IMPROVEMENTS IN GAS BURNER GOVERNORS
Year: 1884

page_text: I, THOMAS HERON of 4 Pump Street, London Road, Manchester, in the County
of Lancaster, Gas Burner and Lantern Maker do hereby declare the nature of
my said invention for "IMPROVEMENTS IN GAS BURNER GOVERNORS to be as
follows:-
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This invention has for its object the construction of governors which when
attached to gas burners govern or regulate the consumption of the said burners
so that the same quantity of gas shall be consumed under any pressure in excess of
that at which the governor is adjusted thereby making the burners more acceptable
and fitting for general use.
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The invention consists in so forming the body or case of the burner that it may
contain a governor of which the following is a description. The body, case, or
shell is made in two parts, the lower part having a screw to adapt it for being
fixed to an ordinary gas fitting, and the upper part having attached an ordinary
burner, or the Patent Duplex Gas Burner described in the Specification of my
Patent No 4414 dated October 29, 1879. The two parts are connected by screwing
them together. Within the lower part there is a hollow spindle or tube, closed at
the top, and carrying a disc which is slightly less in diameter than the case. The
tube has two holes in it immediately under the disc. The upper part of the tube
passes freely through a hole in the centre of a disc having a boss both on its upper
and lower sides, and which fits the case accurately and lodges upon a shoulder
formed to support it. The disc has several small holes drilled diagonally through
it into the hole in the boss. Upon any excess of pressure being applied the disc
rises and causes the closed tube to cover the diagonal holes in the boss to such an
extent as will allow only the quantity of gas to pass to the burner that it is
intended shall be consumed by it.
Dated this 92rd day of February 1981

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COMPLETE SPECIFICATION.
I THOMAS HERON of 4 Pump Street, London Road, Manchester in the County
of Lancaster, Gas Burner and Lantern Maker, do hereby declare the nature of my
said invention for IMPROVEMENTS IN GAS BURNER GOVERNORS," 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 construction of governors which when
attached to gas burners automatically govern or regulate the consumption so that
the same quantity of gas shall be consumed under any pressure in excess of that
at which the governor is adjusted thereby making the burners more acceptable and
fitting for general use.
The invention which is clearly represented in the annexed drawings consists in
so forming the body or case A of the burner that it may contain a governor B of
which the following is a description.
The body case, or shell A is made in two parts A A¹, the lower part A having a
screw C to adapt it for being fixed to an ordinary gas fitting.
The upper part. has attached an ordinary burner D, or the Patent Duplex Gas
Burner described in the specification of my Patent N° 4414 October 29th 1879.
The two parts A A¹ are connected by screwing them together.
Within the lower part A there is a stop ended tube E carrying a disc or
governor B which is slightly less in diameter than the internal of the case.
The tube E has holes F F in it immediately under the disc B. The upper part
of the tube E passes freely into a hole G in the centre of a disc H this having a
boss I both on its upper and lower sides, and which fits the case A accurately and
lodges upon a shoulder J formed to support it. The disc H has several small holes
KK drilled diagonally from the under side through it into the hole G. Upon any
excess of pressure being applied the governor disc B rises and causes the upper
portion of the tube E to cover the diagonal holes K K to such an extent as will
allow only the quantity of gas to pass to the burner that it is intended shall be
consumed by it.
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In Figure 1 I have shown several parts in detail. In Figure 2 they are put
together as for use with the ordinary pressure while in. Figure 3 the tube E and
governing disc B are raised by extra gas pressure and the holes K K partially
covered to regulate the passage and so limit the supply of gas to the burner D
which is thereby exactly the same as that that would be furnished to the burner
under the normal pressure.
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 claim is
1. The governing disc B as part of the stop ended tube E as and for the purpose
described.
2. The mechanism or appliances B, E, F, G, K, arranged as shown for regulating
and governing the supply of gas at the burner as described.
H. GARDNER,
166, Fleet Street, London,
Agent for the Applicant.