An Improved Method of Protecting Gas Burners and Preventing the Waste of Gas.
Year: 1893

page_text: Date of Application, 30th Nov., 1893
Complete Specification Left, 30th Aug., 1894-Accepted, 6th Oct., 1894
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION.
An Improved Method of Protecting Gas Burners and Preventing the
Waste of Gas.
I, THOMAS DIXON, of Hill Top, Steeton, near Keighley, in the County of
York, Bobbin Turner, do hereby declare the nature of this invention to be as
follows:-
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This invention has for its object, the provision of a simple and effectual'
instrument by which gas burners may be protected when not in use, in a manner
that, dust and the like cannot get into and stop the holes therein, as is the case
when unprotected, and by the use of the protectors to prevent an escape of gas
through the burner should the tap be accidently turned or leaky.
1 accomplish my object in the following manner. I form a cap of flexible
material such as india rubber, and of a size that, when placed upon a gas burner,
it will fit tight to the sides of the same and prevent any dust or the like getting
into the holes in the burner and thereby stopping the same up, and at the same
time preventing the escape of gas, should the tap be turned open or imperfect.
The end of the flexible protector is provided with a loop to which is attached a
cord or the like for securing same to the gas bracket or other fixture.
Dated this 29th day of November 1893.
OT BUITIVATION.
An Improved Method of Protecting Gas Burners and Preventing the
Waste of Gas.
I, THOMAS DIXON, of Hill Top, Steeton, near Keighley, in the County of
York, Bobbin Turner, 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 has for its object the provision of a simple and effectual
instrument, by which gas burners may be protected when not in use, in a manner
that, dust and the like cannot get into and stop the holes therein as is the case
when unprotected, also by the use of the protectors to prevent an escape of gas
through the burner should the tap be accidently turned or leaky.
I accomplish my object by forming of flexible material such as india rubber, a
cap the internal diameter of which is of such size that, when the flexible cap is
placed upon a gas burner, it will slide down and fit tight to the circumference of
same, thus when covered in this manner, protecting the holes or slit in the burner,
thereby keeping them clean and ready for use by preventing dust or the like
getting into the same and stopping them up.
In addition to preserving the burners in the manner described when fitted with
my improvement, should the tap in the bracket be leaky or left open, the escape of
gas through the burner is prevented, and the danger of filling the room with gas
with probable disastrous results minimised.
The outer circumference of the cap may be plain or corrugated, and the stopped
end provided with a loop or the like, to which may be attached a cord or chain for
securing the flexible cap to the gas bracket or other convenient fixture.

page_text: Having now particularly described and ascertained the nature of this inven-
tion, and in what manner the same is to be performed, I declare that what I
claim is.
The method of protecting gas burners by a flexible cap constructed substantially
in the manner and applied as described.
Dated this 20th day of August 1894