by
capping superior over inferior burners
In each of theso machines, there are two fan wheels placed horizontally and
apart, one over the other, The lower point of the axle of the bottom wheel resting"
in a socket, which is supported by a stand, while the upper point of the said axle
supports in a socket, the top wheel, The fans or spokes of each wheel being
differently directed, in such a manner, that the air from the flame or flames
beneath, causes the bottom wheel to turn slowly and the top wheel to revolve
in an opposite direction with a rod which is attatched to its outer circle and
extends downwards.
In the machine for uniting flames, a gas burner is fitted in a tube fixed under
the wheels. Adjoining the said tube and working from a joint, is a moveable tube
with a burner. A weight extends from a moveable tube at an angle and in such
direction as to retain the unity of the two burners and produce one flat Hame. A
lever is so situated, that it is ballanced by the said weight in such a position that
the rod may impinge against it. The whole is thus arranged for the air from the
flames to revolve the wheels and the rod, in the way and for the purpose before
described, to move the lever which thus lifts the weight and swings back tho
moveable tube so as to seperate the flames for an inferior light until the rod in its
progress leaves the lever when the weight then restores to its previous position and
also reunites the flames to give a superior light, In this way experiments are
repeated as long as the flames cause the air to revolve the wheels.
In the machine for capping, a superior burner or cap is provided, having its
under part opened to slip over and rest upon a common burner, which is fitted in
a tube fixed under the aforesaid wheels. The cap is secured to the end of a
horizontal beam working from a stand. A lever is so situated, that it is held by
the weight of the beam and cap in such a position that the aforesaid rod from
the wheel may impinge against it, so that the whole combined with the wheels
revolving from the cause and in the manner and for the purpose before described,
by means of the rod, the lever is moved to lift the beam and the cap in order to
show an inferior light from the common burner, until the rod in its progress leaves
the lever, which is then restored to its previous position by the beam with the cap
falling to give a superior light. Thus these experiments are repeated as long as the
flames cause the air to revolve the wheels

page_text: point c, being kept upright and steady by the collar 2. The spokes or fans r, are
inclined so that the air rising from.the flame or flames, revolves the said wheel,
p is the stand supporting the whole. The lever f, works upon pin g, and rests
against projection e, in which position the lever is retained by the cord h, which is
secured to i, the weight proceeding from and ballancing the moveable tube and
burner k, l, is a joint or (by preference) an india rubber tube, in which the tube k,
works. Adjoining thereto is the fixed tube and burner j. The two tubes and
burners thus producing an united flame by means of gas supplied through tube m.
so that
The revolving wheel a with its rod t. bent to an angle at the bottom end w,
impinges against lever f, removing it from its rest, thus lifting the said cord and
weight and causing the tube and burner to seperate its flame from the flame of
burner until the rod in its progress leaves the lever which returns to its rest
and allows tho weight to restore the tube and burner for the reuniting of
the flames.
The-bottom wheel b, is secured to said axle, resting on the centre d, The spokes
or fans-s, are bent-to-revolvo in an opposite-direction_to_wheel a for the purpose of
novelty and advertisement
Figure 2. Illustrates the apparatus for capping, and works with similar arrango-
ment and from the same cause, in respect to the wheels, axle, sockets, lever, stand
and supply tube, as shown in Fig. 1 . is the horizontal beam which works from
the pin n.The-rear-end of the beam, is connected to the lever by the cord h.
working round the pulley y. The other end of the-beam-holds-the_cap or superior
burner, the bottom part of which is opened to slip over and rest upon the
common burner on the tube v. to cause a superior light. Thus the revolving
wheel and rod t, moves the lever and draws the cord to raise the beam with the
cap, until the rod in its progress leaves the lever and beam and the cap again rests
upon the common burner
Having thus described the nature of my said Invention, and the mode in which
I carry the same into effect,-
I would have it understood, that I do not confine myself to the precise details
herein shown and described, though I claim
Firstly, The application of a flame or flames to cause the revolution of a wheel
to affect the said flame or flames so as to cause an increase and decrease of light in
the manner before described
Secondly, The use of a flame or flames to cause the revolution of two wheels in
opposito directions, one of the said wheels affecting tho said flame or flames to
increase and decrease light as herein before described.
In witness whereof, I, the said Cornelius William Morley have hereunto set
my hand and seal, this Twentieth day of October in the year of our Lord
One thousand Eight hundred and Eighty Two.