IMPROVEMENTS IN OR APPLICABLE TO GAS BURNERS OR LIGHTS
Year: 1880

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to John Richard Fielding, of 49, George Street South, and
Benjamin Butterworth, of 6, Casson Gate, both of Rochdale, in the County of
Lancaster, for an Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS IN OR APPLICABLE TO GAS
BURNERS OR LIGHTS."
"
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said John Richard Fielding and
Benjamin Butterworth at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents on the
26th January 1880.
JOHN RICHARD FIELDING, of 49, George Street South, and BENJAMIN
BUTTERWORTH, of 6, Casson Gate, both of Rochdale, in the County of Lancaster.
IMPROVEMENTS IN OR APPLICABLE TO GAS BURNERS OR LIGHTS."
On the sides of the burner, at a distance from the apertures through which the
gas issues, we form projections or ears for the edges of the flame to impinge against,
which causes the gas to give more light. Instead of forming the ears or projections
on the burner they may be detached from the same and applied in any convenient
manner so that the edges of the flame impinge against them; or instead of the
projections for the edges of the flame to impinge against we pass a piece of metal,
porcelain, or other material through the flame from edge to edge at a distance from
the apertures through which the gas issues out of the burner. The piece of metal
or other material may be fastened to the burner or any other convenient place.

page_text: SPECIFICATION in pursuance of the conditions of the Letters Patent filed by
the said John Richard Fielding and Benjamin Butterworth in the Great Seal
Patent Office on the 24th July 1880.
JOHN RICHARD FIELDING, of 49, George Street South, and BENJAMIN
BUTTERWORTH, of 6, Casson Gate, both of Rochdale, in the County of Lancaster.
"IMPROVEMENTS IN OR APPLICABLE TO GAS BURNERS OR LIGHTS."
Figure 1 is an elevation, and Figure 2 a plan of a gas burner with our Invention
applied. A is the burner, which may be made in any convenient manner, and B is
a ferrule made of sheet brass or other suitable substance which fits on the outside
of the burner. On this ferrule are two projections or ears C which project above
the apertures through which the gas issues out of the burner, and against these, on
the gas being lit, the edges of the light or flame D impinge, while the centre of the
flame passes away unobstructed, which causes the gas to give more light. In place
of the projection or ears being detached from the burner they may form a part of
the burner, as shown in elevation in Figure 3 and plan in Figure 4, where C, C, are
the projections or ears against which the edges of the light or flame D (see Figures 1
and 2) impinge, and are a part of the burner. Figures 5 and 6 are elevations which
show the projections or ears C against which the edges of the light or flame D
impinge, connected together at the top as well as at the bottom, but we prefer the
arrangement shown in Figures 1, 2, 3, and 4. In place of the ears or projections C
against which the edges of the light or flame impinge forming a part of the burner
or ferrule, they may be applied in any convenient manner, so that the edges of the
flame impinge against them.
Having now described our Invention, and shown how the same may be carried
into practical operation, we wish it to be understood that we do not limit ourselves
to the details given, as the same may be considerably varied, but we claim as our
Invention the projections or ears C for the edges of the light or flame to impinge
against fast to or forming part of the burner or ferrule, or applied in any other
manner, substantially as shown and described.
In witness whereof, we, the said John Richard Fielding and Benjamin
Butterworth, have hereunto set our hands and seals, this Twenty-third day
of July, in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and eighty.
JOHN RICHARD FIELDING. (L.S.)
BENJAMIN BUTTERWORTH. (L.S.)